He sent me this article:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/06/seahorses-stand-up.html
Reminding me how much I love this bizarre little creature.
The fathers carry the children in a little pouch in the front of their bellies. (They carry and care for the little ones)
They are also one of the only animals that are "upright" *humans being another rare
example*
Once I was snorkling in the Keys with my family in Florida. We stopped the car in a random location where the water was three feet deep and full of reeds. I think it was literally the water/marsh near the parking lot of an Outback Steakhouse.
Our first spot was run over by the choppy surf, but it didn't ruin our day.
Mostly I saw giant sea snails, hermit crabs and the occasional little plain-looking
small grey fish. Then... this little magical creature appeared in the grass. It was a tiny
little seahorse.
I reached out to him/her and instead of retracting or acting scared it floated to me and held on to one of my fingers! One great way to get to know an animal is meet one- and since then, I've forever been a fan.
They are some of the most beautiful angelic creatures on the planet.
here is some PBS basics on them: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/
some basic anatomy and what they do, eat, etc. -http://www.allthesea.com/Seahorses.html
and some seahorse eye candy:
Shy!
Sweet!
Dragon!
They snuggle!
Pygmy!
Puerto Vallarta!
and here is one of my favorites that is a related to the Seahorse... in one way or another:
the Hippocampus!
(but alas, that is another story.)
Thanks Jason. Miss you- Bros before hos.
