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A Pontoh pygmy seahorse
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10 Things You Never Knew About Seahorses

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A Bigbelly Seahorse
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Bigbelly Seahorse

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The weedy sea dragon male can hold around 250 eggs in his pouch.
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The Dragon of the Sea

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A Pontoh pygmy seahorse
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How Many Seahorse Species?

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Seahorses are hitchhikers. They can travel long distances across the ocean—farther than they can swim—by attaching themselves to floating seaweed and debris.
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Hitchhiking Seahorses

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Seahorses make noise! Seahorses make noises that can be heard underwater similar to the sound of smacking your lips. They make them during feeding and courtship.
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Seahorses Make A Racket

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A bright yellow long-snouted seahorse.
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A Cold-Water Seahorse

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Seahorse couples (such as these Hippocampus histrix) greet each other every morning with a unique dance that sometimes involves changing color. The couple promenades and pirouettes together for several minutes before separating for the rest of the day. The
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Dancing Seahorse Pairs

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Two thorny seahorses sit back to back underwater.
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Seahorse Lovebirds

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A male short-snouted seahorse with a pouch full of eggs.
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A Pregnant Seahorse

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A big-bellied seahorse
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A Foot-Long Seahorse

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It's a pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), found in Indonesia's biodiverse Coral Triangle and one of the smallest seahorse species in the world! They can change colors like a chameleon to blend into their environment. This helps to protect them from p
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Can You Spot the Seahorse?

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