Seahorses
Sep 27, 2016 00:22
Today, I will talk about the fish called "seahorses", which have interesting shapes.
Seahorses are called "tatsu no otoshigo" (babies of dragons) in Japan, because their shapes look like dragons.
(In English, it was named "seahorses", because they looked like horses)
Interestingly, males of seahorses have brood pouches on their abdomen like females of kangaroos, and they grow their eggs laid by females up to juveniles.
Therefore, it looks as if males breed their children.
By the way, when a female lay her eggs into a brood pouch of a male, the shape of two seahorses looks heart-shaped, and it's very romantic.
Seahorses are called "tatsu no otoshigo" (babies of dragons) in Japan, because their shapes look like dragons.
(In English, it was named "seahorses", because they looked like horses)
Interestingly, males of seahorses have brood pouches on their abdomen like females of kangaroos, and they grow their eggs laid by females up to juveniles.
Therefore, it looks as if males breed their children.
By the way, when a female lay her eggs into a brood pouch of a male, the shape of two seahorses looks heart-shaped, and it's very romantic.
タツノオトシゴ
今日は変わった形をした魚「タツノオトシゴ」について話します。
タツノオトシゴは「竜の落とし子」という名前からわかるように、その姿が竜のように見えることで知られます。
（英語では馬のように見えることから "seahorse" と名付けられました。）
面白いことに、タツノオトシゴのオスの腹部には、カンガルーにあるような育児嚢という袋があり、ここでメスが産んだ卵を稚魚になるまで育てます。
そのため、あたかもオスが出産したかのように見えます。
ちなみに、メスがオスの育児嚢に卵を産み付ける際、2匹のタツノオトシゴの形がハートに見えて、とてもロマンチックです。
今日は変わった形をした魚「タツノオトシゴ」について話します。
タツノオトシゴは「竜の落とし子」という名前からわかるように、その姿が竜のように見えることで知られます。
（英語では馬のように見えることから "seahorse" と名付けられました。）
面白いことに、タツノオトシゴのオスの腹部には、カンガルーにあるような育児嚢という袋があり、ここでメスが産んだ卵を稚魚になるまで育てます。
そのため、あたかもオスが出産したかのように見えます。
ちなみに、メスがオスの育児嚢に卵を産み付ける際、2匹のタツノオトシゴの形がハートに見えて、とてもロマンチックです。
No. 1 p_m_nen's correction
- Seahorses
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Today, I will talk about the fish called "seahorses", which have interesting shapes.
- Today, I will talk about some fish, called "seahorses," that have interesting shapes.
- Seahorses are called "tatsu no otoshigo" (babies of dragons) in Japan, because their shapes look like dragons.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- (In English, it was named "seahorses", because they looked like horses)
- (In English, they were named "seahorses" because they looked like horses)
- Interestingly, males of seahorses have brood pouches on their abdomen like females of kangaroos, and they grow their eggs laid by females up to juveniles.
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Interestingly, males of seahorses have brood pouches on their abdomens, like females of kangaroos, and they carry the eggs laid by females until the young seahorses are juveniles.
This is a hard sentence -- my edits are just suggestions
- Therefore, it looks as if males breed their children.
- Therefore, it seems like males breed their children.
- By the way, when a female lay her eggs into a brood pouch of a male, the shape of two seahorses looks heart-shaped, and it's very romantic.
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By the way, when a female lay her eggs into a male's brood pouch, the shape of the two seahorses looks like a heart, and it's very romantic.
it's redundant to say "shape" twice
Very interesting post! Especially the difference between "tatsu no otoshigo" and "seahorse"
Toru
Thank you very much for correcting my post! (^^)
Thank you very much for correcting my post! (^^)
No. 2 Seralt's correction
- Today, I will talk about the fish called "seahorses", which have interesting shapes.
- Today, I will talk about seahorses, which have interesting shapes.
- Seahorses are called "tatsu no otoshigo" (babies of dragons) in Japan, because their shapes look like dragons.
- Seahorses are called "tatsu no otoshigo" (baby dragons) in Japanese, because their shapes resemble dragons.
- Interestingly, males of seahorses have brood pouches on their abdomen like females of kangaroos, and they grow their eggs laid by females up to juveniles.
- Interestingly, male seahorses have brood pouches on their abdomens like female kangaroos, and they carry their young from when they're eggs to juveniles.
I was surprised to learn that seahorses are technically a kind of fish. I had to double-check their biological taxonomy to be sure. It's too bad that all species of seahorse are small -- I wish there were species large enough for men to ride on, like in mythology. ^_^
Toru
Thank you so much for forrecting my post!
>> I wish there were species large enough for men to ride on, like in mythology. ^_^
Haha, it sounds cool. One year ago, the world's biggest seahorse was found in the UK. The length was around 30cm, but bigger one may be found someday :)
Thank you so much for forrecting my post!
>> I wish there were species large enough for men to ride on, like in mythology. ^_^
Haha, it sounds cool. One year ago, the world's biggest seahorse was found in the UK. The length was around 30cm, but bigger one may be found someday :)