https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1 en-us 2016-12-09 17:35:43 UTC 2025-09-28 14:57:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/142868753 The hippocampus, also known as "seahorse" is the name given to 54 species of small marine fish. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek word hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning "sea monster".]]> 2016-12-09 17:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/142868753 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/142869983 Among them are specialized structures in their skin cells, called chromatophores, which allow the mostly sessile seahorses to change color to mimic their surroundings.]]> 2016-12-09 17:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/142869983 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/142872450 The reproductive process begins when a male and a female seahorse do daily pre-dawn dances, intertwining their tails and swimming together. Eventually they engage in a true courtship dance, which can last as long as eight hours. It ends with the female depositing her eggs in the male's pouch.]]> 2016-12-09 18:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/142872450 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143188916 Meiosis creates the lined seahorses egg and sperm cells (gametes). In meiosis, the number of chromosomes are reduced by half producing four haploid cells. The lined seahorse chromosome haploid number is 24.]]> 2016-12-12 17:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143188916 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143195247 The lined seahorse stages of development are zygote, embryo, newborn, juveniles and adult.  A pair of seahorses can produce around 1000 young each year but there is a high mortality rate - usually more than 90% die.]]> 2016-12-12 17:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143195247 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143196914 The main part of a sea horse’s diet consists of plankton and tiny crustaceans such as small shrimp. Sea horses eat by sucking food through their snouts. Instead of venturing out looking for specific types of food, they’ll catch and eat whatever happens to be floating around. Sea horses can blend into their environment, so they find a spot where they can quietly wait for prey to swim by. Baby sea horses eat about 3,000 bits of food in any given day. Meanwhile, adults continuously graze and, as a result, might end up eating as much as 50 times in a day.

]]> 2016-12-12 18:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143196914 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143440650 After intercourse, when the female has laid her eggs in the male's pouch, the embryos are provided oxygen via an extensive capillary system. Through this system, the sodium and calcium levels can be altered in order to maintain homeostasis within the pouch environment.]]> 2016-12-13 18:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143440650 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143523309 The seahorse lives in areas that have still water or slow moving water. That is due to the fact that they can’t swim very well. They have to anchor to various forms of coral or grass to be able to rest. When there is a terrible storm though it can upset their environment drastically. Many of the adults will die due to the movements and their bodies will become too tired to continue on.]]> 2016-12-14 05:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143523309 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143523553 Scientists discovered that seahorses diverged around 25 million years ago. At that time, the Pacific and Indian ocean created many shallow-water habitats. Seagrasses, which is found in shallow water, spread rapidly through these newly formed environments. Researchers think that the ancestors of modern seahorses followed. Fish living in seagrass beds don't blend into the environment well and are easily picked off by predators. A solution seems to have evolved in seahorse ancestors: the upright body shape, which enables seahorses to seamlessly blend in with surrounding seagrass.]]> 2016-12-14 05:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143523553 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143524042 1. coronet - small crown on top of the seahorse's head 
2. snout - used to suck up food
3. dorsal fin - used mostly to grasp on branches of seaweed 
4. gills - used to get oxygen from water 
5. predator - animal that lives by preying on other animals 
6. hippocampus - small fish with horse like heads 
7. zooplankton - microscopic animals that eat other plankton 
8. tail - located on the seahorse's back and used for propulsion 
9. seagrass -  a grasslike plant that lives in the sea 
10. pouch - where the male carries the babies

]]> 2016-12-14 05:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143524042 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143525486 1. The male has the babies.
2. They're considered fish but don't have scales. 
3. They find 1 companion they will stay with for life and only mate with that one seahorse their entire lives.
4. They are able to camouflage. 
5. They have eyes like chameleons, they work independently off one another and could be looking in different directions.]]> 2016-12-14 06:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143525486 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143525868 2016-12-14 06:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143525868 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143525953 2016-12-14 06:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143525953 1026252150 https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143526051 2016-12-14 06:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1026252150/ee0v6whe14n1/wish/143526051