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Male Seahorse Pregnancy Has Some Eerie Similarities to Human Childbearing – ScienceAlert
Many expecting fathers claim they’d love to take on the aching back, cramped organs, and painful contractions of their partner’s pregnancy. But so far, the male seahorse is the only vertebrate to make good on such a swap.
Many expecting fathers claim they’d love to take on the aching back, cramped organs, and painful contractions of their partner’s pregnancy. But so far, the male seahorse is the only vertebrate to make good on such a swap.
These remarkable fish can hold more than 1,000 embryos in a ‘brood pouch’ for up to a month before delivering them in a series of spasms. Sounds like pregnancy, right? You don’t know the half of it. We now have hints that the seahorse pouch might be even more womb-like than we…
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