Does the seahorse really die of love?

Animals always occupy a special place in Science Daily Online.In the line of articles such as «The longest vertebrates in the world«, today we discover the most romantic animal on the planet or that seemed...

The horse de Mar, the most romantic animal on the planet?

And the hippocampus or seahorse when they choose couple is for a lifetime. In fact, when their partner dies soon after they do.It seems that their life is meaningless and they die of love! Or so the legend said...

On the other hand, both courtship and reproduction are really curious about seahorses. courtship begins with a dance of the male around the female he likes, clicking with his skull .Then they change color and they both hide behind of algae or corals with their interlaced tails .

Then the male retracts his tail and starts sucking and pumping water through his bag belly.Then he stretches the body and sticks his belly to that of the female .The female puts her spawning organ on the male's bag.There are some eggs going through this tube stop at the male's bag and it releases sperm to fertilize them …

The next morning the couple meets again, they change color, dance and rewind their tails.So it is best to leave them intertwined forever.The gestation period lasts between 10 days and 6 weeks.

Is it true that the seahorse dies of love?

But following the legend we told at the beginning, is it true that the seahorse dies of love? Well, the most recent studies throw us all the above down a bit...

The myth originated in the 90 years when only I study a species of seahorse and for a very short time, although the diffusion of the myth helped that the horses did not become extinct so quickly because of their merciless capture. capture in Asia tons of seahorses for medicinal treatments.

Does the seahorse really die of love?

According to new studies it is the female who courts the male and also the seahorses they change partners several times throughout their lives, if yours is lost , dies or there is another one that you like more ...Change! And it is that male seahorses choose their partner for the size , the larger the female the more they like it.

So this is what there is...Well, thanks to the fact that they do not die of love, this beautiful animal species may become extinct more slowly, in spite of the «horsehunters» !

If you like articles on romantic subjects, you will surely love Tanabata, the legend of Japanese love.

Image: fjavi, Vladimir Teran Altamirano

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