Former lobster aquaculture lab volunteer here. Blue lobsters were raised, and the lab was always full of beautiful blue juvies. When the lab is overpopulated due to favorable mortality rates, there are releases back into the Bay. I'm wondering if this one is one of those kiddos. (You can manipulate the shell color with diet due to the protein makeup of the shell. The universal underlying protein is asta xanthin, and that's why every cooked lobster is orange - it's the only shell protein which doesn't break down and lose it's color.) The NEAq website has a great tutorial on lobsters.
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By geep9
Thu, 11/10/2016 - 10:50am
elmer
Adorable!
By Elmer
Thu, 11/10/2016 - 11:19am
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Holy shit, Jay
By erik g
Thu, 11/10/2016 - 2:26pm
It's a baby fahkin' lobstah or somethin'. We should call the aquarium, it's dead or something.
Wonder if this is a NEAq juvenile?
By lobster nanny
Thu, 11/10/2016 - 1:46pm
Former lobster aquaculture lab volunteer here. Blue lobsters were raised, and the lab was always full of beautiful blue juvies. When the lab is overpopulated due to favorable mortality rates, there are releases back into the Bay. I'm wondering if this one is one of those kiddos. (You can manipulate the shell color with diet due to the protein makeup of the shell. The universal underlying protein is asta xanthin, and that's why every cooked lobster is orange - it's the only shell protein which doesn't break down and lose it's color.) The NEAq website has a great tutorial on lobsters.
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