In Assocation with the Smithsonian Institution

A public sculpture park in Solomons, Maryland

Seahorses by the Bay: Main Page - Scavenger Hunt - The Delivery - Chosen Designs - Committee and Sponsors - Raffle

 

1. Is a seahorse a fish?

2. Which parent gives birth to young seahorses?

3. What is the name of the only seahorse found in the Chesapeake Bay?

4. How many species of seahorse are currently found worldwide?

5. Do seahorses pick one mate for life?

6. Are there any seahorses that live in fresh water?

7. Can seahorses swim miles a day?

8. Can seahorses change color?

9. Without this, strong currents in the water would wash seahorses away.
If they want a place to rest, they need one of these-- what is it?

10. Can a seahorse bite?

11. Why does a seahorse have to eat many small meals through out the day?

12. A two-week-old seahorse can eat how many brine shrimp over a ten-hour period?

13. Do seahorses have predators?

14. Can seahorses talk?

15. The lined seahorse gives birth to how many young?

16. The gestation period (how long the seahorse is pregnant) is how long for the lined seahorse?

17. Are the habitats of seahorses in danger?

18. What are some of the major threats to seahorses?

19. Twenty million dried seahorses were traded worldwide in 1995.
What were the majority of those used for?

20. Are seahorses the perfect fish for your home aquarium?

21. The seahorse found in the Chesapeake Bay is known as the lined seahorse, or Hippocampus erectus.
What does this mean?

22. Do seahorses prefer shallow or deep-water habitats?

23. Seahorses belong to the family Syngnathidae, meaning fused jaw.
Who else belongs to this family?

24. Are humans one of the major reasons the seahorses may go extinct?

25. What can you do to help seahorses?