Yellow Lobster Caught in CT: 1 in 30 Million Find by Fisherman

By Daniel Distant, Christian Post Reporter Friday, June 13, 2014

A yellow lobster was caught by a fisherman at Black Point in Niantic, Connecticut recently and a fisherman couldn't believe his eyes at the rare lobster. Jere Lacoske has been fishing for many years and never came across a crustacean with that hue, which is said to be a one-in-30-million find.

When the yellow lobster surfaced among the other mottled blue and brown lobsters, Lacoske first thought that it either wasn't a lobster or that it wasn't alive.

"First I thought it was a joke," Lacoske told WTNH News 8. "Is it cooked or is it plastic? And then it was in with six other lobsters so it was kind of hiding in the corner."

But soon he realized that the 1.25-pound yellow lobster was very much alive.

"It's a female lobster," the fisherman, who had been fishing Black Point for 10 years before the find, explained. "I mean, she's in great shape. She's very, as you see, she's very active."

The lobster's rare coloring is caused by genetic mutation that alters pigmentation.

Lacoske plans on donating the lobster to Project Oceanography, who could display the rare lobster for

"See if they'll take it down there and show the kids down there for a while at least," said Lacoske. If not, he'll simply release it.

Though the yellow lobster is said to be one in 30 million, there are even rarer mutations that can be found. Blue lobster can be found about one in 2 million times, while albino lobsters are almost never found with one in 100 million odds.