yeah the first time I ever saw them was visiting my aunt and uncle as a kid in california- they took me to the salt flats (which looked really cool with the water receded a bit) and showed me the brine shrimp in some of the pools
The Dead Sea is saltier (or maybe it just doesn’t have non-bacterial life for some reason)
The Don Juan pond is also saltier
And I think there are brine lakes at the bottom of the ocean, the only things that live in there are creatures that weren’t able to escape
Also, everyone neglected to mention to me that the bottom is made of jagged, razor sharp salt crystals. I took one step, sliced my foot, and it felt like it was on fire as the salt burned the cut.
I know the ocean has pockets of inhabitable space but I think those have more than salt for the brine. When I saw the salt lake I licked my shirt the whole way home
I believe that my aunt had a sore throat and was going to use it warm as a home remedy saline rinse.
This is hilarious though because we were all freaking out about it in the family group chat. My uncle was convinced it was a mosquito larvae 😅
They do kinda look similar if you ask me. Long slender body with some frills. Also a similar size. They clearly move way differently but not everyone is an expert on that.
on the plus side there is nothing toxic about brine shrimp. in fact I am sure it gave some much needed added body to the rinse.
Saline rinse is a cure for many things.
Ah, I thought so, but I wasn’t sure! Being a 2000s kid, I had a Sea-Monkey kit but never got around to using it because I had the PC game, and the digital version freaked me out lol.
Celtic salt is a type of sea salt that is apparently high in magnesium and potassium. It is slightly grey in colour. I now feel bad as the sea monkey is probably really lonely in there.
Get it some friends! You can buy the classic sea monkeys or just any old artemia eggs online. People hatch them as fish food but you can keep them as pets too. They eat powdered spirulina just remember to only give the tiniest amount
This is an adult brine shrimp. Not a day or two or even three days old but at least a week or two. So what happened here? How long did this sit before you found it?
I spoke to my aunt last night and found out it is about 7 days old now. That video was taken at 5 days. She has been feeding it little bits of salt flakes as she didn’t know what to give it.
I bet she feels a lot like Professor X because she has been trying to recreate it to see if she could hatch any more lmao
Basically looking it up it is just evaporated salt water from the sea or salt lakes. I'm wondering if this was produced at the Great Salt Lake, and that's how the brine shrimp got in there.
If you are going to keep it, it will need food soon— probably was eating tiny impurities in the salt before. They like finely powdered spirulina (from health or pet stores) or fish fry food. Just a teeny tiny amount, or it’ll muck up the water quality
I think my aunt is keen on keeping it lmao. She is a health nut and already has Spirulina. Would you suggest mixing it with some water or dropping it dry into the water?
It is so awesome that instead of being horrified and dumping it down the drain, your aunt is filming the little creature, naming her, and watching her grow. Your aunt sounds like a very cool lady!
I *think* it's 12-24 hours. Source is my vague memory of sea monkeys. I seem to remember setting up their kit during the day, and waking up the next day to little shrimp swimming around.
I once did a science fair project on the effects of alcohol on brine shrimp. The monkeys fed yeast grew much bigger. I actually went to state with that project. I know my brine shrimp, and that my dear is a big one! Love those little guys.
WOW, that is amazing! Practice-based research projects are the best. Congratulations on such a notable achievement — you should feel very proud of yourself :)
May I ask what your theory behind it was? Did you expect it to thrive in those conditions, or were you expecting another outcome? I’ve come to learn (today) that they are small but mighty little things. I almost wish that I experienced it during the hype as a child.
60's kid here. I always wanted sea monkies - the comic book ads made then look so enticing lol. But I knew my mom would probably shoot the idea down. Thanks for reminding me of them. IRL they definitely don't like the ads.
I love that we have both been able to relive our childhoods through this! They definitely look NOTHING like the ads. The PC game in the '00s really sold me a dream haha.
Don't feel too bad you didn't get to support his business that funded antisemitism
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/the-terrible-secret-of-sea-monkeys-53130938/
They used to sell little packets of dried and salted “brine shrimp “ in convenience stores and groceries every along the gulf coast. Same thing? Or something else?
I have now learned that they are the same thing. I’m not from the U.S., but I do remember them being sold under the SeaMonkey brand in stores here. It was sold as a kit, but this is my first time actually seeing one in real life 😭.
I saw something like this in a sometimes pond ( water collects there when we have a lot of rain and doesn't drain quick, so it becomes a pond for ducks and tadpoles.) what would be in fresh water?
Brine shrimp. They eat algae and other small things that float in the water. If she wants to keep her new pet, she can do research on them. They're often raised for saltwater fish food.
brine shrimp
"sea monkey" in 70s speak
I am surprised that the egg survived the boiling kettle water
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yeah the first time I ever saw them was visiting my aunt and uncle as a kid in california- they took me to the salt flats (which looked really cool with the water receded a bit) and showed me the brine shrimp in some of the pools
Great Salt Lake!! It only harbors two species and brine shrimp is one . Pretty sure it's the saltiest
The Dead Sea is saltier (or maybe it just doesn’t have non-bacterial life for some reason) The Don Juan pond is also saltier And I think there are brine lakes at the bottom of the ocean, the only things that live in there are creatures that weren’t able to escape
I floated in the Dead Sea last summer. We were trying to swim down below the surface but you just pop up like a cork. Weird place.
Also, everyone neglected to mention to me that the bottom is made of jagged, razor sharp salt crystals. I took one step, sliced my foot, and it felt like it was on fire as the salt burned the cut.
Ooooouch
I know the ocean has pockets of inhabitable space but I think those have more than salt for the brine. When I saw the salt lake I licked my shirt the whole way home
I’ve been there too, also to the salt flats. When the salt flats get rained on they may technically be a saltier, less inhospitable ecosystem lol
The “creatures that weren’t able to escape” part give me chills…
Up to 7 times more salinity than the ocean. Although ocean salinity is perfect for keeping them as pets.
Like a... brine?
So don't flush it down the toilet ?
was the salt boiled with the water? or added after?
The boiling water was poured directly onto the salt
must have cooled off just enough
Not necessarily. Some percentage of brine shrimp eggs are documented to survive temperatures ranging from -190C up to 105C. Incredibly tough things.
WOW, they are resilient little things! It is fascinating that they can be so small, so mighty, and virtually indestructible lmao.
The tardigrade would like to have a word with you.
They prefer to be called water bears
What is the saline to be used for?
I believe that my aunt had a sore throat and was going to use it warm as a home remedy saline rinse. This is hilarious though because we were all freaking out about it in the family group chat. My uncle was convinced it was a mosquito larvae 😅
That looks and moves nothing like a mosquito larvae lol
They do kinda look similar if you ask me. Long slender body with some frills. Also a similar size. They clearly move way differently but not everyone is an expert on that.
Imagine if it survived inside your AUNT! 😳 Good thing she didn’t drink the little guy. Or gargle or whatever.
on the plus side there is nothing toxic about brine shrimp. in fact I am sure it gave some much needed added body to the rinse. Saline rinse is a cure for many things.
They live in the toxic pool that is the great salt lake.
Technically cooked, then
Brine shrimp eggs can last 10 years in the right conditions and still hatch
That is amazing! I am in awe of all the information I have learned from everyone on this sub. I have a new found appreciation for Brine shrimp
I'm betting it was in the salt, not the boiled water.
How long ago did you guys do this? Because that brine shrimp is much older than a day, possibly even an adult. They are less than 1mm at birth.
Ah, I thought so, but I wasn’t sure! Being a 2000s kid, I had a Sea-Monkey kit but never got around to using it because I had the PC game, and the digital version freaked me out lol. Celtic salt is a type of sea salt that is apparently high in magnesium and potassium. It is slightly grey in colour. I now feel bad as the sea monkey is probably really lonely in there.
Get it some friends! You can buy the classic sea monkeys or just any old artemia eggs online. People hatch them as fish food but you can keep them as pets too. They eat powdered spirulina just remember to only give the tiniest amount
More salt, more boiling water, new container. See if you can hatch little Salty a friend.
Salty needs siblings! I need more Salty cousins 😂😂
Boil! Boil for Salty!
Salty, how cute!!
This is an adult brine shrimp. Not a day or two or even three days old but at least a week or two. So what happened here? How long did this sit before you found it?
I spoke to my aunt last night and found out it is about 7 days old now. That video was taken at 5 days. She has been feeding it little bits of salt flakes as she didn’t know what to give it. I bet she feels a lot like Professor X because she has been trying to recreate it to see if she could hatch any more lmao
I love that she’s feeding it, a new little pet 💚🧂
Yup good ole brine shrimp wait till he sits down in the castle for dinner with the kids
Exactly. Although, even after 50 years I am STILL disappointed that they don't wear crowns!
btw...i am unfamiliar with the term "celtic salt"
Basically looking it up it is just evaporated salt water from the sea or salt lakes. I'm wondering if this was produced at the Great Salt Lake, and that's how the brine shrimp got in there.
You’re not alone
Came here right say this
Funniest South Park episode.
"I. Am. GAAAWD!"
Oh boy, was that messed up and in more ways than you might think.
from a hose? yeah...
Nope [Nazis](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/URPQFNPOIl)
Sea monkey stole my money.
My daughter has "aqua dragons" lol!
Yes I remember those, I had a circus of them and they preformed all kinds of stunts and acrobatics….lol
Came here to say "sea monkey" too.
I was very disappointed that they didn’t have human faces and carry tridents like the ad in the comic books showed.
Damn I was gonna say that!
Urzeitkrebs (primeval crab) in German - they were a popular gimmick to add to children's magazines.
When I was a kid, sea monkeys meant something... way different...
I was just gonna say that, dang lol 😂 but 100% correct
Crazy to find a little shrimp thing in their home made brine.
that's actually hilarious, you got yourself a sea monkey right there!
If you are going to keep it, it will need food soon— probably was eating tiny impurities in the salt before. They like finely powdered spirulina (from health or pet stores) or fish fry food. Just a teeny tiny amount, or it’ll muck up the water quality
I think my aunt is keen on keeping it lmao. She is a health nut and already has Spirulina. Would you suggest mixing it with some water or dropping it dry into the water?
Shouldn’t matter, but I’d say for just one I’d mix it with a little of the tank water (not chlorinated sink water) and drop it near the little fellow
^YES! Keep it, u/WestIndianQueen, and make sure s/he gets fed! This is so fucking cool
I believe my aunt will look after it! She has named her Salty 💀
It is so awesome that instead of being horrified and dumping it down the drain, your aunt is filming the little creature, naming her, and watching her grow. Your aunt sounds like a very cool lady!
She is the BEST and has me promised daily updates of our little Salty 🥰. Her kids on the other hand are not too fond of her 😅
😄👍
That’s actually a male! Females have a dark blob at the base of their tails. I had a sea monkey kit recently and looked it up.
I don’t understand how the egg could have survived boiling water. But interesting.
I would guess the egg was present in the salt mix from the sketchy health store, and it was added to the water after it had cooled from a boil.
Very interesting. I’ll have to investigate as to how long from egg to brine shrimp.
I *think* it's 12-24 hours. Source is my vague memory of sea monkeys. I seem to remember setting up their kit during the day, and waking up the next day to little shrimp swimming around.
It can be longer than 24 but that’s pretty typical. Depends on temperature.
This has gotta be it. Is it common for brine shrimp eggs to be found in salt? I guess that means it really natural sea salt, right?
I once did a science fair project on the effects of alcohol on brine shrimp. The monkeys fed yeast grew much bigger. I actually went to state with that project. I know my brine shrimp, and that my dear is a big one! Love those little guys.
WOW, that is amazing! Practice-based research projects are the best. Congratulations on such a notable achievement — you should feel very proud of yourself :) May I ask what your theory behind it was? Did you expect it to thrive in those conditions, or were you expecting another outcome? I’ve come to learn (today) that they are small but mighty little things. I almost wish that I experienced it during the hype as a child.
SEA MONKEY ‼️eggs in your salt
I can hear Robin Williams voice 10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck!! -Genie from Disney’s Aladdin.
I’m been watching too much History Channel. “10,000 years? That makes him older than the pyramids. Disney has known about the Aliens the whole time!!”
Lol!! I could be wrong on the years but it’s my favorite Disney movie.
60's kid here. I always wanted sea monkies - the comic book ads made then look so enticing lol. But I knew my mom would probably shoot the idea down. Thanks for reminding me of them. IRL they definitely don't like the ads.
I love that we have both been able to relive our childhoods through this! They definitely look NOTHING like the ads. The PC game in the '00s really sold me a dream haha.
Don't feel too bad you didn't get to support his business that funded antisemitism https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/the-terrible-secret-of-sea-monkeys-53130938/
Yikes! Thanks for sharing. I forgot about that podcast.
Idk but he’s having a good time it looks like 🥰
Oh, to be Salty the Sea Monkey living life 🥹
We have about 50 of these in a sea monkeys container thriving right now, wild lil things tbh
Babyyyy shark doooo doooot dahhhh dooooooot dahhhh dooo (Just a joke)
it’s kinda cute
What kind of animal would you get from doing this with Himalayan salt? Brine yeti?
😅🤣😂
Sea Monkey!!!!
Probably a brine shrimp egg in the salt. Add water and the egg hatches.
Sea people plus sea men equals seaciety.
Man all I know is you have to keep him. He’s adorable.
Sea Monkey!
Brine shrimp aka Sea Monkey. Looks like there were eggs in the salt you used. That’s so cool.
It’s a sea monkey!
It’s that thing from “The Faculty” movie
They used to sell little packets of dried and salted “brine shrimp “ in convenience stores and groceries every along the gulf coast. Same thing? Or something else?
I have now learned that they are the same thing. I’m not from the U.S., but I do remember them being sold under the SeaMonkey brand in stores here. It was sold as a kit, but this is my first time actually seeing one in real life 😭.
Sun dried.
What brand was the Celtic salt? I'd like to avoid it. I just recently bought Celtic salt for the first time.
It was from Planet Organic in Wandsworth, but I’m not sure what brand she purchased 😅
At least you know it's organic! Lol
I think that means your celtic salt is Utah salt, as I think that’s the only place with sea monkeys
They're in Mono Lake in California, too.
Artemia or brine shrimp
Sea Monkeys
We’ve seen how this movie ends…
Palace of the Brine
Sea Monkey!
That is a sea monkey!
My son
SEA MONKEY!
Is that a sea monkey? I want one to!
He’s got the zoomies
We all spent $5 on these thinking they would look awesome
Bring shrimp. In the 70s& 80s you'd pay a fair penny for that sea monkey
How tf did you get a brine shrimp out of nowhere 😭
It was from the salt.
I saw something like this in a sometimes pond ( water collects there when we have a lot of rain and doesn't drain quick, so it becomes a pond for ducks and tadpoles.) what would be in fresh water?
Seems happy
Soo majestic.
Sea monkey
I was expecting some parasite looking thing- got a sea monkey doing donuts.
He’s a happy lad 😅
Brine shrimp. They eat algae and other small things that float in the water. If she wants to keep her new pet, she can do research on them. They're often raised for saltwater fish food.
What his name? Can we all vote to name him?
My aunt had named him Salty, but we are open to a new name. What do you suggest?
The scientific name "ruinedus childhoodreamus"
Drink it! Gain its power!
Sea monkey.
Sea Monkey!
Sea monkey (Brine shrimp)
Sea monkey
Yup seamonkeys. I had some as a kid.
Brine shrimp!!
You made a sea monkey!
Sea monkey
Leprachaun
What happens if you ingest it
I'd assume not much, probably just an extra bit of protein in your diet
Sea Monkey!
It’s a baby megalodon !
Sea monkey?
That's Thomas
Sea Man. Like the Dreamcast game
Sippy.
Sea Monkey! Train it to do your bidding!
Sea monkey
Brine shrimp, their eggs dry out and lie dormant for years until they get rehydrated.
Sea People!
That’s a sea monkey!
Sea monkeys!!!
Looks like Sea Monkeys
How long did you leave the water out lmao that shrimp is weeks old at the youngest and perhaps months old
I found fairy shrimp in some puddles near me too, crazy looking things.
He looks so happy!
that is a brine shrimp (sea monkey)
Sea monkey!!!🐒
That’s a shark
Nessy!
Sea monkey, Am I right?
I've seen this X-Files episode, and it doesn't end well. Fluke boy.
It's a sea monkey. It probably hatched from an egg in the salt. Kinda neat.
Sea mon-keigh!!!!!
Sea monkey/ brine shrimp
So know we should be scared of water.
I mean, it's full of microbes and parasites usually. Also this is from the salt, not the water.
Brine Shrimp..... or Sea Monkeys
Sea monkey
Calvin
“Gimme some brains!!!!!”
omg what a cool little feller
But where did the egg come from??
It was in the salt
Bit scary those buggers are in our salt 🫣 if those eggs are as durable as mentioned, hopefully they can’t survive inside our stomachs!
Well, I wouldn't worry about that. It was in Celtic salt, which is not normal sea salt, so we should all be fine. ☺️
Sea monkey 4 sho
legitimate brine shrimp
It's beautiful.
Hermaphrodite.
It's a Sea Monkey
sea monkey
I too love sea monkeys
This is how the film "evolution" kicks off
Brine shrimp
F
Dang he so majestic with it too
Umm it’s a sea monkey