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Rare calico lobster escapes fate as dinner

By Colin A. Young

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 07, 2012

Most lobsters that are sent to Jasper White’s Summer Shack restaurant end up on a plate next to a cup of drawn butter. But on Monday, one special lobster was picked up by scientists from the New England Aquarium, destined for a research and educational center in Rhode Island. A rare calico lobster, known for its marbled color pattern, was found in the 1,200-gallon lobster tank in White’s Cambridge restaurant.

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