Maine lobster dealer has 3 rare colorful lobsters
Rebecca McAleney | AP
This photo provided by Rebecca McAleney shows a bright orange, left, a bright blue, right, and a calico lobster at New Meadows Lobster in Portland, Maine, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. It's unusual enough to come across a 1-in-a-million blue lobster, but the lobster dealer has the three rare bright-colored lobsters at the same time.
Posted June 26, 2012, at 4:17 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — It’s unusual enough to come across a 1-in-a-million blue lobster, but a Portland lobster dealer is holding onto three rare bright-colored lobsters at the same time.
Pete McAleney of New Meadows Lobster has a bright blue, a bright orange and a calico lobster in a holding tank at his Portland business. They are in stark contrast to lobsters’ normal mottled green-and-brown color.
McAleney says having a single rare-colored lobster is uncommon, but having three at the same time is extremely unusual.
Lobster scientists say encountering orange or calico lobsters is even less likely than blue lobsters. Until 2 or 3 years ago, biologists said a calico lobster was a 1-in-30-million find, but now say the odds need to be recalculated.
