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Seahorses

Seahorses are named for their equine-like head and prefer to live in sheltered areas such as coral reefs. Seahorses are one of the few animal breeds where the male gives birth rather than the female.

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What is the diet of the tiger tail seahorse?

The tiger tail seahorses eat fish fry, small crustaceans, shrimp, and plankton. These animals do not have teeth, so they ingest food by sucking it into the mouth or snout. These seahorses live near coral, seagrass beds, and reefs in ocean waters of the world that include the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Do humans benefit from the seahorse?

It can have sex with its self and have babies and can fertilize its own egg.

Is the sea horse part of the horse family?

No. seahorses are sea-dwelling fish that are 10-20cm long. Horses are mammals that live on the land and are much, much bigger.

Seahorses are only called seahorses because of the horse-like appearance of their head and because they live in the ocean.

Do dolphins eat sea horses?

Yes, They like the mushy insides. The dolphins say that they taste like chicken.

What class do dogs belong to?

Dogs are classified as canines, if that's what you mean.

Do cold blooded animals migrate?

Not all do, but some, such as the monarch migrate many miles to avoid the cold winter.

Organisms living in close association often to the benefit of both is called?

An interaction in which one organism lives in a close association with another is called symbiosis. There are three types of symbiosis; mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. In mutualism, both species benefit from the association; in parasitism, one species benefits at the expense of the other; and in commensalism, one species benefits and the other species is neither harmed or helped.

Latin for horse?

The classical word is equus. The word caballusoriginally meant "an inferior-quality horse; a nag," but became the general word for horse in the common speech that gave rise to the Romance languages (e.g., Italian cavallo, Spanish caballo, French cheval).

Can all seahorses change color?

yes! when they are greeting each other they change color to show affection! if a sea horses is black then it can change to yellow!

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Why is the seahorse a slow swimmer?

Not very quick at all. They have fairly rigid bodies, and in comparison, tiny tiny fins to swim with.

Are sea horse poisonous?

As far as I know no. The reason that nobody eats them is that it is so difficult to take off there skin (as it is so hard) and even if you do take it off there is barely any meat.

I don't know if this answer is correct. Probably some kinds of seahorse are poisonous!

Is there fresh water seahorses?

Still to be determined. The scientist Heiko Bleher is investagating Lake titicaca on de Peruvian Bolivian border, where there are reports, and even a picture is available, of a suppose fresh water Seahorse
No. All seahorses are saltwater fish that require specialist aquariums. They are very delicate fish that are best kept in species tanks or with gentle marine invertebrates such as snails.

Does a seahorse travel in a group or on there own?

Seahorses are solitary creatures that rarely interact with other seahorses in the wild, except in order to mate.

Does female seahorse die after mating?

When a male seahorse has mated to a female seashore for a year dies, he will attempt to locate a new mate as soon as possible. It has never been proven scientifically that seahorses are monogamous and will never find a new mate if one has died.

How deep do seahorses live in the oceans?

The seahorse is a species of fish that live exclusively in salt water. They do not live at the bottom of the ocean but prefer to live in the shallow waters near the coastline.

What is a seahorses shelter?

Seahorses shelter us in seaweed on the ocean floor, or tall sea grasses.

What are facts about seahorses inherited behaviors?

They change colors to either blend in with something or to attract other animals. Also they are akward swimmers.

What sea animal looks like a pincushion?

The echidna of Australia and New Guinea, the hedgehog of Britain, the porcupine.

Are seahorses are harmful to humans?

Yes. A little more than Mussolini but a little less than Hitler.

Do seahorse eat shrimp?

yes i think they do eat seaweed. I'm not for sure but I think seahorses are omnivores that eat plants they are actually herbivores

Does a sea horse have scales?

They don't. Their skin is just stretched over their bones tightly.