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This two-tone lobster caught off Maine is a 1 in 50 million find

The Associated Press
A rare orange-brown split colored lobster arrived recently at the Pine Point Fisherman's Co-Op in Scarborough, Maine.
A rare orange-brown split colored lobster arrived recently at the Pine Point Fisherman's Co-Op in Scarborough, Maine. Yoon S. Byun AP

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — A rare orange-brown split-colored lobster has turned up off the coast of Maine.

The Press Herald reports that the unusual lobster arrived last week at Pine Point Fisherman’s Co-Op in Scarborough.

According to research by the Lobster Institute, the chance of finding a split-colored lobster is one in 50 million.

The institute reports that only the albino lobster is rarer, with the chances of catching it at one in 100 million.

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