Animal facts: Sea horses are a kind of fish!

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Yes, you've read this right! Sea horses are actually fishes that look like horses with curly tails. According to the TIME Almanac, "male sea horses assume the responsibility for holding and hatching the eggs by receiving them from the females and storing them in their pouches until they are ready to be born; the eggs hatch inside the male, who then squeezes them out." Isn't it a bit cool?