it sounds like they consider a male seahorse a male because he produces sperm rather than eggs.
The female seahorse drops her eggs off into a male brood pouch, a little pocket the male seahorse has on the front of him that has a placenta in it, and then he fertilizes those eggs and carries the fetuses for a few weeks and then little seahorses flutter out when he gives birth.
there’s a video. and it’s a LOT of baby flutterhorses
Serious question: how are male and female defined, and why does the sea horse that gets pregnant count as male and not female?
it sounds like they consider a male seahorse a male because he produces sperm rather than eggs.
The female seahorse drops her eggs off into a male brood pouch, a little pocket the male seahorse has on the front of him that has a placenta in it, and then he fertilizes those eggs and carries the fetuses for a few weeks and then little seahorses flutter out when he gives birth.
there’s a video. and it’s a LOT of baby flutterhorses
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/male-seahorses-give-birth.htm
Basically a reverse kangaroo.
yea lil flappy water kangaroos
Incidentally, “reverse kangaroo” is also a sex act that is prohibited by law in all of the states and territories of Australia, except Tasmania.
No, it isn’t!
I looked it up…
Male is the sex that produces the smaller gamete, female the sex that produces the larger
The male doesn’t get pregnant. It’s like a kangaroo with a pouch to carry the babies.