Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. Male seahorses and sea dragons get pregnant and bear young—a unique adaptation in the animal kingdom.

A pregnancy lasts from 10 to 25 days, depending on the species. The reproductive process begins when a male and a female seahorse do daily pre-dawn dances,

The male seahorse becomes pregnant instead of the female. Most seahorse pregnancies lasts approximately 2 to 3 weeks. The male seahorse has a brood pouch where he carries eggs deposited by the female. (See Seahorse Anatomy for illustrations). Seahorses are reknown for their mating rituals in which they dance together before mating.

2023年9月6日 · The female seahorse deposits her eggs into a special pouch on the male’s abdomen, where they are fertilized and develop until they are ready to be born. This process is known as male pregnancy or male brooding.

Can female seahorses give birth too? Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. Male seahorses and sea dragons get pregnant and bear young—a unique adaptation in the animal kingdom.

Seahorses have evolved a unique reproductive strategy where the male, rather than the female, gives birth. This adaptation, shared by other members of the Syngnathiformes order like pipefish and sea dragons, allows both parents to maximize their reproductive efforts.

Instead of females, male seahorses carry the developing seahorse embryos in a kangaroo-like pouch. During mating season, the female deposits her eggs into the pouch, and the male fertilizes them.

2017年9月11日 · The female seahorse has an ovipositor, which is a tube through which the eggs can be deposited outside the body. The female will deposit her eggs into the male’s brood pouch; this is a pouch where the eggs can grow and receive all the nutrients and oxygen they need, much like fetal mammals do in their mother’s uterus.

2016年8月2日 · Among many remarkable attributes of seahorses, their male pregnancy has to be the most spectacular. A female transfers eggs to a male’s enclosed brood pouch. The male …

2022年6月15日 · Unlike most other animals, female seahorses deposit eggs into a pouch on the male’s adbomen. The males then fertilize, carry and nourish the developing embryos in a form of pregnancy. White’s seahorses carry the babies for three weeks before they are released from the pouch fully formed; about 100 to 250 babies are born at a time.