Wednesday, 3 August 2011

References!

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Cook/Reproduction.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse
http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/marine/seahorse/seahorse_reproduction.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/12880/seahorse.html
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov06macro/sc-macro.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/seahorse-reproduction.html
http://www.seahorseworlds.com/seahorse-reproduction.html
http://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/66018.aspx
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/february/shorse.htm
http://www.helium.com/items/2195939-reproductive-process-of-seahorses

A short quiz to test your knowledge on seahorses! :)

Seahorses rock our lives! :D Here is a little quiz to see how much you know about us, seahorses :) *neigh neigh*

Question #1: Who becomes pregnant after mating?




Question #2: What is the function of the brood pouch?




Question #3: What is the average gestation period for seahorses?




Question #4: Which part of the seahorse is essential during the mating dance?




Question #5: Why is the mating dance performed?





Eggs being transferred from the female to the male!

Since we already saw how seahorses mate and give birth, we shall now take a look at how the eggs are transferred from the female to the male! :) Hope you enjoy it!

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

House-husbands!

Picking their future mate! :D

Male seahorses have clear program when it comes to choosing a mating partner for increasing their reproductive achievement. Being selective by preferring big females, they will have large eggs and offspring. Seahorses have a perfect reproduction mode. Male seahorses give all post-fertilization parental concern still. In spite of high levels of paternal investment, they have long been thought to have traditional sex roles with females selecting mating partners as well as males rivaling for their concentration. But egg, offspring size and clutch increase with the size of female body in seahorses advising that males can get fecundity advantages by mating with big-bodied females.

One Example of the Common Misconception!

Get it? :D This means that most of the seahorses are POLYGAMOUS instead of monogamous! :D