Arowana

Pagi ni, tetiba telefon berbunyi...'mak'. Ait apasal mak telefon..memang jarang mak atau ayah telefon kecuali ada hal. Sebab selalunya saya yang akan menelefon diorang.

Mak : Mak nak sampaikan berita sedih ni.
saya : Kenapa? (berdebar jugak)
Mak : Ikan kelisa kamu baru je mati, mengelupur dan mati.
saya : La...ye ke?
Mak : Mana mak tau. Ayah kata nak kebumi sebelum zohor nanti.

Sempat jugak mak dan ayah buat lawak walau dalam sdih2 tu. Secara jujurnya memang saya sedih. Sebab saya melihat ikan tu membesar. Dan ikan itu ayah hadiahkan kepada saya. Kenangan dengan kelisa itu memang banyak. Dan terlalu sempurna kelisa itu di mata saya!!

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Arowanas, also known as aruanas or arawanas are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, sometimes known as "bony tongues." In this family of fishes, the head is bony and the elongate body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and the anal fins have soft rays and are long based, while the pectoral and ventral fins are small. The name 'bony tongues' is derived from a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth, the 'tongue', equipped with teeth that bite against teeth on the roof of the mouth. The fish can obtain oxygen from air by sucking it into the swim bladder, which is lined with capillaries like lung tissue. The arapaima is an "obligatory air breather".



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