Monday, December 1, 2014

Animal Profile: Pygmy Seahorses

Learn what you can learn about these amazing animals. The Pygmy Seahorse is a tiny master of camouflage that is very dependent on their environment. The males have the babies, too, which is crazy. Please watch these videos and then answer the questions below.






  1. What are some of the lengths that scientists had to go through to keep the pygmy seahorse alive in captivity? 
  2. Who has the babies? 
  3. What is the size of an adult pygmy seahorse? 
  4. Are there other animals that have “pygmy” in the title? What are they? 
  5. In your opinion, what is the most amazing thing about pygmy seahorses?

6 comments:

  1. 1 thay had to feed them grow coral for 3years
    2 the male
    3 2cm
    4 pigmy goats are small goats
    5the cammo

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  2. 1. Keep the coral alive
    2. The dad or father
    3. Smaller than a paper clip
    4. No
    5. They blend in with the plants

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  3. The scientists went all the way to the Phillippines.
    The daddah
    Not very big... I forget the exact.
    Several, Pygmy elephants, hippos, lizards, et cetera.
    The way they change color and shape.mi want a cyan one.

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  4. Travel to the phillipenes. The males. Smaller than a paper clip. Pygmy hippos but they are extinct. The color changing.

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  5. 1. They had to not youse there fingers to get them and they had to grab some of there coral for them to survive in there fishing tank full of them.
    2. The mails have the babies.
    3. About the size of a pencil eraser.
    4. No I don't think there are.
    5. I really find interesting about them is that they are so small and can just do that for the rest of there life.

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  6. They not only have to keep the seahorse alive but keep the coral alive
    The males
    A thumbnail
    Yes Pygmy goat
    How they live on the same coral and imitate it

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