348K views · 1.6K reactions | If only it was this easy  This vision from SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium shows a male White’s seahorse giving birth. The arrival of over 100 seahorse babies at the aquarium marks a successful start to the second year of a conservation breeding program designed to repopulate the endangered species. The babies will be observed and eventually released into the wild. : SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium | ABC Canberra | Facebook

55K views · 1.8K reactions | Did you know? When mating, the female seahorse transfers her eggs to the male, which he fertilizes in his pouch. In the male’s pouch, the eggs receive everything they need from oxygen to food. The gestation time varies from 14 days to 4 weeks. The birthing process can last up to 12 hours. [GIF: Male seahorse giving birth] | Nature | PBS | Facebook

You get a seahorse! You get a seahorse! Everybody gets a seahorse!⠀ ⠀ In seahorses, it’s the male who gestates and gives birth. Pictured here is a male lined seahorse doing just that. ⠀ ⠀ Lined seahorses can have up to two hundred babies at a time and are ready to receive new eggs from their mate shortly after giving birth. ⠀ ⠀ The baby seahorses, known as fry, are teeny tiny versions of the adults. In the wild, less than 0.5% of fry will survive to adulthood. So it's no wonder seahorses have so

Male seahorses possess the remarkable ability to give birth to thousands of babies at once. Learn more: http://on.natgeo.com/1QUf8KC | National Geographic