A close-up of lobster claws with bluish over brown and orange color markings.

“Cotton Candy” Joe

Joseph, a lobster from Northeastern’s Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, has very rare pastel “cotton-candy” claws. — Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

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