The Sea Dragon, hidden in the depths of the ocean and one of the most camouflaged species on the planet - not many people have actually seen this sea dragon. Living in the waters off the coast of the East and South Australia they're often recognized by their reddish color and their long and thin snouts. Surprisingly, their snout actually helps propel them through the water, tumbling like seaweed drifting through the oceans. Like sea horses, it's actually the males which are responsible for childbearing, instead of a pouch they have a patch on the underside of their tail where females deposit their bright pink eggs. They then release the miniature sea dragons after about 5 weeks.
Unfortunately, they're actually endangered as divers often take them as pets, so much so the Australian government actually put complete protection on them in the early 1990s - but it might not be too late.
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