RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – A 1-in-30-million orange lobster was returned to the sea on Tuesday, after it was discovered in a New York supermarket, according to the animal advocacy group Humane Long Island.

Now named "Jean-Clawd Van Dam," the lobster was quite a unique crustacean, as most American lobsters are either greenish-brown or olive-green, according to NOAA. The animals only turn red or red-orange after they are cooked.

Recently shared footage shows Jean-Clawd in a tank in a supermarket in Rochester , New York , and then released into the Long Island Sound by Humane Long Island Executive Director John Di Leonardo.

"Lobsters are sensitive, intelligent animals who can travel as far as 100 miles or more each year," Di Leonardo said. "Like all aquatic animals, lobsters feel pain and suffer wh

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