He's turning blue da ba dee da ba di
Image via achillexperience.ieCharlie the albino lobster is leaving experts baffled as he's starting to turn blue.
A resident at Achill Experience Aquarium, Charlie was caught off the coast of Achill in 2017 and named after the fisherman who caught him, Charlie O'Malley.
Since then, the white crustacean has been a must see at the community-run aquarium.
It's estimated that only one in 100 million lobsters is white or albino.
However, over the past four years Charlie has started to confuse staff as he's gradually become blue.
Kevin Garvin an aquarist at the Achill Experience says, “Albino lobsters only live between three to five years because they can easily be seen by predators at sea.”
He continues, “Charlie was already an adult when he was caught, so we estimate he could be about 14 years old.
“Every time he moults (changes shell) in order to grow, which is every 12 to 14 months, we see the blue colour gradually getting stronger.”
Staff at Achill Experience have a few theories that his age could be causing the blue tint, or his diet but these are just theories.
