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Male seahorses develop placentas to support their growing babies

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-09-20

Supplying oxygen to their growing offspring and removing carbon dioxide is a major challenge for every pregnant animal. Humans deal with this problem by developing a placenta, but in seahorses—where the male, not the female, gestates and gives birth to the young—exactly how it worked hasn't always been so clear.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-09-male-seahorses-placentas-babies.html