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As many as 250 babies can be released during the delivery.
A heavily pregnant male Denise's pygmy seahorse is photographed on his way to give birth, in Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia. - Richard Smith/OceanRealmImages.com
Pregnant male seahorse. Male pregnancy is the incubation of one or more embryos or fetuses by organisms of the male sex in some species. Most species that reproduce by sexual reproduction are heterogamous—females producing larger gametes and males producing smaller gametes ().
Marine biologist Jules Casey witnessed a diver narrowly avoid kicking a pregnant seahorse in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria; posting the encounter to Instagram on September 22.Casey’s video shows ...
When mating, the female seahorse deposits up to 1,500 (average of 100 to 1,000) eggs in the male's pouch, located on the ventral abdomen at the base of the tail. Male juveniles develop pouches when they are 5–7 months old. The male carries the eggs for 9 to 45 days until the seahorses emerge fully developed, but very small.
The number of young released by the male seahorse averages 100–1000 for most species, but may be as low as 5 for the smaller species, or as high as 2,500. [32] When the fry are ready to be born, the male expels them with muscular contractions. He typically gives birth at night and is ready for the next batch of eggs by morning when his mate ...
Seahorse dad may refer to: Seahorse reproduction, where male seahorses give birth to their children; Slang for trans men pregnancy. Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, a film about trans men pregnancy, made by Jeanie Finlay
H. patagonicus is an ovoviviparous species, with females using an ovipositor to transfer eggs into a male's brood pouch, where they are fertilized and protected until the male gives birth to live young. Average gestation time is 19.6 days, and average brood size in captivity is 207 individuals. Offspring size is 0.7 centimetres (0.28 in).