it appears that it is a question that has baffled marine scientists for centuries, 'why the delicate seahorse had gradually adapted its body to an S shape,' has finally been answered, the seahorses flexible arched neck acts like a spring that stores energy allowing it to attack more distant prey, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications,
lead researcher Dr Sam Van Wassenbergh, of the University of Antwerp, used high-speed film footage to watch seahorses operate at 66 times slower than their normal speed, he then applied mathematical models to show how the 'bend and snap' of a seahorses neck gives it a 20 per cent larger strike zone than it's close relative the pipefish, Dr Wassenbergh added: 'My theory is that you have this ancestral pipefish-like fish and they evolved a more cryptic lifestyle.' so now we know.
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