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The Hippocampus is a highly dimorphic aquatic steed found across temperate and tropical oceans. 

While primarily herbivorous, feeding primarily on aquatic plants, the Hippocampus is not adverse to also feeding on hard shelled mollusks and other invertebrates, especially during mating season. 

The Hippocampus lives in small family herds, consisting of two stallions and their respective mates. However it is a dominant female that actually maintains the power position in the heard. Males and females are nearly identical however males are larger and posses a club like forearm where females have fins. These modified arms are a formidable and dangerous weapon and are used in defense of the heard. They are capable of such force to completely incapacitate predators. 

During mating season stallions will mate and affix the eggs of his brood to his tail. He will be the sole caretaker during this time. The dominant female will be the first and typically mates during the height of spring for optimal feeding for her offspring. 



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