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t0m4_87 t1_j6du6gn wrote

and usually the more colorful an animal is, the more deadlier it is, so is it poisonous, venomous or jumps on my face and lays eggs?

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foodfood321 t1_j6e8cmt wrote

My guess is that it is an effective camouflage scheme in its natural environment! Flourishing coral reef biotopes are kaleidoscopic with color and patterns

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shortyrags t1_j6dzd5g wrote

No it apparently tastes delicious

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Ohbeejuan t1_j6ebqrc wrote

Yes, even among other types of lobster it is more highly valued. They also have figured out how to raise them in captivity, so they probably aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

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CassandraVindicated t1_j6h44wg wrote

How do I search for this lobster such that I can eat it? I'm in the PNW for reference.

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Ohbeejuan t1_j6hogj8 wrote

Ornate, Rainbow, Tropical Lobster really any combo of those might work. But chances are you won’t find them in the states. Even where they are from they are rare, not that they’ve been overfished, they’ve always been rare.

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pichael288 t1_j6g4b2k wrote

It's a little different underwater. Past a certain point the light waves of certain colors won't penetrate that deep, so after a certain point the only color you can see is blue. This is why deep water is blue, that's the only wavelength that goes that deep. Might look radically different down there. Ocean creatures, especially crustaceans like the mantis shrimp, can see a much much wider range of color than we can

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