Rare, limited edition Lobster

dks · **on:** July 09, 2015, 08:09:54 AM

No, not Zoidberg (but why not zoidberg??)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3154018/It-s-lobster-pot-gold-Rare-crustacean-coloured-like-precious-metal-caught-fishermen-Scottish-coast.html

Fisherman off the coast of Scotland really did strike gold as they defied odds of one in five million to pull a rare golden lobster out of the sea.
Eddie Dougal caught the unusual crustacean off the coast of Scotland near Dunbar and knew instantly that this one was not destined for the boiling pot.
The odds of finding a lobster with such incredible colouring is believed to be one in five million so it is now amazing crowds at Deep Sea World in Fife.

But it's not the rarest lobster found lately. One found off the coast of Scarborough, U.S., this week has a two-toned shell, split right down the middle with one half black and the other orange.
The chances of finding one with these unusual markings are believed to be one in fifty million, according to research by the Lobster Institute, making them ten times rarer than golden lobsters

The institute reports that only the albino lobster is rarer, with the chances of catching it at one in 100 million.

mrynnr · **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2015, 08:20:29 AM

Was thinking you were going to sell more "rare" items.

dks · **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2015, 08:27:10 AM

buy a cheap lobster, paint it a different colour, sell it for 10 times as much.... sounds like a good idea... (The coloured alox business model, as I call it)