Only Wild Caught devils get the big lips like The one Madness has. They have them due to theyre eating habbit in the wild. some devils will lose them in captivity others will keep them like madness.. It does not have to due with fighting or genetics.
BIG LIPPED DEVILS
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Only Wild Caught devils get the big lips like The one Madness has. They have them due to theyre eating habbit in the wild. some devils will lose them in captivity others will keep them like madness.. It does not have to due with fighting or genetics.
So if a midas ate the same as a wild devil, it would get big lips?
they have to have the genes to get it.
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they have to have the genes to get it.
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I wonder if anyone ever bred a big lipped pair before. Then we can really know if what is being said all the time is true or not..
I am pretty sure people have. I know jeff rapps has had f1's in the past. xinchavoc is right the diet contributes to the big lips in labiatus for the most part. Just like the natural sunlight contributes to some red devils having the bright red coloration.
Of course people have bred WC labiatus in captivity. The offspring do not share the same large rubbery lips as their wild parents.
A. labiatus has morphed (longer head, compressed body, and fleshy lips) due to it's specialized feeding technique of feeding on invertebrates and crustaceans found within the rock crannies. Labiatus comes from the Latin term labium, which means lip.
Apparently some of the A. citrinellus types share some of these same physical characteristics due to the same specialized feeding technique in the wild. Such as the yet to be described A. sp. "fatlips" shown below.
A. labiatus has morphed (longer head, compressed body, and fleshy lips) due to it's specialized feeding technique of feeding on invertebrates and crustaceans found within the rock crannies. Labiatus comes from the Latin term labium, which means lip.
Apparently some of the A. citrinellus types share some of these same physical characteristics due to the same specialized feeding technique in the wild. Such as the yet to be described A. sp. "fatlips" shown below.
daaaammmm! lolOf course people have bred WC labiatus in captivity. The offspring do not share the same large rubbery lips as their wild parents.
A. labiatus has morphed (longer head, compressed body, and fleshy lips) due to it's specialized feeding technique of feeding on invertebrates and crustaceans found within the rock crannies. Labiatus comes from the Latin term labium, which means lip.
Apparently some of the A. citrinellus types share some of these same physical characteristics due to the same specialized feeding technique in the wild. Such as the yet to be described A. sp. "fatlips" shown below.
So u think it's from eating out of cracks? Maybe the lips rub on the rocks and get bruised up along the way as they grow on each individual in the wild?? I have no idea.
I think the lips are pretty crazy but I don't like the body type of the RDs personally
Exactly, it's not so much a case of what they eat, but how they eat. You'll see the same thing with some of the fish found in the Rift Lakes, such as Placidochromis milomo.
http://cichlidlovers.com/p_milomo.htm
You won't see those large rubbery lips in captive bred fish, either. In the wild, those thick lips serve as gaskets, and are used to extract prey from the cracks and crevices in the rock piles where they feed. Over time their lips become calloused, and enlarged.
http://cichlidlovers.com/p_milomo.htm
You won't see those large rubbery lips in captive bred fish, either. In the wild, those thick lips serve as gaskets, and are used to extract prey from the cracks and crevices in the rock piles where they feed. Over time their lips become calloused, and enlarged.
Here is my big 13" male. Pictures arent that great.
Wow, those are Angelina Jolie Lips........
.....Nice looking DevilWow, those are Angelina Jolie Lips........
Rofl
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