Behold , the bully freak of the seven seas : a ghostly transparent mutant lobster .
This unbelievable specimen was caught by 10th - contemporaries fisherman Alex Todd off the coast of Maine , just compass north - east of Chebeague Island . You ’ll be pleased to know that Todd barf the lobster back into the ocean shortly after pick up it because he notice it was an egg - carrying female person .
“ It was really unlike and really nerveless , ” Todd toldABC News . “ I ’ve never seen a white one . This one was translucent with just a hint of blue in it . ”
Most miraculously of all , Todd trust his family have antecedently entrance and re - released the same individual over the past few hebdomad too .
This kind of pigmentation on a lobster is insanely rarified . Your casual lobster have its dark brown coloring from mixing xanthous , puritanical , and red protein pigments . Occasionally , genetic mutation can tamper with the product of these pigments , cause them toappear strange colour .
Oceanographers estimate that just one lobster in 2 million is blue due to a genetic defect that produces an excessive amount of a particular protein , according to theLobster Institute at the University of Maine . The odds of finding an all yellow lobster are estimated to be one in 30 million . Split - tinge lobsters – one half - brown , one half - orange – are around one in 50 million .
Rarest of all are these " crystal " lobster , gauge at one in 100 million . Fun fact : They ’re the only lobster that do n’t turn an orangey - red after you cook them ( not that you would want to do that , evidently ) .
Maine Coast Fishermen ’s Associationexplains that this freshly take in lobster believably has a genetic term call leucism , “ which is n’t a full passing of pigment ( which would make it an albino ) but or else a fond loss . This is why you may still see some hints of amobarbital sodium on the scale and colour on the eyes . "
Animals with leucism , or albinism , are all the rarer because they are easily picked out by predatory animal in the wild and can often have other health problem .
Although the lobster is now back swimming the seas of the East Coast , its story does n’t stop there . For one rationality or another , it ’s also pass viral on Twitter and acquired the name " Lesbian Moon Lobster . " While it is n’t exculpated how the lobster ’s sexuality was determined , it has garner newfound celebrity , complete with thousands of truehearted fans and even itsown parody account .
