FusedJaw: Seahorses, Pipefish & Seadragons

US seizes seahorse shipment

A TASMANIAN shipment of seahorses bound for Florida has been seized by US customs officials in what the producer has called “government- sanctioned theft”.
Seahorse Australia owner Craig Hawkins’s shipment of 326 seahorses would have earned him $4500 but he will not see his money or his seahorses, after an Australian customs officer apparently neglected to [...]

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Oil wildlife rescue

Sea wildlife experts are breeding hundreds of rare seahorses to replace creatures wiped out by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
The Atlantic dwarf seahorses – which measure just 1.2 inches long – are the smallest of 40 different types of seahorse.
Marine biologists at the House of the Sea in the Austrian capital, Vienna, have successfully [...]

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For pipefish, measly Mr. Mom needs help

Female broad-nosed pipefish enhance their eggs with extra protein when researchers doom them to an undersized mate — a boost of some 11 percent higher protein than when paired with a large mate, says ecologist Gry Sagebakken of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

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Pregnant pipefish dads cannibalize young

Male pipefish not only carry fertilized eggs — like their relatives seahorses; they also absorb nutrients from them, essentially cannibalizing their offspring. This this is the first time that males have been shown to absorb nutrients from embryos through the brood pouch.

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Seahorse ‘hitchhikes’ Atlantic

For a tiny seahorse with only small fins and a tail for locomotion it seems an impossible task. However, a seahorse that lives on the western coast of the Atlantic has been found in the Azores almost 5000km away from its possible home.

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Custom seized seahorses at ZSL London Zoo

A herd of seahorses confiscated by customs are now seeking sanctuary at ZSL London Zoo. The 22 juvenile longsnout seahorses (Hippocampus reidi) were confiscated by the UK Border Agency two weeks ago. Rachel Jones, Deputy Team Leader of ZSL London Zoo’s Aquarium, said: “People usually try to smuggle seahorses because they think that they will look good in their own personal aquariums.

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Protected zones will help to save Britain’s marine wildlife

An exotic underwater world of seahorses, sharks and corals that surrounds the coast of Britain is to be given greater protection under new legislation coming into force this week. The long-awaited Marine Act will allow conservation groups to map sites of nature preservation for the first time. Future legislation to be enforced in these marine conservation zones will see an end to damaging practices such as scallop dredging and trawler fishing.

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The sex life of seahorses

The mating habits of these bizarrely beautiful creatures are fascinating – they are the only species in which males truly become pregnant. We reveal the secrets of the sea bed, plus how to keep seahorses as pets.

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Ghostly ‘dance of a sea dragon’

One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured on film by a BBC crew. The dance of the weedy sea dragon takes place every year in the shallow seas off the coast of Australia.

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And baby makes 80 for surprise seahorse arrival

Although males giving birth is normal among species of seahorse, the arrival of about 80 big-belly seahorses was cause for celebration.

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It’s a Gray Area: Exploring new worlds: seahorses

Before we went on our recent trip to the big island of Hawaii, a real estate broker I have been dealing with strongly suggested we visit Ocean Riders Seahorse Farm on the Kona coast.

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Breeding boost for rare seahorses

More than 100 baby seashorses have been born at a Cheshire aquarium that is working to protect threatened species.

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No-anchor zone to save seahorses

Boat owners are being asked to observe a no-anchor zone in Dorset’s Studland Bay to help protect seahorses.

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Single seahorse dad mourns loss of wife

A single father of two is having to come to terms with the fact that there will be no more romance in his life after he and his partner were separated earlier.

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USA. Customs and Border Protection in Atlanta intercept endangered seahorses

USA. Customs and Border Protection in Atlanta intercept endangered seahorses

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Small seahorses suffer ’short man syndrome’

Small male seahorses suffer from ’short man’ syndrome, a new study from the University of Zurich claims, and are the ocean’s equivalent of Bernie Ecclestone or Rod Stewart as they chase after the tallest females in order to mate with them.

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Seahorse Vertical Swimming Mystery Solved

Seahorses are among the most readily identifiable inhabitants of the marine world because of their habit of swimming upright. Yet even though seahorses can be found in many areas of the world, up until now, there has been no scientifically proven explanation as to how and why these shy creatures came to adopt their vertical posture.

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Seahorse husbandry develops strongly in Khanh Hoa

ong Thanh Hung Enterprise in the central province of Khanh Hoa is looking to export seahorses to new markets, building on its success in sending them to the US and France.

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Seahorses thrive on shark nets: expert

While critics decry shark nets as environmentally destructive underwater eyesores, Sydney’s seahorses need the nets to survive, says University of Newcastle marine scientist and seahorse expert David Harasti.

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Seahorse found in woman’s garden

A woman in Dorset was stunned when she found a seahorse in her garden – despite being three miles inland.

Karen Warr scooped up the tiny sea creature with a fish slice and put it in water after spotting it on her path at her home in Chickerell, Weymouth.

Staff at the town’s Sea Life Centre think the seahorse, who has been named Pegasus, was dropped by a seagull.

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Seahorses tagged in Britain for the first time

Seahorses in Britain have been tagged for the first time in an effort to find out more about the elusive creatures. Divers managed to capture one of the spiny seahorses, six or seven inches long, in Studland Bay, Dorset.

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