Rare Calico Lobster Turns up in Maine
Posted: September 10, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: American lobster, Boothbay Harbor Maine, Bristol, Calico Lobster, Lobster, Maine, Sarah Lane Leave a commentBETHEL, Maine – The owner of a Maine bait and tackle shop says she found a rare calico-colored lobster that was caught off the state’s coast.
Sarah Lane says the crustacean, covered in orange blotches, appeared in a crate of lobsters brought from the Pemaquid Lobster Co-op in Bristol last weekend.

“I’ve always had a soft spot for girls with freckles.”
The University of Maine says the odds of finding one are about one in 30 million.
Lane named the lobster “Freckles.” Read the rest of this entry »
Sacré Bleu! Maine Teen Nets Rare Blue Lobster
Posted: August 24, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mediasphere | Tags: American lobster, Blue Lobster, Boothbay Harbor Maine, Boston, Exoskeleton, Lobster, Maine, Nova Scotia 1 CommentWhat a catch! Maine teen nets rare blue lobster http://t.co/iNNUpLKR84pic.twitter.com/rzlN7fbtTV
— Chris (@Chris_1791) August 25, 2014

“Blue lobsters sometimes deal with prejudice, in the lobster community, because of their exoskeleton color. But they’re real pretty, I think.”