Check out this colorful catch! A fisherman caught this two-toned lobster off the coast of Nova Scotia. (CNN/CBC)

Unusual lobster's coloring is split down the middle

Updated: Wednesday, 02 May 2012, 9:58 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 02 May 2012, 9:57 AM EDT

METEGHAN, Nova Scotia (CNN/CBC) - Check out this colorful catch! A fisherman caught this two-toned lobster off the coast of Nova Scotia.

The two colors are perfectly symmetrical.

Scientists think a genetic mutation is responsible for the lobster's multi-colored shell.