Smallest Seahorse

Hello from Iraq!  I just wanted to let you all know that everything is going good over here and I even have some spare time for reading.  I just wanted to pass this article I read in the Oct 2003 National Geographic (yes I know it is a year old but I read whatever is available) to all the aqua-equestrians on the board (Hiya Suzy!!).

I don't have a scanner so I will type it out.

Found:  Tiniest Horse in the Sea

Just six-tenths of an inch long Hippocampus denise, the smallest seahorse species yet discovered, was found on a Indonesian reef.  Sara Lourie of Mcgill University and Project Seahorse searched for the pygmy seahorse after seeing a picture taken by nature photographer Denise Tackett.  Says Sara, "We examined every little branch of coral for the telltale sign of an eye or a curled tail."

Elliot, John L., National Geographic, ) October, 2003 

 

The picture of the little guy is pretty amazing if you can get your hands on a copy of the magazine.

Hope to see you all in a couple of months!

 

Damon

 

Those are cool looking! If they are smaller than a H. zosterae,
they must be the size of my little fingernail! Or, of a baby's little
fingernail!

Thanks, Damon! Hope somebody's watching your back! We're
all thinking of you! Give 'em hell for us back home!

Alex, thanks!  I don't know if Damon will get a chance to visit this thread.  If not, I'll be sure to tell him. 

If anyone wants it, his e-mail is:  [email protected]   His first name is technically Michael, in case you wondered.  But they have too many Michaels in their family.  So he has always used his middle name.

Renee