Seahorses in the news

[Picasso]

I hope seahorses can survive our idiocy:

Egypt: Chinese passenger attempts to smuggle sea horses - Bikya Masr

tragic.

 

[Aquagrrl]

Oh, I saw that this morning. The most upsetting thing is that they just let the guy go. Egypt is a CITES member, they should have, at the very least, fined him. Otherwise it does nothing, the guy is out some money but otherwise, why not try again? Who knows how many times he's gotten away with it already?

 

[little_fish]

Ugg, chinese "medicine" makes me sick

 

[dcantucson]

Very sad.

 

[the reef kid]

To me this is just as bad as shark finning or whaling, it's all just sick and twisted.

 

[Picasso]

Why? so idiots can add them to their potpourri? Buttheads.

 

[Jmck]

Absolutely disgusting... What else can you say about an endangered spcies being taken

 

[Jmck]

'Thirty-two countries are involved in fishing some 20,000,000 seahorses each year; yet production already is failing to meet a worldwide demand that had reached 500 tons annually by the beginning of the 21st century, according to online conservationists reports.'

omg!

 

[Picasso]

H. paradoxus, very cool name!

Hippocampus paradoxus: New species of seahorse found | Mail Online

 

[BL1]

Cool name but that's one ugly horse

 

[Picasso]

Cool name but that's one ugly horse

Ugly horse?

Ugly horse = oxymoron

:D

 

[vonjankmon]

Ok maybe not ugly but that little guy could use some makeup or something... :lol:

 

[little_fish]

Its like the frat boy of the seahorses, with its little pot (beer) belly

 

[Ana]

Very nice horse in my opinion, I like it's yellow color and ineresting shape :D

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Feel so sad.

 

[Unicorrs]

60 kilos, that's a lot!

 

[Picasso]

Some good news, finally!

Taiwan Today

 

[wontonflip]

Awesome!!!

 

[Bertie]

Re: the 'ugly' seahorse.

"He's dead, Jim!' *

* Bones McCoy, Star Trek ship's doctor