Rare Orange Lobster Will Be Donated To Cape Cod Museum

EASTHAM, MA — An extremely rare lobster found recently at a popular Cape Cod seafood restaurant will soon become a part of the Cape's natural history.

On June 7, workers at Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar came across a rare orange lobster, thought to occur in about only 1 in 30 million crustaceans. Since the discovery, Arnold's owners have decided to donate the orange lobster to the aquarium at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.

Amazingly, this isn't the first time Arnold's has made a rare lobster discovery.

Last year, a rare blue lobster was found at the restaurant. The owners donated the blue lobster, named "Lord Stanley," to an aquarium in St. Louis. They chose that aquarium as a goodwill gesture because the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins last year to win the Stanley Cup

Lord Stanley is alive and well today, and the aquarium has even turned him into a stuffed animal.

Arnold's, one of the Cape's most popular seafood restaurants, reopened for business in late May, and opened its outdoor dining area this weekend.