Today is Nation Sea-Monkey Day

National Sea-Monkey Day is observed each year on May 16. Most of us have memories of waiting for our mail order shipment of these magical creatures. The delivery usually contained the small “aquarium-like” hatching kit for them to live and grow in.

Latest Sea-Monkeys News, Web-Site Scam Drama, and New Blog Contributors

Latest Sea-Monkeys® News

Recently the whole Sea-Monkeys® legal drama was seemingly resolved. Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys® was licensed to Dragon-i Toys and re-branded The Original Sea-Monkeys® and Bandai was chosen as the distributor for the United Kingdom meanwhile a new commercial for Original Sea-Monkeys popped up on YouTube.

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So... Sea Monkeys

So... Sea Monkeys July 5, 2016 - Brown Sterling Business Law The point is, this is just another example – albeit a most entertaining one – of the botched sale of a company. An operating, profitable company, the death of the owner, a ‘quick’ sale by the heir, then years of litigation. All of it was avoidable with proper planning. BROWNSTERLING.COM

Latest Sea-Monkeys® News

It looks like The Sea-Monkeys® Official Website is back up and running, however the Paypal link is gone for now. There is a gofundme page for sending donations for Ms. Yolanda as well.

Now, I don't have anything to do with Transcience, but I would like to let people know a bit about what is going on (as far as I can tell)...

The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune

Something very wrong is happening in world of Sea-Monkeys® right now. Big Time Toys (aka: Sam Harwell) is trying to wrest the trademark for Sea-Monkeys® away from the Transcience Corp (aka: Yolanda von Braunhut, widow of Sea Monkeys inventor Harold von Braunhut)! Read the article below from the New York Times for more information...

Photo credit: Justine Kurland for The New York Times

Ordering from Transcience

I was recently contacted by someone with a concern about an order they have made with Transcience Corp. Unfortunately, I am not affiliated with Transcience in any way, I’m merely a fan of their products just same as you, my dear readers, are. I have no way to help you with your order, so if [...]

Who was Harold von Braunhut?

Who in their Right Mind Could Think of Fish Food as Pets? None other than the guy who invented X-ray Spex! A man by the name of Harold von Braunhut. This man saw a great, instant pet that could teach children around the world the oddities of nature. Harold decided to market Sea-Monkeys in 1957.

What is a Sea-Monkey®?

You might well ask the question, 'What is a sea monkey?'. Well, the sea monkey (artemia NYOS) is a relative of the brine shrimp (artemia salina), and looks like a very hairy version of a mosquito larva. These creatures will end up growing to about a quarter of an inch (about 0.6cm) in length.