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Why does the male sea horse have babies?
The female sea horse deposites mature eggs in the male's pouch and the male incubates them, also protecting the young hatched fry in the pouch for a time. The most basic reason for why this is done is that this is the way these animals are.
What does the mother sea horse do with her eggs?
After the mother sea horse lays her eggs she gives them to the father to carry them around.
What male lays eggs?
There are no male animals that lay eggs. Many people think that a male sea horse lays eggs, but a female sea horse lays eggs and the male carries them and takes care of it.
What does incubated by mother mean?
This means the eggs of an animal are kept warm by the mother until the young animal or bird is ready to hatch. For example, the mother platypus incubates its eggs by curling around them; the mother echidna incubates its egg by keeping it in a temporary pouch; a mother scrub turkey incubates her eggs by burying them in a mound of earth and twigs and regularly testing the temperature of the mound; the average bird incubates its eggs by sitting on them to keep them warm.
How long do female kakapo sit on their eggs?
The female kakapo incubates her eggs for around 30 days.
Why do male sea horses carry the baby?
The female sea horse deposites mature eggs in the male's pouch and the male incubates them, also protecting the young hatched fry in the pouch for a time. The male has the babies because they are known to be more aggresive. With out this protection, pregnant female seahorses could easy be eaten or injured. Also, because few baby seahorses survive, the couple must constantly produce eggs. So, while the male has the eggs, the female is making more.
How does sea horse male take care of their eggs?
They carry them in a pouch on their stomachs. When the eggs hatch, the pouch opens, and tiny, tiny sea horses swim out.
Do fish have pouches?
The male sea horse has a small pouch near his tail. The female sea horse deposits her eggs, up to 200 at one time, in the male's pouch, which is then sealed with a sticky secretion. The male carries around the eggs with him for about 45 days. Also the Opossum shrimp
Do sea horses lay eggs or give birth to live young?
The female lays eggs in the pouch on the stomach of the male. The eggs develop in that pouch, then the live sea horse babies come out of the eggs and out of the male's pouch.
What male marine animal incubates and gives birth to living animals?
Male seahorses incubate developing eggs in a specialized brood pouch until they give birth to live young. This unique characteristic makes seahorses one of the few animal species where the male is responsible for pregnancy and birth.
How seahorses take care their eggs?
the male sea horse has a pouch that it uses to carry the eggs, when mating the female gives the male 1500 eggs
Do you have to have a male seahorse if you have a female seahorse?
You don't really have to have a male seahorse if you have a female sea horse but if you want to have little baby sea horses you can have a male sea horse. If i were you i would want a male sea horse for company for the female.
