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June 17, 2023

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 17

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.


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Courtesy Hrothgar:

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Happy Father's Day!

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Courtesy Our Country Is Screwed:

The life of another Cat Dad.

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Sea Monkeys

Have you ever raised these?

The Guardian published a sort of pet-phobic piece by a person recalling the cause of her phobia, but the piece has now gone behind a paywall: The pet I'll never forget: Sea monkey orgies

So I guess we'll have to make do with a Newsweek story that is somewhat more positive about Sea Monkeys. There is audio at the link.

Sea monkeys are sold as novelty pets for children and have become something of a cult favorite.

The "monkeys" are an artificial breed of brine shrimp, a type of aquatic crustacean.

An artificial breed?

Brine shrimp in the wild live throughout the world and are only found in salty, inland waters isolated from the ocean. They are found reliably in the Great Salt Lake in Utah and Mono Lake in California, but they appear in salt ponds across the globe.

My family used to hatch regular Great Salt Lake brine shrimp to feed to tropical fish. They're smaller than "Sea Monkeys". I remember them as much smaller and less distinct in shape. Tropical fish will fight over them.

Sea monkeys became popular because of their small size and were marketed as the perfect pet for people unable to keep a dog or other larger pets.

Fully grown brine shrimp only grow up to half an inch long. Some sea monkey customers claim theirs have grown up to an inch, but this is incredibly rare. Once fully grown, they also develop a tail that remotely resembles those of monkeys, hence their marketed name.

Parsons said that despite their tiny size, their biology is fascinating.

"The most interesting aspect of brine shrimp biology, to me at least, is the fact that they are superb osmoregulators. What that means is they have to have fresh water and they live in a salty, sometimes extremely salty, environment," he said. "They drink salt water, retain the freshwater, and excrete the salt. They can live in saltwater that is 10 times saltier than seawater." . . .

I guess the writer for the Guardian noticed another aspect of this creature's biology and was forever repulsed.

A lot of other people were mostly disappointed, I think.

Meet The PetMorons

Well, the mailbox was empty this week, so it's back to a relatives' farm:

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The house chicken had to go back outside. Fitting a diaper became too cumbersome.

Hen's eggs with first quail eggs of the season, and more quail eggs.

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Little Rupert, the runt of the piggy litter, didn't make it. Everyone loved him, and was heartbroken. The rest of the piggies can be seen lined up in a row.

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If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

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Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 10

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