Burrowing below seaweed and crawling round a big open-top tank at an ocean centre in Dartmouth, N.S., are two beady-eyed alien-like creatures named Moonmist and Bingo.
One in every of them is half shiny pink and half black whereas the opposite has baby-blue and white “cotton sweet” colors.
Moonmist and Bingo are lobsters.
The extraordinarily uncommon duo, with color combos which might be estimated to happen solely in a single in 50 million and one in 100 million, respectively, have been probably headed towards somebody’s supper plate or lobster roll, till employees at a big Bedford, N.S., fish market recognized the distinctive crustaceans and donated them to the Again to the Sea Centre in Dartmouth, N.S.
Magali Grégoire, head of the non-profit centre that gives sea-life schooling, mentioned the pair have rapidly captivated the centre’s guests, who could also be used to seeing boring brown-coloured lobsters in grocery shops or fish markets.
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“It’s been actually thrilling for each us and our guests. Lots of people have by no means seen lobsters like this,” Grégoire mentioned in an interview Thursday.
Guests have been flocking to see the half-red and half-black lobster, named Bingo, who likes to take a seat below seaweed on the alternative aspect of the tank from shiny, pale-blue Moonmist — named after the beloved Maritime ice cream flavour.
The centre ran a naming contest that generated a number of hundred votes and strategies earlier than Moonmist and Bingo got here out on prime.
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“The cut up coloured-one, that’s Bingo. Folks did attempt to title the pair after the well-known children TV present ‘Bingo and Bluey,’” which is a cartoon a couple of blue and pink canine duo. Whereas the title Bingo earned prime votes, Moonmist beat out Bluey, Grégoire mentioned.
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Grégoire was first alerted to the child blue and white lobster by employees at Fisherman’s Market in Bedford, N.S., the place the lobster was set to be offered. The fish retailer supplied to donate the distinctive creature that was caught off the coast of Canso, close to Cape Breton, to the centre.
When Grégoire arrived on the market to choose up the blue lobster, she was supplied the second uncommon lobster as a donation as nicely.
“We don’t truly know the place the second comes from, in order that one’s a bit thriller,” Grégoire mentioned.
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Ian MacSween, director of retail operations with Fisherman’s Market, mentioned in an announcement it was a “pleasure” to donate the 2 distinctive lobsters to the Again to the Sea Centre.
“We knew they might be saved in good fingers and given a possibility to showcase and educate all of their guests this summer time,” MacSween mentioned.
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Though Bingo is just not as uncommon a specimen as Moonmist, Grégoire says the previous appears to be getting extra consideration from guests as a consequence of a transparent straight line that seems to go nearly all the way in which down the lobster’s physique.
It makes it appear like Bingo was completely half-cooked, with one aspect of its tail fully pink, whereas the opposite half is black.
Grégoire estimates Bingo is between eight and 10 years-old, and Moonmist, who’s barely bigger, is probably going between 10 and 13 years-old. She mentioned employees have had some problem figuring out the lobsters’ sexes, however they suppose Bingo is a male and Moonmist is a feminine.
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When the 2 have been first united, Grégoire mentioned it regarded like they might be quick pals, however this didn’t final.
“The primary day we introduced them in, they have been being very good to one another. However we all know lobsters could be territorial. So now we have constructed a bit rock wall that separates them,” she mentioned.
Within the mornings when employees return to the centre, Grégoire mentioned they usually discover the lobsters have rearranged the seaweed and rocks of their tank.
“We’re discovering they’re crawling over the wall. However when one crawls over, the opposite strikes away to the opposite aspect. Giving house,” she mentioned.
The pair will spend a lot of the summer time within the centre, giving guests as a lot time as potential to see Bingo and Moonmist earlier than they’re returned to the ocean.
“Simply because the title of our centre says, Again to the Sea, all our creatures do get to return to the ocean,” she mentioned.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed July 18, 2025.
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