Crazy Creatures. You Won't Believe How Many Babies This Male Seahorse Births. Posted: April 29, 2025 | Last updated: April 29, 2025. More for You ...

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 CBF said that the seahorse appears to be a pregnant male; seahorses are unusual in that the males carry dozens of their young in a pouch for several weeks before the babies emerge.

Emily May, a diver from Australia, captured a once in a lifetime moment on camera: a female seahorse transferring her eggs into the male's pouch during their mesmerizing mating ritual.

Here, a heavily pregnant male seahorse is pictured on his way to give birth. Richard Smith/OceanRealmImages.com After the male distributed the offspring, he would return deflated, showing stretch ...

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In seahorses and pipefish, it is the male that gets pregnant and gives birth. Seahorse fathers incubate their developing embryos in a pouch located on their tail. The pouch is the equivalent of ...