By Susie Christman

Seahorses

Appearance

• Seahorses come in many different colors and can also change colors to camouflage itself in its environment.

Habitat

• Seahorses live in sea grass beds, mangroves, or coral reefs.

• Seahorses live in most parts of the world.

Diet

• A seahorse can consume up to 3,000 brine shrimp per day.

• Seahorses have no teeth and swallow their food whole.

Predators

• Crabs, tuna fish, skates, and rays eat seahorses.

• Storms also hurt seahorses by casting them ashore.

• Some humans harvest seahorses to use as medicine.

Reproduction

• Unlike human females, it is the male seahorse that takes care of the eggs until they hatch.

• Out of two thousand babies born to a pair of seahorses, only two will survive.

Fun Facts

• Each eye moves independently.

• About 35 known species exist.

• Like some humans, seahorses have only one partner for life.

Quiz

• What color are seahorses?• What do seahorses eat?• Where do seahorses live?• Which gender of seahorse has babies?• What other animals eat seahorses?• Name one fun fact about seahorses…

Works Cited

Mathemagicimages.comwww.mathemagicimages.comSeahorse Fractal Background

Seahorse Characteristicshttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/basics.htmlSeahorse Information

Images of Seahorseshttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/roundup.htmlSeahorse Photo