April 24 (UPI) — A lobster fishing boat off the coast of Cape Cod landed an extremely rare split-color lobster, which officials said is considered a 1 in 50 million catch.
The Wellfleet Shellfish Company said the fishing vessel Timothy Michael discovered the lobster with rare half-and-half coloring on April 16.
The company decided to donate the lobster to the Woods Hole Science Aquarium, where it will live out the rest of its life and be viewable by the public.
The lobster is currently in the care of the Marine Biological Laboratory of NOAA Fisheries in Woods Hole, Mass., until renovations at the aquarium are finished.
“Split lobsters like this are extraordinarily rare — caused by unique genetic variations that create their striking half-and-half coloring,” Wellfleet said on social media.