There’s not much to see because they’re so tiny yet, but I thought it would be fun to take a video of them as they’re in the process of hatching. There are seven now, as I type this, and there were six when I was using the camera. And in the time it took to upload the video, three more hatched. 
Dinner time. Full video.
They hatched!!! Recorded on April 13, 2008 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Coming in 2011 a story of some humble sea creatures that were trained to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! You will shudder with terror as you take in “THE JOURNEY OF THE SEA MONKEYS”. You family will be in awe of the amazing powers the sea monkeys possess as they swim in circles and make baby sea monkeys and plot to raise up an evil sea monkey empire!! Yes, you’ll never be the same after seeing, “THE JOURNEY OF THE SEA MONKEYS”. This movie has not yet been rated.
Triops longicaudatus from Rodeo, New Mexico. These living fossils spend most of the year as dried-up eggs in the desert, and hatch when monsoon rains form large puddles. They grow quickly, eating fairy shrimp (also pictured in video), mosquito larvae, snails, and a variety of aquatic invertebrates. They attain a maximum size of about 4 centimeters before laying eggs as the puddles dry up. These animals have changed little in 70 million years. They swim with their many legs (up to 132 in …