Question: are brine shrimp and sea monkeys the same?
Answer: 3. THEIR TAILS INSPIRED THEIR NAME. Though they weren't marketed that way, von Braunhut did call the brine shrimp sea-monkeys (and "exotic Saskatchewan Brine Shrimp") in his ads. According to Hogan, “He called them sea-monkeys because they have a tail that looks like a monkey's tail.