Why is my lobster blue?

MICHAEL TLUSTY: So when the lobsters eat the astaxanthin, the red pigment goes it into the skin, and that's where it shows up as being red. Then, the pigment gets moved up into the shell. And when it stores it in the shell, proteins grab the pigments and twist it around, and it actually turns to a blue color.
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Is it normal for a lobster to be blue?

Blue lobsters are, in fact, the result of a single mutation of one piece of the SNA of American lobsters. This mutation causes an overproduction of a particular protein. This results in the bright blue pigment, rather than the typical mix of pigments that give the typical greenish-brown.
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Are lobsters blue before cooked?

Most lobsters are a mottled brown color, but sometimes you can see a strange orange or blue lobster. And then, when lobsters are cooked, they turn bright red.
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How can you tell if lobster is spoiled?

Signs your lobster has gone bad
  1. Pungent odor: Open your bag or box of lobster and take a good sniff—do you automatically pull back? ...
  2. Soft, cottage cheese-like consistency: If your lobster meat smells OK, that doesn't necessarily mean it's good to eat. ...
  3. Slimy meat: Does your lobster meat feel slimy to the touch?
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What color should lobster meat be?

Good lobster meat is red, pink, or white. The redder meat is typically sweeter. You might notice some white, cottage-cheese-like substance on your lobster; this is what happens to the crustacean's blood when it's boiled. You can scrape it off easily, although it's harmless to eat it, too.
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What colour is uncooked lobster?

Raw lobsters get their distinctive blue-purplish colour from a pigment called astaxanthin. The pigment molecules are pinkish-orange in their free, unbound form, but when they bind to a protein in the lobster's shell, their shape and light-absorbing properties are distorted. As a result, they appear blue.
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Why are blue lobsters rare?

“Blue lobsters are, in fact, the result of a single mutation of one piece of the DNA of American lobsters. This mutation causes an overproduction of a particular protein. This results in the bright blue pigment, rather than the typical mix of pigments that give the typical greenish-brown.”
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Do blue lobsters taste different?

For every two million lobsters, there is one blue lobster. The blue lobster would taste exactly the same as the other red lobsters if it was cooked. There are very few things other than the color of the lobster that makes him different from his peers.
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What causes Rainbow lobsters?

The lobster's unique color is believed to be caused by a genetic condition that leads to a partial loss of pigmentation. NBC Connecticut A translucent lobster made for an exceptional sight when it was caught on Aug. 24, 2017. The fisherman who caught the rarity described it as "definitely weird."
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Do lobsters change color?

When a cook drops a live lobster into boiling brine, the lobster's shell soon changes color from greenish black to orangy red. The molecular actors in this biological redshift have been known for years. Crustacyanin, the colorant in lobster shell, consists of pigment molecules confined in a colorless multiprotein cage.
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What are the odds of catching a blue lobster?

The odds of catching a blue lobster are about one in two million. Stover said the lobster was female, so her husband notched it and put it back in the water.
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Are blue lobsters poisonous?

Yellow or orange lobsters are one in 30 million, albino lobsters are one in 100 million, and red lobsters (which appear red before being cooked) are on in 10 million. Although blue lobsters are entirely healthy and safe to eat, both of the blue specimen recently caught will be saved from the pot.
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What is the rarest lobster color?

Lobsters can come in more rare shades, including blue, which the Maine Lobstermen's Community Alliance says is a one in a 2 million chance. Finding a yellow lobster is a one in 30 million chance, and the rarest find is the white lobster at one in 100 million chance.
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What is a blue lobster called?

Procambarus alleni, a blue crayfish commonly called a blue lobster. Homarus gammarus, the European or common lobster, which is blue while alive (but becomes red when cooked)
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Why is my lobster shell black before cooking?

When the internal temperature during cooking doesn't reach a certain level, the enzyme 'phenoloxidase' can get activated, resulting in the deposition of melanin, or black pigment. The blackening can affect only part of the lobster, or almost the entire inside of the animal.
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Why do lobsters scream when you cook them?

For starters, lobsters don't scream when you boil them. In fact, they lack lungs and don't even have the proper biological equipment to form a scream. What you hear is air and steam escaping from the shells of their simmering suppers.
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What is a ghost lobster?

The White Ghost Lobster is from the rivers and streams of North East Australia and is one of the larger species of crayfish attaining a total length of up to 12 inches. They are a brilliant white color with relatively small claws for their size. They are well known for keeping tanks clean and free of waste.
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How often is a blue lobster found?

Researchers believe the specimen is extremely rare, and estimate the odds of finding a blue lobster at 1 in every 2 million, according to the New England Aquarium. The blue color is due to a genetic anomaly in which the animals develop an excess of the pigment crustacyanin.
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Where can you find blue lobster?

If you're lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a one-in-two-million blue lobster in the wild, however, it'll likely be around the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe. But blue lobsters also live in other parts of the world, like Australia, and even in some freshwater areas.
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Why is my lobster meat green?

If you crack open a lobster and see a green coating on the meat, your taste buds are in for a treat. Also known as tomalley, this greenish paste is the part of the lobster that packs the most flavor, and it tastes like lobster, only a lot richer and more concentrated.
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What color is lobster alive?

When alive and living in the sea, lobsters are naturally a dark-blue/black colour. It is thought that natural selection led to this as it makes them harder to spot for predators.
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How much money is a blue lobster worth?

How Much Do Blue Lobsters Cost? Blue lobsters are perfectly suitable for consumption. They have been priced as high as $500 on eBay although the listing failed to attract a single bid, so it's safe to say the worth of blue lobsters is debatable.
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Do purple lobsters exist?

Keith Potter got a shock last week when he netted an extremely rare purple lobster off the coast of Winter Harbor (Maine), WMTW reports. Through the years, marine biologists have seen blue, yellow and red lobsters; but the purple variety is unique.
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How big do blue lobsters get?

Over time, they can grow to be about 5 inches. So its necessary to provide enough bottom space for them to roam. The tank size required for each Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobster should have at least 20 gallons of water.
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