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Online Aquarium for Kids
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The Swordtail
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Eggs in Safety |
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This
fish has such a long name its hard to remember: it is called
Pseudotropheus Auratus, and it is a cunning little fish. It hides its roe
in its mouth to save it from other fish, then shuts its mouth tight for
twelve days, not opening it even to eat. However thin and hungry it gets
it will not open its mouth. At this period it even grows a special pouch
under its lower jaw to take the roe. It doesn't mind going hungry if it
knows that the roe is always there, so that the young will hatch out safe
and sound. |
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