A one-of-a-kind two-toned lobster has been caught off the coast of Maine and brought to Pine Point Fisherman's Co-Op in Scarborough, Press Herald reported.
The rare catch resembles a split lobster, which is split down the middle with orange on one side and brown on the other. The newly-discovered lobster has a split down the middle of the tail with a brown body. One claw is orange and the other is brown. Unlike most split lobsters that are hermaphrodites, this one is all female.
"There's probably quite a few genetic mutations that created that type of pattern," said Adam Baukus, a scientist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute who have never seen a lobster like this before, New England Cable News reported.
The lobster is currently on display in Deep Sea World in Fife, attracting tourists and visitors who want to see it.
"Scientists are interested in it, so I figured it would be in better hands here than in a pot," said Mike Chasse, the co-op's warehouse worker.
The Lobster Institute said that there is a one in 50 million chance of finding a split-colored lobster, while the rarest is an albino lobster, with a one in 100 million chance of catching it.
