Clownfish aren't one of the only animals that can have a male that is able to get pregnant, male seahorses can get pregnant too! Every male seahorse has a pouch and it's used for holding the eggs that the female has gave to the male seahorse to hold. The female seahorse drops her eggs into the males pouch, then the male would fertilize them while it sits in the pouch. Then after about 2-4 weeks the male seahorse gives birth to tiny little seahorses out of his pouch. Male seahorses can give birth to 2000 a time. When they are ready to give birth, the pouch on their stomach opens and hundreds of babies shoot out and into the water. What is incredible, is that within 24 hours that it has given birth, it is able to get pregnant again. Like most animals, these seahorses stay together and take care of their little seahorses.
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