Speaker 1: Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com
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Speaker 1: do sea monkeys work? Sea monkeys are really a type
Speaker 1: of Brian shrimp, and Brian shrimp are an incredibly cool
Speaker 1: life form. Brian shrimp are naturally found in salt lakes
Speaker 1: like the Great Salt Lake in Utah. In a salt
Speaker 1: lake like this, the water is so salty that the
Speaker 1: only things living in it are the Brian shrimp and
Speaker 1: certain types of algae on which the Brian shrimp feed.
Speaker 1: One of the things that make Brian shrimp fascinating is
Speaker 1: their ability to lay encapsulated eggs called cysts, assist can
Speaker 1: dry out and remain viable for years. If you put
Speaker 1: Brian shrimp cysts in salt water, they hatch very quickly.
Speaker 1: In the shrimp mature in about eight days. They can
Speaker 1: grow to be pretty big for a Brian shrimp, about
Speaker 1: half an inch long. If you want to raise your
Speaker 1: own Brian shrimp, you can do it inexpensively by buying
Speaker 1: the eggs at a pet store. People who keep aquariums
Speaker 1: often raise their own bright and shrimp at home to
Speaker 1: feed to their fish. Do you have any ideas or
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