Featured Image Credit: Alex Todd

What marine animal is 1 in 100 million?

An albino/technicolor/ ghost lobster, of course!

As most people know animals that are considered albino are completely white or very light in color. Albinism is caused by a genetic defect that reduces or stops the production of melanin.

One lobsterman in Maine, Alex Todd, was lucky enough to catch and see one of these rare creatures on August 24.

The ghostly, pale blue lobster was “definitely weird,” Todd said.

His photos have gone viral on social media.

After noticing its tail had been notched, Todd decided to throw it back in the ocean because that means it was an egg-bearing female. Those lobsters are off-limits for conservation reasons.

There are other rare lobsters but an albino is the rarest you can find.

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