SEA CURIOSITIES

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 20

SEA CURIOSITIES

. . LODSTEBS THAT AVEAII ODD i;-;. UOLOUfiS. ' Lobsters, alive and in tbcir native eiciiicnt arc a' dark green, which turns, to a-brilliant red when, they are boiled;; but there are exceptions, and sometimes a lobster fresh from the .salt. -water' will.be some,'other eolsiir than green. . Near Amherst, Nova Scotia, a purowhite or albino lobster was taken once and sent to a Portland (Mo.) wholesale 'lobster dealer, who for many years exhibited it preserved in alcohol, the "JS Tow York Times." Near Mohegan Island a lobstorman took from a trap a thirtfien-ineh'.lobster'which was a .rich indigo along the top of the body shell and tail,-the indigo shading off on • the sides,of the carapace into biues of a-clear, lighter'tint. At Peaks Island a specimen was captured whose back and tail were a bright indigo blue, -"'hilo the under parts shaded off into ail almost pure white. At Beal's Island a jet-black lobster was caught a few years ago, and near Winalhave'n this winter a,.cream-coloured one was found. Bright red lobsters, looking precisely as if they liad been boiled, while infre-' qucnt, have been hauled up at several ■points along the. Ma.mo const. A few weeks ago .1 Nova Scotia lobster in a consignment for Boston attracted -attention because its -body shell was in alternate stripes ot! green and yellowish white or ivory Hut,.almost as if.il; had I been painted.