brine shrimp. what are brine shrimp? brine shrimp are small crustaceans. sometimes they are called...
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What are brine shrimp?• Brine shrimp are small crustaceans.
Sometimes they are called “sea monkeys”, but they don’t live in the sea and they aren’t monkeys!
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Where do they live?• They live in inland seas, salt flats and
evaporating salt ponds; they don’t live in the ocean.
• They are found throughout the world, in places such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Great Salt Lake, UtahSalt Pond in Northern California
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Why are they important?
• Brine shrimp are food for a number of animals, such as flamingos. Many people feed brine shrimp to fish in aquariums.
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What is their life like?
• Brine shrimp grow from eggs to larvae to adults.
• When the water in their ponds evaporates, brine shrimp adults produce cyst-like eggs.
• The eggs can lie dormant in the dried-up pond for up to 13 years!
• Dried-out eggs will hatch when rain falls. Dried up salt dissolves in the water, creating saltwater and a place for the eggs to hatch.
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