The Animals

Seahorse World is a working farm and offers guided tours with expert guides to experience the fascinating life cycle of a seahorse.

Seahorse World is not your everyday aquarium experience.

Over the years we have discovered that overwhelmingly, people who visit us get the most out of a guided tour where they can listen to an expert, ask questions, touch the animals, and get a true behind-the-scenes experience.

Visit Seahorse World and join a guided tour departing regularly.  Just turn up when you are ready, or buy your tickets online and select a time that you can lock in to guarantee your spot on the tour.

Did you know….

• Seahorses have prehensile tails which are similar to that of a monkeys’ and can grab onto anything. This is a reflex action.
• They have a sealed jaw (that’s what the word syngnathide means) with a mouth opening at the end of the jaw.
• The fin on their back is called a dorsal fin and propels them forward and they maintain their balance with small pectoral fins situated on either side of the back of their head.
• They perform colour changes using small special organs in the skin known as “Chromatophores”.  These are tiny elastic bags of dense pigment that can be expanded and contracted to show a spot of a particular colour, a bit like the pixels in a television screen.  Turning these spots on and off allows them to display particular colours.