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Rare yellow lobster caught off Maine coast

Lobsterman donated it to school for lobster research project

(Credit: University of New England) (Copyright 2020 by CNN Newsource - All rights reserved.)

You have probably seen a red lobster and even a blue lobster, but the University of New England is introducing us to a yellow lobster.

Meet “Banana” the lobster.

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Its yellow color comes from a pigment in its shell.

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According to the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, experts say the odds of catching one are about one in 30 million.

(Credit: University of New England) (Copyright 2020 by CNN Newsource - All rights reserved.)

Lobsterman Marley Babb caught the rare crustacean at Tenant’s Harbor in Saint George and donated it to UNE.

Officials say Banana weighs about 1 pound to 1.5 pounds and they have no plans of buttering up this beauty.

The school will be housing the lobster as they work on a lobster research project.