Sea Monkey’s have been around forever! And this is a small list as to why I believe these brine shrimp creatures are so amazing!
- Their hard shell makes it difficult for other ocean dwellers to eat them
- They appear to come to life instantaneously when you add water! Instant life doesn’t mean instant fun. They are the size of a pin head when they first hatch.
- The Males are smaller than the females, obviously making them inferior.
- However, to compensate, they have pincers under their chins to fight and grab stuff!
- When they’re born they have three- count them THREE eyes! You can tell when they have fully matured when their third eye located in the middle of their head falls off!
- These little critters don’t have brains, just ganglia! No brain, no pain!
- They breathe using their legs, THEIR LEGS!!!
- AND their kidneys are in their head!!! (How weird/cool is that?)
- Sea monkeys have a circulatory system to move the blood around. And they have hemoglobin, interestingly enough there is an inverse correlation between the amount of oxygen that these little critters blood. (Ex. If there is lots of oxygen in the water, there is very little hemoglobin in the blood)
- Sometimes it will look like they are juggling algae, it’s because they use their oxygen breathing legs to push the algae to their mouths so the brine shrimp can consumer the magnificent act of photosynthesis that is algae.
- These lovely creatures are capable of reproducing sexually or asexually. The best of both worlds I guess!
- The best part about these little creatures is that they’re wicked low maintenance, you can do sweet science projects with them, and I’m sure they’ll keep you entertained for up to a year (the brine shrimp lifespan.).
The only downside I found is that contrary to the pictures that are displayed on the boxes, the female sea monkeys do not have lipstick and itty bitty pearls around their necks. And, the males are not muscular and dashing. In fact, from the pictures that I have seen of these little suckers, I’d be hard pressed to tell the males from the females.
