The pure white crustacean was caught off the coast of Dorset by two fishermen from Bridport. Experts think only one in 100 lobsters are ever born albino. The only parts of the lobster that are coloured are his eyes, which are black.

Staff have christened him Santa Claws and are amazed he has survived in the wild so long. Albino animals stand out and are often eaten by predators. Lobsters shed their hard shell as they grow and are very vulnerable for a few days, while their new shell hardens.

Fion Smith, curator at the Sea Life centre says: “There have been one or two other albino lobsters found around the UK in the last 20 years or so, but none of them as perfect

as Santa!”