Rare Orange Lobster, Named Clementine, Returns to the Ocean After Rescue from Long Island Stop & Shop
Mar. 15, 2025A rareorange lobsteris once again one with the ocean.
On Wednesday, Aug. 28,Humane Long Islandshared apost on Facebook, in which it detailed that the crustacean was returned to its natural habitat after it was spotted in the seafood section of a Stop & Shop in Southampton, N.Y.
According to the organization, the lobster, which is named Clementine, “was immediately a celebrity” at the Long Island grocery store.
Clementine, a rare orange lobster, was rescued from Long Island Stop & Shop.Humane Long Island
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They added that it had arrived with a shipment of other lobsters before the Fourth of July.
Humane Long Island’s John Di Leonardo and a Stop & Shop employee with the rare orange lobster.Humane Long Island
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Humane Long Island then stepped in after theSouthampton Animal Shelter Foundationalerted them about the unusual creature. Stop & Shop “quickly agreed to donate the rare lobster for rehabilitation and release to the wild,” they wrote.
The organization then detailed that they worked hand in hand with a veterinarian and prepared a cold saltwater tank to rehabilitate the lobster. After reintroducing it to its natural habitat, Humane Long Island said the animal was “swimming, foraging, and exploring the Long Island Sound, playfully following us around before disappearing into the ocean depths.”
Clementine, a rare orange lobster.Humane Long Island
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According to Humane Long Island, the chances of finding an orange lobster are “one in 30 million.” They added that the chances of a lobster being returned to its natural habitat are even rarer.
“Lobsters are sensitive, intelligent animals who can travel as far as 100 miles or more each year. Like all aquatic animals, lobsters will pain and suffer when taken from their ocean homes to be eaten or confined to cramped aquariums,” John Di Leonardo, anthrozoologist and executive director of Humane Long Island, said in a statement.
source: people.com
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