I went to the Adelaide Zoo recently and was lucky enough to see a baby seahorse. The zoo has a population of an Australian seahorse, the Hippocampus abdominalis, commonly known as the Pot-Bellied Seahorse or Big-Bellied Seahorse. Their adult males were very pregnant and new arrivals were imminent. In seahorses it’s the males that give birth to live young. On the day that I went, there was on new arrival at the top of the tank.
It was frustrating at being unable to film the seahorse fry, (baby seahorse), with my macro lens on my DSLR camera as I was too short. I had to make do with my iPhone4. It didn’t turn out too bad.
Hi Magdeline,
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That sounds quite okay with me. I’m in Adelaide for a little longer. I’ve got a couple posts coming up on my travels coming up in the next few days or so too.
Cheers, I’ll subscribe now to catch em. Just though I’d give you a heads up as I saw your plagiarism page.
I can’t get enough of well written science blogs, keep em coming!
Thanks! No problems if I get asked. I’ve been visiting a few science places around Adelaide. =)
get to RiAus if you haven’t already!
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Done and done.