Like Starfish is not a fish, Seahorse is not a horse. They are one of the slowest marine animal in the world with a speed of 1.5 meter per hour. You will be astonished to know that they must eat all the time to live! They don't have stomachs that is why they eat continuously. There are 46 known species of seahorses. Hippocampus is their genus. Hippos means horse and kampos means sea monster. Their head and neck really looks like a horse, right? Climate change, habitat loss and bycatch are their main threats faced. They have camouflage to hide near the seabed.
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