![]() ![]() She can also drop her egg sack if she feels attacked, and they’ll survive on their own. Even if a mama Sea-Monkey dies, her babes will continue to develop and, eventually, hatch. You honestly need to do very little to ensure your Sea-Monkey family keeps expanding. ![]() And, yes, they can reproduce, both sexually and asexually. During their lifetime, Sea-Monkeys go from having only one eye to having three. If you consider that your Sea-Monkeys started as dust, it probably won’t surprise you to learn that they only grow to be about a half-inch long. But what’s the Sea-Monkey life cycle like? They can’t survive outside of water or bite humans. So you can put all your horrible delusions of Sea-Monkeys burrowing into your skin to rest. Even if you accidentally drop a Sea-Monkey down the drain (or even in your drink), they won’t pose a threat to anyone or anything. They are harmless to people and the environment. There’s no need to worry about your Sea-Monkeys attacking you. In other words, you won’t need to make any special trips to a fancy pet store to keep them alive. They feed on two very simple ingredients that should come in your Sea-Monkey kit but are also probably found in many kitchens - yeast and spirulina. All from just a single shake of a packet that’s roughly the same size as a packet of yeast. Before long, those little monkey-tailed creatures are eating, growing, staring at you with all three eyes, and even reproducing. Why? Because they’re in a more habitable environment. Once you dump the powder into your (purified) water, they begin to “hatch” and grow. The follow-up question is always, “Aren’t Sea-Monkeys just brine shrimp?” The answer is, well, kinda? They’re actually an “artificial hybrid” of brine shrimp created to be able to go through a process called “cryptobiosis.” In essence, that powder you find in your Sea-Monkey packets is brine shrimp eggs in suspended animation. Have we started turning those brain wheels? Here’s what to know before you drop your 10 bucks. Both require basically no work and hardly any set-up. Fish are a lot of people’s go-to first pet, but let’s not be hasty. (Insert evil witch’s cackle here.) The best pets for busy parents are the ones that require the least amount of work and, you know, that might even survive if you forget about them for a day. The stipulation: You get to pick the pet. Then again, it might be easier just to say yes - at least it’ll give you a reprieve, albeit possibly short-lived, from the whining. Why? So, the next time your kid begs you for a pet, you may be tempted to tell them they’ve lost their little mind. They can’t keep their rooms clean or remember to brush their teeth, but they think they can care for a rodent or a cat or dog. Of course, kids always seem to want a pet. ![]() Bonus: Like many things that were popular in the ’90s, today’s kids seem to be gravitating toward these aquatic creatures. And while it may surprise you to learn this, Sea-Monkeys have enjoyed steady popularity over the years. The small furry offspring broke something in young Jasper's mind, and she forever more had a deep fear of offcast socks.When was the last time you thought about Sea-Monkeys? It’s been a while, right? We’d like to change that and offer up this thought: Sea-Monkeys might just be the easiest first pet a kid could have. Our family cat Jasper was perfectly normal until she had a litter of kittens. Needless to say, a date to Burger King did not follow. But he absolutely, categorically, completely, hated any other child.Ī wave of anger would pass through him should any small person approach his fluffy appealing body, and his grumpiness was such that when teenage me tried to allow a girl to pat him at the park, he angrily growled, spun with a bark, and took off in the opposite direction. Absolutely loved me and my two brothers, would go anywhere with us and was our constant companion. Take Sam, our Border Collie when we were kids. But as far as pets go, it's often the weirdest that are the most memorable. (Read, we successfully hatched them, and they carked it when we neglected them for the weekend). ![]() We've been trying to bring a sea monkey aquarium to life, with varying degrees of success. ![]()
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