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Zoo Rarity: Male Sea Dragon Pregnant

Posted Jun 13, 08 5:48 CDT in US,  Science & Health 

(Newser) – A weedy sea dragon at a Georgia aquarium is giving its handlers a rare Father's Day surprise, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The small critter—one of only a handful of species in which the male carries the eggs—is pregnant. It's just the third time a weedy sea dragon, whose native habitat in Australia is shrinking, has gotten pregnant at a US aquarium. The new arrivals are due in July.

"I can't even put what I feel into words because it is so rare," said a senior biologist at the aquarium. "We know there's something biologically or environmentally that triggers them to want to reproduce, but in the aquarium world, we're not sure what that is."

Sources Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Associated Press

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A male weedy sea dragon carries eggs on his tail at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.   (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A male weedy sea dragon carries eggs on his tail at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.   (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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