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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 17
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. Courtesy Hrothgar:
Happy Father's Day!
Courtesy Our Country Is Screwed:
The life of another Cat Dad. 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. 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. 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.
Well, the mailbox was empty this week, so it's back to a relatives' farm: 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. 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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