Mary Allen
ʻO nā rana he amphibians, ʻo ia hoʻi nā vertebrates. ʻO nā rana, nā ʻaʻa, a me nā ʻaʻa ka ʻohana ʻekolu o nā anurans. Noho lākou i loko o ka wai ma ke ʻano he mau holoholona ʻōpiopio, a laila kapa ʻia lākou he tadpoles. He ʻiʻo ko ka ʻuʻuuu a ʻokoʻa loa kona ʻano mai nā rana makua, ʻoi aku ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā iʻa liʻiliʻi. Ma hope, ulu lākou i nā wāwae a emi ko lākou huelo. Ke oʻo lākou i nā rana, hanu lākou ma ko lākou māmā.
Makemake nā rana e noho kokoke i nā loko a me nā muliwai. Puu ko lākou ʻili mai nā ʻili mucus. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā rana he ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻeleʻele paha. Aia ma nā ʻāina hoʻokalakupua, aia nā rana kala: ʻulaʻula, melemele, a me ka uliuli. Mai nā mea he nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka pua make.
ʻO ka rana nui loa ʻo ia ka rana goliath: ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke poʻo a me ke kino. ʻO ia ka lōʻihi o ke aliʻi kula. Eia naʻe, kūpono ka hapa nui o nā rana i ka lima hoʻokahi.
I ka pūnāwai hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā rana kāne e uwē ana. Makemake lākou e hoʻohana iā ia i mea e huki ai i ka wahine i hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻopalau a loaʻa nā ʻōpio. Hiki ke leo nui o ia 'aha mele rana.
Noho nā rana maʻamau i ko mākou ʻāina. Makemake lākou e noho i loko o ka ulu lāʻau, i ka moor, a i ka māla paha. ʻAi lākou i nā ʻupena, nā ʻāwīwī, nā ilo, a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi like. I kekahi manawa ola lākou i ka hoʻoilo ma nā lua o ka lepo, akā hiki nō ke ola ma lalo o kahi loko. Ma ʻEulopa, nui nā loko a me nā loko i hoʻopiha ʻia. He ʻuʻuku a liʻiliʻi hoʻi nā ʻinikena ma muli o ka mahiʻai ikaika. ʻO ia ke kumu i emi mai ai nā rana. ʻAi ʻia nā wāwae rana ma kekahi mau ʻāina, me ʻEulopa.
Pehea ka ʻokoʻa o nā rana me nā koo?
Aia ka ʻokoʻa nui ma ke kino. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka māmā o nā rana ma mua o ka toads. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ko lākou mau wāwae hope a ʻoi aku ka ikaika. No laila hiki iā lākou ke lele maikaʻi a mamao loa. ʻAʻole hiki i nā Toads ke hana pēlā.
Aia ka lua o ka ʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻomoe ʻana i kā lākou mau hua: hoʻomoe maʻamau ka rana wahine i kāna mau hua i loko o nā puʻupuʻu, a ʻo ka toad e waiho i nā kaula. He ala maikaʻi kēia e ʻike ai ʻo wai ia i loko o kā mākou loko.
Eia naʻe, mai poina kekahi ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale pololei i nā rana mai nā toads. Pili loa lākou. Ma ko mākou mau ʻāina, kōkua nā inoa: Me ka rana lāʻau a i ʻole ka toad maʻamau, ua ʻōlelo mua ka inoa no ka ʻohana lākou.