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Brilliant blue lobster caught off Antigonish, N.S.
CBC News ^ | JUNE 9, 2013

Posted on 06/10/2013 6:30:47 AM PDT by rickmichaels

A rare blue lobster was caught in waters near Antigonish on Friday.

According to research based out of the University of Maine, the odds of catching a blue lobster in North America are about one in two million. The blue coloration is caused by a genetic defect that causes the lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein that gives the lobster the unique color.

Sheldon Trenholm of South River, N.S. was the lucky lobsterman who caught the brilliant blue crustacean near Monks Head.

Trenholm said at first he didn't know what it was thrashing in the trap with seven or eight other lobsters.

He took a few pictures, showed a few friends and then he threw it back because the lobster was too small to keep.



TOPICS: Canada
KEYWORDS: lobster; marinebiology
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To: mmichaels1970

DH and I just about split our guts laughing over your comment! Four thumbs up!!!


41 posted on 06/10/2013 9:33:20 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: Gay State Conservative

Visited Newfoundland several times growing up. My cousins and their friends would swim in the ice cold water. I couldn’t handle even just standing in it up to my ankles.


42 posted on 06/10/2013 9:37:36 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; Larry Lucido; ...
Re Brilliant blue lobster... caught off Antigonish, N.S: He doesn't look... too smart to me

Well, I ate a dozen of his brilliant blue bros and they left a really terrible...  photo 1-c-B-Blue-L-200-1.gif aftertaste--

43 posted on 06/10/2013 10:11:23 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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Re: Well, I ate a dozen of his brilliant blue bros and they left a really terrible...  photo 1-c-B-Blue-L-200-1.gif aftertaste--

Or it could have been the 30 or 40...  photo 1-c-B-Blue-R-fs-1.gif Blue Curacao Margaritas I drank with em--

44 posted on 06/10/2013 10:26:59 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2
You're right those little blue suckers
do leave an aftertaste
45 posted on 06/10/2013 10:35:42 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Bender2
Funny, he didn't look bluish...
46 posted on 06/10/2013 11:22:31 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Bigg Red

Next time you go to the store and see Phillips crab meat on sale , read the label, it doesn’t come out of the Chesapeake.


47 posted on 06/10/2013 12:14:59 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer

http://www.phillipsfoods.com/retail-products/ProductsList.aspx?productClassificationId=1

Phillips crab meat is harvested from the tropical waters of Southeast Asia, cooked, hand-picked and pasteurized at Phillips’ own crab processing plants under the strictest quality control.


48 posted on 06/10/2013 12:17:28 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Red Badger

Only in Orwellian America is a RED called blue.


49 posted on 06/10/2013 12:57:05 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: MrB

The stupid lies with our side that refuses to use the Orwellian changeroo.


50 posted on 06/10/2013 12:58:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Just wait till you drop him in the pot.......he’ll be RED ALL OVER!........


51 posted on 06/10/2013 1:00:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: Venturer

Oh, don’t worry, I always look for the source of seafood for sale. Has to be USA processed and wild caught for me to buy it.


52 posted on 06/10/2013 1:20:24 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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Re: "Funny, he didn't look bluish..."

Now that is an anti-bluish rant... if I ever heard one!

Really? I think Pharmboy is kinda cute... for a white boy--

If red X above go to http://cdn-s3.orlandocity.com/articles_pictures/Blue-Man-Group-closeup.jpg

53 posted on 06/10/2013 2:23:59 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

Deadliest catch anybody LOL!


54 posted on 06/10/2013 2:50:01 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Bender2

Hey...some of my best friends are blues...and I listen to the blues sometimes...and I love blue skies. Nope...I ain’t anti-bluish.


55 posted on 06/10/2013 4:22:41 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: mmichaels1970

Made me LOL. And I immediately looked for the ‘like’ button.


56 posted on 06/10/2013 6:31:10 PM PDT by scripter
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To: Pharmboy; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Well, it had... to happen--

As advertized on "Fox... and Friends Weekend"

And taste best if drunk... from Anna's sweaty shoe!

57 posted on 06/11/2013 4:32:48 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2
Did you see this?


58 posted on 06/11/2013 5:44:51 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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