LEAFY SEA DRAGON, A VISUALLY SPECTACULAR SEA CREATURE WITH INCREDIBLE CAMOUFLAGE

During mating, the female produces and deposits between 100 – 250 bright-pink eggs onto this special brood patch of the male, where the eggs are fertilized during the transfer. This brood patch is particularly developed by the male during the breeding season and it comprises of cups of blood-rich tissue each holding one egg and thus supplying oxygen to the eggs. Within each breeding season, male Leafy sea dragons will hatch two batches of eggs.