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Sea monkeys

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Anyone ever had any? Did they last long? Ours are 3/4 days old atm lol.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My Dad once had some for a laugh. His lasted ages and got really really big!!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Got some, but the thing broke before they could get big... so had them but tiny... can't remember for how long tho...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    Got some, but the thing broke before they could get big... so had them but tiny... can't remember for how long tho...
    What thing? The tank they are in?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tweety wrote:
    What thing? The tank they are in?

    Yer, tha cat make it fall or something, can't remeber exactly tbh, was ages ago...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My sister had some and they grew so big that you could see their eyes. This scared her quite a lot, so she stopped feeding them and I think they died, I can't remember.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    when I was at boarding college one of my friends, who also shared a room with me, had sea monkeys, lasted ages until they accidently got knocked on the floor so they were no more, unless they survived in the carpet which I very much doubt!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i had some sea monkeys from march (my birthday), until easter when i left them with my flatmate so i could go home, he over fed them, which erm resulted in them all dying apart from one, so i told him he could keep the one sea monkey and apparently its reproduced and he now has two sea monkeys
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It says overfeeding is the most common cause of death.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i did take the mick for a bit thought as it also states an intelligent 6 year old can make them last for 2 years, he is 21 and looked after them for a week :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tweety wrote:
    It says overfeeding is the most common cause of death.
    And not feeding them at all!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    is this what they look like?

    artemiam.gif
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    is this what they look like?

    artemiam.gif
    If that's so, it looks more like a hairy seahorse than a monkey.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Mine are too tiny to tell atm, but i don't think they are hairy like that.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My brother had them for about a month but he never got that many. I would't mind having some but I dont know any where that sells them. They'd die within a week, I cant even look after plants!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    freeallangels19 wrote:
    My brother had them for about a month but he never got that many. I would't mind having some but I dont know any where that sells them. They'd die within a week, I cant even look after plants!

    Even if they die they can be reborn :yes: the booklet you get with them explains how :D

    I don't know where you get them as ours were bought for us at christmas and only just got around to doing it.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Tweety wrote:
    Even if they die they can be reborn :yes:
    ...What kind of animals are those???
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote:
    ...What kind of animals are those???

    Sea Monkeys!! :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dunno, heres a link...

    http://www.netfysh.com/index.html?http://www.netfysh.com/seamonkeys/smproducts.html
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    Sea Monkeys!! :)
    Are they in the same family as the Phoenix bird or something?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have had them sitting on my desk at work since Christmas. So 5 months. Stopped feeding them in about Feb but they are still alive and getting bigger. Less of them though. They are feeding off the algae in the tank (no way am I cleaning them)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote:
    Are they in the same family as the Phoenix bird or something?

    yer, why not...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I got mine from WHSmiths
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm so tempted to go and buy some now! Next time I'm in town... I'll get them! :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I had one when i was little and it scared the shit out of me when they got big and you could see their eyes, i can remember lying on my bed at night at looking at the sea monkeys and all they did was look at me with those big eyes lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My boyfriend bought me some about 3 years ago and i put them on the window ledge, unfortunatley for the sea monkeys we had quite a hot couple of weeks and they erm, sort of boiled to death.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sorry if im being thick but er.. are they like real creatures?! with brains and things?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote:
    Are they in the same family as the Phoenix bird or something?

    haha :D


    really though, are they actually alive in the first place? I think an animal that can resurrect itself is pretty decent :x
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kat_B wrote:
    sorry if im being thick but er.. are they like real creatures?! with brains and things?

    Yes they are, look at the link i posted.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kat_B wrote:
    sorry if im being thick but er.. are they like real creatures?! with brains and things?
    i think there krill (or however ypu mite spell it)
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