We've all seen lobsters, but have you ever seen a blue lobster? A few days ago, a fisherman in the United States accidentally caught a blue lobster while fishing at sea. Many people have seen photos of this lobster, the latter is made of plastic, but it is actually real. The blue lobster is said to be caused by a mutation just like albinism, and the probability is about one in two million!

Is blue lobster edible?

The reason shrimp turn blue may be a mutation in the crustacean blue gene that prevents them from synthesizing astaxanthin properly, giving them the usual red color of crayfish.

Generally, blue lobsters caused by genetic mutations are edible, but it's better to release such a rare species of lobster.

It's a shame to eat it!

Blue lobster's price is amazing:

This blue lobster is so rare, it's hard to find at a price.

"A British fisherman has caught a rare blue-clawed lobster off the coast of Devon". Locally, the blue lobster is considered a symbol of good luck. The fisherman named it "Larry" and released it into the sea. The probability of a blue-clawed lobster is said to be only one in two million.

According to statistics, 200 million lobsters are caught in the North Pacific each year. With a probability of "one in two million," that's about a hundred blue lobsters a year, which is about right.

But more netizens were curious about whether the blue lobster could be eaten. Experts enthusiastically answered our questions. In fact, this blue lobster is safe to eat, and the cooked lobster is actually as red as a normal lobster.