{"id":1608,"date":"2014-12-11T03:39:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2014-12-11T03:39:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:39:35","slug":"pot-bellied-seahorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2014\/12\/11\/pot-bellied-seahorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot-bellied Seahorse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pot-bellied seahorse, also known as the big-belly seahorse is one of the largest species of seahorse in the world.
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Pot-bellied sea horse (Hippocampus abdominalis<\/em>), Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Pot-bellied seahorses in the wild live in the ocean around Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Like all sea horses the pot-bellied seahorse has a prehensile tail that the sea horse can use to grab onto something and anchor itself to various object, most often seaweed.<\/p>\n

Sea horses have a rather unusual way to reproduce: It is the male who gets pregnant when the female lays her eggs into his pouch. The offspring then develops there fed by the male’s body and after about a 30 day pregnancy the father gives birth to a brood of hundreds of miniature sea horses that look just like their parents.<\/p>\n

Some people like to keep sea horses, among them pot-bellied seahorses as pets. In an aquarium setting sea horses need to be fed almost continuously with tiny crustaceans, and care must be taken that other tankmates let them eat.<\/p>\n

Pot-bellied seahorses can be bred in captivity and the offspring can be raised.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nBig-belly seahorse<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nPot-bellied seahorse<\/a> on the Toronto Zoo website.
\nBig-belly seahorse<\/a> on ARKive.
\nPot-bellied Seahorse<\/a> on the Encyclopedia of Life.
\nSeahorse.org – Care Guide<\/a>.
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