I've just learnt all about them
aaah, the power of the web. They are brine shrimps. Apparently, they can't survive in the sea as it's not salty enough, but live in salt lakes etc. Scientists have in fact used them to study how their eggs survive extreme dehydration and temps. It is a type of sugar, you know, they are engineering human cells to do it.
( Banana, Fri 13 Dec 2002, 12:22, archived)

Blimey.
You learn something new each day. So why are they called Sea Monkeys if they are not monkeys nor do they live in the sea?
( grifftinfoilhat, Fri 13 Dec 2002, 12:29, archived)

I had some sea monkeys
until about two months ago. They all went black and died : (




( Dr Nick Riviera, Fri 13 Dec 2002, 12:30, archived)