Cross Breeds

Ok, so I know male sea horses hold the eggs and deliver live babies...but how do the eggs get into his pouch?

How does a female put her eggs into a males pouch?

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1. Hmm off the top of my head, I actually think they are cemented to him with a kind of sticky substance the female produces.... __________________ Guess I was wrong: The male seahorse has a brood pouch where he carries eggs deposited by the female. The mating pair entwine their tails and the female aligns a long tube called an ovipositor with the male's pouch. The eggs move through the tube into the male's pouch where he then fertilizes them. The embryos develop in ten days to six weeks, depending on species and water conditions. When the male gives birth he pumps his tail until the baby seahorses emerge.
2. The female has something called an ovipositor which carries the eggs.
3. Sea Horses A seahorse is a very strange type of fish. It swims along in an upright position holding its long-nosed head up. That is why it is called a seahorse. It does not wave its tail, but it moves the fin on its back. A seahorse is about four inches tall and has large eyes. It has a large appetite for tiny crustaceans. A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell, like a crab, a lobster, or a shrimp. The female seahorse produces her eggs into the male's pouch, which the male has in his stomach. He holds these eggs for forty to fifty days, and then they hatch. A seahorse is an interesting fish that chooses a partner for life. by Nick A., 5/2000
4. The female lay her eggs inside