wunder beta🐴 Seahorses!
Meet the seahorse, a tiny fish with a horse's head, a monkey's tail, and dads who have the babies!
What you’ll learn
- A Fish That Doesn't Look Like OneKids will learn that a seahorse is a real fish and discover its unusual body, home, and family of relatives.Seahorses are true fish that breathe with gills but look like nothing else in the sea. They have horse-shaped heads, slurp food through a snout with no teeth, and wear bony armor instead of scales. They live in warm seagrass and coral, and their relatives include pipefish and sea dragons.
- Dad Has the Babies!Kids will learn the true story of seahorse fathers carrying and giving birth to their babies.Seahorse dads have a belly pouch where moms place their eggs. Dad carries hundreds of eggs, sometimes up to 1,000, for two to four weeks, then pushes out tiny babies called fry. The babies swim off on their own right away, and having so many helps some survive.
- Amazing Eyes and Hide-and-SeekKids will learn how seahorses use independent eyes and camouflage to stay safe.Each seahorse eye moves on its own, so it can watch for food and danger at the same time. Seahorses change color and grow frilly bits to camouflage with plants and coral. Tiny pygmy seahorses hide so well on coral that scientists almost missed them. Staying still and hidden is their superpower.
- The Slowest Swimmer and Best FriendsKids will learn about the seahorse's slow swimming, grabbing tail, pair bonding, and how to protect it.Seahorses are the slowest-swimming fish, so they wait for food instead of chasing it. Their curly tails grab seagrass and each other. Seahorse pairs greet each other daily by dancing and linking tails. Their seagrass homes are shrinking, but people are working to protect them and keep oceans clean.
Questions this course answers
Is a seahorse a real fish?
A seahorse really is a fish! It breathes underwater with gills, just like other fish, even though it looks unusual.
How does a seahorse eat its food?
Seahorses have no teeth! They slurp tiny food up through their long snout, like drinking through a straw.
Where do seahorses like to live?
Seahorses love warm, shallow water with seagrass, coral, and mangroves where they can hide and find food.
Who has the babies in a seahorse family?
Amazingly, the seahorse DAD gets pregnant and gives birth, carrying the eggs in his special belly pouch!
How many babies can a seahorse dad have at once?
Some seahorse dads can have up to 1,000 babies in a single pregnancy! Having so many helps some survive.
What are baby seahorses called?
Baby seahorses are called fry. Each one is tinier than a grain of rice but looks just like its parents!
Grounded in trusted sources
- National Geographic
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Smithsonian Ocean
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