Sperm Secrets Of Male Seahorses Uncovered

Scientists have uncovered for the first time secrets about how male seahorses produce their young that could prove valuable in conservation efforts to save the vulnerable species. Unlike other animals and humans in which the female becomes pregnant, male seahorses carry their unborn in a pouch on their body and give birth to their young. They manage to reproduce very efficiently with small amounts of sperm and have a short window of opportunity in which to fertilise the female eggs...