Then, last month, he hauled in a white, almost translucent crustacean which he called “by far the weirdest one I’ve caught”. “I was definitely surprised,” he said, adding that he has caught lobsters that are “half red, half blue” before. “We released it and last week he caught it again and re-released it so it’s still hanging around.”Todd said he had since heard of another person who had caught the white lobster. Play Video 0:15 The translucent lobster hauled from the ocean off MaineThe Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association offered an explanation for the condition of the shellfish. “It was a blue notched female and people kept catching it for a month or so.”Around 10 people caught the blue lobster before it vanished, he said.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2017 15:51 UTC