Kingdom of the Seahorse

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Kingdom of the Seahorse (1997)

“Tour their magical and complex world”

Documentary · 56m

To many of us they are a figure of fancy on par with the unicorn. To scientists, however, the seahorse is a fascinating object of study. Unlike other animals, in seahorses it is the male who get pregnant and gives birth. But to populations around the world, the seahorse is something else again; considered a source of sexual prowess to proponents of traditional Chinese medicine, the magical seahorse is also a crucial source of income to fishermen in the Philippines who harvest and sell them to that burgeoning trade.

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Cast

Crew

Writer
Susan Kopman Lewis
Producer
Susan Kopman Lewis, Beth Hoppe, Andrew Thompson, Melanie Wallace

Details

Release date
1997-04-15
Runtime
56m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN