Sensation! The male is able to bear and give birth!
It turns out that in the animal world there are males who can reproduce, give birth and have children! And guess who it is?
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A scientific article in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution showed that male seahorses can produce offspring. These fish are strange not only in their appearance, but also in their unusual features.
During the mating season, the pipits perform a unique dance with each other for several days and, when both are completely ready, begin to mate. The female takes off and the male follows her, opening his abdominal pouch. The female drops eggs until the sac is completely filled.
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Studying the structure and functions of the male pouch, Camilla Whittington from the University of Australia came to the conclusion that during evolution, this reproductive organ acquired the ability to become saturated with oxygen, provide nutrients to future fry and remove waste products. This confirms the presence of many blood vessels inside the sac, since it is the blood passing through the vessels that carries all the trace elements to the eggs. A month later, birth occurs and the father begins to push the fry through special holes in the sac, one at a time. Yes, the process of having a baby is very tiring. If only men could experience this!
For a long time it was believed that skates were monogamous and devoted to each other, but as it turns out, this is a myth. British ichthyologists who studied the sexual habits of these fish in aquariums and in the wild proved that some individuals can flirt with more than a dozen partners. Please note that during spawning, males can lay eggs from several females at the same time.
