Seahorses are unique in the animal kingdom because it’s the male that gives birth! During reproduction, the female deposits her eggs into a specialized pouch on the male’s abdomen. The male then fertilizes the eggs and carries them for several weeks. When it’s time to give birth, the male goes into labor, contracting his pouch to release hundreds of tiny, fully formed baby seahorses into the water. Some species can release over a thousand in one birth. Most won’t survive to adulthood, but this l