Why arent the boys called girls?
A common question is if the males get pregnant, why arent they called females? The reason is that like all other male and female animals, it is the male seahorse that provides the sperm and the female seahorse that provides the eggs. The female deposits her eggs in the males pouch, after which the male fertilizes them. The pouch acts like a womb, providing nutrients and oxygen to the developing animals, while removing wastes. The pouch also acts like an osmotic adaptation chamber, with the internal fluid changing slowly over the course of the pregnancy from similar to body fluids to more like the surrounding seawater. This helps reduce the stress of the offspring at birth.
