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An incredible electric-blue lobster has been saved from the dinner table after it was spotted at a fish market and re-homed, the Daily Mail reported.

The striking crustacean was found by fishermen off the east coast of Scotland and displayed for sale at a London fish market. However, fishmonger Rex Goldsmith thought the stunning lobster was too nice to eat and bought it before handing it over to researchers.

"It's the most striking blue lobster I have seen in my 30 years in the business and was too nice to put in a pot and boil," he said.

Scientists believe the European lobster, traditionally a much darker shade of blue, hatched out with the unusual color due to a rare genetic variant.

It has now been given to the London Aquarium and will be put on display once it has been through quarantine.（點擊英國《每日郵報》查看原文）

龍蝦因美色免被下鍋煮

?????? 一只令人稱奇的鐵青色龍蝦在魚市上出售時被人看中并重新安置，這才逃脫了被吃掉的命運。

?????? 據(jù)英國《每日郵報》報道，蘇格蘭東海岸地區(qū)的漁民發(fā)現(xiàn)了這只異常美麗的甲殼綱動物，并把它帶到倫敦的魚市上展賣。魚販子雷克斯?戈德史密斯覺得這只龍蝦太美了，就把它買下來交給了研究人員。

?????? 他說：“入行30多年，這是我看到的最驚艷的青色龍蝦了，實在不忍心把它丟進(jìn)鍋里煮了。”

?????? 科學(xué)家稱，該龍蝦為歐洲龍蝦，但這種龍蝦一般都呈暗青色，是一次很少見的基因變異才賦予了它與眾不同的色彩。

?????? 據(jù)悉，這只龍蝦已被送到倫敦水族館，通過檢疫后就將與觀眾見面。

(China.org.cn November 18, 2011)