Why is snakeheaded fish called again in folk " filial piety fish " ?

Not be completely, we think snakeheaded fish is fed then child!

A period of time of blindness of the meeting after thinking snakeheaded fish lays eggs commonly, lose thereby prey ability. And afraid mother fish is starved to death after piscine darling hatch, can swim actively in mouth of past mother fish, with body raise mother. People thinks this is the expression to filial piety, regard snakeheaded fish as thereby " filial piety fish " .

This fokelore is of course via removing deliberate, conduct propaganda disobeys the thing that often manages this kind not to pursue somewhat certainly, with body raise mother this is planted I filial piety also indeed horrible!

Compare to it, that view is close to a fact more a few! Also be to think to the meeting after snakeheaded fish lays eggs has the blindness of period of time and cannot prey, to be afraid of starved to death, mother fish can follow his juvenile, take at any time feed, restore till oneself eyesight and physical strength.

This is not out of thin air, snakeheaded fish is met really incomplete is fed congener, want body length of the other side not to exceed 2/3 of own body only, may be gone to by get down.

This is snakeheaded fish actually protect young characteristics! The prelarva that firm hatch comes to, still carrying yolk bag, because of the existence of yolk bursa, before prelarva body paragraph expand, can side lies to drift gently in Chao Bian at surface.

At this moment, can guard to parent fish in son school lower part, once have a sign of disturbance or trouble, son school can swim to parent fish to seek asylum, build thereby piece " with body raise mother " false appearance.

Parent fish of course also won't blindness, however look bright, once discover other fish or frog kind juvenile of be covetous on, can try to drive hammer and tongs, want to break palpability how to still be protected! Mother fish blindness should let in fokelore, just have a reason to let the piety of prelarva ~