Four Clawed Mutant Lobster

We (I) here at Zooillogix have a thing for lobsters. It involves Belgium, pasta tongs, and a Dutch boy named Lourens. I'll leave it at that.

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Anyway, this mutant lobster was pulled out of the briny depths near Newport, RI earlier this month. Lobsterman Patrick Marks sometimes releases lobster "when they look at him funny" and so this almost-Pokemon-character was returned to the sea after a day-long publicity tour.

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That thing could give you a heck of a pinch!

A fine lobster tail you tell. The extra claws turned out to be a release clause!

Returned to the sea? Forget about it. Introduce to the pot. Extra butter.

By vanderleun@com… (not verified) on 28 Dec 2008 #permalink

Wowwwww. . .creepy.

or as we say down East,lobstahhh

I used to work at the seafood department in a chain supermarket. Someone once asked me "Why do your crabs only have a blob of meat at the ends of two of their legs" I said "Do you mean the claws?"

To that, they replied "Yeah, whatever they're called. Why don't you order crabs with claws at the end of all their legs?"

I told her those aren't available this time of year.

I would think this the result of a "developmental insult" rather than a mutation. To me, mutation implies a change in the genome, which I doubt is the case here. Probably more developmental insults in the sea these days than there used to be.

By Jim Thomerson (not verified) on 02 Jan 2009 #permalink

We hold this bug istanbulda fish caught by fish network .... very good, but it can not tell a superior number of animals is very low.

Returned to the sea? Forget about it. Introduce to the pot. Extra butter.That thing could give you a heck of a pinch!

To that, they replied "Yeah, whatever they're called. Why don't you order crabs with claws at the end of all their legs?" Extra butter.That thing could give you a heck of a pinch!

We hold this bug istanbulda fish caught by fish network .... very good, but it can not tell a superior number of animals is very low.

hahaha

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