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Come see a blue lobster
He's one in 2,000,000
NEW CASTLE, N.H. -- A rare blue lobster has been
caught off the New Hampshire coast.
Ricker Lobster Company said the lobster was caught Saturday
off the Isles of Shoals.
The company plans to give it to the Seacoast Science Center
in Rye.
Two years ago, another blue lobster turned up about 80
miles off the coast of Kittery.
The odds of finding a blue lobster are about one in 2
million
And the article or the one from February
6, 2001
Seabrook Station's Science & Nature Center is the new
home for Chilly Willy, a very rare blue lobster. Marine scientists believe a
genetic condition causes the blue pigmentation, seen in only about one in
2,000,000 lobsters. The male blue lobster came from the Gulf of Maine where a
lobsterman pulled him up in a trap. Originally, the lobster was donated to the
Children's Museum in Portland, Maine, but because of his aggressiveness, a new
home had to be found. Now Willy has found a permanent home at the Science &
Nature Center. Please stop by soon and visit with our new blue friend.
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Posted August 19, 2003