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Nova Scotia fishermen marvel at hermaphroditic, half-albino lobster ((Halifax Chronicle-Herald, December 04, 2002)

It's a boy. No, it's a girl. Wait, it's both! A lobster caught recently inside fishing grounds off southwestern Nova Scotia is causing quite a stir.

Fishermen who have looked at the underside of the smallish, half-albino crustacean say the bottom-crawler is a hermaphrodite. You know, a bit of male and female in the same package.

And what a package.

The animal is also two-toned. From a point beginning between the lobster's eyes, it's as if someone covered half the creature with masking tape before painting one half a bluish white, then the other half a reddish colour.

The lobster was caught by fisherman James Nickerson on Nov. 28 and is now in a saltwater holding facility owned by Carl and Melanie Cottreau at Stoney Island on Cape Sable Island.

It seems safe to assume that the seafood chain wouldn't be so successful if they were called Hermaphrodtic Half-Albino Lobster Restaurants. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 5, 2002 12:45 PM