• Question: why do seahoreses men have babys

    Asked by hannah to Kate, Pip, Reka on 17 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 17 Nov 2016:

      It’s true that the male seahorses ‘give birth’ to their offspring, but this doesn’t quite happen in the same way as it does in humans. The female seahorses deposit their eggs in the pouches that the males have. The male carries these around for 9 to 45 days, until they emerge from the pouch fully developed, but very small.

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