Download or read book Seahorses written by Sara Lourie and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seahorses are extraordinary creatures. They swim upright and spend days in dancing courtship. They are small, shy and have heads shaped like miniature ponies. And the male carries the female’s eggs in his pouch and ‘births’ the young. Found worldwide, they are sensitive to environmental disruption and are an obvious flagship group for conservation. Seahorses unveils every species, including the seadragons and pipefish that share the Syngnathidae family. Each of the 47 entries incorporates a photograph and description, so you can admire their beauty as you learn about their ecological importance.
Download or read book Seahorses written by Sara A. Lourie and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed identification guide to the world's seahorses and background information on their biology, trade and conservation.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Dwarf Seahorses in the Aquarium written by Alisa Wagner Abbott and published by TFH Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know to improve your chances of success with these increasingly popular fish.
Download or read book A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses written by Sara A. Lourie and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mister Seahorse written by Eric Carle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs, she does it on Mr. Seahorse's belly! She knows he will take good care of them. While he swims waiting for the eggs to hatch, he meets some other underwater fathers caring for their babies: Mr. Tilapia, who carries his babies in his mouth; Mr. Kurtus, who keeps his on his head; and Mr. Catfish, who is baby-sitting his young hatchlings. Eric Carle has done it again, with astonishingly beautiful collage illustrations and a story that introduces the very young to the wonders of aquatic life . . . and some very special daddies. A "hide and seek" feature with acetate overlays adds a colorful surprise.
Download or read book Seahorses as Pets Seahorse Complete Owners Manual Seahorse Care Health Tank Costs and Feeding written by Edward Eldington and published by Imb Publishing Seahorses Pet Seahorse. This book was released on 2015-11-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seahorse is an amazing fish that is a wonderful aquarium inhabitant despite the fact that they are not as easy to care for as most fish. There are approximately 52 species to delight the aquarist and they can be kept on their own or with other fish and certain invertebrates. This book will introduce you to these fish by looking at the different species, discussing their appearance and biology, typical seahorse behaviour, their feeding requirements, one-of-a-kind reproductive cycle and other things that make these fish unique. It will also tell you what you need to know in order to decide whether or not this is the pet for you and, if it is, how to select your seahorse, what you need to buy before you bring it home, and how to take proper care of it and keep it happy and healthy. The serious hobbyist must know what these fish need with regards to their environment. All the necessary equipment and water and other parameters are examined as the quality of the water and the general environment has a crucial bearing on the health and happiness of seahorses. The seahorse is unfortunately susceptible to a number of different types of bacterial, parasitic and fungal infections and infestations. Anyone who is serious about having a marine tank generally and seahorses specifically needs to know what to look for and how to deal with common ailments. This book also contains helpful information on their reproductive behaviour, gestation, birth and on caring for the fry for those who are interested in breeding or find themselves the proud foster parent of babies that were not expected! Other areas of discussion are the fish and invertebrates that the seahorse gets on with and hints and tips to make your life easier as you select your seahorse and afterwards. Covered in this book: - Do's and Don't's - The basics - Choosing the right fish - Social behaviour - Buying - Equipment needed - Setting up the aquarium - Water & other parameters - Introduction to other creatures into the tank - Daily care - Feeding - Health - Breeding - Prices and costs ..... and much more
Download or read book A Guide to Seahorse Diseases written by Martin Belli and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea Horse The Shyest Fish in the Sea written by Chris Butterworth and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stunning pictures and engaging words. . . . An accomplished entrée to early science topics." — Booklist (starred review) Dive into the warm ocean and swim around amid the coral and waving sea grass. Do you see an eye like a small black bead peering out at you? Linger for a while and discover the secrets of the sea horse — one of the shyest fish in the sea. With a head like a horse, a tail like a monkey, and a pouch like a kangaroo, the sea horse acts like a chameleon, changing color to ward off danger or to show that he and his mate are a lifelong pair. Watch their fascinating mating dance, as the two of them twine their tails together and twirl, before she places her eggs in his pouch to be born. Could there be a more intriguing creature of the sea? Back matter includes an index, and a note about sea horses.
Download or read book In the Company of Seahorses written by Steve Trewhella and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seahorses are instantly recognisable and have been a part of our culture for millennia, yet we still know very little about these enigmatic creatures. Steve Trewhella and Julie Hatcher have spent hundreds of hours in British waters observing native seahorses, witnessing at first hand how they behave in the wild, and how they interact with the other plants and animals in their underwater realm. With stunning photography, In the Company of Seahorses paints a rich picture of a mysterious world amongst swaying seagrass and colourful seaweeds. The accompanying text is packed with personal anecdotes describing the authors’ journey of discovery, illustrating for the first time the secretive lives of these elusive animals in British waters. By sharing one couple’s passion for an entrancing ocean icon, this book aims to inspire, inform and create a better understanding of the seahorse and its often vulnerable habitats around the British coastline.
Download or read book A Guide for Seahorse written by Evans Mark and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seahorses are tiny fishes that are named for the shape in their head, which looks as if the head of a tiny horse. There are at the least 50 species of seahorses. You'll discover seahorses in the international's tropical and temperate coastal waters, swimming upright amongst seaweed and other plants. Seahorses use their dorsal fins (again fins) to propel slowly forward. To pass up and down, seahorses alter the quantity of air of their swim bladders, that is an air pocket interior their bodies. Tiny, spiny plates cowl seahorses' bodies all the way right down to their curled, bendy tails. The tail can grasp objects, helpful whilst seahorses want to anchor themselves to plant life. A lady seahorse lays dozens, every so often masses, of eggs in a pouch on the male seahorse's abdomen. After seahorse moms make their eggs, they bypass them over to the men to hold till the young are released. When it's time to offer birth, the dad pumps water through the pouch, freeing hundreds of fry, or baby seahorses, in only some mins. Called a brood pouch, it resembles a kangaroo's pouch for wearing young. Seahorses' young hatch after as much as 45 days inside the brood pouch. The toddler seahorses, each about the scale of a jelly bean, locate different toddler seahorses and flow together in small groups, clinging to every other using their tails. Unlike kangaroos, toddler seahorses do not go back to the pouch. They must locate food and cover from predators as quickly as they're born.
Download or read book Poseidon s Steed written by Helen Scales Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years Poseidon's Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors man's centuries-old fascination with the animal, sweeping from the reefs of Indonesia, through the back streets of Hong Kong, and back in time to ancient Greece and Rome. Over time, seahorses have surfaced in some unlikely places. We see them immortalized in the decorative arts; in tribal folklore, literature, and ancient myth; and even on the pages of the earliest medical texts, prescribed to treat everything from skin complaints to baldness to flagging libido. Marine biologist Helen Scales eloquently shows that seahorses are indeed fish, though scientists have long puzzled over their exotic anatomy, and their very strange sex lives — male seahorses are the only males in the animal world that experience childbirth! Our first seahorse imaginings appeared six thousand years ago on cave walls in Australia. The ancient Greeks called the seahorse hippocampus (half-horse, half-fish) and sent it galloping through the oceans of mythology, pulling the sea god Poseidon's golden chariot. The seahorse has even been the center of a modern-day international art scandal: A two-thousand-year-old winged seahorse brooch was plundered by Turkish tomb raiders and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A book that is as charming as the seahorse itself, Poseidon's Steed brings to life an aquatic treasure. Seahorses lead quiet lives, tucked away out of sight on the seafloor. It is rare to catch a glimpse of a seahorse in its natural habitat. But even if few have seen one live, these exotic, seemingly prehistoric creatures exist quite vividly in our imaginations and they have mesmerized scientists, artists, and storytellers throughout time with their otherworldly rarity. Poseidon's Steed is a sweeping journey that takes us from the coral reefs and seagrass meadows of Indonesia where many seahorses makes their natural habitat to the back streets of Hong Kong where a thriving black market seahorse trade is concealed. Throughout history, seahorses have surfaced in some unexpected places and Scales also follows the seahorse back in time, from our most rudimentary seahorse imaginings six thousand years ago on cave walls in Australia, to the myths of ancient Greece. Scientists have long puzzled over seahorses' unusual anatomy and their very strange sex lives. And male seahorses are the only males in the animal world that experience childbirth! Seahorses are not what scientists call a "keystone" species. They rely on a healthy ocean to survive, but the marine ecosystem does not rely on them. But their delicate beauty reminds us that we rely on the seas not only to fill our dinner plates, but also to feed our imaginations.
Download or read book Seahorses written by Sara A. Lourie and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seahorses and Their Relatives written by Rudie H. Kuiter and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and enlarged edition has detailed information and photographs of over 370 species of syngnathid members as well as closely related families. Included are seahorses, seadragons, pipehorses, pipefishes, bellowsfishes, flutemouths, trumpetfishes, seamoths and ghostpipefishes.
Download or read book Seahorses Pipefishes and Their Relatives written by Rudie Herman Kuiter and published by Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seahorses written by Neil Garrick-Maidment and published by TFH Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dwarf Seahorses For Beginners written by Mike French and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All seahorses are without doubt a fascinating and unique creature. Dwarf seahorses are even more enchanting - and they all come with the WOW factor!They have always been considered to be a very delicate species. However, in reality they are really tough little creatures, as this book will show you. Over recent years keeping dwarf seahorses in a home aquarium has escalated in popularity. It is now perfectly possible to provide a suitable and healthy environment by following the guidelines in this book, Contained within these pages you will find everything you need to know to get you started in this fascinating hobby. Clear step-by-step instructions guiding you along the way, from setting up an aquarium to breeding these delightful creatures. Fully illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams.Inside I will tell you about: * Dwarf Seahorses* Suitable Aquariums*Using Filters - or not*All about Feeding* About Breeding* Routine Maintenance* Treating Health Issues.Even without prior experience, if you follow the instructions in this book, you should still achieve success. Contained within these pages you will find everything you need to know to you get started in this fascinating hobb
