Seahorses are a special kind of marine life, not only because of their unique appearance, but also because their reproductive methods are very unique. From May to August every year, seahorses are breeding season. Although seahorses are fish, they are not born by the female, as most fish are, but by the father.
Specifically, during this stage, the female hippocampus will lay eggs in the male brood sac, the number of eggs will generally be around 100. The brood pouch is a structure found only in males. The eggs then continue to develop in the father's pouch, which provides them with the necessary nutrients. After about 50 to 60 days, the young seahorses can be produced, which means that the father will undertake the task of "childbirth". Of course, the father is only responsible for childcare, in order to produce small seahorses, female eggs are essential.
As mentioned above, the reproduction mode of the seahorse is very special, because the baby seahorses are produced by the father. Seahorses can not be born by the mother, is determined by the body structure of the seahorse, because the female seahorse body structure does not have a brood sac this structure, only the male body has. This structure is necessary for the development of small hippocampus, and only here can it provide the nutrients needed for the development of small hippocampus embryos. Therefore, only the father of the seahorse can produce the baby seahorse. But the mother's role is also very important, because they need to provide eggs.
