Wonderful Cichlids: Mouth Breeders

Cichlids are a wonder of evolution. These cichlids use a unique mouth breeding behavior. More

Lake Malawi has an incredible 850 endemic species of fish found nowhere else on earth, almost all of them some kind of Cichlid. Cichlids have evolved into thousands of different species far quicker than it took apes to evolve into just three species. This particular species has learned to hold all of its’ young in its’ mouth to keep them safe.

AIR DATE 2/4/15