THETHE SEAHORSESEAHORSE

By By Rakele FiottRakele Fiott

1 Berlin1 Berlin

ScienceScience

FactsFacts

The Seahorse:The Seahorse:

is a fish;is a fish; it is a Carnivore;it is a Carnivore; in the wild it lives for 1 to 5 years; in the wild it lives for 1 to 5 years; it is between 1.5 to 35 cm long.it is between 1.5 to 35 cm long.

Seahorses don’t have teeth and Seahorses don’t have teeth and stomach.stomach.

Food passes through their Food passes through their digestive system quickly.digestive system quickly.

They need to eat constantly to They need to eat constantly to stay alive.stay alive.

Seahorses Seahorses are are monogamous monogamous and mate for and mate for life.life.

Male seahorses have a Male seahorses have a pouch on their front-pouch on their front-side.side.

When mating, the When mating, the female puts her eggs female puts her eggs into his pouch, and he into his pouch, and he fertilizes them. fertilizes them.

He carries the eggs in He carries the eggs in his pouch until they his pouch until they hatch, then releases hatch, then releases fully formed, miniature fully formed, miniature seahorses into the seahorses into the waterwater. .

Seahorses are not good Seahorses are not good swimmers because of their body swimmers because of their body shape.shape.

They usually die of exhaustion They usually die of exhaustion during storms.during storms.

Seahorses are found in shallow tropical Seahorses are found in shallow tropical waters throughout the world. waters throughout the world.

The hilighted The hilighted parts on the map parts on the map show the areas show the areas where seahorses where seahorses live.live.

BibliographyBibliography

www.nationalwww.national geograhic.com geograhic.com http://www.itsnature.org/sea/othehttp://www.itsnature.org/sea/othe

r/seahorse/r/seahorse/ http://www.savethesea.org/Seahohttp://www.savethesea.org/Seaho

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