1
00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,600
Speaker 1: Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com

2
00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,840
Speaker 1: where smart Happens. Hi Marshall Brain with today's question, how

3
00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,440
Speaker 1: do sea monkeys work? Sea monkeys are really a type

4
00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,480
Speaker 1: of Brian shrimp, and Brian shrimp are an incredibly cool

5
00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,000
Speaker 1: life form. Brian shrimp are naturally found in salt lakes

6
00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,760
Speaker 1: like the Great Salt Lake in Utah. In a salt

7
00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,160
Speaker 1: lake like this, the water is so salty that the

8
00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,800
Speaker 1: only things living in it are the Brian shrimp and

9
00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000
Speaker 1: certain types of algae on which the Brian shrimp feed.

10
00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,320
Speaker 1: One of the things that make Brian shrimp fascinating is

11
00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,520
Speaker 1: their ability to lay encapsulated eggs called cysts, assist can

12
00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,240
Speaker 1: dry out and remain viable for years. If you put

13
00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,280
Speaker 1: Brian shrimp cysts in salt water, they hatch very quickly.

14
00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,199
Speaker 1: In the shrimp mature in about eight days. They can

15
00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,479
Speaker 1: grow to be pretty big for a Brian shrimp, about

16
00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,120
Speaker 1: half an inch long. If you want to raise your

17
00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,160
Speaker 1: own Brian shrimp, you can do it inexpensively by buying

18
00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,400
Speaker 1: the eggs at a pet store. People who keep aquariums

19
00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,840
Speaker 1: often raise their own bright and shrimp at home to

20
00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,240
Speaker 1: feed to their fish. Do you have any ideas or

21
00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,479
Speaker 1: suggestions for this podcast. If so, please send me an

22
00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,720
Speaker 1: email at podcast at how stuff works dot com. For

23
00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,080
Speaker 1: more on this and thousands of other topics, go to

24
00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,760
Speaker 1: how stuff works dot com.