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An Australian diver was lucky enough to witness two times, just a few days apart, the beautiful moment female seahorses transfered their eggs to their partners underneath Rye Pier in Victoria. Jules Casey, who frequently posts underwater footage to her OneBreathDiver https://www.instagram.com/onebreathdiver/ Instagram account, https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNOtYqeTPHW/ said these sightings brought her total to five. In her https://www.instagram.com/p/DM8yQB5zLqg/ first video, Casey said she captured a pair she had observed flirting for weeks, watching as the male inflated his belly to show he had room for eggs before they rose together for the transfer, after which he rolled around fertilizing the eggs while she swam away. Her https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOtYqeTPHW/ second video shows an unexpected encounter during the final minutes of an 85-minute dive in 11 degrees celsius water, where she spotted three seahorses (two females and one male) and witnessed the spectacular moment when one pair completed their transfer in perfect lighting conditions. Seahorses perform an elaborate mating dance as they brighten in color, twisting their tails and swimming in circles, according to the https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/finding-love-in-the-wild#:~:text=Seahorses%20begin%20their%20courtship%20with,offspring%20rather%20than%20the%20females WWF. 'To capture this exact moment is an underwater photographer's dream,' Casey told Storyful. 'I've now witnessed this five times; I'm very lucky.' (Footage by Jules Casey/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)