You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
35 points
*

it sounds like they consider a male seahorse a male because he produces sperm rather than eggs.

The female seahorse drops her eggs off into a male brood pouch, a little pocket the male seahorse has on the front of him that has a placenta in it, and then he fertilizes those eggs and carries the fetuses for a few weeks and then little seahorses flutter out when he gives birth.

there’s a video. and it’s a LOT of baby flutterhorses

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/male-seahorses-give-birth.htm

permalink
report
parent
reply
17 points

Basically a reverse kangaroo.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

yea lil flappy water kangaroos

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Incidentally, “reverse kangaroo” is also a sex act that is prohibited by law in all of the states and territories of Australia, except Tasmania.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

No, it isn’t!

I looked it up…

permalink
report
parent
reply

Science Memes

!science_memes@mander.xyz

Create post

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don’t throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

Community stats

  • 13K

    Monthly active users

  • 2.8K

    Posts

  • 40K

    Comments