how many babies does a seahorse give birth too?
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The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies—as many as 2,000 at a time. A pregnancy lasts from 10 to 25 days, depending on the species. The reproductive process begins when a male and a female seahorse do daily pre-dawn dances, intertwining their tails and swimming together.
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They are usually yellow, orange, pink, or gray changing color to blend in with their surroundings. They have a narrower snout than other seahorses and a prehensile tail to hold onto the fan corals they call home.
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Geckos give birth by laying eggs. The female can be pregnant with her eggs for years before she lays them. For example, the harlequin geckos' pregnancy lasts three to four years. When the eggs are ready, a gecko lays her eggs in leaves and bark.
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A tank this size, if properly filtered, will be an adequate home for three or four seahorses without causing them stress, or two to three horses if you plan on adding a different fish or two. The standard fluorescent strip light that comes with most aquariums is sufficient for seahorses in most cases.
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Male Contractions A pregnancy lasts from 10 to 25 days, depending on the species. The reproductive process begins when a male and a female seahorse do daily pre-dawn dances, intertwining their tails and swimming together. Eventually they engage in a true courtship dance, which can last as long as eight hours.
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Habitat. Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate salt water throughout the world, from about 45°S to 45°N. They live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, and mangroves. Four species are found in Pacific waters from North America to South America.
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Out of the entire animal kingdom, male seahorses (and their close relatives, pipefish and seadragons) are the only males in the world that undergo pregnancy and give birth to their offspring.
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Internally, seahorses lack teeth and a stomach and have to eat pretty much continually to live. They're largely monogamous, with charming, elaborate daily rituals between mates. Beyond their general horsey shape, they may be best known for the fact that the male does the childbearing.
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Geckos give birth by laying eggs. The female can be pregnant with her eggs for years before she lays them.
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Seahorses are truly unique, and not just because of their unusual equine shape. Unlike most other fish, they are monogamous and mate for life. Rarer still, they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young.
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As the aquarium explained, “Sea otters can give birth in water or on land. You'll notice that mom starts grooming her pup right away to help it stay warm and buoyant—a well-groomed sea otter pup is so buoyant it's practically unsinkable!”
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No captive-born orca yet has. There are currently 59 orcas in captivity at sea parks and aquariums throughout the world. Some are wild-caught; some were born in captivity.
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In fact, some species of seahorse can give birth to more than 1,000 babies at once! ... That's right, males sometimes eat their own babies. It's tough being a baby seahorse. Of the hundreds of babies that the male gives birth to, only one or two will survive to become adults and have babies of their own.
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Seahorses belong to the genus Hippocampus, while their close relatives, the two species of sea dragons, belong to the genera Phycodurus and Phyllopteryx. The sea dragons are endemic to Australian waters, while seahorses roam mostly tropical and subtropical waters around different areas of the world.
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In asexual reproduction, an individual can reproduce without involvement with another individual of that species. ... Sexual reproduction in seahorses: Female seahorses produce eggs for reproduction that are then fertilized by the male. Unlike almost all other animals, the male seahorse then gestates the young until birth.
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Diet. Seahorses eat small crustacea such as Mysis Shrimp. An adult eats 30-50 times a day. Seahorse fry (baby seahorses) eat a staggering 3000 pieces of food per day.
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Known lifespans for seahorse species range from about one year in the smallest species to an average of three to five years for the larger species.