Rare Calico Lobster Caught Off Massachusetts Coast

Rare 1-in-20-million calico lobster makes her spooky debut

A rare and seasonally-colored lobster is joining spiders, bats, and even some oozing fungi as some of nature’s best Halloween ambassadors. Meet Jackie (short for jack-o’-lantern), a rare orange and black lobster making her debut at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts.  Jackie is a calico lobster and the odds of catching a crustacean like this are about one-in-20 million, according to the Marine Science Center…

Rare calico lobster caught off Massachusetts coast

A rare orange and black lobster, believed to occur in only one in 30 million lobsters, was caught off Massachusetts and has a new home at a university.

Rare calico lobster makes a splash

Another rare lobster is making a splash at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center in Nahant. The brilliantly colored orange and black lobster is called a calico, and the odds of catching one are believed to be only one in 30 million, says Sierra Munoz, outreach program coordinator at the Marine Science Center.

One in 30 million: fisherman caught a rare lobster with 'freckles' - News Bulletin 247

An extremely rare lobster was caught by a fisherman off the coast of Massachusetts, causing the excitement. The unusual female lobster has a fancy “Calico” pattern – intense orange with black and yellow touches – like spots or freckles – and are terribly impressive The chances of a Calico lobster being caught are believed to be only one in 30 million, according to local experts, who called the lobster Jackie. Such an unusual pattern makes thes…