Overview
- The lobster, caught off Cape Cod on Thursday, April 16, shows a sharp split of orange on one side and dark brown on the other.
- Wellfleet Shellfish Company declined to sell it and donated it to the Woods Hole Science Aquarium.
- Aquarium staff are keeping it in holding tanks at the Marine Biological Laboratory during renovations.
- The aquarium expects to exhibit it for visitors upon reopening in early 2027.
- Experts call the find exceptionally rare and say quoted odds like "one in 50 million" are rough estimates.