2006-10-07 17:56:26 · 15 answers · asked by STORMY K 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sea-Monkey is a brand name of 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.
Sea-Monkeys can reproduce both sexually (requiring a male and a female) and asexually. When the eggs are laid, there are fewer males than females per "litter". This is probably because they are not needed for reproduction. Females stop reproducing with the males when the males are too few.
Sea-Monkeys have been cited in studies of DNA and sexual behavior, primarily because they are commonly available specime.
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2006-10-08 00:17:34 · answer #1 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea monkeys are brine shrimp. You can buy a brine shrimp hatchery at any pet shop and hatch out your own but make sure you have some fish to feed them to.
2006-10-07 18:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small primates which live in the sea! It's a miracle! God bless the people at Sea-Monkey!
2006-10-07 18:05:06 · answer #3 · answered by Johnny P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Artemia salina or brine shrimp
they are sold because they can go into a natural suspended animation for storage. in the wild it is used when their puddle evaporates.
2006-10-07 18:05:43 · answer #4 · answered by ui6fu6yujt c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hybrid brine shrimp.
A lesson about 'truth in advertizing' for the naive.
Possibly pizza topping, if you're into that kind of thing.
2006-10-08 05:10:15 · answer #5 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CUTE! hehe they are little brine shrimp! they are like miniature monkeys in water! hehe i love watching em
2006-10-07 18:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by nadiee mulisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the lil brine shrimp =P
2006-10-07 17:59:47 · answer #7 · answered by mathstinks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brine shrimp. I had some, they were growing nicely, then I accidentally knocked it over. :(
2006-10-07 18:04:43 · answer #8 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya brine shrimp
2006-10-07 18:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by safrodin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are brine shrimps that are extremely small.
2006-10-07 19:16:46 · answer #10 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋