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Tony Lacasse / New England Aquarium via AP
This photo provided by the New England Aquarium in Boston shows a rare calico lobster that could be a 1-in-30 million, according to experts. It was caught off Winterport, Maine, and was discovered by Jasper White’s Summer Shack and is being held at the New England Aquarium for the Biomes Marine Biology Center, a science center in Rhode Island.
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Then breed it don't eat it.
It is a SHE....so , WHY NOT ?
There's always someone...
Why breed it ???????? Just put it back in the ocean.
I want lobster tail wrapped in bacon.........MMMMMMMMM.
Mmmmm lobster
I live in Winterport Maine! And, no I do not fish. The town is 11 miles form Penobscot Bay where I assume the lobster was trapped. Yes they are bugs of a sort in that they have eight leggs like a spider. They have shells instead of skeletons, just like crabs. When you cook them thay all turn red. They vary in color and shades from dark green to blue. The most common are the green ones. In Maine there is a size limit; if they are too small they are thrown back and if they are abouve the size you can keep they are thrown back. The big ones are the breeders and this is the reason they are thrown back in Maine. Some States and parts of Canada, do not have a size llimit and that is why you can buy a gigantic lobster in a fancy restaurant.
MMMMMMM-calico lobster goodness
Do you also like M&M's? If so, do you say MmmmmmmM&M's? I also note, if you mix brown M&M's with yellow M&M's, you also get a "calico" effect. Just sayin' lobsters are a lot like M&M's. Both have a crunchy outer shell, covering a soft interior; and both can be found in the ocean (if you drop your M&M's while leaning over the cruise ship railing). And although lobster does not have an "M" in its name, M&M's has two "M"'s, thus filling the deficiency of the former. Thus they are complementary. I have a great recipe, called "boiled lobster in M&M sauce" and another called "Deep Fried M&M's with Lobster." I love them both equally.
It has come to my attention that you were trying to say "Maine Lobster" and were unable to because of a stuttering problem. I sincerely apologize, and did not mean to diminish the tragedy of stuttering. I know the deep pain caused by stuttering, especially at auctions.
Why do you like your ritually unclean seafood wrapped in ritually unclean land food? If you shove that whole thing in a ritually unclean fowl (vulture anyone?) and get your ritually unclean menstruating wife to eat it, then you really have an abomination that will keep Moses at bay for another decade. And I'm sorry that you are a stutterer.
someone wake up a little "jewish" this a.m??
That thing should be quarantined.
Wow, now the liberals will want a ban on lobster fishing to save them from being eaten.
I really question that there are politics involved here. Although since the lobster is multi-colored, it must be multi-opinioned like old magic-pants Mitt.
jest-redd (pun intended) - are you kidding me? Only an idiot would bring politics into a conversation about a freakin' calico lobster. Really???? You're a idiot with a grudge....unfortunately, your kind is NOT as rare as a calico lobster!
Of course justredd64 has to bring politics to lobster land. His nomiker says it all. I am at least 64 years old, (probably more since he sneered as he said Liberals), and he obviously lives in a "Red" state. And that is all there is to him. Just Red and old. Notice his Avatar, if magnified, obviously shows him trying to put together a motorized wheelchair.....
Wait, I must be tolerant. I must, I must. Too much negativity. Must be more positive. Balance. Wait, I can do this. JustRedd64, I apologize. You drew the worse out of me. I must go say my Hail Mary's, or Ommmm, something.
Looks delishious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
delicious. why be prejudiced against "c?" One of my favorite things begins with a "c." Of course, I am referring to centurions.
so beautiful and adorable!!!
Melt the butter.
The camoflage ones taste just as good as the red/brown ones...
It's kinda pretty. It's still a water bug though.
how can people eat those thing?! they look like bugs!
I eat bugs.
Yes, it does look like a bug. Makes you wonder who first came up with the idea to eat them (and how to do it) . I will admit I have enjoyed doing that myself -- and have been done so @ a few of the many lobster shacks uo there in Maine -- but I really think they should save this one -- breed it if possible --or just keep it safe @ there @the New England Aquarium for the Biomes Marine Biology Center. There are plenty of other lobster caught up ther every single day to eat.
They eat alot of what roaches eat. Almost anything.
(@ Rob)-The homeless use to eat it back then in the old days, then it caught on mainstream and became expensive since. (Info from FOOD NETWORK!)
Jacques Cousteau called them ocean cockroaches.
I'm no fan of lobster, but that looks cool. I hope the Aquarium is going to keep her.
In Maine we called them sea spiders.
i eat shrimp but if i ever had to touch a living one id freak out! they do look like ocean bugs and i hate bugs
Well by scientific definition 'stastika' lobsters and crabs are bugs. They are arthropods and are directly related to land dwelling insects and arachnids such as spiders,centipedes or millipedes and scorpions to name just a few. I guess they just didn't see any need to crawl up on land permanently those millions of years ago....but even though I'd have a hard time wrapping my lips around a scorpion or a spider...for some reason i don't have any problem at all cracking open a lobster or a crab. I have handled more live ones then i can count and i have to say besides the fact they are nearly bone hard when not in moult ..they do feel like a big spider or some such clawing at your fingers...the ones in moult...the soft shelled ones feel as bug like as any creepy crawly that ever scurried overland. I just don't think about it.LOL. But it does make me wonder what a big old spider must taste like...they are probably delicious.... but i can garauntee you I'll never find out! LOL.
Shrimp and lobster are both bottom feeders which means they eat the dropings of fish and other aquatic species........ Just Sayin.
just like fishes without scales, both bible and talmud declared it not kosher.Clams and all creepy crawley things...but damit they taste good!
Yumm chemicals!
If they Can breed in captivity, please do so... if not, let it go so we might get more of the pretty ones!
Apprecaite you desire to allow it to go back and breed in its natural way -- unfortunately, there is no ideal way to assure that will happen Could be re-caught,get eaten or attacked by other lobsters -- best to keep it safe
Depending on how much those things would sell for, if it went back in the ocean, people would be looking for it, or else it would get re-caught and eaten before anyone noticed. Best to keep it in the aquarium.
wonder what color it will be when you cook it? just saying
What colour would it be cooked? Dead!
I didn't know dead was a color. I think I read in another comment that it would still be red.
Witnesses described the rare crustacean as "delicious with a little drawn butter and garlic."
Never heard of one. Are you sure it isn't one of those rare asian tiger lobsters?
My stomach loves diversity....yum.
Fine lookin' lobster - It's name is Calico Joe.
omg that looks alien kill it then eat it and turn alien oh wait i might be deported if i ate that lobster and turn alienj
Most people see food when they look at the picture, Maybe its time to save these guys before they dissappear too... even they have a role to fill on this earth.
Their role on Earth (or ocean floor) is garbage collector. Their role is not to feed glutenous people, who feel they have the right to take whatever they want.
To answer someone's question about who first thought to eat them...
WWW.lobsterhelp.com/lobster-history
Oh, get over it. What a bunch of self-righteous tools. If you do not wish to eat lobster then don't eat lobster; I'm going to continue to enjoy it despite your whining. Lobsters are far from endangered.
I agree, JQ... more for us! lol
Glutenous people? There are people made of gluten?
yep the liberal whack jobs that think boiling lobsters is inhumane.
No, we liberals think that Lobsters are good to eat, no matter how they are cooked. In the future, when the right-wingnuts are starving, then we can feed them their big rolls of paper money that they love more than life itself.
since it is rare, leave it alone
put it back in the water or as the lady mentioned maybe they can breed other calicos
This thing would make a great surf and turf with the little white buffalo steaks. Man now thats eatin"
Jak Pot thanks for starting my day off with a laugh, sick but very funny.
Still turns red when you cook'em.
Aquatic camo.
"One hundred bugs we'll test you know,
But only three wear the Calico!"
[appologies to SSGT Barry Sadler]
surely a sign of adaptation
Or only a mutation...
Still with a little drawn butter...
CRAZY HIPPIES!
A pox on whomever of you is saying to "Save the Lobsters"!
FACT - they are a bug. Their closest relative in the animal kingdom is the spider. Point is, like spiders there are plenty of them out there to be eaten.
FACT - they are DELICIOUS!
Kindly keep your silliness to yourselves and go drool over a cabbage while the adults enjoy their meal.
Maybe we should kill YOU before you breeed -- not that there is much chance of anyone wanting to breed with you...but just to be safe -- we should boil you and remove your skin -- just for laughts -- it could be funny!!!~
BRAVO. Aside from your misspelling breeed (obviously a sign of higher intelligence) you have just made the life of a human being and a lobster equal thus debunking the whole idea of a food chain.
Apparently, according to YOU, nothing is higher or lower on the food chain but all equal. You had better get out there and start spreading your message cuckoo bird. Zebras can start eating lions. Lambs can start hunting wolves. HOORAY FOR EQUALITY! HOORAY FOR YOUR GENIUS!
Moreover I am glad you can find humor in boiling and flaying your fellow man. You are obviously a compassionate man with a fine moral compass and I can do nothing but yield to your "superiority".
Oh and Rob, just so you don't get too full of yourself that last bit was called sarcasm.
I'm not sure if they are teaching that to fifth graders these days, so it may be a little over your head, but it is when you say one thing but actually mean the opposite generally in a mean and snide way.
Cheers!
See my name?(WildBillLobsta)...it was given to me when I was the sales director in the 1990's of Atlantic Lobster Co. of Saugus, MA....a company with annual sales over $35M a year. We were one of the three authorized shippers of live lobster for Red Lobster and we sold millions of pounds to Europe, Japan and the Far East....and honestly, I don't know why this mottled lobster is news. We had one tank set aside that we used to keep unusual bugs and finding one of these was fairly common. We would send them to our best customers so that they would be able to display them and draw in extra customers. Perhaps they are gay...no big deal....just another baby of nature being born with a slightly different than common trait!
The calico color scheme makes them cuter. This may or may not fit into Darwin's theory.
Looks like it's already pre-buttered.
I saw one of these, last year, at a local restaurant supply store. No one wanted to buy it because they thought it was sick or diseased. It eventually died in the holding tank and was tossed in the trash. So much for rarity. The store apparently never realized what they had.
This is a perfect example of how evolution works. If this type of coloring makes survival easier, it will become more common. But, most likely it doesn't make survival easier, and that's most likely why it's so rare. Hymie, you have it backwards. Most of their customers didn't realised what they were looking at. The people running the store knew exactly what they had, a lobster nobody wanted to buy.
Obama made them,just ask him LOL