Blue lobster

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Did you know that 1 in 2 million lobsters are blue? Learn more strange but true facts about the lobster, a creature as fascinating as it is delicious.

“Cotton Candy” is one of the rarest lobster colors. According to National Geographic, the rainbow hues may be the result of a genetic mutation or unusual diet. According to the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance, cotton candy lobsters may be at a disadvantage since they’re not able to blend in with their environment as well as those with normal coloring.

One of France's last sustainable fishermen on the Normandy coast remains stalwartly dedicated to providing the prized blue lobster to restaurants and home dinner tables.

The fighting Australian crayfish (yabby) does not forget the face of its foes according to zoologists. In the study, after a fight, the loser yabby was isolated and given a choice between its opponent and another crayfish not involved in the fight. The loser yabby moved towards the opponent it knew as opposed to the rival it did not, revealing that a yabby is capable of visual identity not just an acute sense of smell.

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A blue lobster I photographed in the Atwerp Zoo with my really simple digital camera. blue lobster

This split-colored lobster displays a condition known as gynandromorphy, meaning it is half male, half female. In this case, the blue side is the female side, and the brown side is the male side.

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