This TikTok video shares a moment that Jacob the fisherman won’t rush to forget. He held up an extremely rare lobster for us to see and described his efforts to get it safely to the aquarium. This is no ordinary lobster!
Rare lobster caught off the coast of Maine
These lobsters are extremely rare—in fact, the chance of finding them is one in 30 million. Normally, these fishermen would release a rare lobster, but since this one was a male and a legal breeding size, they decided to keep it and find a home that would appreciate it.
The fisherman initially received a positive response from the aquarium operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States’ scientific and regulatory agency. However, this didn’t work. The good news is that a different kind of aquarium was later discovered, as we learned from the video review.
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Calico lobster is extremely rare
Lobsters are crustaceans found in oceans around the world. They are unique animals that continue to grow throughout their lives – which allows them to reach larger sizes than other crustaceans. Their bodies are protected by an exoskeleton (similar to an insect), but their brains are in their throats and their teeth are in their stomachs! In addition, they “taste” using receptors on their feet and “listen” using a series of sensory hairs on their legs.
Most American or Maine lobsters are green in color, and other color variations are rare. About one in two million lobsters are blue and one in 30 million is yellow. This orange and black spotted pattern is called calico, and it occurs in only one in every 30 million lobsters. The chance of finding a white lobster is one in a billion.
Regular green coloring helps lobsters hide from predators, so these unusual colorings are bad news for lobsters.they were seal eeland Crab. Eels are very good at squeezing their way into crevices in rocks where lobsters like to hide. Seals are super fast and can eat lobsters by surprise. There are also some fish, including cod, that will eat lobster. However, we humans also catch a lot of lobsters for restaurant and home consumption. Thanks to his unusual coloring, at least this lobster escaped that fate.
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