# Rare blue lobster found

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-blue-lobster-found/624916 "2012-06-12T14:26:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-blue-lobster-found/624916/1 "2012-06-12T14:26:45Z")

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[http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/11/a-catch-straight-out-of-the-deep-blue-sea/?hpt=hp\_c3](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/11/a-catch-straight-out-of-the-deep-blue-sea/?hpt=hp_c3)

A remarkable critter. Sure hope they end up putting it in an aquarium - it’d live longer, most likely, and more people would have the chance to see it.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-blue-lobster-found/624916/2 "2012-06-12T15:01:42Z")

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That’s awesome. I saw a blue lobster in an aquarium last fall, but it was more of a powder blue.

And a couple of weeks ago I ate at the Blue Lobster Grill. But I didn’t order lobster.

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-blue-lobster-found/624916/3 "2012-06-12T16:07:19Z")

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Humbolt State in Arcata, CA had a huge live one twenty years ago that I saw. They keep getting bigger as they age. Pretty creature. But not as blue as the one in the story.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-blue-lobster-found/624916/4 "2012-06-12T16:19:13Z")

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Blue plate special anyone?

Somehow I see this being auctioned in Japan for $500,000 an ounce.