As a kid, I was captivated by the fanciful depiction of these seemingly sentient aquatic primates. What power I would have, I thought. Directing their emerging culture, and being viewed by them as a sort of "God".Ah! The joys of youthful imagination. Well the truth was much less satisfying, of course. Artemia Salina Nyos (the latin of their name) while in fact being real, were not sentient, but were in fact, brine shrimp. Granted a hybrid developed at the New York Ocianic Society that lives much longer than any natural breed, but shrimp all the same. They did not build castles, or domesticate sting-rays for their riding pleasure. They did not group in cute families. They were a far cry from the captivating, and nearly magical, art on the box.
But take heart, all that has changed! Now, the Sea-Monkeys you were promised on that box so many years ago, are YOURS!
....and yes.....you are their God! Mwahahahahahahaha
