Youppi heads for nature park

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. – Youppi, the one-in-10-million orange lobster, has found a new home – far from a scalding pot of boiling water.

The rare crustacean, who looks like he’s already been cooked, was delivered to a Quebec supermarket a few weeks ago in a routine shipment of lobsters.

The Trois-Rivieres store has refused multiple offers to sell the three-pound critter, who has since become a celebrity among customers.

The store’s director says Youppi will instead move next week to a nature centre about 40 kilometres away.

Jean Fortin says widespread media attention prompted donors to come forward with money to build Youppi a new refrigerated saltwater tank at the centre.

Youppi the lobster was named after the orange, longtime mascot of the Montreal Expos and Montreal Canadiens.