Contest uncovers lobsters with extra claws, blue shells, dog-sized girth
HALIFAX — An unusual contest has uncovered dozens of bizarre lobsters found in the waters of Canada’s East Coast — including blue ones, three-clawed ones, and even one as big as a beagle.
Fishermen have submitted photos of about 75 lobsters to a “Craziest Lobster” contest on the Facebook page of Murray GM, a car dealership in southwestern Nova Scotia.
Billy Mole, the dealership’s marketing manager, said the big trend among entrants is blue — about 17 entrants are blue, including one that is almost luminescent — and deformed claws.
“I’ve heard the saying that a blue lobster is one in a million, so to have such a strong blue lobster presence is definitely intriguing,” he said Wednesday.