Seekonk Restaurant Saves Rare Blue Lobster From Dinner Plate

Not every lobster that arrives at a restaurant comes with a story, but this one definitely did.

On Monday, December 15, The Old Grist Mill Tavern in Seekonk said goodbye to an incredibly rare blue lobster that somehow made its way into the restaurant's seafood order. Instead of ending up on a dinner plate, the vibrant crustacean was given a second chance at life.

Because blue lobsters are extremely rare (about one in every two million lobsters are blue), the restaurant knew this wasn’t an ordinary catch. Owner Karl Pelletier and his team contacted Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium in Newport, Rhode Island, where the lobster now has a safe new home.

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A Rare Catch Gets a Second Chance

Pelletier says this isn’t even the first time the restaurant has encountered a blue lobster.

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The lobster will be cared for at the aquarium, surrounded by other marine life, until it is ready to be released back into the ocean.

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It just goes to show that sometimes luck shows up in the most unexpected places – and sometimes, it gets to swim away and tell the tale.