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Mikey's monkeys
8.03.2006 6:51 PM \| Link	The other day I read on Animated News that some studio is going to make an animated film featuring Sea Monkeys! This definitely stirred up some fun childhood memories for me. When I was in grade school and reading comic books all the time, it seems like every issue would have a full-page advertisement for Sea Monkeys. They always pictured them as little trident-headed people, with a mom, dad and kids living their lives in their happy undersea kingdom (just like this picture - I can't believe how cheap they were then!). I knew that these characters weren't the real thing, but I was always enamored by them. One day I finally bought a little Sea Monkeys kit! It had a little container with magnifying glasses built into it, and several packets of powder. One packet was the eggs, one packet was something to make the water green and "good for Sea Monkeys", and the last packet was food. I can remember how cool it was to plop these things together and suddenly see things swimming around! When you think about it, powdered life is kind of miraculous! I used to love to feed them and play games using a pen-light (they were drawn to it and would swim to wherever I held it), and watching them grow was cool, too. Eventually, I ran out of food. Of course, you could get more by mail order, but I guess I was too lazy, and soon I had a container of Sea Cannibals. One day there was just one big (about half a centimeter long, I guess) Sea Monkey left! I wonder if the cartoon will feature a Sea Monkey famine? Just kidding! I'm definitely feeling nostalgic now - I think it would be fun to hatch some monkeys again.


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