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Did you Know...

-They may not look like a fish but they are true fishes.
-Seahorses have no stomach and no teeth. Food passes through their digestive system very quickly and thus they should eat constantly in order to stay alive.
-The small fin on their back can flutter up to 35 times per second.
-They can be 1.5 cm to 35 cm long.
-Did you know that seahorses mate for life? Most fish don't mate for life.
-During mating, the Seahorses utter musical sounds.
-It is estimated that they can normally live for 1 to 5 years in the wild.
-Did you know that seahorses are carnivores and can consume more than 3000 brine shrimp in a day.
-Seahorses feed on small living animals such as daphnia, cyclops, larvae of water insects, or mysids.
-Did you know that seahorses are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young.

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-The female seahorse lay eggs into a brood pouch on the ventral of male seahorse. Male fertilize these eggs in his pouch and he carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases little hatchlings into the water.

-The female can deposit up to 1500 eggs in the male's pouch.
-Currently about 35 species of seahorses have been identified.

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-They are commonly used in Chinese herbal medicines and it is estimated that as much as 20 million sea horses are caught and sold each year for this purpose.
-Seahorses like to swim in pairs linked by their tales.
-Seahorses cannot curl their tails backwards. 
-Seahorses change color to blend in with their surroundings.
-The pectoral fins control turning and steering. When resting, the seahorse curls its tail around seaweed, to keep it from floating away...
-The average height of a full-grown sea horse is 2-8 inches.
-Seahorses usually live in the tropics or along temperate coasts.
-What do South American Spider Monkeys, Ringtail Opossums and seahorses have in common? They all have prehensile tails.

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