Rare Seahorse Filmed for the First Time | National Geographic

for possibly the first time video of a
little-known West African seahorse has
been captured in the wild Zoological
Society of London researcher Kate West
recorded the video while traveling with
local fishermen off the coast of Senegal
researchers are concerned for this and
other sea voice species because within
the last twenty years or so they have
been increasingly harvested and exported
for use in traditional Chinese medicine
an estimated 150 million are used in the
traditional medicine trade each year
poor visibility and rough diving
conditions make it difficult to study
the West African seahorse so little is
known about it the bright reddish-brown
seahorse is one of two species native to
West Africa and it’s believed they are
exported around the world since 2002 the
West African seahorse has been on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species