Rare ten-pound lobster with blue joints for sale at local Market Basket

More than two feet long with an olive-green shell and bright blue joints, a huge female lobster sits in its tank at the local Market Basket, waiting to be purchased.

“That size and the color? That was a first for me,” Chris Dutra, the seafood manager at Market Basket, said.

Around two weeks ago, a large female lobster weighing close to ten pounds was sent to the seafood department at the Market Basket in Burlington. The lobster, though classified as a common Homarus americanus (American lobster), has attracted attention for its enormous size and noticeable blue tints…

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