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The Pygmy Sea Horse, King of Camouflage

Today I'm still with another marine animal but this time I bring you a smaller one compared to the Greenland shark, not all animals have the ability to camouflage themselves and what they can simply be wonderful is the case of the pygmy seahorse one of the species whose ability to camouflage is exceptional. Come with me to learn about some of its main characteristics.

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I decided to discover this marine specimen for you because I find it an attractive and interesting animal, there are many animals that can be camouflaged, but this really is fascinating you will have to detail very well some images to detail that it is a seahorse.

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This seahorse is considered one of the smallest vertebrates in the world, its scientific name is Hippocampus bargibanti, belonging to the family of signátidos, is distributed in the large coral triangle that is located between Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, it can also be found in the coral barrier of Australia.

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When I said it was small is because it really is, it measures only 2 centimeters from its tail to the tip of the mouth, considered as one of the smallest vertebrates in the world, most species of seahorses live in pairs, is not a species where there are many specimens by them studies of their behavior are very difficult also because they live in depths of 40 meters deep sea.

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The perfect camouflage

Its most unique characteristic is that the perfection with which it can camouflage itself in its environment, this means high probabilities of living in a habitat as hostile and crowded as coral formations are, this is possible thanks to the tiny tubers that are found throughout his body, pigmented tubers that resemble much like polyps that is in turn a species of gorgonia and obviously live in the gorgonia throughout his life.

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Many years

It took many years for divers and coral ecosystem scientists to discover this incredible creature, it was in 1969 when they accidentally discovered the species after taking a gorgonian sample from a reef in Australia.

They are not always of the same type and shape this depends largely on the type of gorgonia where they live, so they can be found in shades of gray with orange or red tubers, many aquariums have a special attraction for these specimens as well as marine photographers because their striking colors in contrast to the gorgonians make them very beautiful subjects to admire.

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It should be noted that this species is very sensitive, some of the corals in the world have been destroyed by trawling and this has resulted in the forced disappearance of this great species that has been able to escape their natural predators, but not unconscious man.

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Currently there are various programs to protect the ecosystems of corals, habitat of the pygmy seahorse and other species, being protected have been able to continue living without problems, although the fishing corporations always get away with it and again commit acts violating natural reserve areas. Many environmental care organizations have lost their lives trying to prevent them from fishing in protected waters, today the ocean looks like nobody's water.