Amazing Sea Monkeys

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[starrkers]

Looks like you've got a few in that last pic. The bigger white blobs.

I haven't done Sea Monkeys since I was a kid. My lot mostly failed - I got 4.

 

[bronzeage]

Yeah, we did Sea Monkeys for Christmas.
We purified the water for the first 24 hours.

Then we added the instant sea monkey eggs! It said that we would be able to see them swimming around almost immediately. O-kay.
We didn't. Or rather, hubby and I didn't. The kids did, or at least they said they did.
But they aren't discouraged in the least. And since these things are supposed to double in size during the first 24 hours, the kids are thrilled that tomorrow they'll be so much easier to see.
I dunno. I have a feeling they aren't going to look like the picture on the box.

Hubby is disappointed. He wanted to see a naked Sea Monkey babe.

You need to get the SouthPark DVD and watch the SeaMonkey episode. It will explain all.

 

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[starrkers]

I keep meaning to do it again.
But last time I looked they were around $30 and I'm blowed if I'll spend that much on 'em!

 

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[jomar]

Old school fun, huh? Next it'll be a chia something or other.

 

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[cheerful_deviant]

"I pitty da fool!"

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[human_male]

Where's the little cities and castles they're supposed to build? When does that happen?

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Where's the little cities and castles they're supposed to build? When does that happen?

After they get flushed.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Wow! I had Sea Monkeys as a kid...I was 10.

I was dissapointed when they didn't look like the ad....

but they were still cool.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I've never done sea monkeys. The first time I saw an ad for them in a comic book, when I was still in single digits agewise, I didn't believe them. The ad showed sea monkey cities, with buildings and cars, and even I could see such a thing was not possible.

That pic says something about 1960. Actually, it goes back a lot further than that.

 

[glynndah]

I've never done sea monkeys. The first time I saw an ad for them in a comic book, when I was still in single digits agewise, I didn't believe them. The ad showed sea monkey cities, with buildings and cars, and even I could see such a thing was not possible.

That pic says something about 1960. Actually, it goes back a lot further than that.

Yeah. If you read the ad carefully, it says kids have been fascinated by the comic book ads since the 1960's. Who knows what happened before then?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Yeah. If you read the ad carefully, it says kids have been fascinated by the comic book ads since the 1960's. Who knows what happened before then?

I do. At least, I know about myself in the Forties. Curious: Yes. Fascinated: No.

 

[glynndah]

I do. At least, I know about myself in the Forties. Curious: Yes. Fascinated: No.

I remember the ads from the 60's. I was quite skeptical, but I still wanted some. I never could scrape together the $1.99 or whatever they cost back then.

 

[oggbashan]

I do. At least, I know about myself in the Forties. Curious: Yes. Fascinated: No.

I found more enjoyment from pond-dipping and a magnifying glass.

I returned the miniscule wildlife to its habitat. That wasn't true of some larger wildlife - that might be cooked and eaten, especially hand-caught trout.

Og

 

[starrkers]

I grew tadpoles in mum's fernery (safe from teh cats). For years later we had a population of small green frogs in there. Mum even had a special "frog stick" to poke them out of the watering can spout so she could use it.

 

[sweeteuphoria]

just in case!

http://www.sea-monkeys.com/html/aboutsm/emergency_care.html

I did these with my preschoolers last year andsome containers actually took a couple days before we could see anything, but with the really huge magnifying glass they looked pretty cool! Be patient.

http://www.sea-monkeys.com/html/aboutsm/whatarethey.html

 

[rgraham666]

Watched the movie.

I used to catch those in local ponds when I was a kid. Or something similar. They're know as fairy shrimp.

They are fun to watch.

I used to catch two different species. One very similar to sea monkeys, and one with very large mandibles. I think the mandibles may have been for mating rather than eating as I never saw the second species eat anything.

Sometimes I'd find a hydra, a sort of freshwater jellyfish. They'd find the fairy shrimp tasty.

 

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[TheGreatRaja]

brine shrimp can be amazing

 

[sweeteuphoria]

Thanks for the links!

What a terrific project to do with your young students - I'll bet they loved it!

Yes they did, but not as much as the painted lady butterfly kits we do in late march through mid April. Last year we had to do surgery on one of the butterfly's wings because it had gotten torn on the metal of the makeshift cage I built so the children could watch the metamorphosis take place. And they loved watching the butterfly eat as a straw like thing comes out of their head and they use it as a straw! The first year I did this I was fortunate enough to capture the eating process on my digital camera and the children showed the photos during their science fair at our state fairgrounds!

I hope you do more exploring with your kids! May I ask how old they are?

 

[Lisa Denton]

Well, I saw a couple of interesting chia things . . .

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/chiakeyboard.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/saddam_chia_thug.jpg

I was thinking of doing something similar to chia plants, you know, just for fun.

Of course, this is not something you would want to do with the kids.

Being as naive as I am, I had no idea what the first pic was until I saw the second and went "oooooooh."

http://www.picsaway.com/uploads/1-31fdc942f6.jpg

http://www.picsaway.com/uploads/2-ad4b8f7907.jpg