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Originally posted by Sundancer7

Blue Lobsters are very rare.

Blue lobsters
Around one in two million lobsters is blue. A research study conducted by Professor Ronald Christensen at the University of Connecticut discovered that a genetic defect causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of protein. The protein, and a red caratenoid molecule known as astaxanthin, combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color [2].

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Paul, while visiting friends in the far western shores of Scotland off the coast of Argyle, We would have the local fishermen bring us what they caught for us to buy. I have to say that the great majority of lobsters they caught were of the BLUE hue. Not uncommon in Scotland.