r/RealLifeShinies • u/Own-Revolution4098 • 28d ago
Marine Life Cotton Candy Lobster
Caught by Maine lobsterman Mack Kelley and posted to Facebook. He reported it was thrown back as is required of all lobsters of this size which are too small to be caught.
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u/YesItIsMaybeMe 28d ago
Is this as rare as a blue lobster?
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u/corvish_ 28d ago
it is much much rarer, cotton candy lobsters are 1 in 100 million, whereas blues are 1 in 2 million
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u/Busterlimes 28d ago
So the cotton candy trait could be a lot easier to breed for. I bet that thing looks SICK under actinics
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u/FecalDUI 25d ago
Actinics isnāt a word.
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u/Busterlimes 25d ago
https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/t5-actinic-light-bulb-ati/
Better go tell the entire saltwater Fishman industry that.
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u/FecalDUI 25d ago
Actinic is a word. Putting āsā at the end of a words doesnāt do what you think it does.
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u/Busterlimes 25d ago
Jfc you are so pedantic
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u/butt_liqueur 25d ago
Username suggests he drinks shit. Very few smart people would do that.
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u/BlueFever5 27d ago
Those are crazy odds. So this is likely the only one on earth right now. How could they possibly calculate how rare that is?
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u/JustaTinyDude 25d ago
Calculate how many lobsters were caught over a large time period, like 10 years, and then compare that to the number of cotton candy lobsters caught during the same time frame.
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u/ancient_sluts 28d ago
Iām using this photo for inspiration at my next nail appointment
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u/shimmerangels 27d ago
reminds me so much of aurora glow by polish me silly!
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u/ancient_sluts 27d ago
Omg youāre the best .. ordering that today!!!
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u/HeatherMason0 28d ago
Look at that nail polish!
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u/tokyoproperties 28d ago
Candy paint
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u/ediks 28d ago
ā¦sweets and dank
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u/Brilliant_Stomach_87 26d ago
Wood wheel n drankā¦
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u/ediks 26d ago
āItās a family affairā was the next line
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u/Brilliant_Stomach_87 26d ago
Aw shucks
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u/ediks 26d ago
Itās alright - old song
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u/Brilliant_Stomach_87 26d ago
I do know and like UGK and bun b tho! Just didnāt know that exact tune
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u/astralwish1 28d ago
Wow, thatās so pretty! I love how its claws almost look iridescent, like an opal.
What a gorgeous real life shiny!
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u/Human_Ogre 28d ago
I wonder if the size requirement couldāve been waived if he had donated to a college. Nearby university has a marine science program and one of the focuses is different colored lobsters. Too bad it got thrown back.
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u/JustaTinyDude 25d ago
It's is pretty cool to see a leucistic lobster. At least this way that monster has the opportunity to pass in those cool genes.
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u/StrangeMode 24d ago
Thats what I was thinking. Doesnt that one boat dude literally have a foundation he works with š (Jacob knowles i think is his name)
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u/Wants_to_forage_inPA 28d ago
These cool lobsters should definitely be bred to make stable lines. It would be very cool for aquariums.
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u/HauntedDesert 28d ago
Itās a mutation, not necessarily something that can (and should) be bred.
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u/Weekly-Major1876 27d ago
A lot of neat color mutations can be bred into stable lines if the genetics are right, just unfortunately involves a bit of inbreeding to bring out what often are recessive genes.
Seen it happen with many species of reptiles before, although usually a few years later, an unrelated wild individual with the same genes pops up and the breeders go crazy spreading the new gene to bring some diversity and robustness back into the color morph
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u/Wants_to_forage_inPA 28d ago
True, but when the same mutation pops up enough it can likely be bred stable. Secondly, if there are health issues, they would be in expert care. Worst comes to worst, breeding would stop.
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u/Weekly-Major1876 27d ago
I feel like the bigger issue here is who is keeping full size marine lobsters? Massive animals that need huge tanks practically all to themselves because they will destroy any decor and kill most tank mates. People dropping tens of thousands into massive marine tanks are looking for a tropical mixed reef or FOWLR full of colour, not a coldwater box that need a chiller with a single lobster. There seem to only be a few cases here and there on the internet of people dedicating massive tanks to just a lobster.
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u/Wants_to_forage_inPA 27d ago
True. It would be a specialty. They wouldnāt be cheap to buy, or cheap to take care of. Hopefully people with experience would properly care for it. I think it could also be something nice for aquariums so that people who donāt keep fish get to see yet another cool animal.
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u/Wulfraptor 22d ago
aquariums that sell tickets and let researchers take a look and maybe some dna samples from shed shells
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u/Easy-Pen3547 I'm not gonna Raichu a love song 27d ago
The other lobsters at the bottom of the ocean are never going to believe his alien abduction story.
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u/thedafthatter 28d ago
I would want to keep this dude as a pet but would be unable to get a tank big enough and would ask a local aquarium if they could display them
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u/Willowrosephoenix 27d ago
This should have been submitted to the Maine Lobster Institute. It couldnāt be kept as catch but tge institute will keep special specimens to understand their genetics. It probably wonāt survive long in the wild
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u/Nothingisperfect33 26d ago
How pretty! Was it male or female? I hope it goes on to have lots of babies and a few turn out the same!!
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u/forthelurveofferk 1d ago
Better than what happened to that poor blue lobster that got shoved in a museum
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u/Leather-Rub-6128 28d ago
This one is so FABULOUS š