A new lobster at the Kansas City Zoos’ Aquarium isn’t just one in a million. He’s one in 30 million. Zoo staff say that staff members at a Tops Market in Hamburg, New York, realized one of the lobsters shipped to the stores was actually a rare orange lobster. The KC Zoo says it was a one in 30 million find.
Tops staff reached out to the aquarium of Niagara, who worked with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to find the lobster a new home. Now, Larry Lombardi, as he’s been named, is a resident of the Sobela Ocean Aquarium, the new attraction opening soon at the Kansas City Zoo. The 600,000-gallon aquarium will include six habitats featuring dozens of exhibits. Visitors will see everything from sharks to turtles to lobsters inside the new building. There’s even a tunnel visitors can sit in or walk through where sea life will swim over them. The $75 million attraction is the single largest capital project in the Kansas City Zoo’s history. The new Sobela Ocean Aquarium opens Sept. 1 and will be included in zoo admission.
