A lobster caught by Steve Hatch and his uncle Robert Green was spared from being cooked and ripped apart on a plate because of its color.
The lobster is bright blue, the result of an extremely rare genetic mutation.
It turned up the morning of June 10 in a lobster trap at the mouth of the Thames River in London, England.
PHOTO: AP
Later that afternoon, Hatch brought it to an aquarium, and it will live in an elementary school classroom for children to learn about.
Only one in 3 million lobsters are naturally blue.
The one caught on June 10 will join two other blue lobsters at the aquarium.
The blue coloring happens when lobsters produce too much protein because of a genetic mutation.
But if blue lobsters are cooked, they too turn red.(AP)
史提夫．海契與他的叔叔羅伯．葛林所捕獲的龍蝦因為顏色特殊，倖免成為遭人肢解的盤中飧。
這隻龍蝦呈寶藍色，是相當罕見的基因突變結果。
六月十日清晨，牠在英國倫敦泰晤士河口的龍蝦陷阱中被捕獲。
海契下午將這隻龍蝦帶往一處水族館。龍蝦最後將定居在一所小學教室，供學童教育之用。
只有三百萬分之一的龍蝦天生就是藍色。
六月十日捕獲的這隻龍蝦將會與水族館的另外兩隻藍龍蝦為伍。
當龍蝦基因突變產生過多的蛋白質，就會呈現藍色。
不過藍龍蝦一旦經過烹煮，也會變成紅色。 （美聯社/翻譯︰賴美君）
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