Big mouth. (Freeze Frame).AT THE first sign of danger--human hands invading a fish tank, for example--baby Asian arowana Asian arowana refers to several varieties of freshwater fish in the genus Scleropages. Some sources differentiate these varieties into multiple species,[2][3] while others consider the different strains to belong to a single species, (Scleropages formosus) dart into their dad's mouth for safety. Like a cozy cradle, the deep mouth of an adult male arowana is designed to snuggle young. In fact, dad gulps his mate's eggs to protect and incubate incubate /in·cu·bate/ (in´ku-bat) 1. to subject to or to undergo incubation. 2. material that has undergone incubation. in·cu·bate v. 1. them, using heat from his mouth to help eggs develop. After a couple of months, the fry (babies) grow big enough to survive on their own--and out they swim. Do babies fear being gouged by dad's teeth? "The adult arowana's teeth are located way back in the throat," says ichthyologist ich·thy·ol·o·gy n. The branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes. ich  thy·o·log (fish scientist) Heok Hee Ng at the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. . Arowana, called "dragon fish" because of enormous scales and long, whisker-like chin barbels, inhabited Southeast Asian streams for 100 million years. Now they're an endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , and also among the world's most prized and pricey aquarium fish. Luckily, captive arowana are breeding by the mouthful on special fish farms.
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