How Fast Is Seahorse?

Seahorses are the slowest fish in the ocean, using only their tiny dorsal fin to propel themselves at roughly 1.5 metres per hour. The dwarf seahorse is so slow it would take hours to cross a small aquarium.

Seahorses are the only animals where the male becomes pregnant — females deposit eggs into the male's pouch, and he gestates and births the young weeks later.

• Same pace as honey being poured
• 1,000× slower than a walking human