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Rare Blue Lobster Found Near Ocean City
OCEAN CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A group of Maryland watermen make a rare catch off the coast of Ocean City: a lobster that is bright blue!
Mary Bubala explains he’s become an overnight sensation and is now headed for a life of fame.
It was a routine day on the water for the crew of the Pot Luck out of west Ocean City. But when the day’s catch is in, it’s anything but routine. A bright blue lobster was mixed in among its red and brown brothers and sisters. It’s a genetic pigment mutation thought to only occur in one of every two million lobsters.
The boat’s captain, John Gourley, and mate Tim Aulinskis knew they had something special. The crew of the Pot Luck brought the lobster–who they nicknamed Toby–from 100 miles off the Ocean City coast all the way back to Martin Fish Company, where he’s become a celebrity overnight.
H/T Tuesday
Troy
June 20th, 2012
It’s time to prepare some drawn butter…YUM!
David Kramer
June 20th, 2012
Not a very big un, I would of thrown em back.
TooMuchTime
June 20th, 2012
So that’s where my blue food coloring went!
chief
June 20th, 2012
Wanna see my “blue lobster”?
Alxandro
June 20th, 2012
Somebody clone that sucker.
Those don’t look like Japanese or Chinese hands so the lobster still hasn’t made it to through the sewage stages.
Anonymous
June 20th, 2012
Blue lobster is the rarest indeed, but it is truly endangered if Mooch hears about it.
cfm990
June 20th, 2012
@ Troy. Let’s not be too hasty. Lobster rolls and lobster salad, are also mighty tasty.
FenelonSpoke
June 20th, 2012
I’ve seen one or two of those blue lobsters before. Like little Sapphire Jewels.
Clyde
June 20th, 2012
Damn those airlines dumping their “blue water” over the lobster beds. Call EPA!
Pickled LIver
June 20th, 2012
I went swimming once off the coast of Maryland once – that’s not the only thing that turned blue !
Jethro
June 20th, 2012
They have living blue lobsters at the lobster museum at Bar Harbor Maine.
http://www.theoceanarium.com/
Chuck U Farley
June 20th, 2012
Blue State….blue lobster
Coincidence? I think not.
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Chinquapin
June 20th, 2012
“Toby?” How do you say “Kunta Kinte” in lobster?
harry t
June 20th, 2012
so what’s taking the EPA so lonmg to shut the entire East Coast maritime food production?
Bob M.
June 20th, 2012
He’d go GREAT with my APPETIZER – blue CRAB!
Oh yeah – and BUTTER!!!
Boobie the Rocket Dog
June 21st, 2012
Next stop: Ebay.
Uncle Bill
June 21st, 2012
I have a dream that my lobsters will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.