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Old 07-25-2006, 09:59 AM   #1
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7/25/2006: Two-toned lobster



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 | And begs the key question: are lobsters racist? We need to know!
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Old 07-25-2006, 10:13 AM   #2
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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!
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Old 07-25-2006, 11:43 AM   #3
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How long before someone mentions drawn butter? Guess someone already did! I'd never, ever eat something like that. Look at it!
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Old 07-25-2006, 11:44 AM   #4
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That's not a happy lobster.
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Old 07-25-2006, 11:56 AM   #5
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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)
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Old 07-25-2006, 12:00 PM   #6
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mmmmmmmm butter.

You really shouldn't try to cook lobster in a microwave without a turntable.
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Old 07-25-2006, 12:32 PM   #7
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Yeah - that thing looks half-baked, to me.
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Old 07-25-2006, 04:06 PM   #8
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I wonder which side tastes best. You guys are always making me hungry.
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Old 07-25-2006, 06:19 PM   #9
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Would that be white meat or dark meat?
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Old 07-25-2006, 07:38 PM   #10
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That's a special lobster. You can't cook a special lobster all at once.
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Old 07-25-2006, 07:40 PM   #11
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I think I saw this plot on Star Trek, the guy who was half white and half black. He caused all kinds of problems!
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Old 07-25-2006, 08:28 PM   #12
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One day, all of lobsterkind will be two-toned...
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Old 07-25-2006, 08:38 PM   #13
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The lobster's just getting ready for Halloween, that's all.
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Old 07-25-2006, 10:57 PM   #14
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Or Phantom of the Lobsterpot.
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Old 07-25-2006, 11:04 PM   #15
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Wasn't that an episode of Scooby Doo?
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