Blue lobster found in ocean near Maine

A TEENAGER has caught an incredibly rare blue lobster, and will donate the one-in-2 million crustacean to an aquarium.

This Aug. 23, 2014, photo provided by Meghan LaPlante shows a blue lobster caught by her father Jay LaPlante off Pine Point in Scarborough, Maine Saturday. The crustacean is being donated to the Maine State Aquarium. (AP Photo/Meghan LaPlante)

A MAINE teenager and her dad trapped an incredibly rare blue lobster, and will donate the one-in-2 million crustacean to an aquarium.

The aptly named “Skyler” is ticketed for the Maine’s State Aquarium, dodging a date with a boiling pot of water, like its pals also trapped off Pine Point in Scarborough, Maine.

“It definitely stood out,” Jay LaPlante told the Portland Press Herald.

He and daughter Meghan LaPlante, 14, have been keeping Skyler in a separate tank from other trapped lobsters because it’s not unusual for the feisty crustacean to turn to cannibalism, they said.

Skyler should be in its new home on Tuesday.

The bright blue colour comes from a genetic defect. Pic: AP/Meghan LaPlante.

The lobster’s bright blue colour comes from a genetic defect that triggers excessive production of a certain protein that brings blue to the shell.

“I knew that it was definitely rare, but I actually have never seen any other un-ordinary lobster,” Meghan LaPlante told the Boston Globe.

Meghan LaPlante has a student lobstering license, allowing her to set 150 traps a year.

Through her business, Miss Meghan Lobster Catch, Meghan has logged more than of 1,000 hours of lobstering and she’s eligible to get her commercial license next year.

That’ll allow her to set out 300 traps annually. The money earned from her business she either reinvests into her company or puts into a college fund.

This story originally appeared on The New York Post and is republished here with permission.