Written by: Rushina Tamang - 26008, Grade VIII
Posted on: 17 May, 2021
There are many species living in the sea. And we have only discovered a part of it. There are still so many sea animals that we have yet to discover. But in the part that we have discovered, seahorses are one of them. And let along, there are many species or types of seahorses. And one of them is pygmy seahorses. These seahorses are really small. They are almost microscopic because they camouflage themselves among coral plants found in the sea. Their body texture looks exactly the same as the corals. The orange pygmy seahorses hide amongst the orange corals and the purple ones hide among the purple corals. But scientists have been questioning, do the seahorses adapt their colour from the coral or are they born like that. So, to answer this question, they brought in some orange pygmy seahorses and after they had babies, the scientists put the babies into another container with a purple coral. And the babies eventually came out purple. Small animals like these have always been easy prey. And it's amazing to know how these animals know that they have to camouflage or hide in order to not get hunted down. They have learned to prevent themselves from being prey of another animal.
