Have you ever noticed that sea monkeys don't /actually/ look like monkeys at all? Or live in the sea for that matter. No, they live in little plastic containers filled with tap water and algae. Duh.
I got my brother a packet of sea monkey eggs a coupla years back for his birthday because I thought it was just the sort of thing he'd like (and I was curious). Needless to say we were all vaguely disappointed that they turned out to be little..shrimp..bug..things. Not little humanoids. With blonde hair. Nope. They didn't even do tricks! In fact, after waiting days after putting the eggs into the mini container we still couldn't see any. Unless you noticed the miniscule moving dots. Which we didn't. So yeah, he got his sea monkeys, I had my curiosity satisfied and the parents were suitably disgusted with the creatures.
But after a while, I'd notice things. They were looking at me. These tiny little squirmy shrimp whatsits were actually hovering by the side of the clear, plastic wall and /staring/ at me with those freakishly large, beady eyes of theirs. From that point forward, I grew paranoid. The uninteresting, slightly grotesque creatures had become monsters just waiting to jump out of their plastic home then wriggle and flop all the way to my sleeping bed. Then squirm up my nose or something. *shudder*
They all died. Which is good, because I was sorely tempted to throw them out of the window or something like that. But firstly, that would be mass murder, and their ghosts or agents would come to hear and seek their revenge. And then I thought I could tip them down the drain..but they'd return..I knew it.
It should have ended there. It didn't. This year, my brother was given..sea monkeys! It took them bloody ages to hatch, I was hoping the eggs were stale or something. ¬_¬ But no. And they've been multiplying. Most of them have these giant sacks on their rear end. It's amusing how they get weighed down and steer into walls.
Yet, only the other day did I look in and go "Huh, there's less than yesterday. Must be dying out" Oooh no. No no. After closer inspection there are fucking /hundreds/ of tiny particles of moving sea monkey babiez!!!1! Argghhhh!
I am afraid. I am /very/ afraid.