Can a male seahorse have babies? Detailed answer

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Can a male seahorse have babies?

Sometimes people who buy seahorses for home aquariums will say "the male is pregnant". There is a reason for such words, although this does not correspond to the truth. The seahorse is a very strange creature. Its head resembles that of a small pony, and its body resembles that of a dwarf dragon. It moves in the water in a standing position with the help of a single dorsal fin. But the seahorse is a fish.

There are more than 50 species of this fish that live in the temperate and tropical seas of the world. They have different sizes: from 5 to 30 cm. A feature of seahorses is taking care of their eggs. The female lays about 200 eggs. She places them in a pocket on the male's body just above the tail. After 40-50 days, the male opens this pocket and the baby seahorses come out of it. That is why people have the erroneous notion that the male gives birth to offspring. Even after the young hatch, they remain in their father's pouch for some time until they are old enough to take care of themselves.

Seahorses feed on small sea creatures and the eggs of other fish. They do not eat carrion. People have admired these fish since ancient times. Seahorses were carved on mummy tombs in Egypt. In ancient China, they were grown for medicinal purposes. In Italy, they were believed to bring good luck.

Author: Likum A.

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Does an ostrich have a voice?

From whichever side you look at the ostrich, it is a strange and wonderful bird. The ostrich is the largest bird, but it cannot fly. It uses its small wings to balance them while running fast. The head and neck of this bird are almost devoid of feathers. The long legs of an ostrich end in only two fingers. The plumage of the male is black or dark brown, with the exception of wing feathers and a white tail. The plumage of the female is much duller and shorter.

As you might guess, such a bird can hardly have a singing voice, but the ostrich does have a voice! Most of the year, ostriches emit only a loud, hissing sound, but during the mating season, they “cut through” a booming roar that is clearly audible even at a great distance. Three or four female ostriches lay their eggs in one shallow hole dug in the sand, and take turns incubating them, at night they are replaced by a male.

Ostrich eggs are the largest of those that are laid by living birds. The ostrich is very greedy. Its diet consists mainly of plants, berries and grains. And in order to better digest food, the ostrich sometimes swallows large stones, pieces of iron and other objects!

People breed ostriches for their magnificent feathers. The first plucking can be carried out even before the ostrich is one year old, and each time new feathers will grow in place of the plucked feathers.

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