With those big, bone-crushing claws, long spindly legs, and beady black eyes beset inside an antennaed face, lobsters really are one of the most terrifying-looking creatures on Earth, the perfect inspiration for a scary costume. But not to be outdone, Nature it seems has delivered a super-rare 'Halloween-themed' lobster just in time for the most ghoulish holiday of all.
This half-black, half-orange lobster, discovered earlier this week, is the newest and spookiest addition to the New England Aquarium. Experts say that a perfectly symmetrical two-colored shell combo is known as a 'split', an incredibly rare occurrence appearing in about one out of every 50-100 million lobsters.