The discovery of Hippocampus denise has just been announced and what tiny wee things they are too ... around 16 millimetres long.   They live in the tropical waters of the West Pacific - at around 13 to 90 metres below the surface - and are masters/mistresses of disguise, blending in magnificently with the coral it lives on. They'd also be cunningly disguised if they ever found their way into a packet of Twiglets. DP

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