Where's the fancy talk.
I did some quick research and found that while generally seahorses are not considered to be endangered, their numbers are declining rapidly. Several species are in fact on the Red List. As noted previously, the majority of these are used in traditional medicines (hey another good use for cloning). The Philippines has the most money invested in the seahorse trade - and we all know where MAC does most of its work in SE Asia... this is an animal that is relatively easy to breed in captivity. There is no need to import them from the wild, especially with the low success rates I would expect most seahorse keepers experience.
Your very own UBC is part of http://www.projectseahorse.org, as is Guylian, one of the world's largest and most well-known chocolate manufacturers - looks like only those crazy greens are in on this one eh? Maybe you're the one with "little knowledge", Kyle.
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-Quinn
Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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