When a female seahorse is ready to lay her eggs, she squirts as many as 600 eggs into the male's pouch. The male provides the eggs with all the oxygen and nutrients. Six weeks later he delivers young by shooting them out of his pouch.
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Hickory
big shellbark hickoryCarya laciniosa (Michx. f.) Loud.
Big shellbark hickory is a medium-sized (>24 m) tree. The fruit is the largest of the hickories (about 60 mm long) and the nut is sweet and edible.
bitternut hickoryCarya cordiformis (Wang.) K. Koch
Bitternut hickory is a medium-sized (>21 m) tree. As the name indicates, the nuts are unpalatable for both humans and wildlife. When burned, the smoke from the bitternut gives meats a "hickory" flavour.
mockernut hickoryCarya tomentosa Nutt.
Mockernut hickory is a medium-sized (>24 m) tree. Its twigs, leaves and buds are hairy, and they are all fragrant when rubbed. The mockernut is an important source of food for many large mammals including foxes, beavers, deer and black bears.
pignut hickoryCarya glabra (Mill.) Sweet
Pignut hickory is a slow-growing, long-lived, medium-sized (>24 m) tree. The taste of its nuts ranges from bitter to sweet. However, they are palatable and an important source of food for wildlife.
shagbark hickoryCarya ovata (Mill) K. Koch
Shagbark hickory is a medium-sized (>22 m) tree named after its "shaggy" bark. Hickory nuts are edible and are an important food source for many birds and mammals. Hickory nuts were a very important staple for many First Peoples.
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