Rare Split Lobster Found Off Cape Cod

0:00It's April 27. This is Global News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters globally. Fisherman Off Cape Cod hauled up a one-of-a-kind lobster on April 16, split right down the middle with brown on one side, and bright orange on. The other, all the way from head to tail, instead of heading to the pot, a local seafood company donated it to the Woods Hole Science Aquarium to save this rare catch. Right now, the lobster is chilling and holding tanks at the Marine Biological Laboratory, while the aquarium finishes construction. Once it reopens, folks can check it out up close as one of the ocean's wildest natural quirks. New Englanders are buzzing about it, totally hooked on this divided dude that's bringing everyone together in awe. The Wellfleet Shellfish Company called it a remarkable find. Way rarer than the usual oddballs that pop up in spring and summer. These color glitches come from gene mutations messing with the proteins that control pigments and American lobsters, which are normally just modeled, brown.

1:02You give blues, full oranges, calico spots, or even those flashy cotton candy versions. So next time you're eyeing a lobster roll, remember some of these critters are too special for the menu, landing in tanks to steal the show instead.