Why does a single select query result in multiple database transactions?

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I connect to my postgres database through pgAdmin and run this query below.

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM PICTURES;

I have about 450k rows in the table and the "tuples out" graph above reflects that.
Why does a single select query result in ~10 transactions as seen by transactions per second graph ? According to what I know it should be a single transaction ?

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