What are the chances?
A pair of “1-in-30 million” orange lobsters had been saved Monday from two supermarkets on Lengthy Island — every week after one other uber-rare crustacean was rescued from a Hamptons Cease & Store.
The 2 feminine lobsters, dubbed Tangerine and Navel, had been despatched again into the Lengthy Island Sound for a second probability of life after being stranded in water tanks the place they had been handled like royalty in comparison with the remainder of the pod, Humane Lengthy Island stated Tuesday.
After media protection highlighting the primary orange lobster’s launch into the wild final week, calls got here in from clients about one other two similar-colored crustaceans on Lengthy Island.
“It was delightful to rescue so many back-to-back,” Humane Lengthy Island John Di Leonardo informed The Submit Tuesday.
One lobster was at a Cease & Store in East Setauket and one other was at Northport Fish & Lobster earlier than the pair had been saved, Humane Lengthy Island stated.
The lobsters had been each fed throughout their stays within the tanks – in contrast to their non-orange friends – and the Cease & Store retailer even reduce its lobster’s bands off her claws, Di Leonardo stated.
Human Lengthy Island indicated a hereditary mutation brought about the “1-in-30-million orange coloring” of the trio of grocery store lobsters.
“I checked with the stores, all the stores said none of them ever had an orange one before so according to them the rarity holds up,” Di Leonardo stated.
Di Leonardo believes the trio of lobsters may have come from the identical household as a result of all of them had been shipped to the totally different areas across the identical time in early July.
Video posted on-line exhibits Di Leonardo with the assistance of his nephew wade into the water to launch each again into the ocean.
“It always makes me feel good to do this rescue work, but we know it’s just a drop in the bucket,” he stated.
“These lobsters are three in a trillion so that’s why we’re trying to drive home the message no one should eat any lobster no matter their coloring.”
