Bright Orange Lobster Bests Changing Leaves
12/10/2008 04:11
OWLS HEAD: In the
thick of leaf-peeper season, what should show
up painted as bright a red-orange as the most
dazzling of Maine’s deciduous? Why, a lobster,
of
course.Here in the Midcoast it only makes sense that the famed tourist-attracting crustacean should come up with a way to outdo the current visual fire of the forests.
The rare day-glow lobster was hauled in by F.J. O’Hara, 50, of Owls Head. O’Hara’s surprising catch on Sunday was made aboard his boat, the Sandpiper.
Terry Watkinson, 51, owner of Owls Head Lobster Company, is the current innkeeper for the orange female one-pounder. Watkinson said he is not sure what he will do with the unusual lobster. “You want it?” he asked, then added, “maybe Hannaford would want to have it.”
One place that would like to have, and display, the orange beauty is the Maine State Aquarium, located in West Boothbay Harbor and operated by the Maine Department of Marine Resources. “We’d love it!” said Aimee Rodriques, the aquarium’s director and natural science educator.
Details here.
SINC SAYS:
The only orange lobsters I’ve ever seen were on my plate.