2006-06-17 22:58:46 · 18 answers · asked by Katie D 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sea-monkeys, in case you've never had any of your own, are actually a variety of the brine shrimp. They've been marketed as pets since 1960, when scientist Harold von Braunhut observed their eggs have a long shelf life out of water, and, once hatched, they're pretty easy to care for. (Besides, they're way too small to eat, so what else are you going to do with them?)
brine= salt water
2006-06-17 23:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by smashingly.smashing 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 00:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea Monkeys are actually brine shrimp, and I don't believe they live in the sea, unless they can survive in freshwater and saltwater. You know, in the little sea monkey kits, they give you water purifying stuff, so it could be a salt solution or just to take the chemicals out or both.
2006-06-18 16:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by picsnap 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea-Monkeys are a hybrid of Artemia salina, a species of brine shrimp. These are a type of fairy shrimp -- not true shrimp, but a branchiopod. The term Sea-Monkeys (sometimes unhyphenated) is a trademark used to sell them as a novelty gift. They originate in salt lakes and salt evaporation flats.
2006-06-17 23:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by dave w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't really any creature called Sea Monkeys, it's a kitchy thing that used to be advertised in the back of comic books back in the day. Actually what you got when you ordered them were brine shrimp.
2006-06-17 23:02:40 · answer #5 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea Monkeys are actually brine shrimp.
Kits were sold in toy stores back in '70's
2006-06-17 23:02:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bought my daughter sea monkeys once, theyre just like tiny shrimps but they start out as a powder you mix with water, they come to life and they live,breed, die etc in a self-contained tank you get with them. After a few months they all died but the instructions said to evaporate the water off and start all over and the powder that was left would come back to life as new sea monkeys when mixed with water again....guess what....it did work....they lived for years!!!!
2006-06-18 09:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by mandy m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea-Monkeys are a unique species of brine shrimp, known by the scientific name of Artemia NYOS.
2006-06-19 10:47:52 · answer #8 · answered by phopper megga blaster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sea monkey are really just brine shrimp. they were called sea monkeys as a marketing device.
2006-06-17 23:01:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sea monkeys are brine shrimp and they are found in the sea
2006-06-18 10:34:37 · answer #10 · answered by leftygirl_75 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋