Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy coloured?

Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year. The funky-colored crustaceans inspire headlines that trumpet their rarity, with particularly uncommon baby blue-tinted critters described by some as “cotton-candy colorued” often estimated at 1 in 100 million.

Wave of these curious coloured lobsters in Maine, New York, Colorado and beyond has scientists asking how atypical the discoloured arthropods really are{ai:summary}<p>Lobsters of various unusual colors, including orange, blue, calico, and rare baby blue variants, have been found in traps and seafood markets. These colorful specimens generate significant interest due to their rarity, especially the blue lobsters estimated at 1 in 100 million.  </p><p>#science</p>

How rare is a rare-coloured lobster? Answer could be under the shell

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