Maine wholesaler acquires rare four-clawed lobster

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Portland seafood wholesaler has acquired a lobster that will never see the dinner table despite having double the usual amount of claw meat.

Ready Seafood's in-house marine biologist Curt Brown on Thursday said he's never seen a four-clawed lobster in more than a decade in the business.

Brown said the extra claws turned out to be a stroke of luck for the lobster, which is otherwise a sturdy hard-shelled lobster that likely would've made good eating.