Seahorse Facts

Here are some facts I know about seahorses:

• Seahorses can dance
• Seahorses can only bend thier tails forwards, not backwards
• Seahorses like to eat brine shrimp
• Seahorses can grow from 1" to 12" long
• Seahorses only pick up things with their tails, they never pick up things with their fins
• Seahorses like to swim with their tails hooked together
• Seahorses use the fin on their back (the dorsal fin) to move them through the water and use the fins on the sides of their head (the pectoral fins) to steer and turn - like a car!
• The female seahorse lays the eggs and then puts them in a pouch in the males tummy. The male seahorse takes care of the eggs until they hatch.

This picture is of a Sea Dragon which is a different kind of seahorse. I got this picture from a website called Flickr. I saw one of these at the Point Defiance Zoo in Seattle.