Baby seahorses born at the Tennessee Aquarium

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) – A few very tiny baby seahorses were born this week at the Tennessee Aquarium. The Dwarf Seahorse is among the smallest seahorse species, with adults growing to only one inch in length.

Connie Arthur, the Aquarium’s seahorse keeper, had been observing a few males who seemed to be pregnant. On Thursday morning when she arrived at the Aquarium, the tiny babies – each one about the size of a grain of rice – were swimming in the tank. 

The birth of these itty bitty babies comes just in time for Father’s Day, since seahorse males are actually the ones that give birth