Aqua dragons are real live aquatic creatures that you can hatch and grow at home their scientific name is artemia salinas and they have been living in the sea and salty lakes for millions of years right back to the time when dinosaurs roamed the earth from the crustacea family aqua dragons look like tiny three eyed long tailed hairy headed dragons that grow up to 2cm long their eggs have an amazing capacity called cryptobiosis which means they can dry out and stay alive only to hatch many year