A lobster company recently caught an extremely rare lobster off the coast of New Hampshire. (Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH)
Rye. N.H.
A lobster company recently caught a rare shellfish off the coast of New Hampshire.
According to the Seacoast Science Center, workers with the Atlantic Lobster Company reeled in a “cotton candy” lobster on one of their recent fishing trips.
A spokesperson for the nonprofit organization said the odds of catching such a lobster, known for its cotton candy-like colors, are about 1 in 100 million.
Earlier this month, a general manager of a Red Lobster in Colorado said one of her workers discovered a rare orange lobster.
Orange lobsters turn up in 1 out of every 30 million lobsters.
“Lobsters come in a few color descriptions from orange, yellow, red, blues, and cotton candy -- which is a mixture of pinks and purples on a blue backdrop resembling cotton candy. So, this is where the name comes from,” Seacoast Science Center Aquarist II Sam Rutka shared.
The orange lobster will be spending the rest of its life at the Denver Aquarium while the cotton candy shellfish has found a permanent home at the science center in New Hampshire.