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Posted by duddy   May 15, 2013   3493 views


It's estimated that one in every two million American lobsters are blue. The genetic mutation causes the lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein, which combines with a red carotenoid molecule already present to form a blue complex. This gives the lobster its coloration.

Only six blue lobsters have ever been recorded as caught alive. They're all in aquariums today.

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