Male seahorse gives birth

Posted by Rill on Mar 24th, 2010 in Seahorse Facts, Seahorse Videos | 3 comments Here is a wonderful video I found on YouTube of a male seahorse giving birth to hundreds of baby seahorses. He pumps them out of the sac in his belly which starts off full and empties out with each push. The cutest part of the video (IMHO) is when he swims over to the female seahorse after giving birth. Too...

Seahorse escapes flounder attack

Posted by Rill on Jan 19th, 2010 in Seahorse Videos | 2 comments Here's a great video I found on YouTube today where a seahorse manages to escape from a flounder who's lying in wait. The video is from Scubazoo - a site devoted to marine filming and photography. I get the impression that the flounder wasn't too interested in eating a bony...

Watch glass seahorses being made

Posted by Rill on Jan 13th, 2010 in Seahorse Videos | 3 comments Right before your eyes! Here are two great videos from YouTube. The first video shows Mauro Vianello, a Venetian Murano glass artist who films himself making pieces - today he came out with a seahorse! Watch how he crafts the creature from soft Venetian glass. The second video shows a Welsh glass artist making an even more ornate seahorse - the finished piece is shown above. And here are some glass seahorses on eBay in case this post has whetted your appetite! US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German...

Did you know? Male seahorses give birth

Posted by Rill on Jan 6th, 2010 in Seahorse Videos | 0 comments It's one of the most fascinating facts about the seahorse - males get pregnant and give birth to live, fully-formed young. During mating the female seahorse deposits her eggs in a pouch in the male seahorse's belly. The male then fertilizes the eggs and carries them until they are ready to be pushed out into the water to fend for themselves. The gestation time can vary between six days and six weeks depending on the species. When the male is ready to give birth he makes thrusting movements which push the young, or fry, out of his breeding pouch. Below you will see a fantastic video of a male giving...

Pregnant male weedy seadragon video

Posted by Rill on Nov 13th, 2009 in Seahorse Videos | 0 comments Thanks to Nicola Stephenson who shared this with me on Facebook. One of the most enduringly fascinating aspects of seahorses and seadragons is the fact that the male cares for the babies until they hatch. The female lays her eggs into a sac or onto the tail of the male and he carries them until the young are born. Here is an absolutely beautiful extract from the BBC One documentary Life which shows the courtship dance of the weedy seadragons and some incredible footage of the male giving...