FUN FACT – Seahorse Male Pregnancy

by max on Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Seahorse Male Pregnancy

Did you know seahorse males give birth lay eggs???

So, in a nutshell. Male seahorses compete with each other to become pregnant for three weeks (during which time they cannot move around to search for the best food), go through 72 hours of labour and exhausting final contractions to release up to 200 baby seahorses. During this process the natural colour of the male seahorse drains from his body and he becomes white and pasty looking. The experience (yes, we have it on film) looks painful and I cannot imagine that he would want to experience a baby seahorse birth again. But, after a very short time, sometimes only hours, the male starts showing off his pouch, begging to be pregnant again.

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  • Andy
    Males don't lay eggs or they would be female...

    They get the eggs from the female and later give birth to baby seahorses (not eggs).
  • max
    oh thanks Andy, will make the corrections.
  • Andy
    your welcome
  • Izl
    Wow second thing i learned today lol
  • girrrrrrr2
    well... now i bet you wanna be a seahorse...
  • In sea horses, the males become pregnant. Their mating involves the female inserting her oviduct into the male's brooding pouch. She does this several times for short intervals to avoid exhaustion. In between the female rests while the male contorts himself to try to get the eggs in place in his brood pouch. After completion the male moves away and attaches himself by his tail to a nearby plant. The female moves away and waits for her oviduct to recede. The oviduct usually recedes within a few hours.
  • ?Male seahorses? How can they become pregnant? Male seahorses get pregnant, not the females.?
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