The leaf-like parts sticking out from the body of Weedy Seadragon are called skin flaps, and are not fins but modified skin. So where are the real fins? In fact, the real fins are transparent and hard to see because they disguise themselves as seaweed. If you look closely, you should be able to see the pectoral and dorsal fins moving. Let's try to find them.

Weedy Seadragon looks like a piece of seaweed and floats about. Its mouth is long and thin, shaped like a straw. It pretends to be a piece of seaweed and sneaks up on small creatures, sucking them in with its mouth and eating them. It pretends to be harmless, lulling its prey into a false sense of security, and by the time its prey realizes it, it's already too late.

During the breeding season, the underside of the male Weedy Seadragon 's tail swells up, where the female lays her eggs. The male then guards the eggs for just under two months until they hatch. In 2019, Tokyo Sea Life Park became the first in Japan to successfully breed them in an aquarium. Newly hatched Weedy Seadragon are just under 3cm in length. They have skin flaps like their parents from birth, and are able to feed themselves.