Sea+Horse

= = = = = = =Sea Horses=

Sea horses live in shallow topical and temperate waters throughout the world. Sea horses like to live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds,coral reefs,and mangroves. Sea horses look very unique. First of all, sea horses are .6 inches to 14 inces long. Sea horses can be various different colors depending on what color the backround is behind them. They blend in for the preditor. Sea horses can be white, yellow, red, brown, black, grey, spotted, or banded. Sea horses are pieced together with many different kinds of animals. They have the head of a horse, snout of an ardvark, spines like a pufferfish, pouch of a kangeroo, eyes that look like lizards eyes, the tail of a monkey, the ability to change colors like a chameleon plus many more. Sea horses eat small animals like brine shrimp, plankton, and worms, YUMMY! Sea horses are actucally very poor swimmers because of their heavy armor. They spend most of their day resting. Sea horses swim upright with their tails down and their heads up. Did you know that the female sea horses dont mate and the men do? The males become pregnet. Sea horse babies are only a few millimeters long when they are first born.Seahorses life spans are one to five years.They have no teeth or stomach. Food passes through their their digestive systems so quickly they must eat almost constantly to stay alive. They are carnavores they eat larva fish,shrimp,crustaceans, and plankton. They do not have many preditors due to their boney exoskeloton. Their preditors are crabs rags and tuna.Their are over 80 speices of seahorses around the world! Now thats alot of seahorse!! If you want to learn more about seahorses look at the powerpoint below.

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