Seahorses

 Seahorses, also called hippocampus, are small marine fishes, there are 46 species of sea horse. It is the weirdest looking fish, because it doesn't look like others, it have a head and neck suggestive of a horse, seahorses also feature segmented bony armour, an upright posture and a curled prehensile tail.

Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate salt water throughout the world, they live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, and mangroves

Because of their bodies, they are terrible swimmers, and they can die from exhaustion if they die agaisn't water current, they use their tails to grab on corals and algaes, while they feed on planktons with their long snout.

The seahorses are monogamous, it means that it haves the same partner in all their life. Also, when two sea horses procreate, the female transfer the eggs to the male, the fertilized eggs grows in the brood pouch and the male seahorse gives birth to almost 2500 baby seahorses.
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