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5 minutes ago, Ayame said:

Seahorses can change their gender (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

I know some species can do that but I didn't think seahorses were one of them.

Is there a marine biologist in the house who can clarify the situation?

Paging @Sakura 

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No it's commonly misunderstood that seahorses change gender but they don't actually change gender - it's because the male seahorses gives birth and takes care of the babies. 

Females transfer large, yolk-rich eggs into the specialized brooding structure (brood pouch), which the males immediately fertilize, and the male incubates developing embryos in the brood pouch where embryos are aerated, osmoregulated, protected and likely provisioned during their development. If that makes sense.

That is just a complicated way of saying that the females produce the eggs and then transfer them to the male’s care. The male then fertilizes and nurtures them until they are ready to go off on their own.

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16 minutes ago, Jellal said:

Wth does Merp mean?

Why would you assume I know what I'm talking about ever ._. 

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