A diver recently caught footage of a seahorse birthing hundreds of babies in the wild

In nearly all animal species, females are tasked with the responsibility of childbearing where they carry their offspring until its time to birth them. With this being said, there is a handful of species’ where the males perform this function including pipefish, leafy seadragons, and seahorses.

Photo illustration of a pregnant seahorse. The divers stumbled upon this male during their fourth dive and happen to be in the right place at the right time to see newborn seahorses emerge from the male's brood pouch.