TheBlaze has reported on giant and even oddly colored lobsters over the last couple years, but none are quite so odd as this latest one. Trapped by a Massachusetts fisherman, “Pinchy” is perfectly two toned in color.

This image released by the New England Aquarium shows a two-toned female lobster. (Photo: AP/New England Aquarium, Emily Bauernseind)
The New England Aquarium said it’s a 1-pound female lobster with a rare coloration known as a split. Marine officials say such coloration is estimated to occur once in every 50 million lobsters. The Boston Globe reported that scientists believe the condition results in the lobster’s early cellular development.
The fisherman who caught the seasonally colored crustacean in a trap last week is from Beverly, a seaside community 20 miles northeast of Boston.
Don’t believe this little lady is real? Here’s a video of it moving around:
The Globe reports this lobster bearing the name “Pinchy,” after a lobster in an episode of “The Simpsons.”
Aquarium officials said Wednesday splits have been caught in Maine, Rhode Island and Nova Scotia in the last 10 years.
(H/T: Gawker)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.





















































































































Comments (91)
Tradman
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:32amIf Obama had a lobster, it’d look like this one. Just sayin’.
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chkiaar
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:44amLOL Good One! :-)
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Eric_The_Red_State
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:57amHigh 5
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GaryPoyssick
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:59amBoy is that a funny comment :)
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AuraStream
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:05amI’ll transmit dinner to Vladimir
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Rockapine
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:38amRofl…my first thought too.
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Bonnieblue2A
Nov. 1, 2012 at 1:06pmBetter keep “Pinchy” away from the FLOTUS and her tub of melted butter! You know how the First family likes their surf & turf.
Flashback: http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2010/08/25/obamas-depleting-lobster-supply/
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Xiccarph
Nov. 1, 2012 at 1:06pmIt’s an Obobster!!
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MasterJoshua7
Nov. 1, 2012 at 1:50pmThat’s too funny. The Blaze needs a Like Button, damn it!
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Evantoo
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:45pmThe lobster is Barack’s parents- both sides. Wonder which side is the “racist” side?
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Evantoo
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:47pmMust be a lineal descendent of Barack himself. (Makes one wonder what he does when it gets dark.) I’m still trying to figure out which side would be the “racist”. Or, could it be that, like Barack himself, BOTH sides are? Makes one wonder.
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Wilma
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:31amThe Obama lobster, half black, half red.
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Cagey1
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:12amWilma, you really made me chuckle. LOL very cleaver :)
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Pouncing Porcupine
Nov. 1, 2012 at 12:21pmBa-rock lobster…..down, down.
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starrman
Nov. 1, 2012 at 12:29pm@ Porcupine
:D
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freelancer91
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:26amvery strange to see perfectly straight lines in nature. That usually doesn’t happen….
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phunkymunkey
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:36amthis lobster would make a great liberal politician – totally 2-sided and full of contradictions
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bdandsl
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:23amWhen’s dinner?
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Xyskalla
Nov. 1, 2012 at 10:07amDo you want light meat, or dark?
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lylejk
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:21amMay be a chimera. My sister has a weird trait in that half her body (exactly divided; really weird when you look at her stomach) has one tan and the other half another. Still strange that it’s binary instead of camo like. Makes you wonder if we all are a computer simulation and these creatures have some form of binary code flaw. lol
:)
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bdandsl
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:18amSo does the lobster gov’t give her special treatment because she is a minority? Or does she just have to fend for herself? Because, we know humans that are minorities, according to liberals, are not capable of fending for themselves. To me, that says they are too stupid or too lazy to survive without gov’t hand-outs.
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South Philly Boy
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:16amI Don’t Believeth
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AmericanStrega
Nov. 1, 2012 at 10:01amDoe-eth
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tajloc
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:05amfake
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DisforDingleberries
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:19amit’s real, just from either 2006 or earlier this year… two different occasions with news stories about it. it was just posted for it’s Halloween colors
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sizzlinsexybeckster
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:03amThis is really cute! I surely hope some selfish human does not eat it. This is a rare and unique find. Different is always more interesting.
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melving
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:16amAnd more tasty
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Wilma
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:36amI agree. Why kill it when you can make money off it? Build it a nice home and use it to attract business to one’s establishment or donate it to an aquarium.
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QuincySmith
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:48amSilly, Wilma, the gov’t will spend millions (perhaps) billions studying it. They obviously will find that ‘splitting’ is caused by……lobster-made global climate change.
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M-Theory
Nov. 1, 2012 at 4:16pm@quincysmith – maybe the UC Davis will add it to the robotic squirrell and snake interaction study. It’s got to be at least that interesting….
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:48amGlobal Warming, We’re Next.
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jsciai
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:01amYumm–a chocolate/strawberry lobster. Just in time for the holidays. Let’s eat!
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paulsfam4
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:47amobamobster
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mikefromaltoona
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:40amFrank Gorshin played it better in STOS episode.
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Eastinfection
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:50amHa!… beat you by seconds ;)
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mikefromaltoona
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:12amTo the victor belongs the melted butter.
That’s ok, when they catch a lobster in a riddler costume, mine will be the first post!
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Eastinfection
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:39amI’ve seen this on Star Trek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MQrL_ABE0&feature=related
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Stoic one
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:54amI do not even need to click the link! the left/right-white/black races that destroyed each other! that was a reat episode..
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:55am@EAST – it’s interesting that their black and white sides are opposite each other. The one on the table talks like a Bill Ayers clone; espousing unrepentant revolutionary ideals.
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toiletclogga
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:39amPinchy tastes good!
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00gabooga
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:39amRepublicans have the Elephant, Dems have a Jack-ass. Undecideds should have this guy.
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DangerMike
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:39amHey! Kinda like America’s “First Black President”!
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:46am@Dangermike, That is the funniest comment, thanks for making my day!
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Landon410
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:38amBush’s fault…… or… BP’s fault, or we could blame it on SUV’s causing global warming
I wonder if Obama has a kindred spirit with this lobster, being half light and half dark with a brain small than a pea
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oldguy49
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:48amwhere is gore……………….
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AuraStream
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:37amDoes it taste like two different flavors of lobster?
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RightUnite
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:36amMmmmmm!! NomNomNom!! Bi-racial lobster??
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huey6367
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:36amThe Obama lobster?
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SycamoreFan
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:43amNo Obama is half-black through and through. There ain’t a trace of whitey in him at all.
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Psychosis
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:35amjust like chicken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’ll have some dark meat please
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TheMajority
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:35amI don’t think I have ever seen a straight line in Nature. Looks like a paint job.
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AuraStream
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:34amDoesn’t matter if your black or red
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bdandsl
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:21amOr both?
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Stoic one
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:34amOK Blaze Cool…
this phenotype occurs one in fifty million; Not once in fifty million years.
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Stoic one
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:52amSorry! MY BRAIN INSERTED YEARS AT THE END OF THE TITLE.
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biohazard23
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:31amWhere’s the butter?
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RJJinGadsden
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:12amYou got it, and a little lemon too.
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