Jan 19, 2007

Sex and the Sea Horse!

Well, well!

This news article says that the sea horse belongs to a select few species in the world in which the male of the species which baby sits! The male seahorse has a special sac in its tummy which acts like a mother's womb! And it incubates the fertilised eggs in this 'womb' and takes care of it, while the female goes around frolicking!!

Some other interesting facts about sea horses -

These are actually fish. They have no teeth. But they are voracious predators! How do they eat? Well, they simply suck their prey in!

They can roll their eyes independently of one another to search for prey! Wow! two radars instead of one!

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