Mary Allen
ʻO nā honu a me nā honu wale nō nā holoholona me ka iwi kuamoʻo nona nā poʻohiwi i loko o ko lākou iwi ʻaoʻao.
He aha ke kua o ka honu?
E like me ka exoskeleton o nā pepeke, ʻo ka pūpū o ka honu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka iwi hope (carapace) a me ka ʻōpū ʻōpū (plastron), e hoʻopili ana i nā ʻāpana kino nui a me nā ʻāpana koe wale nō ke poʻo.
He kuamoʻo ko ka honu?
Aia ka pale kaua i ka papa haʻahaʻa loa o nā iwi nui, i hana ʻia ma ka mōʻaukala mai ka iwi kuamoʻo, nā iwi ʻaoʻao, a me ke pelvis. Aia ka ʻili ma luna o nā iwi.
He aha ka honu ma kona kua?
ʻO ka maikaʻi o nā pahu liʻiliʻi he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo ka honu e moe ana ma kona kua, he pale ʻole ia a he pio maikaʻi loa ia no nā mea ʻaihue inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ala hou aʻe.
He iwi ʻaoʻao ko ka honu?
ʻAʻohe iwi ʻaoʻao a iwi kuamoʻo paha nā honu i kēia lā.
ʻEhia nā spine o ka honu?
He loli ke ʻano a me ka helu o nā kino vertebral o ka huelo. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻano ʻano he 12 vertebrae.
He aha nā wāwae o ka honu?
4 gangue a i ʻole kapuaʻi hope (i loko o nā honu wāwae a me nā manamana wāwae ua pōkole a mānoanoa, i loko o nā honu wai maʻemaʻe [eg macaw turtle] kapuaʻi pūnaewele ma waena o nā manamana wāwae, i nā honu kai i hoʻololi ʻia i nā hale e like me ka hope). He pōkole ka huelo, pinepine me ke kui ma ka piko.
He mau wāwae a he peʻa paha ka honu?
He mau wāwae ke ʻano o nā honu wai.
Hiki i nā honu ke hāʻule ma ko lākou kua?
Inā hāʻule ka honu ma kona kua, ua pilikia kona ola. Me kona mau wāwae i ka lewa, he pale ʻole ʻo ia i nā ʻenemi. Hōʻike nā haʻawina a nā mea noiʻi Serbian ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā specimens nui loa e kū i luna.
Hiki i ka honu ke lohe?
Ua ulu pono ko lakou mau pepeiao. Hiki i nā honu ke ʻike i nā nalu kani mai 100 Hz a i 1,000 Hz me ka ikaika loa. Hiki i nā honu ke lohe i nā haʻalulu hohonu a me nā kapuaʻi wāwae, ka ʻai ʻana i nā leo mai nā conspecifics, etc.
He aha ka makemake ʻole i nā honu?
Makemake kēia mau mea ʻai meaʻai i nā mea kanu ʻāhiu e like me ka clover, nā ʻupena, ka dandelion, a me ka goutweed, a pono e hāʻawi mau ʻia lākou i ka mauʻu. ʻAʻole hiki ke hānai ʻia ka letus. ʻAʻole nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i kā lākou ʻai.
Hiki i nā honu ke ʻike i ke kanaka?
Hoʻomaopopo nā honu i ko lākou mea nona. Hoʻomaopopo pono lākou ʻo wai ka manaʻo maikaʻi a ʻo wai ʻaʻole. A hiki iā lākou ke aʻo e hoʻolohe i ko lākou inoa. He mea nui ia no nā honu ʻaʻole lākou he holoholona ʻoluʻolu wale nō.
He iwi iwi ko ka honu?
ʻO ke kino o ka honu ʻaneʻane hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka ʻōpū hope a me ka ʻōpū. He iwi a me ka papa horny ka mea kaua. He ʻāpana o ka iwi iwi ka iwi. Ua uhi ʻia lākou e nā pale horny a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻili.
He mau kuli ko ka honu?
Hōʻike ʻia nā lima e kahi hui kuʻekuʻe i mua, no ka mea ma kahi kūlana maʻamau e kū ka mea kaua i ke ala. Hoʻonohonoho iki ʻia ka hui kuli ma ka ʻaoʻao.
He vertebrates a i ʻole nā hohukukū?
ʻO nā mea kolo he ʻano o nā vertebrates koko anu - ʻokoʻa ka mahana o ko lākou kino me ko lākou kaiapuni. ʻO nā mea kolo he nahesa, nā moʻo, nā koʻokoʻo, a me nā honu. He ʻili kā nā mea kolo, hanu ea me nā māmā, a he puʻuwai ʻekolu keʻena ko lākou.
He iwi honu anei kona kua?
Hana ʻia ka pūpū me nā iwi ʻaoʻao ākea a palahalaha, i hoʻopili ʻia i nā ʻāpana o ka iwi kuamoʻo o ka honu (i ʻole e like me nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke huki i ka honu mai kona pūpū). Noho nā ʻūhā poʻohiwi ma lalo o kēia pahu iwi, e moe pono ana i loko o ka iwi ʻaoʻao o ka honu.
Aia ma hea ka iwi kuamoʻo o ka honu?
Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻaoʻao o luna o ka pūpū he carapace, a ʻo ka papa pālahalaha ma lalo o ka ʻōpū o ka holoholona i kapa ʻia ʻo ka plastron. Hoʻohui ʻia nā iwi ʻaoʻao a me nā iwi kuamoʻo o nā honu a me nā honu i nā iwi i loko o ko lākou mau pūpū.
Hiki i ka honu ke ola me ka leo ole?
ʻAʻole hiki i nā kuhukukū a me nā honu ke ola me ka ʻole o kā lākou pūpū. ʻAʻole hiki ke paheʻe wale ka pūpū. Hoʻohui ʻia i nā iwi o nā honu a me nā iwi honu i hiki ʻole iā lākou ke ola me ka ʻole.
He koko anei ka pūpū honu?
ʻO ka papa keratin kala waho o ka pūpū he mau kīʻaha koko a me nā hopena aʻalolo, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki ke kahe ke koko a ʻeha paha nā ʻeha ma ʻaneʻi.
E ʻeha paha nā honu mai ko lākou ʻili?
ʻAe loa! ʻIke maikaʻi loa nā honu a me nā honu i ko lākou pūpū no ka mea aia nā aʻalolo e hoʻihoʻi i ko lākou puʻuwai. Hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo i ka hahau ʻia ʻana o kā lākou pūpū, ʻoki ʻia, paʻi ʻia, a hoʻopā ʻia paha. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka honu a me nā pūpū honu ke ʻike i ka ʻeha.
E ʻeha paha ka honu ke ʻohi ʻia ma kona ʻili?
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe he ʻiʻo ola ka ʻili o ka honu, a he maʻalahi ke hoʻopā. E hōʻalo i ka paʻi ʻana iā ia, a mai hahau i ka pūpū i kahi ʻili ʻē aʻe. Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻeha ʻana i ka pūpū, hiki ke pilikia i ka honu.