Most seahorses use camouflage and their body armour as their main means of defence. Food Seahorses live on a diet of small crustaceans, shrimp, crabs and mysids. Like the Weedy Seadragon they suck their prey up through their long snout. Reproduction Seahorses have the most interesting sex lives. According to Rudie Kuiter in Under Southern Seas , seahorses breed in early spring and may produce multiple broods in a seasons.
Several species form pairs and they have been known to stay together for the entire breeding season.
Most of the time the pairs stay within sight of each other. The male is more likely to stay within a small area and the female moves around more. The female usually indicates that she is ready to reproduce by lifting her snout upwards, the male responds in the same way. The eggs have to be attached to the membrane inside the male s pouch so that they can become fertilised. The male sometimes has to move from side to side to make sure the eggs are attached.