- Did you know there are contradictions wherever you look as to whether seahorses mate for life? Most, it seems, are certainly monogamous during the courting season and can be so for several seasons after.
- Did you know there are 35 species of seahorses?
- Did you know that they’re very poor swimmers and can sometimes die of exhaustion in the process if the weather is particularly stormy?
- Did you know they have chameleon-like eyes?
- Did you know that their ‘courtship dance’ can last for 8 hours?
- Did you know that the female of the species produces the eggs and inserts them into the male’s pouch?
- Finally, did you know that several species of seahorse are in danger of extinction due to pollution, destruction of their usual tropical, shallow water habitats and the continuing practice of harvesting them for traditional Asian medicine?
Seahorses use their prehensile tails to grab onto sea grasses and corals – Photograph by George Grall [National Geographic]
Take care and keep laughing!
First Night Design 
I knew two of those facts….the rest all new to me. Excellent:)
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Thank you! I knew only two when I started writing the post. – that the male bears the babies and that they mate for life.
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Interesting information! Phenomenal designs. Love them.
On another note: I just saw Brag Monday went away…sniff…I am saddened.
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Thank you, Sherry. As for Brag Monday, I knoooow! Apparently we can submit any designs that have used her images via the submission form. In some ways that’s better as it means a whole post devoted to each individual.
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I love this.
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on First Night Design and commented:
I am still not able to create new images, in this instance for Valentine’s Day, which saddens me. I had hoped I would have received my new MacBook Pro by now but ‘Greek Time’ is something else! In the meantime, this is a post from a year ago about love and seahorses.
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Beautiful images which I will re blog….and yes ‘Greek Time’ does give a whole new slant on things:) Hope you have a lovely weekend, and keep laughing:)x
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Aw, thank you, Janet!
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Reblogged this on My Life as an Artist (2) and commented:
More of Sarah’s beautiful designs.
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These are beautiful designs Sarah – the lines show a wonderful delicateness to the overall piece. I never knew courting could take so long – imagine how tired they must get. When my husband and I courted (east coast/west coast, one of those long distance romances) we’d spent 5+ hours on the phone during the weekend ~
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I’m afraid I can’t take credit for the delicacy as it’s a vintage silhouette image from The Graphics Fairy!
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While I didn’t see your post a year ago, I’m enjoying today as if it’s new. Hope you get your Mac this coming week.
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I’m delighted to hear that, Mary. (I hope I get the Mac this week too but I’m not holding my breath!)
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