The lobster's unusual color is likely the result of a genetic mutation.
Lobsters that live off the Atlantic coast of North America tend to be a murky, green-brown in color. They turn orange-red when cooked.
White or albino and cotton candy lobsters are the rarest, with the odds of finding one being around one in 100 million. But some lobsters have genetic defects, which result in uniquely colored shells. Cotton candy lobsters like the one Coppersmith caught are low in pigments, while albino ones lack any pigments at all.he had been fishing for lobster for 40 years and had only caught two uniquely colored lobsters before Haddie—an orange one and a white one.
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