Mary Allen
Hoʻolauna: Ka Moʻo Tongo
ʻO ka Tongo Lizard, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ka Nile Monitor Lizard, he ʻano mea kolo nui i loaʻa ma lalo o Saharan Africa. He reptile semi-aquatic hiki ke ulu a hiki i 2.1 mika ka lōʻihi a hiki i 20 kg ke kaumaha. Ua ʻike ʻia ka Tongo Lizard no kona mau ʻauwae ikaika, maiuu ʻoi, a me kona huelo ikaika, e hoʻohana ai ʻo ia e hopu i ka mea pio a pale iā ia iho mai nā mea ʻaihue.
He ʻano koʻikoʻi ka Tongo Lizard i loko o ka kaiaolaola o ʻApelika, no ka mea, he kuleana koʻikoʻi ia i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka heluna kanaka o nā holoholona liʻiliʻi a me nā inike. Eia naʻe, i kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ke kū nei ka Tongo Lizard i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i kona ola ʻana, a ke emi koke nei kona heluna kanaka. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e kūkākūkā mākou i nā kumu o ka pōʻino o ka Tongo Lizard a me nā hana mālama e mālama ʻia ai kēia ʻano.
Noho o ka Moo Tongo
Loaʻa ka Tongo Lizard ma lalo o Saharan Africa, me nā ʻāina e like me Kenya, Tanzania, a me Uganda. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma nā wahi noho like ʻole, e like me nā ululāʻau, nā ʻāina wai, nā savannas, a me nā swamps. He ʻano semi-aquatic ka Tongo Lizard a loaʻa mau ma kahi kokoke i nā muliwai, loko, a me nā kino wai ʻē aʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, ma muli o nā hana a ke kanaka e like me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ululāʻau a me ke kūlanakauhale, ua luku ʻia ka wahi kūlohelohe o ka Tongo Lizard, a ke emi nei kona heluna kanaka. Ke ʻimi ʻia nei ka moʻo Tongo no kona ʻili a me kona ʻiʻo, he mea weliweli loa ia i kona ola ʻana. Eia kekahi, pili pū ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i ka noho ʻana o ka Tongo Lizard, no ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mahana a me nā ʻano ua e hoʻololi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻano mea kanu a me nā holoholona.