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Kingdom of the Seahorse
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Program Overview
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Of all males in the animal kingdom, only one
can be absolutely sure of his paternity. The seahorse. Because in seahorses
it is the male, and only the male, who gets pregnant and gives birth.
Seahorses' extraordinary looks and surprising behavior have earned them a
mythic stature, one that now puts them in peril. Millions are harvested each
year for use in Chinese medicine as a cure for male impotence. Now their
populations worldwide are plummeting. Dive with Amanda Vincent, the world's
leading seahorse biologist, in Australia and the Phillipines as she explores
the secret lives of these extraordinary fish, and launches innovative efforts
to help them thrive once again.
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