Bob and Weave With Lined Seahorses

The lined seahorses in Surviving Through Adaptation can be seen bobbing up and down to swim through their habitat.

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The lined seahorse is the only seahorse species present in the Chesapeake Bay. These ambush predators hitch their unique tails to grasses and other objects and wait for unsuspecting prey—including larval shrimp, amphipods and worms—to pass by.

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