RARE Seahorse Mating & Giving Birth Footage | DEEP SEA CREATURES HD

Seahorses and their close relatives the pipefish and the seadragons are very unusual, because it is the males that get pregnant and give birth to the babies. Instead of growing the baby seahorses inside their belly in a uterus, like human mums do, the seahorse dads will carry the babies in a pouch, a bit like a kangaroo’s pouch. To produce babies, seahorses have to mate first. Seahorse mating is really beautiful. Males and females dance around one another and flutter their fins, and they may dance together over several days before they actually mate. When they’ve decided they like each other, the seahorse females swim towards the surface of the water, and the males follow. The females then put their bright orange eggs into the pouch of the males through the hole at the top of the pouch. Once the eggs are safely inside, the males will add their sperm and shut the opening. The eggs are fertilised by the sperm, and then start developing into baby seahorses. With that, the job of the seahorse mum is done! She swims off, and leaves the father to take care of the growing babies. Inside the pouch, the babies grow eyes, tiny snouts, and little tails. It takes about 20 days for the babies to develop, safely tucked away from other animals that might want to eat them. seahorses giving birth seahorse tank seahorse birth seahorse swimming seahorses for kids seahorse having babies seahorse scrutiny seahorse aquarium seahorse for kids seahorse seashell party seahorse asmr seahorse as pets seahorse animal crossing seahorse amazing animals seahorse acrylic painting seahorse attack seahorse assay a seahorse giving birth a seahorse having babies a seahorse giving birth video a seahorse swimming a seahorse mating a seahorses life cycle a seahorse picture a seahorse is like a horse because seahorse babies seahorse breeding seahorse book seahorse bbc seahorse balloon seahorse band seahorse by eric carle seahorses b sides seahorse care seahorse cartoon seahorse case seahorse crochet seahorse catch and cook seahorse crab seahorse cam seahorse cute studio c seahorse seahorse documentary seahorse drawing seahorse dance seahorse dreams seahorse dad seahorse drawing easy seahorse dragon seahorse drawing tutorial beyond d seahorse race seahorse eating seahorse eggs seahorse evolution seahorse educational video seahorse eric carle seahorse easy drawing seahorse eaten seahorse eating krabby patty seahorse facts seahorse facts for kids seahorse fish seahorse fish tank seahorse feeding seahorse full movie seahorse food seahorse giving birth seahorse giving birth with sound seahorse gun case seahorse giving birth meme seahorse growing seahorse giving birth funny seahorse giving birth in tank seahorse giving birth female seahorse house seahorse habitat seahorse has babies seahorse hunting seahorse hatching seahorse how to draw seahorse holding tails seahorse in fish tank seahorse information seahorse island seahorse in reef tank seahorse in aquarium seahorse in ocean seahorse i