Today I'm going to tell you about seahorses.
Seahorses need to eat almost constantly, as they don't have a stomach, so food passes through them very quickly. Seahorses do not have teeth. They don't need teeth. They suck in their food and swallow it whole. Seahorses feed on plankton, small fish, and shrimp. A seahorse has no stomach, meaning that they need to eat almost constantly. Actually an adult seahorse will eat 30-50 times per day, while baby seahorses eat 3,000 pieces of food per day.A seahorse's neck is well adapted for catching prey. Seahorses ambush their prey by hovering silently nearby, attached to plants or corals. Seahorses also can blend in with their surroundings. Suddenly, the seahorse will tilt its head and slurp in its prey. This movement results in a distinctive sound. Seahorses don’t have scales even though they look like they do. They swim upright that is very different from other aquatic life. They aren’t related to any real horses but the name makes it sound that there is a horse in the sea. Seahorses have a small crown on them called a coral net. It is unique for each of them. They don’t swim very well but rely on the dorsal fin to help them move. The two eyes of a seahorse are able to move independently of each other. The two eyes of a seahorse are able to move independently of each other. The male seahorse is the one that will carry the eggs. He will have them in his body for up to 45 days and then they will emerge full grown. Less than 1% of all young survive to the age of maturity. This could be why the female will deposit up to 1,500 eggs into the male during the mating process. The seahorse doesn’t do well in high levels. In spite of this fact many people continue to keep them as pets. More than 20 million seahorses are caught annually to be used for Chinese forms of medicine. Ashleigh
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