Video: Male seahorse buckles and gives birth to hundreds of children

The male seahorse with its bulging belly turns out to be tiny babies.

According to The Epoch Times, Clayton Manning and the conservation group of the Seahorse Project, discovered the pregnant male seahorse in eastern Australia.

"We are conducting a survey and seeing the male to his birthday with a small tail sticking out in front of the pregnant belly. When I just finished measuring the size, a seahorse popped out from the gap. Spent some time watching the male seahorses give birth , " Manning said.

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In each breeding period, male seahorses lay 100 - 250 heads.

Male seahorses carry their babies during pregnancy. It fertilizes the eggs that are transferred by the female and keeps the eggs in a special pouch in the abdomen. The young develop about three weeks in the bag before going out. In each breeding period, male seahorses lay 100 - 250 heads. Larger species can produce about 1,500 animals per litter.

"Young children get everything they need in their pockets, from oxygen to food. The duration of pregnancy lasts from 14 days to 4 weeks. The process of childbirth is associated with contractions and can occur up to 12 hours." , representative of Seahorse Trust.