Colorado Crimson Lobster restaurant finds uncommon orange lobster in cargo, takes it to Denver aquarium

The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a brand new resident — a uncommon orange lobster that was rescued from a cargo of crustaceans delivered to a Crimson Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado.

A protracted-term worker who’s a dishwasher and head biscuit maker noticed the brilliant orange lobster whereas unpacking a cargo final Friday and alerted restaurant managers, aquarium officers mentioned. The employees named it Crush after the Denver Broncos’ legendary Orange Crush protection from 1976 to 1986.

“Myself and plenty of of my workforce are born and raised Denver Broncos followers, in order quickly as we noticed that orange shade, we knew that Crush can be a superb illustration,” mentioned Kendra Kastendieck, the restaurant’s normal supervisor. “And all of us need our line of defense to be that good once more.”

When the Pueblo Zoo could not take Crush, Kastendieck known as the Downtown Aquarium, which she mentioned was straight away.

Kastendieck packed Crush with ice packs in a plastic foam container and delivered it to the aquarium on Wednesday.

“As quickly as they acclimated him to his quarantine tank on the Denver aquarium, he was very lively proper off the bat and was actually exploring his little space,” Kastendieck mentioned Thursday.

Employees had arrange a tank with a brand new technology Denver Broncos helmet on high and an older technology one sitting within the tank “so he can truly climb into it and mess around it,” she mentioned.

Crush can be examined by a veterinarian and after 30 days in quarantine can be positioned within the “Lurks” exhibit that homes different chilly water North Atlantic Ocean species, aquarium employees mentioned.

“We’re thrilled to have the ability to share this very uncommon and extraordinary animal with the group and guests to Colorado,” Ryan Herman, normal curator at Denver Downtown Aquarium, mentioned in a press release.

Crush was shipped to the Pueblo restaurant from a provider in Tennessee. It was caught off a coast of Canada, mentioned Kastendieck, however she was unable to verify which coast.

Genetic mutations can result in lobsters which are orange, blue and yellow. Downtown Aquarium has had one orange lobster beforehand.

The Downtown Aquarium has greater than 700 species of fish together with a stingray reef and three Sumatran tigers.

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Hanson reported from Helena, Montana.