[Bridgie]

would it be bad for my health to drink sea monkeys?

some person bought me some as part of their secret santa present for me but theyre not doing anything!

the first couple of days i couldnt see them through a magnifying glass because they were so small but now i can and all they do is swim in tiny circles.

if i could make some money out of a dare to drink them should i, or is it best to keep them and see what happens.

any help from anyone whos kept them or wants to advise me please

bridgie

[Funky Drummer]

I've never kept any. They don't interest me.

And yes, I think it would be bad for your helath to drink them.

[Jonny Hoare]

you belong to me

oh o that was the sea horses

[Sidders]

I'm sure it wouldn't harm you to drink them. It'd be fun to do it as part of a drinking game, down a shot of sea monkeys as a forfeit or something like that!

[David]

I used to have sea monkeys. Wouldn't they swim around you if you drank them?

[MK Chris]

Erm, what are sea monkeys? Just little monkey-looking creatures that go in the water?

[Chris]

Yeah that's right .. they'll swim around in your stomach acid, just like all that cress which plants itself in your intestines and keeps growing ..

[MK Chris]

Good idea then! Or, even better, try it on your little brother (if you've got one) first.

[Bridgie]

Mean People Eat Sea-Monkeys

Sea-Monkeys are edible,
some folks think it's just fine,
but it would be murder
to eat a shrimp of brine.

Sea-Monkeys are edible,
Some people think it's yummy,
but just remember this one phrase:
"You're killing friends, you dummy!"

Sea-Monkeys are on the web,
It is very handy,
but the Sea-Monk Worship Site
is just the most dandy!


taken from

http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~sbarclay/pospoet.htm

[Gigglyboots]

My little sister has loads, three tank fulls behind me. I wouldnt eat them, hers have been living quite a while, eeurk. They look scary, plus once they die, you dry them out and you can re use them. Hmm.

[Bob23]

Sea Monkeys also react to light when they get a bit bigger. (ie, keep them in a dark room, and then shine a torch around the bowl and they'll follow it. You can (alledgly) get them to do 'tricks' that way.)

As for drinking them. The sea monkeys would be fine, but the water they swim in would be pretty foul.

[Jonny Hoare]

Wonder if sea monkeys survive in beer

[Gigglyboots]

Mmm, I've seen that. She keeps them in the dark for an hour and then they go mental and spin around. I sadly know too much.

Well, you have to "purify" the water, before you put them in, but erm with all that food and gunk at the bottom, oooh er. I couldnt do it.

[Jonny Hoare]

Perhaps if you added some blackcurrant cordial

[a_girl_from_mars]

my boyfriend (for some odd reason...he thought they were funny) has some and his are quite big now.dont drink the water!!!

[Matt]

Erm, what are sea monkeys? Just little monkey-looking creatures that go in the water?

They look like hours of fun...

[MK Chris]

That looks nothing like a monkey!

plus once they die, you dry them out and you can re use them.

As what? Darts? I might have to look into this a bit more...

[David]

That looks nothing like a monkey!

plus once they die, you dry them out and you can re use them.

As what? Darts? I might have to look into this a bit more...

You let all the water evaporate - then put more purified water in and they can come back to life.

[MK Chris]

So they never really die? Sounds like a miracle of nature (or a freak of nature, one of the two.)

[Jonny Hoare]

Bet there's legionms of giant sea monkey straddling the sewers f grat britain along side snakes and crocodiles

[Gigglyboots]

They are never really dead I don't think, they are a type of fossils in the first place.

[Bridgie]

Perhaps if you added some blackcurrant cordial

good idea.

if i pour in some cordial then shine a torch on the tank and move it round in small circles, in theory, i could use them to mix drinks.

giggly, i dont think id drink that water i think id probably strain them out then put them in a glass.

the thing is nobody could be arsed to look after them if i went on holiday but i saw on t'internet a suggestion to just put them in the freezer and then defrost them when i get bk.

drink them or use them as cheap labour in a * bar? tough choice.

[Sidders]

Chris, you've got to do something about that swear filter because everytime someone writes about a c ocktail bar, it comes up as stick bar!