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Assumptions about the female The young

of the species giving birth are seahorses, or fry,
emerge from the
opening in the
true of most creatures, but brood pouch.
reproduction is different

for seahorses. It’s the male
of this odd-looking fish Muscular

species that experiences expel the young
contractions
pregnancy and seahorses from
the pouch.
childbirth, to sighs

of relief from female
seahorses everywhere!

SHARK SPAWN

The frilled shark has the longest gestation
period of any species. Like seahorses, they
are ovoviviparous—their young hatch from This male seahorse’s
pouch is full of fry.
eggs inside the parent’s body. Embryos then Smaller species may
grow inside the mother for a staggering three carry 50 offspring,
and a half years before finally being born. while bigger types
nurture up to 2,000.

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