A super-rare orange lobster has been saved from becoming seafood, as staff at a restaurant granted him his life. Named Cheddar, the orange crustacean was about to become someone’s dinner at the not so aptly named ‘Red Lobster’ location in Florida, before the staff’s show of mercy. Staff at Red...
A super-rare orange lobster has been saved from becoming seafood, as staff at a restaurant granted him his life.
Named Cheddar, the orange crustacean was about to become someone’s dinner at the not so aptly named ‘Red Lobster’ location in Florida, before the staff’s show of mercy.
Staff at Red Lobster reached out to Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach, which sent two members of its husbandry team to the restaurant to bring Cheddar to his new home.
The lucky orange lobster will acclimate at the facility’s scientific research provision before moving to the aquarium.
According to Ripley’s, orange lobsters are even more rare than blue lobsters: at one in 30 million versus one in a million.
It is not the first time a rare lobster has been rescued at the chain, with a calico crustacean saved from death last year.
