A baby tigertail seahorse greets its father which gave birth to it during a breeding programme at Brighton Sealife Centre

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A baby tigertail seahorse Hippocampus comes isolated in a test tube greets its father which incubated it in its pouch The pair are part of a breeding programme at Brighton Sealife Centre a large seafront aquarium complex "More than 20 million tigertails are exported to China and Japan each year for use in treatments for baldness and impotence and world stocks are dwindling"

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Size: 5292px × 3377px
Location: Brighton Sussex England UK Great Britain
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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