Kamil Jureczko, The Dark Knight and his helpers (ANIMAL 2023)

One centimetre tall with an equally 'long' tail... I always get excited when I'm lucky enough to spot a Bargibant's seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti). Their bulbous tubercles covering their tiny bodies match not only the colour but also shape of the polyps of their host species of gorgonian corals, and their bodies match the gorgonian stems. Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me!

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