sea monkeys are a form of brine shrimp ... brine shrimp are artemia salina and sea monkeys are artemia NYOS ... neither can be hatched, fed or housed the same as sea monkeys were modified to live in small containers of water for a novelty toy .... brine shrimp are usually used to feed fish, baby brine shrimp, baby fish: O)
"They are a variant of brine shrimp or Artemia salina, a species which enters cryptobiosis, a natural state of suspended animation, allowing their cysts (dormant saclike embryos) to be distributed and sold as a dry powder. When the" eggs " are poured into saltwater, the Sea-Monkeys start to come out of their cysts. "
http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys
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