Oceanography
Why do male seahorses become pregnant and give birth to children that are not females?
Unlike other sea creatures, seahorses have very different reproductive characteristics. The males will be pregnant and will spawn offspring.
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Oceanography
Male seahorses like mates
Male seahorses have specific requirements when choosing their partners: increasing chances of successful reproduction. By carefully selecting and often favoring large fe…
Animal world
Pregnant male fish - Seahorse
Seahorses give birth to very strange children: Males perform pregnancy and delivery. The male fish tail has a bag, called an incubator bag. This bag include 2 layer of f…
Animal world
Strange frog 'nest' in the fish's throat
A professional fisherman in Australia was amazed to find a living tree frog, residing inside a giant jungle perch's mouth.
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Video: Close-up of male seahorses laying 2,000 birds at once
Admire the impressive moment of male seahorses
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Video: Male seahorse buckles and gives birth to hundreds of children
The male seahorse with its bulging belly turns out to be tiny babies.