Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The protein and a red carotenoid molecule known as astaxanthin combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color. [24] While an estimated 1 in 2 million lobsters are blue, they may not be as rare as they are portrayed given how many lobsters are caught in a given year.
Frederich is working on noninvasive ways to extract genetic samples from lobsters to try to better understand the molecular basis for rare shell coloration. Frederich maintains a collection of strange-colored lobsters at the university's labs and has been documenting the progress of the offspring of an orange lobster named Peaches who is housed ...
The blue color is due to an overwhelming amount of a particular protein that the lobster produces. It's technically a genetic defect, but it looks like a genetic advancement! The two-pound lobster ...
Being rare is not an understatement; while blue lobsters are considered one in 2 million, split lobsters are said to be one in a 50 million catch, according to National Geographic.
Blue lobster may refer to either: Procambarus alleni, a blue crayfish commonly called a blue lobster; Cherax quadricarinatus, another blue crayfish, common in aquaria; Homarus gammarus, the European or common lobster, which is blue while alive (but becomes red when cooked) A mutated form of the American lobster
A 14-year-old girl from Maine had a great morning at sea when she pulled up something she's never caught before -– a rare blue lobster. Check out these rare lobsters: Meghan LaPlante's catch ...
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
"In fact, just last week, a blue lobster was caught off the coast of Portland, Maine. While blue lobsters are one-in-two-million, orange lobsters, like Cheddar, are one-in-30-million: Very rare, ...