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“A Tight Grip”

Photo: Nicholas More//Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Photo: Nicholas More//Wildlife Photographer of the Year

This isn’t an oddly shaped raspberry; it’s a photo of a male Bargibant’s seahorse, taken by Nicolas More in the UK. This seahorse is holding on tight to a type of coral known as a pink sea fan and appears to be pregnant—a unique trait of theirs shared only by a few other members of the animal kingdom, such as closely related seadragons. These seahorses will gestate for about two weeks before giving birth to tiny live young.