Denise’s pygmy seahorse males get pregnant, carrying eggs in a brood pouch. They give birth to tiny babies and can get pregnant again just 20 minutes later! They’re tiny, perfectly camouflaged, and one of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures. #seahorse | Critter Hunter

A Bargibant’s Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) clings to a gorgonian coral in the shallows of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. These seahorses are tiny - smaller than your fingernail - and nearly impossible to spot without knowing exactly where to look. Their camouflage is so effective that the species wasn’t even discovered until 1969, when a researcher in New Caledonia brought a piece of coral into a lab and noticed two tiny seahorses hiding on it. That moment led to the first description of a py

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