Seahorse Facts
Here are some fun facts about seahorses that you can share with your family and friends.
- Seahorses are actually fish, not horses.
- Daddy seahorses actually carry the babies in a pouch.
- Seahorses are not very good swimmers, they only have a small fin on their back that flutters.
- They use the fin on the back on their head for steering through the water.
- Seahorses use their tails to hold onto grasses and coral.
- Seahorses use their long snouts to suck plankton, and tiny shrimp out of the water.
- Seahorses like to swim in pairs linked by their tales.
- Seahorses change color to blend in with their surroundings.
- Seahorses cannot curl their tails backwards.
- Seahorses have skeletons and are part of the bony fish family.