The male seahorse is responsible for producing offspring, how does the hippocampus daddy give birth?
As we all know, most animals on the earth are born by females, why are hipposes responsible for males? Is it possible that the naming of male and female seahorses is reversed?
The male seahorse has a nursery bag on the abdomen, and every breeding season from May to August, the mother of the hippocampus will release the eggs into the nursery bag.
In the hippocampal dad's pouch, fertilization is completed, and after about 2 months of incubation, the hippocampus baby will complete its development.
Next, the hippocampus dad will spray the babies out of the pouch.
And the breeding rate of seahorses is very fast, some seahorse fathers just finished giving birth in the morning, and will complete new fertilization in the afternoon, which is quite hard to watch.
A careful analysis of the entire breeding process of the seahorse is no different from other animals, but the only difference is that the reproductive process of the seahorse is done by the male seahorse.
This is strange, why is it not the seahorse mother who is responsible for childbirth, could it be a mistake?
The hippocampus father is responsible for giving birth, is it possible that humans are inverse when distinguishing between male and female seahorses?
With the exception of the seahorse, other animals on Earth breed from females.
In daily life, we also often judge males and females by the fertility behavior of animals. For example, the one who lays eggs is the hen, and the one who gives birth to calf cubs must be the cow, why is it the male seahorse that gives birth to the baby seahorse, not the female seahorse? Could it be a mistake?
First of all, the conclusion that the hippocampal father is responsible for fertility is not wrong in itself, the point is that many people do not understand the basis for distinguishing males and females.
As we all know, if there are two X chromosomes in human chromosomes, it is female, and if there is one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, it is male.
This way of judging the male and female of an animal through DNA is one of the most accurate ways.
Another way, that is, through the body structure of animals, there are ovaries, which can produce eggs, that is, females, and those who have sperm nests and can discharge sperm are males.
The seahorse responsible for fertility happens to be able to produce sperm again, which is naturally the male hippocampus.
Father Seahorse can give birth, why can't other male animals?
If you call Daddy Seahorse "Super Daddy", I believe no one will refute it. And the phenomenon that the hippocampus father is responsible for childbirth has also made many female friends envious.
So the question is, can the seahorse father give birth, can other male animals also have this ability?
In fact, the fertility process of the hippocampus is not viviparous, but a typical oviparous.
That is to say, as long as the fertilized egg of the hippocampus is formed, in a relatively stable environment, it can develop into a baby hippocampus.
Daddy Seahorse's pouch, to a greater extent, simply provides a safe environment for the baby seahorse.
For a simple example, if the rooster hatches eggs, it can actually hatch chicks, but the rooster does not have this character and habit.
The childcare bag of the seahorse father does not provide nutrients for the baby seahorse, which is very different from the viviparous animal.
Therefore, the claim that the hippocampal father is responsible for fertility is not entirely accurate, and the hippocampus is oviparous, not viviparous.
So, don't envy the seahorse mother either, it's just the result of natural selection.
If you were a seahorse, would you rather be a dad or a mom?