VIDEO: Seahorse Giving Birth!

[jnowell]

If you've never seen it, take a look. The males give birth, this is a Hippocampus Kuda delivering about 200 fry.

http://www.wfrs.org/sh/kuda_pop.wmv

Jason

 

[Kathy55g]

That is amazing! Did you film this?

 

[saltytoes]

wow Jason thanks for sharing that...almost all at once eh i was expecting something more like one or two at a time.

 

[ediaz]

frigging firewall...

 

[jnowell]

Yep Kathy, that's my boy. I was going out to film the progress on the stand for my new 125g and saw a few babies in the tank. I started filming and 30 seconds later he pumped out 200 fry

He's had 7 broods so far, and this was the first time I had even witnessed it. To catch it on film was amazing!

Darned firewalls Ed, I can email it you if you can recieve 3mb. files via email.

Jason

 

[FishGuttz]

That is astonishing!! Wow!!!

 

[Dman]

Absoluting freakin amazing. Now I know what to look for in the next couple of days.

 

[mwp]

Holy Crap that's jaw droppingly freakin' awesome - congrats J.

Matt

 

[David M]

Very cool. As a side note for anyone interested, look at the few fry already swimming around before the main event. Notice how they swim with their tail curled up under them? IMO that is uniquely charecteristic of H. kuda , IOW I believe it is a fairly reliable way to ID an unknown species. If your'e not sure what you have, wait for fry and this can tell you

 

[sukie80]

Wow! That's an awesome video - thanks for sharing!

 

[LadyEquinox]

that was really awesome to watch, Thanks for sharing what do you do with the fry?

 

[David M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8451075#post8451075 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LadyEquinox
that was really awesome to watch, Thanks for sharing what do you do with the fry?

They are kuda... most likely he watches them die one by one as he beats his head against the wall repeatedly until most are gone.

 

[danfrith]

what?