Now to make sure that seahorses survive, they are are being farmed. An interesting fact about seahorses is the way they reproduce. The males, not the females carry the eggs. The female lays the eggs in the males pouch, where the stay until they hatch. Around full moon, they gather together breed.
Seahorses stay with one mate for life.
Three weeks after mating the babies hatch. The babies look like small adults, and are only one centimeter long. Only one other animal has the males take care of the eggs. That animal is the pipe fish.