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Man beats odds of catching blue lobster, donates to science

July 20, 2017
Greg Ward holds a rare blue lobster he caught in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Greg Ward holds a rare blue lobster he caught in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.



PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A New Hampshire lobsterman has joined an elite club after catching a rare blue lobster. The Portsmouth Herald reports Greg Ward initially thought he had snagged an albino lobster when he examined his catch off the coast Tuesday where New Hampshire borders Maine. The Rye lobsterman quickly realized his hard-shell lobster was a unique blue and cream color. The oft-cited odds of catching a blue lobster are 1 in 2 million. But no one knows for sure. Ward says the lobster is unlike anything he's ever seen. He gave the rare crustacean to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye to study and put on display. Center aquarist Rob Royer says Ward's blue lobster will go on display in the "exotic" lobster tank once it acclimates to the water. - AP


July 20, 2017
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