Welcome To The Triops and Seamonkey Worship Area!
My Triops My triops are now in their tank (but they'are still eggs!)	Triops (wikipeadia) Triops is a genus of small crustaceans, in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). It is distinguished from the other genus of Notostraca, Lepidurus, by the form of the telson, which bears a pair of long, thin caudal extensions, but no central platelike process. Triops are sometimes called "living fossils", because one species, Triops cancriformis, changed very little since Jurassic times (approximately 180 million years ago). Triops eggs enter a dormant state when dry, and will tolerate temperatures of up to 98 °C (208 °F) for 16 hours, whereas the adult cannot survive temperatures above 34 °C (93 °F) for 24 hours or 40 °C (104 °F) for 2 hours.[3] The eggs won't hatch too soon after rain; the pool must fill with enough water for the dormancy to be broken. Most species reproduce with a male and a female, but some populations are dominated by hermaphrodites which produce internally fertilised eggs including some types of stick insects. The name Triops refers to the appearance of three eyes, from the Greek τρία (tría) meaning "three" and ὤψ (ops) meaning "eye".	Seamonkeys (wikipeadia) Sea-Monkeys is the brand name for Artemia sold in hatching kits, as a novelty aquarium pet aimed at children, in the United States and the United Kingdom since 1960. They are often sold in a blue or red, plastic aquarium. Inside, there are water purifier, eggs and food. It is sold under the title "The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys Ocean-Zoo". They are a variant of brine shrimp or Artemia salina, a species which enters cryptobiosis, a natural state of suspended animation, allowing their cysts (dormant saclike embryos) to be distributed and sold as a dry powder. When the "eggs" are poured into saltwater, the Sea-Monkeys start to come out of their cysts. The ability of unhatched "Sea-Monkeys" that allows them to be packaged and shipped is that they enter cryptobiosis, a suspended animation that occurs naturally in Sea-Monkeys in order to help them survive until ideal conditions appear. Sea-Monkeys can stay in this state for up to 50 years. When released into water that meets the conditions needed for the Sea-Monkeys to survive, they leave this state and emerge from their cysts. A genetic variant of brine shrimp, the Sea-Monkey was given the term "instant life" to reflect the instant hatching seen when the cysts are added to the water.