This Male Seahorse Gives Birth to Hundreds. Posted: March 25, 2025 | Last updated: March 25, 2025. In the underwater world of seahorses, it’s the males who give birth and they don’t hold back.

A male seahorse with his pouch filled with water in a mating display. Kymberlie R McGuire, CC BY. ... Male seahorses give birth, but they don’t do it the way female animals do.

In a follow up video, May showed the male stretching and turning gently in the water, seemingly adjusting to his new load. "It was the most beautiful moment I've ever witnessed underwater," she said.

Seahorse fathers incubate their developing embryos in a pouch located on their tail. But the way they give birth has even surprised scientists, write Jessica Suzanne Dudley and Camilla Whittington.

The male incubates the eggs in his pouch for about 20 to 28 days, an gives birth to fully-formed seahorses. Image: Pexels The male carries the babies in a pouch on the front of his tail, similar ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Watch a male dwarf seahorse give birth to seahorse fry at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. Watch a male dwarf seahorse give birth ...

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