Waikiki Aquarium welcomes rare Australian sea critter
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Juvenile weedy seadragons will be included in the Waikiki Aquarium's Amazing Adaptations Exhibit, making their debut on May 23.
The unique sea creatures are rarely seen and were received through a special collaboration with Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego.
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Prior to their debut, the seadragons completed a 21-day observational quarantine.
The species is native to Australian waters and are related to seahorses and pipefish. Similar to seahorses, male weedy seadragons brood eggs and incubate them on the underside of their tales.Weedy seadragons are known for their elaborate mating dance, where they spin snout-to-snout and move up and down in order to transfer eggs from the female to the male's tail, where they are then fertilized.
The juvenile seadragons that can be found at the Waikiki Aquarium are smaller and less colorful than adult seadragons, but they already possess signature seadragon traits like their leaf-like appendages and elongated bodies.
For more information on the Waikiki Aquarium and how to see the juvenile weedy seadragons, visit the aquarium's website.
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