Mary Allen
ʻO ke koholā pepehi ka ʻano iʻa nui loa o ka honua a, e like me nā iʻa a pau, he cetacean. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he orca a i ʻole killer whale. Ua hāʻawi ka poʻe koholā i ka inoa ʻo "killer whale" no ka mea, he mea ʻino ke nānā aku i ka wā e alualu ana ke koholā pepehi i kāna ʻai.
ʻO nā koholā pepehi kanaka a hiki i ʻumi mika ka lōʻihi a ke kaumaha pinepine nei i kekahi mau tona. ʻO ke tona he 1000 kilokani, e like me ke kaumaha o ke kaʻa liʻiliʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke ola a hiki i 90 mau makahiki. ʻO ka hope hope o nā koholā pepehi hiki ke ʻaneʻane ʻelua mika ka lōʻihi, ʻano like me ka pahi kaua, a hāʻawi pū i ko lākou inoa. Ma muli o ko lākou ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana i nā koholā pepehi kanaka. He ʻeleʻele ko lākou kua, he ʻōpū keʻokeʻo, a he wahi keʻokeʻo ma hope o kēlā me kēia maka.
Hoʻolaha ʻia nā koholā pepehi kanaka a puni ka honua, akā noho ka hapa nui ma nā wai anuanu ma ka Pākīpika ʻĀkau, a me ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau, a me nā kai pola ma ka Arctic a me Antarctic. Ma ʻEulopa, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o nā koholā pepehi kanaka ma waho o ke kapakai o Norewai, a loaʻa pū kekahi o kēia mau koholā ma ke Kai Baltic a me ke Kai ʻĀkau hema.
Pehea ke ola o na kohola pepehi kanaka?
Hele pinepine nā koholā pepehi kanaka, e holo ana me ka māmā o 10 a 20 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola. ʻO ia ka wikiwiki e like me ke kaʻa kaʻa lohi. Hoʻohana lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa ma kahi kokoke i kahakai.
ʻOi aku ka hapalua o ka lā e ʻimi ai ke koholā pepehi kanaka. Ma ke ʻano he koholā pepehi kanaka, ʻai nui ʻo ia i nā iʻa, nā mammals moana e like me nā sila, a i ʻole nā manu kai e like me nā penguins. Ma nā hui, ʻimi pū ke kohola pepehi kanaka i nā koholā ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka nui o nā iʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā koholā liʻiliʻi. Kakaʻikahi nā koholā pepehi kanaka.
ʻAʻole nui ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻohua. Hiki i nā bipi koholā pepehi ke oʻo ma kahi o ʻeono a ʻumi makahiki. Hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa ka hāpai ʻana. I ka hānau ʻana, ʻelua mika ka lōʻihi o ka bipi kohola pepehi kanaka a he 200 kilokani kona kaumaha. Omo waiu mai kona makuahine no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻelua paha. Eia naʻe, ke ʻai nei ia i ka meaʻai paʻa i kēia manawa.
Mai ka hānau ʻana a hiki i ka hānau ʻana he ʻelua a ʻumikūmāhā mau makahiki. Hiki i ka bipi koholā pepehi ke hānau i ʻelima a ʻeono keiki i kona wā e ola ana. Eia naʻe, kokoke ka hapalua o lākou e make ma mua o ka hānau ʻana iā lākou iho.