Habitat and Distribution
There are many different regions around Australia which are home to the Leafy Sea Dragon. They are only found living in bodies of saltwater. They need it to be very warm so they tend to stick to the tropical areas and are going to be found around the shorelines. The water has to be at least 74 degrees Fahrenheit for them to survive.
Today the common places where they live are Jurien Bay and Kangaroo Island.
Evolution
There is very little information at all out there about the evolution of the Leafy Sea Dragon. There are some fossil remains of seahorses though that date back more than 3 million years. It is believed that these branched out from them and that they were once much larger than what we see today.
Diet and Feeding Habits
There are many types of food that the Leafy Sea Dragon depends on in their natural environment for survival. This include shrimp, crustaceans, and plankton. They will eat what they happen to find in any given environment so the diet can vary based upon location.
The snout of this seahorse is very long and it works as a pipe method for them to suck food resources through. They don’t chew food as they don’t have teeth so what they consume has to be small enough to be swallowed in one piece. They feed at a very slow pace.
They also have to eat very frequently which may be surprised for such a small living creature. The reason they have to feed so often though has to do with the fact that they don’t have any digestive system to hold the food.
(source:google/http://www.seahorseworlds.com/)
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