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- The nickname for artemia (brine shrimp) is "Sea Monkey" and they are often raised in aquarium for their entertainment value.
- Artemia lives in hyopersaline lakes where the salt content can be as high as 25% where predators and competitor are few and algal production aplenty.
- Fifty (50), each measuring about 200 micrometers, of these little creature can fit on to a pin head.
- A female artemia can produce up to 300 live nauplii or cysts every 4 days.
- The Great Salt Lake is the world's fourth (4th) largest terminal lake (no outlet).
- The Great Salt Lake is fish free, the largest aquatic critters are brine shrimp and brine flies.
