Burrowing under seaweed and crawling around a large open-top tank at an ocean centre in Dartmouth, N.S., are two beady-eyed alien-like creatures named Moonmist and Bingo.

One of them is half bright red and half black while the other has baby-blue and white "cotton candy" colours.

Moonmist and Bingo are lobsters.

The extremely rare duo, with colour combinations that are estimated to occur only in one in 50 million and one in 100 million, respectively, were likely headed toward someone's supper plat…