A seahorse diary

When the light went on in the biOrb this morning I was greeted by a sight I had never hoped to see again: 4 or 5 new seahorse babies.  And there was Trigger, still apparently undergoing contractions and attempting to court both the original female Nellie and his now-grown daughter Pluckie as well. 

I had forgotten that seahorse reproduction can be seasonal.  It could be that I'm in for a long, hot summer of baby seahorses.

Of course, with seahorses the birth is just the start.  Now they have to actually live to grow up.

Here's a picture of one of them: