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unhappycamper

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Wed Jul 8, 2015, 05:20 AM Jul 2015

Split-colored lobster caught off Maine, 1 in 50 million find [View all]

http://www.wcvb.com/news/splitcolored-lobster-caught-off-maine-1-in-50-million-find/34036222



An orange-brown lobster was brought into the Pine Point Fisherman’s Co-Op. According to the Lobster Institute, the chance of finding a split colored lobster is one in 50 million. Only the albino lobster, at one in 100 million, is rarer, according to the institute.

Split-colored lobster caught off Maine, 1 in 50 million find
1:54 PM EDT Jul 07, 2015

SCARBOROUGH, Maine —A rare orange-brown split-colored lobster has turned up off the coast of Maine.

The Press Herald reports that the unusual lobster arrived last week at Pine Point Fisherman's Co-Op in Scarborough.

According to research by the Lobster Institute, the chance of finding a split-colored lobster is one in 50 million.

The institute reports that only the albino lobster is rarer, with the chances of catching it at one in 100 million.
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