![Why? Because seahorses have a flexible armor of bony plates that slide past each other during compression, allowing a seahorse to basically collapse upon itself… | Seahorse, Ocean creatures, Ocean animals Why? Because seahorses have a flexible armor of bony plates that slide past each other during compression, allowing a seahorse to basically collapse upon itself… | Seahorse, Ocean creatures, Ocean animals](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/18/42/cd1842c1d05bd7ea9d5787a2d8773206.jpg)
Why? Because seahorses have a flexible armor of bony plates that slide past each other during compression, allowing a seahorse to basically collapse upon itself… | Seahorse, Ocean creatures, Ocean animals
![The location of the spiny bony plates on the body of the polar cod SL... | Download Scientific Diagram The location of the spiny bony plates on the body of the polar cod SL... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341365051/figure/fig2/AS:982325177372676@1611215981526/The-location-of-the-spiny-bony-plates-on-the-body-of-the-polar-cod-SL-156-mm-IO-RAS-w-n.png)
The location of the spiny bony plates on the body of the polar cod SL... | Download Scientific Diagram
🦎 Bony plates beneath their skin make emerald alligator lizards look and feel like alligators, but the two aren't closely related and are found in different habitats. Alligators live in water 🌊,
![The presence of bony lateral plates is associated with variation in... | Download Scientific Diagram The presence of bony lateral plates is associated with variation in... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260116363/figure/fig1/AS:195813377613849@1423696955631/The-presence-of-bony-lateral-plates-is-associated-with-variation-in-neuromast.png)
The presence of bony lateral plates is associated with variation in... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Differences in Size, Shape of Bony Plates Offer Way to Tell Male, Female Stegosaurs Apart | Sci.News Differences in Size, Shape of Bony Plates Offer Way to Tell Male, Female Stegosaurs Apart | Sci.News](https://cdn.sci.news/images/2015/04/image_2725-Stegosaurus-mjosi.jpg)
Differences in Size, Shape of Bony Plates Offer Way to Tell Male, Female Stegosaurs Apart | Sci.News
![Fossils of the bony plates which were located on the hip area of the dinosaur, Polacanthus, Foto de Stock, Imagen Derechos Protegidos Pic. MEV-10705333 | agefotostock Fossils of the bony plates which were located on the hip area of the dinosaur, Polacanthus, Foto de Stock, Imagen Derechos Protegidos Pic. MEV-10705333 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/aa057862a0aafd59111d86d8f564ee3e/mev-10705333.jpg)
Fossils of the bony plates which were located on the hip area of the dinosaur, Polacanthus, Foto de Stock, Imagen Derechos Protegidos Pic. MEV-10705333 | agefotostock
![I modeled all the bony plates in a basal Tetrapod skull (2nd from left) and “evolved” it into the other skulls using Sculpt Mode : r/blender I modeled all the bony plates in a basal Tetrapod skull (2nd from left) and “evolved” it into the other skulls using Sculpt Mode : r/blender](https://i.redd.it/i-modeled-all-the-bony-plates-in-a-basal-tetrapod-skull-2nd-v0-9u1m8ed823w91.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45863be265f3ebfc282f30f0578e6e7df5c5d575)
I modeled all the bony plates in a basal Tetrapod skull (2nd from left) and “evolved” it into the other skulls using Sculpt Mode : r/blender
![Turtle top shell showing bony plates, scutes, and two scutes moved to the side | Turtle, Marine turtle, Turtle top Turtle top shell showing bony plates, scutes, and two scutes moved to the side | Turtle, Marine turtle, Turtle top](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/59/c8/4359c85afbb162ef6613ea309e9bf226.jpg)
Turtle top shell showing bony plates, scutes, and two scutes moved to the side | Turtle, Marine turtle, Turtle top
![The location of the spiny bony plates on the body of the polar cod SL... | Download Scientific Diagram The location of the spiny bony plates on the body of the polar cod SL... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yana-Bolshakova/publication/341365051/figure/fig2/AS:982325177372676@1611215981526/The-location-of-the-spiny-bony-plates-on-the-body-of-the-polar-cod-SL-156-mm-IO-RAS-w-n_Q640.jpg)