A Cornish fisherman has donated a mutant lobster with two crushing claws to Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium after hauling it up in his pots.

The unusual lobster was caught by St Just fisherman Steven Tregeer on his boat the ‘Pen Kernow’, half a mile west of Cape Cornwall.

Bizarrely the crustacean, which has been nicknamed ‘Popeye’, is the second mutant lobster to have been given to the aquarium.

Last month a lobster with two cutting claws – known as Edward ‘Scissorhands’, was donated by Mylor fisherman Ned Bailey.

Blue Reef’s David Waines said: “On his own Edward was an extremely unusual find. Mr Bailey told us he was only the third lobster with two cutting claws that he’s come across in 28 years of fishing.

“So for Popeye to have been caught within the space of just a few weeks is nothing short of extraordinary!

“We now have a pair of lobsters with the correct number of cutting and crushing claws – the only problem is they’re the wrong way round.