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Male seahorses get pregnant and give birth
Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth.
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The female places her eggs in the male's brood pouch, where they are fertilized. Two to four weeks later he releases up to 1,000 fully formed young.
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