1-in-30-million orange lobster found at Red Lobster in Colorado

[JACK AYLMER]

RED LOBSTER RESTAURANTS ARE BECOMING A RARITY AS MANY CLOSE ACROSS THE U-S.

EVEN MORE RARE– AN ORANGE LOBSTER. 

THE COLOR FOUND IN ONLY ONE-IN-EVERY-30-MILLION LOBSTERS.

SO, IMAGINE THE SURPRISE WHEN THE ORANGE CRUSTACEAN WAS FOUND AT A RED LOBSTER RESTAURANT IN PUEBLO, COLORADO– AFTER ACCIDENTALLY BEING INCLUDED IN A DELIVERY.

DON’T WORRY– IT DIDN’T BECOME SOMEONE’S MEAL– CURIOUS CUSTOMERS AND THE RESTAURANT’S G-M NOTICED HOW MUCH THE COLORFUL LOBSTER STOOD OUT AMONG THE OTHERS.

THE WOULD-BE SEAFOOD WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO THE DOWNTOWN DENVER AQUARIUM ON WEDNESDAY–WHERE HE’LL NOW STAY.

THE AQUARIUM NAMED HIM “CRUSH” AFTER THE DENVER BRONCOS FAMED “ORANGE CRUSH” DEFENSE OF THE 70S AND 80S.

THE FOOD VENDOR WHO DELIVERED THE SHIPMENT SAID FISHERMEN CAUGHT “CRUSH” OFF OF THE COAST OF CANADA.

AQUARIUM OFFICIALS NOTE CRUSH’S “COLORATION IS FROM A GENETIC MUTATION, WHICH AFFECTS ENCODED PROTEINS. THE LACK OF ONE OR SEVERAL PROTEINS CAN REVEAL ITSELF IN COLORS, INCLUDING BLUE, YELLOW AND ORANGE.”

THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME AN ORANGE LOBSTER HAS BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CAPTURED.

IN 2018, A MASSACHUSETTS SUPERMARKET DISCOVERED IT HAD ONE.

THE STORE ALSO DONATED IT TO A LOCAL AQUARIUM.

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