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5 fun facts about seahorses

April 27, 2009 by 7 Comments
English: Hippocampus zosterae at the Birch Aqu...

English: Hippocampus zosterae at the Birch Aquarium, San Diego, California, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

  1. The female lays her eggs in the male’s tummy pouch, he then incubates them for about 30 days, then they hatch.
  2. Seahorses do not have a stomach; they eat constantly to help get enough food to digest.
  3. Seahorses do not have teeth; they have a fused jaws, so they kind of suck up their food like a straw.
  4. Seahorses can be an inch to a foot more in size.
  5. Seahorse species vary in monogamy.

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  1. hellan says
    May 10, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    cool stuff

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  2. Anonymous says
    May 26, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    thanks that helped

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  3. jacklynn cramer says
    March 30, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    i thik you need to put interesting facts because i already heard those facts

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  4. Beach Chair Scientist says
    March 30, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Thanks for your comment, Jacklynn! I agree and think you might find some really interesting information in this post. http://beachchairscientist.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/happy-chinese-new-year-year-of-the-sea-dragon/

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  5. Briar-Louise says
    September 23, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    Thanks that helped HEAPS!!!! 🙂 I’m doing a speech on seahorses and this helped me alot! You also might like to click this link for some more information: http://marinelife.about.com/od/invertebrates/tp/10-Facts-About-Seahorses.htm
    Hope this helps!!!!

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  6. nik says
    October 23, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Thanks bbg.

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  7. Manuel says
    December 4, 2012 at 9:06 am

    What is “very” monogamous? Either one is or isn’t, there is no in between..

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