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Image Rarity Description Blue 1 in 2 million Some lobsters become blue as a result of a genetic mutation that causes the lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein. [23] 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]
Virginia State University was founded on March 6, 1882, when the legislature passed a bill to charter the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. The bill was sponsored by Delegate Alfred W. Harris , a Black attorney whose offices were in Petersburg, but who lived in and represented Dinwiddie County in the General Assembly.
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
On menus, the aquatic arthropod can reach sky-high prices: a blue lobster paella for $230 in Las Vegas, a lobster tower for nearly $700 in Toronto, or giant salted egg lobster for $460 in Vietnam ...
According to the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, finding a calico lobster is a 1 in 30 million chance. There are also cotton candy lobsters! The chances of finding one of these beauties ...
The Virginia State Trojans (also VSU Trojans) are the athletic teams that represent Virginia State University, located in Petersburg, Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Trojans compete as members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association for 14 of their varsity sports. Virginia State has been a member of the ...
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The state motto and seal have been official since Virginia declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Virginia is one of only two states (the other being Mississippi with the Magnolia) to have the same plant for state flower and state tree, the Flowering Dogwood. [1] Most of the symbols were made official in the late 20th century.