sea monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG

[mr funktastic]

has anyone else heard of these things. i just hear ablout them today and from what i can see all they are are brine shimp eggs and they grow out to be brine shrimp. it is sooo weird though i will put a link to a site where u can find some stuff out about them. any one have one of these? maybe bought one for there kids. it is like an ultra starter kit for kids

http://www.sea-monkeys.com/html/aboutsm/whatarethey.html

 

[Jchillin]

Many many moons ago, these were all the rage. Advertisements appeared in almost every magazine, newspaper and comic book. Just add water and poof!

It wasn't until I got into this hobby that I found out that they were actually shrimp.

 

[lyquidphyre]

You've never heard of sea monkeys?!?!?

I think ive had every sea monkey kit you could possible own (well, in the recent 10 years or so)

They are pretty awesome

 

[krap101]

i use to have some. they never hatched . i also tried triops or something

 

[flamingonhot]

sea monkeys are just a really expensive brine shrimp....theyre the same thing but marketed as a different thing at about 20 times the cost....

mine only would live for about a week anyways....
and triops? well they get kindfa boring after they all eat eachother and die....

 

[Toirtis]

I love Sea Monkeys (or more, the mystique/image of Sea Monkeys) and collect vintage Sea Monkey stuff...all stems from when I was five and embraced (if only for a short while until my aquarist father killed it) the dream of keeping little, naked, web-footed aquatic humanoids in a fish bowl.

 

[BillyZ]

The sea-monkeys made their first appearance in the 70's, didn't they?

Cute little buggers... and my fish seem to love em to!

 

[Toirtis]

The sea-monkeys made their first appearance in the 70's, didn't they?

1959, although they did not really hit the market significantly until 1960.

 

[mr funktastic]

wow i missed out on those lol i am only 17 so this is the first time i have ever heard of em. still pretty damn neat though. i am thinking about getting one just for the fun of it.

 

[macman7010]

sea monkeys are great. when I was in fifth grade I had some and got them on and off here and there. they are a neat toy and I like toirtis liked the image of sea monkeys, cute little underwater humanoids - neat creatures but they are literally brine shrimp.

 

[Sati]

My Mom had sea monkeys. She was about 12 or 13 when they were all the rage