RIP – Blue Meanie – 7/7/2008

Poor Blue Meanie passed away yesterday. He was a faithful pet for the past 18 months. Unfortunately his filter stopped running and the rest is history. Always full of energy and eager for a bite of food, he provided us a lot of entertainment.

Don’t tell anyone, Blue Meanie was not a lobster, but actually a crayfish. A guy from Florida gets the credit for developing the blue form of P. alleni / P. paeninsulanus (both may be the same species). His name is Bob Hammer, Sr. In fact, in Japan, this blue crayfish is also known as the “Blue Hammer”. From what I’m told, he developed the blue color, through selective breeding, from a few wild crayfish that had more blue in them than others. Either way, he will be missed.

Good bye Mr Meanie.

New Lotus Mantis 2008

This was written by gsmith. Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 5:20 pm. Filed under Animals. Tagged blue crayfish, blue hammer, Blue Lobster, blue meanie, Bob Hammer, faithful pet, lobster, Mr Meanie, RIP, selective breeding. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

7 Comments

Lucy wrote:

Sorry for your loss. RIP

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 5:24 pm | Permalink
yumyum wrote:

Lobsters are yummy, especially with butter! Haha.

Monday, July 14, 2008 at 2:57 pm | Permalink
Mexican Dude wrote:

Nooo! That’s bad. It was such a nice character…it gave the Oomph to your kitchen. Oh well.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 4:27 pm | Permalink
gsmith wrote:

We will all miss him… But, my guess is a new one will soon take his place. Thanks for coming by and visiting!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 6:00 pm | Permalink
Run Your Car On Water wrote:

She was really beautiful. Don’t worry you will get your new companion soon.

Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 6:13 am | Permalink
thebeadedlily wrote:

He’s so beautiful! I’ve seen crawfish– caught them too:) But never anything like this! I’m sorry he’s gone:( It’s tough to lose a pet and I hate it when some malfunction or accident happens cause then I blame myself.
Hope you find a new pet soon!

thebeadedlilys last blog post..primitive series– fore nose ring

Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 4:58 pm | Permalink
gsmith wrote:

Thanks, I appreciate the thoughts!

Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 6:44 pm | Permalink

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