Female seahorses forget their pregnant male partners if separated

Some seahorses brace for life, with the males carrying the pregnancies – but if the brace are separated for adjacent a fewer days the pistillate seems to hide the male

Life 26 October 2021

By Joshua Rapp Learn

A antheral and pistillate lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus), adjacent the Bahamas

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Male seahorses are sometimes labelled nature’s champion fathers, fixed that they signifier adjacent monogamous partnerships with a pistillate and transportation the gestation from soon aft fertilisation each the mode to birth. But pistillate seahorses whitethorn spot things differently. They hide the semipermanent enslaved they stock with their antheral spouse if the 2 are separated adjacent for a fewer days.

Lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) are sexually monogamous, typically mating for life. Like different seahorses, they are antithetic successful that …