A Maine fisherman successfully caught a very rare blue lobster, which he described as the "most beautiful" crab he has ever seen.
Blake Haass, who is on Mount Desert Island, shared two clips to his TikTok account, @maverick_207, showcasing the incredible captures.
The following 'Bahasa' text translated to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "The 27-year-old man lifted the blue lobster to the camera, with the first clip titled: "Blue Lobster!!!! 1 in 2,000,000." Since it was shared on Wednesday, the original video has been viewed 23 million times. Speaking to Newsweek, Haass said: "I have never seen a blue lobster as bright or as beautiful as this one. We might occasionally see lobsters with a hint of blue color on their claws or tails, maybe that's it. This is the first time I've seen this blue color! And it's such a beautiful blue color."
"Hoping to Find Blue Lobster Again"
"I hope I can find another blue lobster again, but this lobster is so rare that you only hear of one lobster being caught occasionally throughout the state of Maine."
He estimated that the lobster was about 10 years old and said, "This is a rare find; I really want to release it back into the sea, and you can see in one of the videos that another fisherman had previously caught it and scratched its tail twice, so it couldn't be kept." "I know many older friends and fishermen who have been fishing longer than me and they have never caught a blue lobster, so I feel lucky to have caught this lobster!"
In the clip, Haass, a fisherman since 2013, said: "Look at what we just caught in this trap, we got a blue lobster. I've been looking for it, there's only 1 out of 2 million, how rare it is."
"And that might be one of the most beautiful shades of blue and white I have ever seen."
In line with what Haass said, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) noted: "According to the [Akron] zoo, blue lobsters are found in one out of every 2 million lobsters. And the likelihood of a lobster being caught, shipped, stored, and not enjoyed? We will do it with almost impossibility." Despite the rarity of the catch, Haass admitted that this was not the first time he had found colorful lobsters. "The fish I caught 10 years ago was not as blue as this one; that's why I'm very excited," he told Newsweek.
While lifting their other catch, he explained: "Just for comparison, that's how a normal lobster next to it looks like. I mean, look at how beautiful that blue color is. Crazy." Many commentators are obsessed with this unusual lobster, as Darien Sutton said: "I laughed when you compared it to a 'normal lobster' as if someone didn't know that lobsters are usually not blue in color."
"Other Netizen Comments"
Robinluvsya commented: "I feel 'rare' is the keyword here." Nacho Lozoya thought: "Nice, it's a beautiful shade of blue." CallMe.JOHNSON95 replied: "Blue like one of the rare colors found in nature."
After the clip went viral, he shared his follow-up a few hours later, confirming that he threw the lobster back into the sea.
With the caption "yes, this blue lobster is released back into the sea!" he said: "Definitely one of the bluest blue lobsters I've ever seen. You occasionally see some that are slightly blue, but this one is truly blue, entirely blue."
"And a very beautiful blue, white under its claws. I wonder what this will look like after being cooked."
When he released it back into the sea, he added: "Maybe it can reproduce and create some other blue lobsters, so we will let it go."
Lobsters can grow up to 100 years old, according to NOAA Fisheries, with the record weight reaching 45 pounds. To further explain their colors, NOAA Fisheries says, "'Red like a lobster' is just a myth. Lobsters come in almost every color except red. They can be blue, pale yellow, greenish-brown, gray, dull orange, some have calico patterns, and some have spots. However, they all turn red when placed in hot water."
"Causes of Color\u00a0Difference"
"Britannica, quoting Dr. Michael Tlusty from the New England Aquarium, revealed what causes different colors, and it is astaxanthin."
He said: "So when lobsters consume astaxanthin, the red pigment enters their skin, and that's when they appear red. Then, the pigment is transferred to the shell. And when it is stored inside the shell, proteins take the pigment and twist it, and its color changes to blue, then twisted again, and changes to yellow."
"So when we look at lobsters and any crustaceans, you are actually seeing through a layer of yellow pigments, through a layer of blue pigments, to the skin, which is red in color. And all of that is a stack of different colors that allow us to see lobsters as muddy brown in color."
Source: Newsweek
The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "Fishing for American lobsters occurs from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, but there are regulations on what can be taken from the sea, and how it is done. "Legally, female lobsters carrying eggs must be released if caught," as stated by NOAA Fisheries. The Journal Ecology and Society further explains the voluntary V-notch program, in an article shared in 2011, citing its benefits as a conservation practice."
It is said: "V-notching allows fishermen to take advantage of a program where the government buys back any lobsters that have laid eggs while in captivity from lobster breeding ponds. The guards mark these lobsters by making a V-shaped notch on their tails."
"\u201cThe V-notched lobsters must not be harvested until the V-notch is visible. In order to increase the number of breeding lobsters, many fishermen also notch the tails of egg-bearing lobsters before returning them to the sea.""
"Now there are hundreds of thousands of V-notch lobsters in the waters of Maine."
Source: Newsweek
People were fascinated by the discovery in the comments, when Haass shared more information, claiming that the first blue lobster he found was 10 years ago. He praised this discovery and his industry, saying, "I really love this career and what Nature offers. This is one of the best parts of it."
In the midst of speculation that the blue lobster had died, he clarified: "Not dead, just very calm! You can see it moving its legs right before I released it."
Source: Newsweek
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