Question: what does sea hores eat

Asked by rouse951 to Blaire, Elizabeth, Jenny, Shona, Simon on 12 Mar 2013.

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  1. Photo: Shona MarksShona Marks
    answered on 12 Mar 2013:

    Seahorse eat tiny plankton and crustaceans that float in the water. They eat animals like tiny shrimp, crab larvae (called Zoea), tiny sea fleas and Sea monkeys (brine shrimp).

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  2. Photo: Blaire DobieckiBlaire Dobiecki
    answered on 12 Mar 2013:

    I think Shona has this one covered 🙂

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  1. Photo: cheesecakecheesecake
    commented on 12 Mar 2013:

    do they also eat any small fish like the Paedocypris, dwarf goby or Stout infantfish which are all shorter than 10mm long.

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    • Photo: ShonaShona
      commented on 12 Mar 2013:

      No I don’t think they eat fish. They might eat fish eggs or larval fish which are swimming in the plankton. sea horses have very small mouths. Larval fish can be less then 1 mm long.

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