Yellow Color Saves Rare Lobster -- From the Chef

In the wild, a color mutation can make a creature easier prey. But in a Boston restaurant kitchen the arrival of a rare, one in 30 million, "yellow" lobster may have saved it from the chef's pot. Photo by Julia Cumes AP

USA Today reports:

"Specialists tell The Boston Globe it's called a "yellow lobster" and it's one in 30 million. The lobster now named Fiona was recently caught off Canada. It was given by a friend to Nathan Nickerson, the owner of Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar in Eastham, on Cape Cod. New England Aquarium director of research Michael Tlusty says a rare genetic mutation produces yellow lobsters." See full article.