Question and Answer time

Just Elisha wrote with a great question about her Sea Monkeys. I invited Sea Monkey expert George Atamian, President of Educational Insights- the company that markets Sea Monkeys, to help answer.

Question: My monkeys will be 2 weeks old on Tuesday. I noticed some babies! Is it possible that they could have reproduced already?

Sea Monkey Geek: What's more likely is that some of the eggs in the original packet hatched later than others. This is very common. You will probably notice insanely long, um, breeding sessions, before you see a second generation of monkeys.

George Atamian: Normally, it takes 21 days for the Sea-Monkeys to reach reproductive capability. Once they start to mate, several days pass before eggs are seen at the base of the female’s tail. If conditions in the tank are perfect (by hybrid Artemia standards) the female may, in time, give birth to baby Sea-Monkeys sans shells!!
As Keith mentioned, the babies seen may come from the original eggs that may have had very thick shells, which would result in longer hatching time.

Mozilla's Project Sea Monkey

Sea Monkey's swimming around in our computers? My God! What evil hath those mad geniuses at Mozilla wrought upon us all?
Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding the concept. I didn't actually read all that text, o' lord no. Too many words, not enough pictures. But When Mozilla releases the official Project Sea-Monkey Comic Book I'm there.
For now you can check out their project for yourself by clicking here.

And if you're not already using Mozilla's FireFox web-browser, I highly recommend it (if for no other reason than to counter balance my earlier feigned anti-intellectualism.)

Sea-Monkeys Vegas Style

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Yes, Sea-Monkeys were spotted in sin city.

Oh no! Sea-Monkey's in pasties and feathered head dresses? Gangster Sea-Monkeys collecting their protection money? Sea-Monkey's with gambling problems swimming in watered down, complimentary casino-drinks?

No, thankfully, it's none of the above. The Sea-Monkey's are on the winning side of the gambling scene. They're guests of the house, staying in the nice suites, all the room service they can handle and every cable channel unscrambled.

Sea Monkey Slot machines have apparently been around since 2005. These are the only pictures I've found so far. I don't know who the dude is but apparently the aquatic simians were good to him, not too good though; I don't know how far $13.80 goes in Vegas. Guess it all depends on what kind of a poker face you've got.

An Interview with the Sea Monkey President

George Atamian is the president and CEO of Educational Insights, the company that gives us Sea Monkeys. I hope to shoot my own interview with him soon, but for now, here he is being interviewed at some expo.

Man Claims Sea Monkeys as Dependents

Click Here to listen to a hilarious story involving Sea Monkeys on The Onion's "Onion Radio News."