I've always wondered. Are they actually living organisms?
2006-12-03 01:42:23 · 13 answers · asked by CJ 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
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.
2006-12-03 01:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by bshelby2121 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sea-Monkeys are a unique species of brine shrimp, known by the scientific name of Artemia NYOS. We not only unlocked the most elusive secrets of their life cycle, we created new formulas to keep them alive under conditions found in the average home—an accomplishment never before achieved! Finally, after years of crossbreeding, we developed a hybrid. These amazing new hybrids grow larger and live longer than any "natural" variety of brine shrimp. Resulting from the most exquisitely sophisticated “aquaculture technology”, by true pioneers in this science, only the utmost resources of a leading marine biological research center working for a span of many years has made this project a complete success.
2006-12-03 09:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by kay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea Monkeys are in reality "brine shrimp", a very common food for fresh and marine water fish. They are very tiny crustaceans that are easy to breed and maintain for long periods of time. They are a great source of food for young fry. They grow to about 3/4 inches max.
2006-12-03 09:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sea-Monkeys exist in suspended animation inside their tiny eggs foryears. The instant-life crystals, in which the eggs are enclosed, preserve their viability and help to extend still further their un-hatched life span
Sea-Monkeys are a unique species of brine shrimp, known by the scientific name of Artemia NYOS.Sea-Monkeys can reproduce both sexually (requiring a male and a female) and asexually
http://www.sea-monkeys.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-monkey
2006-12-03 09:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by GreyRainbow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea monkeys are a type of shrimp.
2006-12-03 10:43:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monkeys that live in the sea! OK now give me my best answer points!
2006-12-03 10:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by bcre8iv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monkey's in the sea.
2006-12-03 09:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Senator D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are Brine Shrimp you can grow and raise them they grow evey day until there a adult they don live that long though...
2006-12-03 10:21:07 · answer #8 · answered by Plank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe they are a type of shrimp or Krill of some sort, I had them when i was younger
2006-12-03 09:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by Myeengunf2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i THINK so lolz. i only saw a seamonkey on a cartoon show, I have no clue if they are real or not.
2006-12-03 09:45:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋