A special orange lobster is now free in the sea. Someone found it in a food store in New York last week.

This orange lobster is very rare. Only one in 30 million lobsters is orange. That means if you look at 30 million lobsters, you will find only one orange one. People gave the lobster a funny name. They called it Jean-Clawed Van Damme. This name comes from a famous movie star. Kyle Brancato saw the orange lobster in the store. He was looking at the lobster tank. All the other lobsters were dark blue. But this one was bright orange. Most orange lobsters that people see are already cooked. But this one was moving! Other people in the store did not want to buy it. They thought it looked sick because it was orange. But Kyle wanted to help the lobster.

First, Kyle bought the lobster. Then he needed to keep it alive. He got some special water from a restaurant nearby. This gave him time to go to a pet store. At the pet store, he bought a big tank and special sea water. He made sure the water was the right temperature for the lobster. A group called Humane Long Island helped Kyle. They work to save animals. On Wednesday, they put the lobster back in the sea. They chose Long Island Sound, which is a part of the ocean. The next day was National Lobster Day in America. This is when many people eat lobsters. But this orange lobster was lucky. It went back to the wild instead of going to a restaurant.

This is not the first orange lobster to be saved. Last year, people in Canada found another orange lobster in a store. That lobster was in the store tank for many weeks. The other lobsters were not nice to it. Now that orange lobster lives in an aquarium where it is safe. This story shows how one person can help save a special animal. Kyle saw something unusual and decided to help. Because of him, this rare orange lobster is now free in the ocean.