This is a Sea Dragon. He looks a lot like a sea horse. Is'nt he beautiful. They are found mostly in Australia. Their name came from it's appearence. It floats like a sea weed. They eat plankton and small sea crastaceans. The male sea dragons care for the eggs. The female can produce up to 250 bright pink eggs and deposit them on the males tail. It takes about nine weeks for them to hatch Durning that time the eggs turn bright purple. Only 5% of the eggs survive. Did you know that Sea Dragions are the offical marine emblem of South Australia and is protected by the Federal Goverment of Australia because they are endangered through human polution. 
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