Why do seahorse dads, not moms, carry and birth the babies?
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Why do seahorse dads, not moms, carry and birth the babies?
Picture a tiny seahorse, curled like a question mark in the swaying grass of the sea. Now look closer at its belly — it's round. Plump. Stretched. That seahorse is a dad, and he is very, very pregnant. Yes, the dad. Let's find out why the ocean handed this job to the father.
First, a quick fix of one tiny myth: a pregnant seahorse dad isn't growing babies out of nowhere. The eggs still come from the mom. She makes them, just like other mothers do. The twist is what happens next — and where those eggs go to grow.
