According to information from the New England Aquarium and other sources, the odds of finding a blue lobster are about one in two million.

Even among that level of rarity, the blue lobster that now resides at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's School for Marine Science & Technology East in New Bedford's South End is a standout example.

"He's a bright, gorgeous blue," said SMAST Seawater Lab Manager Forrest Kennedy, noting the lobster has been determined to be a male. "You don't see many this blue — he's pretty."

According to Kennedy, the blue lobster had been discovered in the catch of a Beverly lobster fishing vessel named the "Michael and Erin."

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