Lobstermen in Maine Catch Two Rare Albino Lobsters in One Week

Uh-oh, did someone accidentally say too many albino lobster prayers? According to the AP, two lobstermen in Maine caught two rare albino lobsters within the same week!
Bret Philbrick, lobsterman, reportedly caught one of the lobsters off of Owls Head on Thursday. Joe Bates, another lobsterman, caught his off the Rockland breakwater a few days earlier.
According to the Portland Press Herald, the lobsters are both under legal size, which would normally mean they'd have to be thrown back, but the Maine Marine Patrol made exceptions in each of these cases. One will go to the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor, and the other will go to Brooks Trap Mill in Thomaston.
(The AP reports that Bates also caught a very rare yellow lobster on Monday, which, honestly, seems a little suspicious.)
Albino lobsters, much like my coworker Dayna Evans and I, are said to be about one in 100 million.
[image via AP]
