- A rare yellow lobster has joined the New England Aquarium
- It was donated to the aquarium by a Salem seafood company
- It joins other brightly-colored lobsters in shaded ranging from blue to orange
- The aquarium said the incidence of yellow lobsters in the wild is 1 in 30 million
A rare yellow lobster has made its debut at the New England Aquarium.
It was donated to the aquarium by the Patriot Seafoods of Salem Seafood company after lobsterman, Bill Porter of Marblehead, Massachusetts, caught it.
The uncommonly-colored crustacean joins an array of other oddly-colored lobsters at the Boston aquarium including a blue, orange and the aquarium’s Halloween lobster, which is orange on one side and black on the other.
A rare yellow lobster has made its debut at the New England Aquarium, posing for a photo op
American lobsters are usually a mottled greenish brown but the aquarium said the incidence of yellow lobsters in the wild is estimated to be about 1 in 30 million.
However, people will have to wait about a month to see the yellow lobster as it undergoes quarantine.
But other oddly colored lobsters can be found hiding in the rocks at the aquarium.
A rare yellow lobster has been added to the New England Aquarium in Boston. The aquarium said incidence of yellow lobsters in the wild is estimated to be about 1 in 30 million
They can also be found among the exhibits of the Northern Waters gallery and during live animal presentations for younger visitors.
In July a rare blue lobster was caught off the coast where New Hampshire borders Maine.
Greg Ward initially thought he had snagged an albino lobster when he examined his catch off the coast Monday where New Hampshire borders Maine.
The lobster joins an array of other oddly-colored crustaceans at the Boston aquarium including a blue, orange and the aquarium’s Halloween lobster, which is orange on one side and black on the other
The lobsterman who has been fishing for 32 years quickly realized his hard-shell lobster was a unique blue and cream color.
He gave the rare crustacean to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye to study and put on display.
Normally appearing brown or dark green in nature prior to boiling, scientists said just one lobster in three million is blue, like the yellow lobster.
It’s the result of a genetic defect that causes them to produce an excessive amount of protein.
People will have to wait about a month to see the yellow lobster as it undergoes quarantine