Man Catches 'One in Two Million' Blue Lobster, And Throws It Back Into The Water

The crustacean’s blue shell is a result of a genetic mutation that causes the lobster to produce more of a particular protein, giving its shell a rare blue color. A fisherman from Portland, Maine, caught a very rare bright blue lobster before throwing it back into the ocean. The fisherman caught the lobster off the coast of Maine. The photo of the blue lobster was shared by tech entrepreneur Lars-Johan Larsson.

Watch video here: Some restaurants made the news for getting a blue lobster along with its catch and giving it a new place to live. It's become something of a trend for restaurants to spare blue lobsters. Austin Hopley, a chef at "The Hare" in Rochdale, U.K., made news for sparing a bright sapphire-colored lobster.