Happy #FathersDay from these rad animal dads – seahorses! Male seahorses are the ones who get “pregnant,” after the female seahorse deposits her eggs into the male’s pouch after a mating dance. The male will release sperm into the pouch, fertilizing the eggs, and then incubating them until they “give birth” to hundreds of babies at a time. When the babies are “born,” the male expels them from his pouch in a cloud of tiny, fully-formed seahorse fry. To all the father, and father figures of the wo

While the female seahorse is the one to lay eggs, it is the male seahorse that will carry them until they are ready to hatch! A female will lay dozens, sometimes hundreds of eggs directly into the male's abdomen, where he will hold them for up to 45 days. ⁣ #EarthOnLocation by © Silverback Films⁣⁣ #TheMatingGame | BBC Earth