seahorse

The Seahorses have overachieved in the last two years and the crowning glory would be the consolidation of a place in Serie A.

Did you know? Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach.

Placid and slow, seahorses do not flee from predators, but instead camouflage themselves, changing their skin colour to match their habitat.

The trade is large enough to threaten wild populations, causing declines in number and in size of seahorses.

Do not touch or manipulate pygmy seahorses in any way, as this can easily damage or even kill them.

He carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases fully formed, miniature seahorses into the water.

Male seahorses are equipped with a brood pouch on their ventral, or front-facing, side.

Courtship and reproduction in seahorses is elaborate, involving changing colour and much posturing.

Seahorses seem like mythical creatures, designed to pull Neptune's chariot or be companions for mermaids.

Seahorses are master mimics that use their cryptic colors and upright posture to blend in with plants.

Do you know seahorses are actually fish?

A group of young seahorses drifts in shallow waters off Manly, New South Wales, Australia.

Seahorses use their prehensile tails to grab onto sea grasses and corals.

Although most seahorses are believed to live in shallow water, some also cling to the seagrass mats that float in the open water.

Because of their body shape, seahorses are rather inept swimmers and can easily die of exhaustion when caught in storm-roiled seas.

For most of the past 1, 000 years, only the richest Chinese patients could afford to include seahorses in their love potions.

Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality. By Helen Scales.

Seahorses eat plankton, brine fish and baby fish.

Seahorses have a long, horse - like head and a curled tail.

Aboriginal paintings of "rainbow serpents" from 6, 000 years ago bear striking similarities to seahorses.

Seahorses are truly unique, and not just because of their unusual equine shape.