Jean Painlevé
L' HIPPOCAMPE
Seahorse
Jean Painlevé
France 1934
13 min
V'01
The sea horse is the only vertical fish. The male sea horse has a pouch into which the female lays her eggs. They are surrounded then by a network of arterioles and veins which feeds the embryos. After approximately thirty days, the male undergoes a genuine form of childbirth, with contractions of the pouch to expel the embryos.
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Jean Painlevé
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