Sea Monkeys: Dream Pets?

Sea Monkeys – Dream Pets?

A sea monkey! I know, many of you out there are probably wondering what this marvellous creature is, and how in fact will involving them in my lives change me? I too pondered the same thing one lonely work day and decided to investigate the world in which sea monkeys live. Although, sometimes you don’t always need to answers to all your questions and when I Googled ‘Sea Monkeys’ and carelessly opened a few tabs of information, I was actually amazed and how much was dedicated to this little creature commonly referred to as the ‘dream pet’.

My first impressions of a sea monkey were, limited to none. I had no impression. I don’t even know anyone who has sea monkeys. I did however know a boy in primary school that had quite the collection and due to this tenuous thread I feel I am more than an authority on the subject after 15 minutes of labour intensive research. My understanding of sea monkeys were that they were dots, in a plastic container, that had water and came from a packet similar to what you would find Pop Rocks in. But did you know that Sea Monkeys can impress friends? When I looked on a website titled subtley Sea Monkey Worship, I found out that Sea Monkeys not only make people calmer around you, and I quote:

‘Many professionals believe that fish and other marine animals make people feel calmer! If you bring your Sea-Monkeys to the office this might just help you with your busy day!’

Oh how delightful the ambience would be with a pet that you can literally ‘put in a glass jar, plastic container, anything you find around!’ Now I was truly intrigued, and thought to myself
‘Now if I had sea monkeys what cool facts could I impress my friends with?’ WELL, the website had all the answers to my questions. Sea Monkeys breathe through their feet! And are also born with one eye, that grows into 3 as they get older. Now this both shocked and amazed, but how, might I ask, are we supposed to verify these facts with a pet that is no bigger than this full stop.

Although, amazingly enough Sea Monkeys impact people’s lives just as much as the household dog.

“They are female I think cause they have a big red lump like sack on their backs. They both mated with a guy and shortly after died on the bottom of the tank. I thought feeding them every 3 days was enough so I don't know if that’s’ the problem. But I'm sad...what happened?”

I know, it’s tough...

Actually, I have to be honest. I am now extremely disturbed because I have come across a section of, wait for it, a section of poetry and haiku’s dedicated to Sea Monkeys, and a sample:

“My sea monkeys are alive right now.
But I'm running out of food for them.
I bet they never even liked that green stuff anyway.
The first one that died was eaten by the rest.
Soon there will be only one left.
And it will slowly waste away.
My sea monkeys refuse to breed.
I think they are the last of a forgotten race.
That is on the highway to extinction.
My last sea monkey died today.
Because it found out"SEA MONKEY FOOD IS PEOPLE!!"

I am not even going to sample more because they disturb me.

But sometimes questions don’t need to be answered. What started out as simple fun led to Haiku’s about sea monkeys, some really odd ones. But I will leave this fabulous question up to you; Sea Monkey: Dream Pet or Dream Threat?

Just as a reference, for more Sea Monkey madness, please check the following link http://www.seamonkeyworship.com/smvideos.html
Or to tickle your curiosity please visit http://www.sea-monkey.com/html/aboutsm/whatarethey.html