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There are about 40 known species of seahorse.
Seahorses prefer to swim in pairs with their tails linked together.
They swim upright and avoid predators by mimicking the colour of underwater plants.
Except for crabs, few marine predators eat the seahorse – it is too bony and indigestible.
Seahorses propel themselves by using a small fin on their back that flutters up to 35 times per second. Even smaller pectoral fins located near the back of the head are used for steering.
Because of their body shape, seahorses are rather inept swimmers and can easily die of exhaustion when caught in storm-roiled seas.
They anchor themselves with their prehensile tails to sea grasses and corals, using their elongated snouts to suck in plankton and small crustaceans that drift by. The seahorse can suck up food from as far as 3cm away.
The seahorse feeds constantly on plankton and tiny fish. It moves each of its eyes independently, so it can follow the activity of passing sea life without giving its presence away. |
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Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach. Food passes through their digestive systems so quickly, they must eat almost constantly to stay alive.
They can consume 3,000 or more brine shrimp per day.
Seahorses are monogamous and mate for life.
Rarer still, they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young.
Male pregnancy frees to female to make more eggs straight away and so reproduce quicker.
Seahorses engage in an eight hour courtship dance which includes spinning around, swimming side by side and changing colours.
When mating, the female seahorse releases up to 50 eggs into a pouch on the male’s abdomen.
The male seahorse carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases fully formed, miniature seahorses into the water. As little as 5 or as many as 1,500 young can be born |
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"There are about 40 known species of seahorse.
Seahorses prefer to swim in pairs with their tails linked together.
They swim upright and avoid predators by mimicking the colour of underwater plants.
Except for crabs, few marine predators eat the seahorse – it is too bony and indigestible.
Seahorses propel themselves by using a small fin on their back that flutters up to 35 times per second. Even smaller pectoral fins located near the back of the head are used for steering.
Because of their body shape, seahorses are rather inept swimmers and can easily die of exhaustion when caught in storm-roiled seas.
They anchor themselves with their prehensile tails to sea grasses and corals, using their elongated snouts to suck in plankton and small crustaceans that drift by. The seahorse can suck up food from as far as 3cm away.
The seahorse feeds constantly on plankton and tiny fish. It moves each of its eyes independently, so it can follow the activity of passing sea life without giving its presence away."
I fucking love this post! Not sure why.. Fuck it. Respect OP. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There are about 40 known species of seahorse.
Seahorses prefer to swim in pairs with their tails linked together.
They swim upright and avoid predators by mimicking the colour of underwater plants.
Except for crabs, few marine predators eat the seahorse – it is too bony and indigestible.
Seahorses propel themselves by using a small fin on their back that flutters up to 35 times per second. Even smaller pectoral fins located near the back of the head are used for steering.
Because of their body shape, seahorses are rather inept swimmers and can easily die of exhaustion when caught in storm-roiled seas.
They anchor themselves with their prehensile tails to sea grasses and corals, using their elongated snouts to suck in plankton and small crustaceans that drift by. The seahorse can suck up food from as far as 3cm away.
The seahorse feeds constantly on plankton and tiny fish. It moves each of its eyes independently, so it can follow the activity of passing sea life without giving its presence away.
I fucking love this post! Not sure why.. Fuck it. Respect OP."
you get the facts sir,just the facts  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wasn't Sea Horse a race horse legend in the 30's ??
Seabiscuit?
You maybe thinking about SEA BIRD one of the greatest thoroughbreds ever ..won the derby in 1965.
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I wasn't. Not sure what I was thinking of.. but it's horse related  |
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"Can you put them in fish tanks?"
You have to be a real expert, even zoo's struggle. Doubt you could buy them though.
If they have babies 3 out of 100 survive.
I think they were one of the latest additions to my 'weird animals' thread. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can you put them in fish tanks?
You have to be a real expert, even zoo's struggle. Doubt you could buy them though.
If they have babies 3 out of 100 survive.
I think they were one of the latest additions to my 'weird animals' thread."
Do you do requests? |
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"Can you put them in fish tanks?
You have to be a real expert, even zoo's struggle. Doubt you could buy them though.
If they have babies 3 out of 100 survive.
I think they were one of the latest additions to my 'weird animals' thread.
Do you do requests?"
Not sure what your asking sorry |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You forgot to mention Sea Horses live in the Sea  sorry lol."
There is a relation to seahorses...which look the same and live in freshwater.
They are called pipefish and sold as freshwater seahorses. ...just gobshiteing  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can you put them in fish tanks?
You have to be a real expert, even zoo's struggle. Doubt you could buy them though.
If they have babies 3 out of 100 survive.
I think they were one of the latest additions to my 'weird animals' thread.
Do you do requests?
Not sure what your asking sorry"
The wierd animals thread.. I'd like to read another.. I've got one in mind. But I liked reading that one.. |
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"Can you put them in fish tanks?
You have to be a real expert, even zoo's struggle. Doubt you could buy them though.
If they have babies 3 out of 100 survive.
I think they were one of the latest additions to my 'weird animals' thread.
Do you do requests?
Not sure what your asking sorry
The wierd animals thread.. I'd like to read another.. I've got one in mind. But I liked reading that one.. "
I'm still a bit confused sorry.
I can bump it and you can add to it if you like?
We have aardvarks, Giraffes, elephants, chameleons to name a few.
Want me to try and find it for you? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can you put them in fish tanks?
You have to be a real expert, even zoo's struggle. Doubt you could buy them though.
If they have babies 3 out of 100 survive.
I think they were one of the latest additions to my 'weird animals' thread.
Do you do requests?
Not sure what your asking sorry
The wierd animals thread.. I'd like to read another.. I've got one in mind. But I liked reading that one..
I'm still a bit confused sorry.
I can bump it and you can add to it if you like?
We have aardvarks, Giraffes, elephants, chameleons to name a few.
Want me to try and find it for you?"
Go on then.. was trying to get someone else to do it for me
I'll give it a shot tonight. Cheers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Also, they have a smaller, but stronger species - the Seadonkey.
Stop rolling them bloody eyes 
I never put emojis,see what they made me do"
I'm keeping out of this one  |
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"Also, they have a smaller, but stronger species - the Seadonkey.
Stop rolling them bloody eyes
I never put emojis,see what they made me do
I'm keeping out of this one "
These Seahorse threads are always emotional, fiery topics. Make the kissing and bareback threads look tame. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Also, they have a smaller, but stronger species - the Seadonkey.
Stop rolling them bloody eyes
I never put emojis,see what they made me do
I'm keeping out of this one
These Seahorse threads are always emotional, fiery topics. Make the kissing and bareback threads look tame."
Wait till i do my aardvark thread.it will kick off |
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These Seahorse threads are always emotional, fiery topics. Make the kissing and bareback threads look tame.
Wait till i do my aardvark thread.it will kick off"
Too right. Little fuckers, changing their name to be first in the alphabet. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The Seaass
Common mistake. An ass is the the same as a donkey. You might be thinking of the Seamule.
No
Spit it out.
First time anyone has said that on here!"
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Was lucky enough to snorkel in this country and see them in the wild 2 years ago,
Numbers were down by a huge amount but I think last year they found another 50 trapped in nets which boosted the numbers up a bit
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By (user no longer on site)
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When I was a kid I lived in Germany, we had sea horses in a fish tank for years so it can be done. I think that's the only time I've seen them in the flesh. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"there is something very beautiful about seahorses - they are so peaceful to watch - graceful and almost magical"
We kept them for a few years. It's hrad to consider them fish. They are very friendly and will attach to your finger when you are cleaning the tank etc. Bloody awful when one dies and the mate pines for it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"there is something very beautiful about seahorses - they are so peaceful to watch - graceful and almost magical
We kept them for a few years. It's hrad to consider them fish. They are very friendly and will attach to your finger when you are cleaning the tank etc. Bloody awful when one dies and the mate pines for it "
So they are not swingers then |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can we have a seahorse emoji admin?
Why? You've stopped using them
Not for me missy knickers,for emoji lovers....t***"
I like emojis....but prefer pipefish |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Seahorses are wankers 
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you 
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?"
My apologies, please continue the fact fest about wanky seahorses |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?"
Just a tad old boy |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?
Just a tad old boy"
Ahem grammar! is it just a tad, old boy or is it just a tad old, boy? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?
My apologies, please continue the fact fest about wanky seahorses "
Thank you,please start a thread about animal/fish wankers like the anteater,what a wanker that thing is. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?
Just a tad old boy
Ahem grammar! is it just a tad, old boy or is it just a tad old, boy? "
Feck off yer gobshite |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?
Just a tad old boy
Ahem grammar! is it just a tad, old boy or is it just a tad old, boy?
Feck off yer gobshite "
Love you too sweety |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?
Just a tad old boy
Ahem grammar! is it just a tad, old boy or is it just a tad old, boy?
Feck off yer gobshite
Love you too sweety "
The pair of you are w*****s |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Seahorses are wankers
So says another gobshite
That's "THE" gobshite to you
Ok I'll doff my cap to that one
Have we digressed slightly?
Just a tad old boy
Ahem grammar! is it just a tad, old boy or is it just a tad old, boy?
Feck off yer gobshite
Love you too sweety
The pair of you are w*****s"
Bit harsh old bean. |
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"I love the scientific name for one of the species you get in UK waters, hippocampus hippocampus. Don't know why but it makes me smile. "
Hippo = Greek for horse of course. The campus bit comes from 'kampus' I think meaning sea monster |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"95 posts for seahorses,cant be bad
But 15 were a glamorous pissing contest between Doms "
And for all of dash's indignity about it...all he wants to do is fill a thread |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I love the scientific name for one of the species you get in UK waters, hippocampus hippocampus. Don't know why but it makes me smile.
Hippo = Greek for horse of course. The campus bit comes from 'kampus' I think meaning sea monster "
Ah, didn't know what the second bit meant, that's even better! |
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