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Online Aquarium for Kids
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The Swordtail
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Careful Parents |
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The
Jewel fish swims quietly and self-importantly around the aquarium. When
the time comes to breed it chooses its spot, deposits its roe on a stone
and stands guard over it, letting no other fish come near. It leaves its
post only to eat. Then the male takes its turn, until the female returns,
and so they stand guard turn and turn about, like loving parents. Woe
betide any fish which tries to harm their young; it gets such a beating
that it will think twice before trying again. |
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