Male seahorses carry developing young in a brood pouch.

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Short-snouted seahorse on knotted wrack.
The animal was caught at 51°36′18.48″N 2°40′56.92″E / 51.6051333°N 2.6824778°E / 51.6051333; 2.6824778 on the Oosthinder banks in the Belgian part of the North Sea
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Male seahorses carry developing young in a brood pouch.

A seahorse pregnancy reverses the familiar division of parental work: the female makes the eggs, but the male carries the developing offspring. She places her eggs inside his brood pouch, where fertilization occurs. Later, his muscular contractions release miniature seahorses directly into the water.

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