Friday, May 9, 2008

Animal quiz

Melanie guessed it!
Seahorses only have 150 sperm per testis, the male fertilizes the eggs inside his brood pouch and carries them to term. They are way cool fish.
More marine fun facts coming your way.
First person to get three right will have a sweet treat mailed to them courtesy of the Fraurer bakery.


I get to learn all sorts of cool things about marine animals everyday. Some things stick out above others, and I have decided to share them with you all in quiz form. If we make this a regular thing maybe we will add a prize. So here goes.

What fish has the lowest sperm count of all fishes (150 sperm per testis)?

hint: it is a fish everyone has heard of, nothing obscure.
Fish in this family are found all over the world in shallow water environments.
Some species in this family are aquacultured, BUT NOT FOR FOOD.
Not a catfish
Fish in this family are a favorite, when on exhibit, in public aquariums.
They are generally small in size.
They have a very unique reproductive strategy (it's how they are successful with so few sperm)

4 comments:

Greg D said...

I guess . . . Catfish!

melanie said...

!!!!!!SEAHORSES!!!!!

melanie said...

did I win???

Greg D said...

I think I have the opposite problem, too much sperm, not enough "strategy"