1 00:00:00,189 --> 00:00:01,781 Lobsters are turning into humans. 2 00:00:02,110 --> 00:00:02,775 Maybe. 3 00:00:06,325 --> 00:00:07,575 So check this out guys. 4 00:00:07,575 --> 00:00:08,684 Look at this picture of this claw. 5 00:00:08,684 --> 00:00:09,853 Now look at my hand. 6 00:00:09,853 --> 00:00:11,083 Now back to the claw. 7 00:00:11,110 --> 00:00:12,265 Now look at my hand. 8 00:00:12,463 --> 00:00:13,573 Now look at the claw. 9 00:00:13,750 --> 00:00:14,980 Now look at my hand. 10 00:00:15,070 --> 00:00:16,820 Are they turning into us? 11 00:00:18,788 --> 00:00:19,840 Just kidding. 12 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,030 Actually, this is a six-claw lobster named Lola. 13 00:00:23,030 --> 00:00:26,000 And she's beautiful just the way she is. 14 00:00:26,020 --> 00:00:27,990 Lola was captured in Massachusetts. 15 00:00:28,010 --> 00:00:30,070 She's about 10 years old and weighs 4 pounds. 16 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,070 Last week, she was donated to the Maine State Aquarium 17 00:00:33,070 --> 00:00:36,610 where she'll be able to hang out with some other friends of her caliber. 18 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,390 This aquarium has two other lobsters with deformed claws 19 00:00:39,429 --> 00:00:41,249 but nothing as amazing as Lola. 20 00:00:41,295 --> 00:00:43,345 So how did this deformity happen? 21 00:00:43,590 --> 00:00:44,980 Well, there's two ways. 22 00:00:45,136 --> 00:00:48,906 Either she was born with it which makes it a result of genetic mutation 23 00:00:48,983 --> 00:00:51,813 Or she was in some crazy lobster fight club 24 00:00:51,813 --> 00:00:55,813 and she lost her claw, and it grew back this way through regeneration 25 00:00:56,042 --> 00:00:58,652 which would make her the newest member of the X-Men. 26 00:00:58,827 --> 00:01:00,807 Sorry, I mean the X lobsters. 27 00:01:00,905 --> 00:01:02,605 The super sea creatures. 28 00:01:02,836 --> 00:01:04,946 I reach out to Amy Hayden Rodri, 29 00:01:04,946 --> 00:01:07,346 the aquarium manager of the maine state aquarium 30 00:01:07,346 --> 00:01:11,136 and this is what she told me about lobster regeneration. 31 00:01:11,314 --> 00:01:14,164 While some lobsters can be born with these kinds of deformities, 32 00:01:14,224 --> 00:01:17,254 many of them have this happen when they have lost a limb 33 00:01:17,258 --> 00:01:19,048 and are trying to regenerate. 34 00:01:19,149 --> 00:01:20,549 The genetic 'message' sent 35 00:01:20,557 --> 00:01:23,277 sometimes gets skewed or replicated, 36 00:01:23,312 --> 00:01:25,572 resulting in extra sets of claws, 37 00:01:25,572 --> 00:01:28,912 or in this case of 'Lola' extra 'fingers' 38 00:01:28,947 --> 00:01:32,087 She also says that she has never seen anything like this before 39 00:01:32,162 --> 00:01:35,382 and the meat of the lobster should not be affected by their deformity. 40 00:01:35,472 --> 00:01:37,872 And I'm feeling very hungry. 41 00:01:38,108 --> 00:01:39,678 So pass the butter. 42 00:01:39,849 --> 00:01:42,059 No, I'm kidding, I'd never eat a lobster. 43 00:01:42,111 --> 00:01:44,551 They look like aliens. They're aliens. 44 00:01:44,750 --> 00:01:45,840 Lobsters are aliens. 45 00:01:45,895 --> 00:01:47,635 All right guys, that's it for this episode. 46 00:01:47,766 --> 00:01:50,166 Be sure to check out our other episodes over here 47 00:01:50,198 --> 00:01:52,788 and let me know in the comments what you guys want to see. 48 00:01:52,853 --> 00:01:54,463 We've been reading the comments and we love it. 49 00:01:54,553 --> 00:01:58,293 I want to do what you want to see 50 00:01:58,359 --> 00:02:00,739 All right, well, I'll see you guys tomorrow, hairy mammals. 51 00:02:03,495 --> 00:02:05,365 Also, what's your favourite crustation? 52 00:02:05,365 --> 00:02:06,830 Let me know in the comments below!