Male seahorses are the pregnant parents
Male seahorses uniquely carry and birth their young from a specialized pouch, a fascinating reproductive strategy that challenges traditional gender roles in the animal kingdom.
Seahorses are famous for their unique reproduction: males carry and birth the young! The female deposits eggs into the male's specialized brood pouch, where he fertilizes and nourishes them. After 10 to 25 days, the male expels up to 1,500 live baby seahorses.
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