Sci Show: Male seahorses grow placentas to incubate their young. Seahorses are the only group of animals in which the males go through pregnancy and give birth. Now, new research finds the male’s brood pouch—which can hold up to 1000 baby seahorses at once—develops and functions like a human placenta.

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Male seahorses grow placentas to incubate their young. Seahorses are the only group of animals in which the males go through pregnancy and give birth. Now, new research finds the male’s brood pouch—which can hold up to 1000 baby seahorses at once—develops and functions like a human placenta.

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