An aquarium rescues a blue lobster from a grocery store tank.

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Danielle Morales claimed that when her young sons, Parker, age 4, and Zachary, age 3, insisted on seeing the lobster tank, she was at Market 32 in Clifton Park with them.

“Parker exclaimed, ‘Hey! That one is blue!’ as we approached the tank while we were strolling. “Wow,” I thought. That’s strange. Additionally, I snapped a photo of it,” Morales said to WRGB-TV.

Morales messaged the Via Aquarium in Schenectady after opening Facebook on her phone.

“After we got momentum and got in touch with the aquarium, I approached the counter and said, ‘Hey. You will receive a call from the aquarium. Morales added, “You might not want to sell that one.”

When the young boys discovered that the marine creature was male, they renamed him Bandit, after the equally blue father of the animated dog, instead of Bluey, after the well-known cartoon character.

Bandit was taken from the store by Via Aquarium personnel, who stated that he is in quarantine at the moment and would be joining the other lobsters at the facility in October.

Rare lobster colors, such as orange, blue, and white, are frequently the result of a genetic mutation. A clutch of eggs was recently produced by an orange lobster at the University of New England, and dozens of the offspring have the same uncommon coloring as the mother.

Because Bandit is a darker shade of blue than some of the other blue lobsters that have been discovered, officials think his color may be more influenced by his nutrition, according to Cassidy Livingston of Via Aquarium.

According to Livingston, “We’re thinking it’s possibly because of diet in this case,” Additionally, he may have become more blue-skinned as a result of his diet. For example, eating a much of shrimp may cause them to change color.