Billabong Bugs - Just add water . . . they come to life. Congratulations! you are about to purchase the most fantastic, weirdest and wonderful pet ever. What are they? Billabong Bugs are an Aussie Native of the dry interior known to scientists as Triops australiensis. Prehistoric? Thats right! Billabong Bugs were swimming about in the water- filled foot prints left behind by dinosaurs! How do they work? it's easy! Billabong Bugs are packaged in a state of "suspended animation". As incredible as that sounds, sme animals have the ability to do the impossible and store themselves like seeds until the right conditions have arrived for them to hatch. Just add demineralized water and stand back! Hatching begins in less that 12 hours. Watch these 3 eyed critters perform their amazing aqua-batics, see them loop to loop and chase each other from one end of their miniature billabong to the other. Contains: Nutrient pack, bug eggs, food, thermometer & care manual.