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The Leafy Sea Dragon
This camouflage master is extremely well disguised by its leaf-like green and gold projections as it floats through the seaweed-filled ocean waters. In contrast to most species, it is a male seadragon that carries babies! A female will unload as many as 200 eggs into the male’s pouch, where they remain for a period of about eight weeks before hatching. This creature is one of the most bizarre animals o Earth and its stomach-less and toothless and feeds solely on mysidopsis shrimp and plankton.
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