Did you know? When mating, the female seahorse transfers her eggs to the male, which he fertilizes in his pouch. In the male’s pouch, the eggs receive everything they need from oxygen to food. The gestation time varies from 14 days to 4 weeks. The birthing process can last up to 12 hours. [GIF: Male seahorse giving birth] | Nature | PBS

You get a seahorse! You get a seahorse! Everybody gets a seahorse!⠀ ⠀ In seahorses, it’s the male who gestates and gives birth. Pictured here is a male lined seahorse doing just that. ⠀ ⠀ Lined seahorses can have up to two hundred babies at a time and are ready to receive new eggs from their mate shortly after giving birth. ⠀ ⠀ The baby seahorses, known as fry, are teeny tiny versions of the adults. In the wild, less than 0.5% of fry will survive to adulthood. So it's no wonder seahorses have so

Male seahorses possess the remarkable ability to give birth to thousands of babies at once. Learn more: http://on.natgeo.com/1QUf8KC | National Geographic

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