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Male Seahorses Are the Only Animals to Get Pregnant and Give Birth
Male seahorses and their near cousins, pipefish, and sea dragons are highly rare in that they get pregnant and give birth to their offspring. Instead of developing the baby seahorses within their bellies in a uterus, like human mothers do, the male sea horse will carry the kids in a pouch, similar to a kangaroo's pouch.
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