They never fail to amaze me. In a world where it is female species who sacrifice a lot to give birth to their offspring, female turtle travelling great distances to lay egg or female squid taking its last breath once it lays eggs or the salmon mother becoming the first food for its babies, Sea Horses show that male should share the responsibility by carrying the eggs in their pouches. I was amazed to learn that only male sea horses have pouches to hold eggs. Just like the colourful male in the picture, the rest (3 sea horses in B&W) do not have the pouch are hence females. This picture was taken in Den Haag, The Netherlands.
very interesting creatures indeed... i ve read abt them looooooooooong time back.. ! seriously cool species!
ReplyDeleteTotally!! I was admiring their beauty for quite a long time when I was at Sea Life in Den Haag. It is amazing the way evolution makes every species very intresting..
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