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Lobsters are turning into humans.

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Maybe.

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So check this out guys.

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Look at this picture of this claw.

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Now look at my hand.

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Now back to the claw.

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Now look at my hand.

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Now look at the claw.

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Now look at my hand.

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Are they turning into us?

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Just kidding.

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Actually, this is a six-claw[br]lobster named Lola.

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And she's beautiful just the way she is.

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Lola was captured in Massachusetts.

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She's about 10 years old [br]and weighs 4 pounds.

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Last week, she was donated to [br]the Maine State Aquarium

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where she'll be able to hang out[br]with some other friends of her caliber.

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This aquarium has two other lobsters[br]with deformed claws

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but nothing as amazing as Lola.

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So how did this deformity happen?

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Well, there's two ways.

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Either she was born with it which[br]makes it a result of genetic mutation

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Or she was in some crazy [br]lobster fight club

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and she lost her claw, and it grew back[br]this way through regeneration

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which would make her the[br]newest member of the X-Men.

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Sorry, I mean the X lobsters.

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The super sea creatures.

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I reach out to Amy Hayden Rodri,

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the aquarium manager of [br]the maine state aquarium

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and this is what she told me [br]about lobster regeneration.

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While some lobsters can be born with [br]these kinds of deformities,

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many of them have this happen [br]when they have lost a limb

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and are trying to regenerate.

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The genetic 'message' sent

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sometimes gets skewed or replicated,

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resulting in extra sets of claws,

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or in this case of 'Lola' extra 'fingers'

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She also says that she has never seen[br]anything like this before

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and the meat of the lobster should not[br]be affected by their deformity.

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And I'm feeling very hungry.

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So pass the butter.

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No, I'm kidding, I'd never eat a lobster.

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They look like aliens. They're aliens.

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Lobsters are aliens.

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All right guys, that's it [br]for this episode.

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Be sure to check out our other [br]episodes over here

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and let me know in the comments what[br]you guys want to see.

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We've been reading the comments and we love it.

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I want to do what you want to see

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All right, well, I'll see you guys tomorrow, hairy mammals.

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Also, what's your favourite crustation?

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Let me know in the comments below!