Sea Monkeys Ad

Sea monkeys are the timeless gift.

Sea monkeys ad. Sea monkeys are a scam. The amazing live sea monkeys. Initially marketed as instant life sea monkeys are sold in hatching kits as novelty. One of the ubiquitous and most intriguing ads that could be found in the pages of a comic book were those for sea monkeys an underwater family of weird little mammalian fish that you could keep all to your own.

There are a few upsetting truths about sea monkeys. The world s only instant pets are back and better than ever. Sea monkey ad circa 1963. Take a look at this sea monkeys ad taken from an old comic book where sea monkeys have historically been sold directly to unsuspecting children bypassing their parents who obviously might be a little more skeptical of what this ad seems to promise.

Weird vintage sea monkey ad old western style. When he began selling his shrimp in 1960s von braunhut marketed them under the name instant life the kit sold for just 49 cents. Guaranteed to live 2 years. Developed in the united states in 1957 by harold von braunhut the shrimp are intended to be added to water and almost always come bundled in a 3 pouch kit with other required pouches and instructions.

Can t get too much of these great briny friends. Sea monkeys are a hybrid breed of brine shrimp called artemia nyos invented in 1957 by harold von braunhut. First they were just miniature shrimp with an incredibly short lifespan. What you got.