[SEMCO] CCMNH New Blue Lobster

[The Gilligans]

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster

Welcomes a Handsome Blue Lobster

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 30, 2011

Contact: Julie O'Neil 508-896-3867 or adminsupport at ccmnh.org
<mailto:adminsupprt at ccmnh.org> 

 

   The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History has an exciting new resident - a
large striking blue lobster, the donation of Nick Petrocelle of Plymouth,
MA. 

   Mr. Petrocelle, a retired fisherman, received this lobster as a gift, but
knowing its rarity - 1 in 6 million, he wanted the lobster to be seen.  

   Linda Kelley, aquarist at CCMNH, believes she is almost 20 years old. It
takes approximately 7 years to reach 1 - 11/4 lbs.  After that the lobster
grows one pound every 3 years. She has laid eggs.  

   Now she is exploring her own aquarium at the Museum where she is an
instant star among the marine exhibits.

 

 

Photograph: Nick Petrocelle holds the blue lobster he has donated to the
Museum, admired by Linda Kelley, Museum aquarist. (photograph: Julie
O'Neil/CCMNH

 

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