Seahorse

Creator

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Photo Credit

Meredith C. Swartwout, Ph.D. Candidate, Biological Sciences

Object Type

Dried Mount Oceanic Specimen

Date

Spring 2021

Description

Despite its resemblance to our equine friends, the Seahorse is not a horse, in fact, but a bizarre fish. Seahorses don’t swim very fast. They live in sea grass or aquatic vegetation, using their prehensile tails to hold on to the plants, and rely on camouflage, mimicking the vegetation that they live in to avoid predators. In seahorses, males are the ones who guard and take care of the young and carry them in a pouch on their belly, much like a mama kangaroo.

Object Housed

University of Arkansas Museum

Object Accession Number

2011-8-80