Sea Monkeys: Pet or Toy?

Sea monkeys were magical for me as a child. They combined the joy of owning pets with the mystery of growing something (well, technically hatching in this case) yourself. Now, I never did have the joy of personally ordering them from a comic book. Instead, an older cousin purchased them for me as a gift and I became instantly smitten with the idea of magically growing this little colony of tiny sea creatures. The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys Executive Setthegreenhead.com Click "Next" to read more. Sure, I found out years later that they were a species of shrimp and that the process of making the eggs hatch in water was more science-based as opposed to science fiction, but none of these things were of any importance to me when I grew my first batch. I was a kid. To me, these were bizarre, funny little alien beings and I was their sole deity, who would look after them and keep them fed. One of the original advertisements of the "instant life' pets. Weebly.com Click "Next" to read more. Now, you can imagine how devastating it was for me when the lady who used to watch us when my mother wasn’t around threw the contents of the tank down the drain. To her, it was just a container of dirty water with grimy little things floating around in it, but to me it was an inconsolable heartbreak. If only she knew how much my strange pet meant to me! Luckily, my cousin was quick to order a new batch by my next birthday and I was able to reign anew over my beloved aquatic charges. Did you have sea-monkeys as a kid? Tell us about it in the comments section below. Related: Fisher Price Chatter Phone Ft. Pull Toys 70s Toys: Cereal, Cartoons And Commercials Coolest Happy Meal Toys Of All Time