Anyone ever own sea monkies?

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

LOL I was just looking at random crap on amazon and I found this kit:
http://www.amazon.com/Educational-Insig...06804-Monkeys-Executive/dp/B000096R59/

I'm thinking about buying it just for the hell of it.

 

[Jules]

go for it.

 

[Dudewithoutapet]

Dude, thats like elementary schoool stuff. I remember seeing these at the local KayBee toys back when I was 10 or so. They're fun, not sure if you are into seeing lil things swimming around, might rather have some flashy fish than these.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Ours never hatched. Too cold?

 

[zerocool84]

Seamen from South Park FTW

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Brine shrimp FTW.

Much cheaper at the pet shop.

 

[PottedMeat]

Kyle: Wow! That's a lot of seamen, Cartman.
Cartman: Yeah, I bought all that I could at this bank, and then I got the rest from this guy Ralph in an alley.
Stan: That's cool.
Cartman: Yeah, and the sweet thing is, the stupid asshole didn't even charge me money for it. He just made me close my eyes and suck on a hose.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Kyle: Wow! That's a lot of seamen, Cartman.
Cartman: Yeah, I bought all that I could at this bank, and then I got the rest from this guy Ralph in an alley.
Stan: That's cool.
Cartman: Yeah, and the sweet thing is, the stupid asshole didn't even charge me money for it. He just made me close my eyes and suck on a hose.

bahaha

 

[SuperNaruto]

http://www.seamonkey.com/html/products/robodiver.asp

They got many different designs..

 

[Oxaqata]

Edit

 

[moshquerade]

they don't look like monkeys at all.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Kyle: Wow! That's a lot of seamen, Cartman.
Cartman: Yeah, I bought all that I could at this bank, and then I got the rest from this guy Ralph in an alley.
Stan: That's cool.
Cartman: Yeah, and the sweet thing is, the stupid asshole didn't even charge me money for it. He just made me close my eyes and suck on a hose.

:laugh:
I gotta start watching South Park again.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
they don't look like monkeys at all.

Peter: "What was the point of all that? All it does it shoot ya. It doesn't make breakfast at all!"

sorry, I felt it was relevant.

 

[pontifex]

I've never owned sea monkeys

i've seen the kits advertised for years though.

 

[edro]

I had some. They grew, and grew... eventually died, and smelled like rotting fish.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: edro
I had some. They grew, and grew... eventually died, and smelled like rotting fish.

the water does get quite rank. then you just throw it all out and vow never to get sea monkeys again.

 

[BoomerD]

They're just brine shrimp (as already mentioned) Nothing special about them. Hobbyists around the world raise them for fish food...

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
They're just brine shrimp (as already mentioned) Nothing special about them. Hobbyists around the world raise them for fish food...

the whole 'special' part is that they enter cryptobiosis (thanks wiki), meaning the eggs can be dry and spring to life when water is added. Something that is rare in creatures of the water.

 

[Hammerhead]

You should get triops instead.
Much cooler!
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[Fritzo]

I did...they didn't make citys or play or have families. I was sorely disappointed. They were just little worms with a gillion legs.

 

[jlbenedict]

After you hatch them, send them to me. My two clownfish would love to eat 'em all up

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

My kid got some for his 6th bday. First batch hatched and all but one mysteriously died a few days later (suspicious!). Second hatch is doing pretty good. They're still pretty small, and I'm going to order some of the plasma growth stuff to see what that does.

 

[mugs]

I did. They died.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
You should get triops instead.
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Those are weird. So big, and they do look like horseshoe crabs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triops

By thoroughly drying the tank in which they are kept after a die-off and then allowing the completely dry tank to sit for at least a month and finally reflooding it with distilled or spring water, another generation of pets is easily generated, as the previous brood will have left eggs in the substrate. This simulates the periodic drying and flooding of the natural habitat of the tadpole shrimp.

 

[SuperNaruto]

Wow those triops are huge.. can they be feed to fishes ?