Mary Allen
ʻO ke koholā uliuli ka holoholona nui loa ma ka honua. E like me nā koholā a pau, pili ia i nā mammals. Hiki i kona kino ke ulu a hiki i 33 mika ka lōʻihi a me ke kaumaha he 200 tons. ʻO ka puʻuwai o ke kohola uliuli wale nō ke kaumaha e like me ke kaʻa liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi 600 a 1000 kilokani. Paʻi ʻo ia i ʻeono manawa i kēlā me kēia minuke, e pā mau ana i mau tausani lita o ke koko ma ke kino.
He kohola polū me ke kanaka a me ka dolphin.
E like me nā koholā ʻē aʻe, pono e lele hou ke kohola polū ma hope o kekahi mau minuke ma lalo o ka wai e hanu ai. Hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi pūnāwai nui i kapa ʻia he pā. Piʻi ʻo ia i ʻeiwa mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe.
Aia nā koholā uliuli ma nā kai a pau. Noho lākou i ka hoʻoilo ma nā wahi hema aʻe no ka mea ʻoi aku ka mahana ma laila. Makemake lākou e hoʻopau i ke kauwela ma ka ʻākau. Ma laila e ʻike ai ke kohola uliuli i nā pāpaʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā plankton. ʻO kekahi huaʻōlelo ʻo ia ka krill. ʻAi ʻo ia ma kahi o ʻekolu a ʻehā mau tona o kēia lā a kūkulu ʻia nā waihona momona nui mai ia mea. Ponoʻo ia i kēia mau momona momona no ka hoʻoilo. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻai ke kohola uliuli.
ʻAʻole wili ke kohola uliuli i kāna ʻai me nā niho, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe ona niho. Akā, he nui nā papa pepeiaohao maikaʻi a me nā kaula i loko o kona waha, i kapa ʻia he baleen. Hana lākou e like me ke kānana a hoʻopaʻa pono i nā mea a pau e ʻai ai i loko o ka waha o ke koholā polū.
Ke ʻimi nei nā koholā polū i ka ʻai, ʻauʻau mālie lākou. E like me ka wikiwiki o ke kanaka e hele ana. Ke neʻe lākou i kahi lōʻihi, ʻauʻau lākou ma kahi o 30 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola. Hele hoʻokahi nā koholā polū kāne. Hoʻokumu pinepine nā wahine i nā hui me nā wahine ʻē aʻe a me kā lākou mau keiki.
Hiki i nā koholā polū ke oʻo i ka wahine ma ka makahiki ʻelima a ʻeono makahiki. Hāpai ka makuahine kohola polū i kāna pēpē i loko o kona ʻōpū no ʻumikūmākahi mahina. I ka hānau ʻana, ʻehiku mau mika ka lōʻihi a ʻelua a me ka hapa paha kona kaumaha. Ua like ia me ke kaʻa kaumaha loa. Hanai ka makuahine i kāna keiki no ʻehiku mahina. A laila ʻaneʻane 13 mika ka lōʻihi.