Ultra-rare cotton candy-coloured lobster found in Casco Bay, US
The cotton candy-coloured lobster found in Maine’s Casco Bay.
Rarest of rare things are always fascinating. The same holds true for an ultra-rare lobster fished out of the water recently.
In Maine’s Casco Bay, a lobsterman, Bill Coppersmith, found a lobster of the colour of cotton candy in his net last week.
This lobster colour is rare and has not been seen for years.
In a video about the catch, Mark Murrell, CEO, Get Maine Lobster, said, "It is so rare; there's only 1 in 100 million caught."
The lobster has been named ‘Haddie’ by Coppersmith after his granddaughter. For over 40 years, Coppersmith has been catching crustaceans.
The cotton candy-coloured lobster will soon be shipped to the Seacoast Science Centre in Rye, New Hampshire. It will live out the rest of its days there.
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It is unclear how many cotton candy-coloured lobsters are present in the wild, as per National Geographic.
This unique colour is due to a genetic condition, known as leucism, where there is a partial loss of pigmentation, say scientists.
In 2018, a Canadian lobsterman had also caught a lobster lacking pigmentation in this way. According to the Portland Press-Herald, it was then donated to the Huntsman Marine Science Centre aquarium in Saint Andrews.
(With inputs from agencies)