Pair of rare, multicoloured lobsters new summer stars of Dartmouth ocean centre
Global News
One of them is half bright red and half black while the other has baby-blue and white “cotton candy” colours.
Burrowing under seaweed and crawling around a large open-top tank at an ocean centre in Dartmouth, N.S., are two beady-eyed alien-like creatures named Moonmist and Bingo.
One of them is half bright red and half black while the other has baby-blue and white “cotton candy” colours.
Moonmist and Bingo are lobsters.
The extremely rare duo, with colour combinations that are estimated to occur only in one in 50 million and one in 100 million, respectively, were likely headed toward someone’s supper plate or lobster roll, until staff at a large Bedford, N.S., fish market identified the unique crustaceans and donated them to the Back to the Sea Centre in Dartmouth, N.S.
Magali Grégoire, head of the non-profit centre that offers sea-life education, said the pair have quickly captivated the centre’s visitors, who may be used to seeing dull brown-coloured lobsters in grocery stores or fish markets.
“It’s been really exciting for both us and our visitors. A lot of people have never seen lobsters like this,” Grégoire said in an interview Thursday.
Visitors have been flocking to see the half-red and half-black lobster, named Bingo, who likes to sit under seaweed on the opposite side of the tank from bright, pale-blue Moonmist — named after the beloved Maritime ice cream flavour.
The centre ran a naming contest that generated a few hundred votes and suggestions before Moonmist and Bingo came out on top.
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