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Pregnant male seahorse. Male pregnancy is the incubation of one or more embryos or fetuses by organisms of the male sex in some species. Most species that reproduce by sexual reproduction are heterogamous—females producing larger gametes and males producing smaller gametes ().
The short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the North Atlantic, particularly around Italy and the Canary Islands. In 2007, colonies of the species were discovered in the River Thames around London and Southend-on-Sea. [4]
This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs in a brood pouch before giving birth to live young. [1] Individuals reach sexual maturity at 11 centimetres (4.3 in). [ 3 ] The specific name and the common name honours the Indian physician, linguist and ichthyologist Dr. Surgeon-Major Atmaram Sadashiv "Muscati" Jayakar (1844–1911).
Gestation lasts a few weeks, then males will release the eggs without caring for them. Generally, males are ready to breed again almost immediately after giving birth. Though little is known about the great seahorse's specific breeding habits, many related seahorses have been studied and were found to occasionally be monogamous.
Birth can really touch a person, even if it's the birth of an adorable newborn horse. The woman just had to share the foal's first few moments of life. It hadn't even been cleaned yet, but the ...
Jan. 10—At the Maine State Fair in 1925, Dr. Carver's Diving Horses made a splash. People flocked to the fairgrounds in Lewiston to see "The Girl in Red" make a "suicide jump" clinging to the ...
Seahorse dad may refer to: Seahorse reproduction, where male seahorses give birth to their children; Slang for trans men pregnancy. Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, a film about trans men pregnancy, made by Jeanie Finlay