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Giant Seahorse

hippocampus ingens

The Giant Seahorse is a fascinating underwater creature that looks like it’s wearing a suit of armor! With its unique shape and curled tail, it loves to swim among the seaweed and corals.

Lebensraum: Giant Seahorses live in shallow coastal waters, often hiding among seagrass and coral reefs.

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The Giant Seahorse has a distinctive horse-like head and an upright posture, with a long, prehensile tail. Its body can range from mottled brown and green to bright yellow, often adorned with skin filaments that help it blend seamlessly with its environment.

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Giant Seahorse
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Giant Seahorse

Kategorie

Fische

Seltenheit

Common

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Interessante Fakten

Despite being fish, they have no scales, instead sporting bony plates under their skin!

Seahorses don't have a stomach, so they need to eat almost constantly to survive!

Their eyes can move independently, looking forward and backward at the same time!

They are the only fish that swim upright, not horizontally like other fish!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Stealthy Shape-Shifter

Giant Seahorse can change its skin color and grow skin filaments to blend perfectly with its surroundings, helping them hide from predators and prey.

Fähigkeit

Anchoring Anchor

Giant Seahorse has a strong, curly tail that helps them grasp onto seaweed or coral, stopping them from drifting away in strong currents.

Fähigkeit

Daddy Daycare

Giant Seahorse males have a special abdominal pouch where they carry and protect their developing babies until they are ready to hatch.

Maße und Details

Länge
15-30 cm
Gewicht
0.05-0.15 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-5 Jahre
Schwimmgeschwindigkeit
0.02 km/h
Maximale Tiefe
40 m
Wasserart
Salzwasser

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny hunters slurp up small crustaceans and plankton with their long snouts!

Hauptnahrung

  • copepods
  • amphipods
  • brine shrimp
  • mysid shrimp

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

shelters

Neptune Grass

Posidonia oceanica

Provides crucial habitat

eaten by

Copepod

Acartia tonsa

Primary food source

eaten by

Tincawrasse

Symphodus tinca

Predator of juveniles

eaten by

Ornate Wrasse

Thalassoma pavo

Preys on young

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Hippocampus

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Giant Seahorse?

15-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Giant Seahorse?

0.05-0.15 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Giant Seahorse?

3-5 Jahre

Was frisst Giant Seahorse?

These tiny hunters slurp up small crustaceans and plankton with their long snouts!

Was ist der/die/das schwimmgeschwindigkeit von Giant Seahorse?

0.02 km/h

Wo findet man Giant Seahorse normalerweise?

Giant Seahorses live in shallow coastal waters, often hiding among seagrass and coral reefs.

Wie jagt Giant Seahorse?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das maximale Tiefe von Giant Seahorse?

40 m

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