‘Weirdest lobster I’ve ever seen:’ Maine TikToker shares extraordinarily uncommon two-toned lobster

A Maine lobsterman made an unbelievable catch this week, sharing one of many rarest lobsters ever on his common TikTok account. 

Jacob Knowles, a fifth-generation lobster fisherman, has over 2.5 million followers on the favored platform, all of whom delighted within the catch of a lifetime: a two-toned, half-male, half-female lobster.

“That is the best lobster that I’ve ever seen,” Knowles shared on TikTok and Instagram. “Very attention-grabbing. You don’t see this fairly often in any respect.”

The 2-sex lobster is scientifically referred to as a bilateral gynandromorph, the place the intercourse is actually cut up down the center. The male/feminine cut up may also be seen with the colour with a definite line down its again.

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Knowles factors to the higher swimmerets on the lobster’s underside, the place a stiff swimmeret on the blue facet signifies it’s male, whereas the crimson facet lacks one, that means feminine.

In keeping with the New England Aquarium, the chances of discovering a blue lobster within the wild are 1 in 2 million. Discovering a two-toned, reddish-brown and blue lobster within the wild is about 1 in 50 million, in line with the Seacoast Science Heart in New Hampshire. Discovering a half-male and half-female lobster is even rarer.

Knowles and his followers determined to maintain the lobster in a cage as a pet and title it Bowie, after iconic singer David Bowie. 

“It’s a good title. I did like ‘50 Per Cent’ lots,” Knowles stated. Different common feedback have been “Leonardo da Pinchy” and “One in a Krillion,” which bought over 50,000 likes on Instagram.