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in #til7 years ago

Seahorse don't really have a stomach and teeth.

Their digestion system happens very quickly, so basically they eat and soon it comes out. They also swallow their food whole but they eat small creactures found in the water like Plankton and Copepod. So an adult seahorse will suck this small creatures about 30-50 times every day and small seahorse that's about 3000 pieces of every day.

Plankton


Copepod


So next time someone says you eat like a seahorse, know you eat too much.

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Nice post!
Learned something new today!
Thanks

nature's way of a mandatory crash diet...LOL

Indeed...thanks for reading.

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