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Ultra-rare orange lobster found at Red Lobster eatery in Colorado
UPI ^ | JULY 18, 2024 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 07/19/2024 8:02:53 AM PDT by Red Badger

July 18 (UPI) -- The manager of a Red Lobster restaurant in Colorado said a rare orange lobster that arrived at the eatery will be taking a permanent crustacean vacation to the Denver Aquarium.

The orange lobster was spotted by Jose Romero, a dishwasher at the Pueblo restaurant, and the general manager decided to spare the rare-colored invertebrate from the dinner plate.

"I have been at Red Lobster for 12 years, I always unpack the live lobster shipments, and I have never seen an Orange Lobster! I noticed it right away, how different it was, and I thought, oh my goodness, I'd better get him in the tank and find my managers," Romero told KRDO-TV.

The general manager said lobsters with rare colors, such as orange and blue, are usually sifted out before the shipment arrives at individual restaurants, but this one slipped through the system.

Orange coloration is believed to occur in only one out of every 30 million lobsters. An orange lobster caught off the Maine coast in June 2023 is currently being studied by researchers at the University of New England to determine whether the cause of the peculiar pigment is genetic or a result of environmental factors.


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; History; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: food; lobster
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To: PGR88

They ‘downsized’.....................


21 posted on 07/19/2024 8:37:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

There was a blue one that was saved not long ago. My daughter saw how lobsters are prepped and cooked and she lost her mind. PETA got to her.


22 posted on 07/19/2024 8:42:29 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: shanover

I’ve been to slaughterhouses where cattle are butchered. I’ve been at ‘hog killings’ where they are butchered and cut up for storage.

Comparatively speaking, Lobsters are treated more humanely...............


23 posted on 07/19/2024 8:47:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Red Lobster needed a hiker from below the border to tell them that they were getting ready to chow down on a rare lobster.


24 posted on 07/19/2024 8:54:34 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hi! I'm Fling. My pronouns are Dem, Deez and Doze. )
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To: Red Badger

I haven’t encountered any lobsters in Colorado, but just about all I saw was Pike’s Peak.


25 posted on 07/19/2024 9:05:07 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

The Red Lobsters in Florida aren’t very good. But then they have stiff competition from really excellent seafood restaurants. I would assume that, like oranges, the best ones are found far away from the shore.............


26 posted on 07/19/2024 9:12:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: rdl6989

Sounds Chinese.


27 posted on 07/19/2024 9:16:52 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Red Badger

This is raciss!


28 posted on 07/19/2024 9:25:21 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Colorado Doug

WITH GARLIC BUTTER!...............


29 posted on 07/19/2024 9:30:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Partially cooked?


30 posted on 07/19/2024 9:59:33 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: showme_the_Glory

Tanned................


31 posted on 07/19/2024 10:44:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Indy Pendance

LOL. If global warming caused the lobster to be orange wouldn’t the entire ocean be teaming with them?


32 posted on 07/19/2024 11:20:28 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Red Badger

After last Friday we’re all orange.


33 posted on 07/19/2024 11:28:40 AM PDT by DPMD (.)
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To: subterfuge

You know the drill, it’s hot, global warming. It’s cold, global warming. It rained, global warming. It snowed, global warming. Hurricane, global warming.


34 posted on 07/19/2024 11:34:09 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (“A bullet couldn't stop Trump. A virus just stopped Biden.”)
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To: Red Badger

The lobster is saying to himself that that spray on tan stuff works.


35 posted on 07/19/2024 11:36:19 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Well, it kept him out of hot water!.................


36 posted on 07/19/2024 11:40:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Indy Pendance

Well said Indy.


37 posted on 07/19/2024 11:59:27 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: packagingguy

That seems pretty radical & far-fetched, but I DO hope it is a sign of good luck in November as to the election outcome. We certainly don’t need another mess such as occurred at the last election has become.


38 posted on 07/20/2024 4:16:37 PM PDT by oldtech
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