So the seahorse has a unique muscular tail that is prehensile, meaning it can grip objects the way your hand does. Seahorses often wrap their tails around sea grass stems, coral heads, sponges, ...

“The tail is the seahorse’s lifeline, because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators,” said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student in materials science ...

Seahorses use their strong and flexible tails to anchor themselves to plants and other materials on coral reefs or the sea floor, allowing them to hide from predators.

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Video: Seahorse grasps object with paradoxical tail There's more than a twist to this tail. One of the ocean's most strangely shaped creatures is even more special than we knew. Seahorses have ...

The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers have found. The tail's flexibility is due to its structure, made up of bony, armored ...

Seahorses are strange little fish that eat constantly, swim terribly, and do intricate courtship dances. Here are more cool facts about seahorses.

“The tail is the seahorse’s lifeline because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators,” said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student at the Jacobs School of ...

This ability is useful for a seahorse because it uses the tail to anchor its body to coral or seaweed while snatching whatever food floats by.

The tail of a seahorse could provide the inspiration for armoured robots that have the ability to grasp, according to researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina. Using 3D printing to trying ...

Researchers have revealed an unlikely inspiration for armour that could one day protect bomb disposal robots - a seahorse tail. The team found the animal's tail was exceptionally good at ...

The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found. The tail's flexibility is due to ...