One of our biologists caught a dwarf seahorse giving birth on camera! This male gave birth to eight babies, each averaging around three millimeters in length. #FloridaAquarium #CaughtOnCamera #SeahorseBirth | The Florida Aquarium

55K views · 1.8K reactions | 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 | Facebook

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

655K views · 6.2K reactions | Endangered seahorse gives birth at Australia aquarium | The Independent | Facebook