3-in-90-million orange lobsters returned to Long Island Sound after being rescued from Tri-State ShopRites

3-in-90-million orange lobsters returned to Long Island Sound after being rescued from Tri-State ShopRites

Spotting an orange lobster is a rarity, which is why when three of them showed up in orders at two Tri-State Shoprites—one in Bay Shore, Long Island and the other in Wallingford, Connecticut—workers knew they had to be saved.

Rare orange lobsters rescued from supermarket tanks in New York, Connecticut

NEW YORK - Three rare orange lobsters were rescued from seafood tanks in New York and Connecticut during the past month and returned to the ocean, according to the animal advocacy group Humane Long Island.The organization said the unusual shellfish arrived in shipments of the traditional brown lobsters around the Fourth of July and was alerted to their presence by social media users."The genetic anomaly that results in a striking orange complexi…