Mary Allen
ʻO ka ilo honua he holoholona ʻokoʻa. Noho kona mau kūpuna i loko o ke kai, akā ʻike mau ʻia ka ilo honua i ka lepo. I kekahi manawa, piʻi mai nō ʻo ia, no ka laʻana, ke hoʻopā ʻo ia.
ʻAʻole maopopo kahi i loaʻa mai ai ka inoa "earthworm". He “ilo hana” paha ia, ʻo ia hoʻi, he ilo e neʻe. A i ʻole i loaʻa kona inoa ma muli o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ʻili i ka wā ua. ʻAʻole ʻike maopopo ʻia ke kumu o kāna hana ʻana i kēia - hiki iā ia ke ola maoli i ʻelua lā ma ka lepo pulu. Aia kekahi mau ʻano e noho ana ma nā loko a i ʻole nā muliwai.
'Ai ka ilo honua i ko lakou ala ma ka honua. ʻAi lākou i nā mea kanu pala a me ka lepo humus. ʻO kēia ka mea e wehe ai i ka lepo. ʻAi pū nō hoʻi nā mea kanu i ka lepo elo. ʻAʻole pono e wela loa a ʻaʻole hoʻi i anu no ka ʻilo honua. I ka hooilo, moe lakou.
He 200 makahiki i hala aku nei ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia he pōʻino nā elo honua. I kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou he maikaʻi loa lākou no ka lepo. Aia nō nā mahi ʻilo: hānai ʻia nā enuhe ma laila a kūʻai ʻia.
ʻAʻole kūʻai wale ka poʻe māla i nā ilo, akā ʻo nā mea lawaiʻa pū kekahi no ka makau lawaiʻa. Makemake nā iʻa e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo honua, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e like me nā mole. ʻO ka ʻiʻo honua kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻai a nā manu e like me nā hōkū, nā manu ʻeleʻele, a me nā ʻōpala. ʻO nā holoholona nui aʻe e like me nā alopeke e like me nā enuhe honua, a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi e like me nā pipi a me nā rana.
He aha ke kino o ka ilo honua?
He nui nā ʻāwī liʻiliʻi o ka ilo honua. Aia nā loulou, nā ʻāpana. Aia ma kahi o 150 o ia mau mea i ka ilo honua. Loaʻa i ka ilo honua nā pūnaewele ʻike ponoʻī i māhele ʻia ma luna o kēia mau ʻāpana, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i waena o ka mālamalama a me ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻO kēia mau pūnaewele he ʻano maka maʻalahi. Ma muli o ka māhele ʻia ʻana o ke kino a puni, ʻike ka ilo honua i kahi ʻoi aku ka māmā a ʻeleʻele paha.
Ua kapa ʻia kahi ʻāpana mānoanoa he clitellum. Nui nā ʻeleʻele ma laila e puka mai ai ka ʻūhū. He mea koʻikoʻi ka mucus i ka male ʻana no ka mea e loaʻa i nā pūnana sperm i loko o nā puka kūpono o ke kino.
He waha ka ilo honua ma ke alo a he anus ma ka hope kahi e puka mai ai ka lepo. Mai waho mai, ua like loa nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua. Eia naʻe, kokoke ka mua i ka clitellum, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pono.
Manaʻo ka poʻe he nui hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i ka ilo honua i ʻelua a ola nā ʻāpana ʻelua. ʻAʻole pololei kēlā. Pili ia i ka mea i ʻoki ʻia. Inā ʻoki ʻia nā ʻāpana hope he 40 mai ka puʻu, ulu pinepine ia. A i ʻole, e make ka enuhe honua. Loaʻa paha ka nui o nā ʻāpana ʻehā ma ke alo.
I ka wa e nahu ai ka holoholona i kahi apana o ka ilo, eha loa ia ia ia iho a hiki ole ke ola. Eia naʻe, i kekahi manawa, hoʻokaʻawale ka ilo honua i kahi ʻāpana nona iho. Inā hopu ʻia ka puʻu, hoʻāʻo ka ilo honua e nalowale a pakele.
Pehea e hanau ai ka ilo honua?
He wahine a he kane kēlā me kēia ilo honua i ka manawa like. Kapa ʻia kēia he "hermaphrodite". Ke piha ka ilo honua i hoʻokahi a ʻelua makahiki, lilo ia i mea makua kāne. I ka wā e male ai, ʻelua ʻano eno honua e hoʻomoe ana kekahi i kekahi. ʻOkoʻa kekahi i kekahi. No laila, aia ke poʻo o kekahi ma ka wēlau o ke kino o kekahi.
A laila, hoʻokuke aku nā enuhe ʻelua i ko lākou wai seminal. A laila hele pololei kēia i nā pūnaʻi hua manu o ka ʻilo honua ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohui ʻia kahi pūnana sperm a me kahi pūnaʻi hua manu. Puka mai kahi hua liʻiliʻi. Ma waho, he mau papa ʻokoʻa kona no ka pale ʻana.
Hoʻokuke ka ilo i nā hua a waiho i ka lepo. Hoʻoulu ʻia kahi ilo liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia. He alohilohi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana a paheʻe mai kona pūpū. ʻEhia mau hua a me ka lōʻihi o ka ulu ʻana e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ke ʻano o ka elo honua.