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| Seahorses | Facts, and information about Seahorses |
They can cling on to with their tail this keeps them from being swept away with the current sense. Theyy are poor swimmers fins on the side of their head can beat 50 times a second, helping them to steer while. They swim by moving the long fin on their back. The size of a seahorse depends on the species tiniest seahorse only grows to the size of a grain of rice while.
The largest species
The largest species can reach over a foot (.3 m) long. Tiny crustaceans are their primary food source since seahorses have no teeth. They must use their straw-like snout to suction their food from the water. They spend most of the day eating their eyes can move independently of one another so that they can look for food and look out for predators at the same time.Some species mate for life like the majority of animals in the world, male seahorses give birth, not the females. Male seahorses carry the developing embryos in a pouch, much like a kangaroo female will deposit her eggs into the pouch. The pouch is sealed and the male fertilizes the eggs.
The young will develop inside the pouch for a few weeks when they are born, the seahorses already resemble miniature adults depending on the species, a male may only give birth to a few babies or over 1,000A baby seahorse is called a friendly a small percentage will survive until adulthood due to low birth rates and long parental care.
Many seahorse species are in decline millions of seahorses are harvested from the wild. Every year for the aquarium trade for decorations, and for use in traditional. Chinese medicine some people believe that ingesting seahorses can help to treat various ailments such as asthma