AMAZING SEAHORSES AND DID YOU KNOW THE MALES ARE THE ONES THAT CARRY AND HAVE THE BABIES

Seahorses are tiny fishes with a head resembling that of a tiny horse.

There are at least 50 species of seahorses found in tropical and temperate coastal waters, swimming upright among seaweed and other plants.

Seahorses belong to the pipefish family and have specialized structures in their skin cells called chromatophores that allow them to change color to mimic their surroundings.

The name "seahorse" comes from the Ancient Greek word "hippokampos," meaning "horse" and "sea monster" or "sea animal

Male seahorses carry their babies in a pouch that provides oxygen, nutrients, and regulates temperature, blood flow, and salinity for the developing eggs.

The female seahorse deposits her eggs inside the male's pouch after they mate, and the male fertilizes the eggs inside the pouch..

One theory suggests that this gives the species the ability to create more babies quickly, as the male can deliver babies in the morning and get pregnant again the same day.

A male 'big bellied' seahorse incubated the female's eggs for 25 days before giving birth to the brood. Male seahorses can carry up to a thousand eggs at one time, and they are one of the only examples in the animal kingdom of males giving birth.