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> Many sea horses have tails which can grip stalks of plants. No other aquatic animal like this:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150331100901.htm-"The research team used thousands of 3D points from the computer model to quantify and map the seahorse&apos;s unique armor and the muscular and skeletal system within. They then compared the anatomy of the tail to that of other fish species within the seahorse&apos;s family, some of which do not have tails that bend or grasp.-"&apos;We hypothesized that the variation in the grasping species would be much less than non-grasping fish because it would require certain building blocks to construct a tail that is flexible and rigid at the same time," said Adriaens. "To our surprise, we found differences in the ways a grasping tail was made, based on the same skeletal and muscular elements. Although a grasping tail is highly exceptional for a fish, it evolved multiple times independently within the family that seahorses belong to.&apos;"