7/25/2006: Two-toned lobster

Undertoad · 07-25-2006, 10:59 AM

Both xoB and axlrosen sent along this item which was also Boing Boing'd. You can surely get your bibs and miniature forks out for this two-toned lobster. From the full story:

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[Maine lobsterman]Robinson donated his unusual catch to Maine's Mount Desert Oceanarium, where experts were able to shed some light on the find. Two-toned lobsters, they explain, are rare but not unheard of.

The shells of American, or Maine, lobsters usually sport a combination of yellow, red, and blue pigments. But the animals grow symmetrically, with each half of the body developing independently of the other.

In the case of Robinson's catch, half of the lobster's shell was lacking the blue pigment, giving it the appearance of having been cooked.

All this makes Robinson's fifty-fifty find one for the record books, the Oceanarium's staffers say. The aquarium has received only three two-toned lobsters in 35 years, they note, and the odds of finding one that's exactly half and half is about 1 in 50 million.

One of the earliest IotDs was a blue lobster so apparently this pigment confusion in lobsters just happens every once in a while.

It reminds one of the original series Trek episode

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And begs the key question: are lobsters racist? We need to know!

glatt · 07-25-2006, 11:13 AM

That is so amazing. It looks fake. It's such a perfectly strait line right down the middle.

I'd hit (i mean eat) it!

Brianna · 07-25-2006, 12:43 PM

How long before someone mentions drawn butter? Guess someone already did! I'd never, ever eat something like that. Look at it!

Pancake Man · 07-25-2006, 12:44 PM

That's not a happy lobster.

Hoof Hearted · 07-25-2006, 12:56 PM

I think that is an example of a chimera. I have read about it (chimerism) on the horse BBs, but that usually involves horses that are brindle in color.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(animal)

wolf · 07-25-2006, 01:00 PM

mmmmmmmm butter.

You really shouldn't try to cook lobster in a microwave without a turntable.

Spexxvet · 07-25-2006, 01:32 PM

Yeah - that thing looks half-baked, to me.

capnhowdy · 07-25-2006, 05:06 PM

I wonder which side tastes best. You guys are always making me hungry.

Pancake Man · 07-25-2006, 07:19 PM

Would that be white meat or dark meat?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2006, 08:38 PM

That's a special lobster. You can't cook a special lobster all at once.

chrisinhouston · 07-25-2006, 08:40 PM

I think I saw this plot on Star Trek, the guy who was half white and half black. He caused all kinds of problems!

bluecuracao · 07-25-2006, 09:28 PM

One day, all of lobsterkind will be two-toned...

milkfish · 07-25-2006, 09:38 PM

The lobster's just getting ready for Halloween, that's all.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2006, 11:57 PM

Or Phantom of the Lobsterpot.

wolf · 07-26-2006, 12:04 AM

Wasn't that an episode of Scooby Doo?

07-25-2006, 12:44 PM	#4
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	That's not a happy lobster. __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

07-25-2006, 12:56 PM	#5
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	I think that is an example of a chimera. I have read about it (chimerism) on the horse BBs, but that usually involves horses that are brindle in color. hh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(animal) __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse! Last edited by Hoof Hearted; 07-25-2006 at 01:01 PM.

07-25-2006, 01:00 PM	#6
wolf chews 3 times on each side Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 17,203	mmmmmmmm butter. You really shouldn't try to cook lobster in a microwave without a turntable. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-25-2006, 01:32 PM	#7
Spexxvet Pariah Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,716	Yeah - that thing looks half-baked, to me. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-25-2006, 05:06 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,415	I wonder which side tastes best. You guys are always making me hungry. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-25-2006, 11:13 AM	#2
glatt accepts the challenge Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 10,050	That is so amazing. It looks fake. It's such a perfectly strait line right down the middle. I'd hit (i mean eat) it!

07-25-2006, 12:43 PM	#3
Brianna Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 10,173	How long before someone mentions drawn butter? Guess someone already did! I'd never, ever eat something like that. Look at it!

07-25-2006, 07:19 PM	#9
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	Would that be white meat or dark meat? __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

07-25-2006, 08:38 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	That's a special lobster. You can't cook a special lobster all at once. __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

07-25-2006, 08:40 PM	#11
chrisinhouston Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 854	I think I saw this plot on Star Trek, the guy who was half white and half black. He caused all kinds of problems! __________________ "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well I have others!" Groucho Marx

07-25-2006, 09:28 PM	#12
bluecuracao throw me a fricken bone Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 2,597	One day, all of lobsterkind will be two-toned...

07-25-2006, 09:38 PM	#13
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	The lobster's just getting ready for Halloween, that's all. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

07-25-2006, 11:57 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	Or Phantom of the Lobsterpot. __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

07-26-2006, 12:04 AM	#15
wolf chews 3 times on each side Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 17,203	Wasn't that an episode of Scooby Doo? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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