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Is it cruel to throw sea monkeys away?

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Nahnottoday · 08/07/2020 17:31

MIL got the the kids sea monkeys for Xmas I've only been the one bothered about them. They freak me out more than anything and can't bare the thought of bringing them to the new house.

Are these the type of pets you give away? Are they pets I don't know 🤣

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AliciaJohns89 · 08/07/2020 21:55

You should send the sea monkeys to Dignitas, OP. You know in your heart it's the right thing to do.

TeddyIsaHe · 08/07/2020 21:56

Honestly though! Would anyone ranting about water flea rights allow a botfly to lay eggs under their skin and the larvae to eat their flesh from the inside and just say ‘botfly deserve to live as well you know’.

TJ17 · 08/07/2020 21:56

Maybe try your local animal shelter?

zippityzip · 08/07/2020 21:57

@Ohtherewearethen I have the best image in my head of a neurotic woman smashing up a tiny plastic tank with a Lego hammer whilst her children scream in horror and quite frankly it's made my evening.
pearl clutching
high pitched screaming
sheer horror
water flea funeral

TJ17 · 08/07/2020 21:57

😂😂😂

PablosHoney · 08/07/2020 21:57

@TJ17 😂😂And make sure the children see her doing it and no stopping for a McDonalds on the way because that would be hypocritical right 😀

My2catsarefab · 08/07/2020 21:57

They're not ugly! Here's a (very) magnified one we had a couple of years ago. Meet Bob. Say 'Hi' to Bob everyone.

Is it cruel to throw sea monkeys away?
My2catsarefab · 08/07/2020 21:58

They're not ugly! Here's a (very) magnified one we had a couple of years ago. Meet Bob. Say 'Hi' to Bob everyone.

Is it cruel to throw sea monkeys away?
Mammatino · 08/07/2020 21:58

Sea monkeys have rights too.

Mammatino · 08/07/2020 21:59

This has made my day.

Cadent · 08/07/2020 21:59

@PablosHoney @Iminaglasscaseofemotion

why such bitchy comments simply because I said I couldn't flush them?

Everyone is different. Some people really need to grow up on this thread.

zippityzip · 08/07/2020 22:00

@My2catsarefab Please can you circle Bob so we can appreciate him.

zippityzip · 08/07/2020 22:00

@My2catsarefab Please can you circle Bob so we can appreciate him.

PablosHoney · 08/07/2020 22:01

What’s bitchy about ‘do you eat meat’

zippityzip · 08/07/2020 22:01

@My2catsarefab But did you assume his gender. Because that's a new thread, we can't cope with that on here this evening.

PablosHoney · 08/07/2020 22:01

@Cadent

DressingGownofDoom · 08/07/2020 22:01

Take them to the beach and set them free in the ocean?

PhilCornwall1 · 08/07/2020 22:02

This place does crack me up.

But they are pets!!!!

No, they are sodding fish food!!

#SeaMonkeysMatter

Cadent · 08/07/2020 22:02

@PablosHoney

It's bitchy because it's irrelevant and totally unnecessary. Why ask that just because I personally wouldn't flush them?

PablosHoney · 08/07/2020 22:04

It’s not irrelevant when you are commenting on how much of an animal lover you are, if you eat them it cancels it out, this is the most relevant question of all, it’s bitchy because you don’t like the question

Limeavocado · 08/07/2020 22:05

Best thread ever.

I'm now concerned for my moral integrity after using some flour for baking which I realised a few days later had weevils in it.

Not only am I a mass murderer for not checking first but I never 'fessed up to the family, forcing them to be complicit in my lack of consideration for life.

TeddyIsaHe · 08/07/2020 22:06

Please tell me no one here waxes their eyebrows.

#eyebrowmitesmatter

zippityzip · 08/07/2020 22:06

@Cadent you get my second ever Biscuit

My2catsarefab · 08/07/2020 22:06

@zipityzip Click on the photo to fully appreciate all that is Bob

DressingGownofDoom · 08/07/2020 22:06

@MellowBird85

Haha this thread is killing me! It reminds me of that Flash advert where the Buddhist monk was pottering round his temple putting spiders outside, etc. then wiped his sides down and was horrified when he saw that Flash kills 99.9% of bacteria Grin
That's hilarious Grin
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