100 Seahorses Born At Blue Planet Aquarium
In an ongoing captive breeding programme at Blue Planet Aquarium in Cheshire Oaks, more than 100 baby seahorses have been born at the aquarium that is working to protect the threatened species.
The youngsters, which measure less than a centimetre in length, are known as spotted seahorses and will eventually grow to a length of nearly 20cm.
The young seahorses are being kept in special nursery tanks and will go on public display in a few weeks’ time.
Breeding seahorses in captivity, is extremely difficult which is what makes this quite an amazing achievement.
In the wild virtually all of the approximate 35 species of seahorse are under threat from a variety of sources. [Via]
