Interplay Wild Science - Triop World

I recentently purchased Triops, about 3 weeks ago. They work in the same way as the more popular Sea monkeys, which a lot of people have owned in their lifetime. In the pack, you get a container, the Triops eggs, food and a few other tools and of course instructions. they are very simple, you use bottled water, and let it warm to room temperature, then drop in the gravel, food and eggs. 24-48 hours later you should have tiny little Triops swimming about, but i also found that some other creatures hatched, including sea monkeys. I'm not sure why this was, maybe food for the Triops as they grow much bigger than anything else, but it does not say anything about ...  Read the complete review

My nephew has so many toys that i was completely stumped when it came to christmas. My sister wants to buy him a hamster and i thought this would be the ideal present to teach him a bit of responsibility. ~~ Triops ~~ Triops have been around since there were dinosaurs and hatch from little eggs that are supplied with the kit. They are more commonly known as the tadpole shrimp and so aren't as exotic as i first thought! Along with the eggs you get the container to store them in, sand, food and an instruction booklet. If you ask me, they are very strange little creatures and I was freaked out by the way they kept digging into the sand. ...  Read the complete review

Triops have been around since dinosaur time (no I?d never heard of them until I bought this kit for my daughter either!) Triops are crustaceans and obtain the oxygen that they need to breathe, from the water that they live in. They absorb the oxygen through their feet. Triops are also know as ?dinosaur shrimps? or ?tadpole shrimps?. Triops have an outer shell, a tail and up to 70 pairs of legs. Seemingly these can be found in every continent, and the ones in the kit come from the USA where they can be found in desert areas. The triops live in small ponds in their natural habitats and unfortunately only live for a few weeks. The basic idea of ...  Read the complete review