Introduction: ʻO ke ʻano ʻauʻau hoihoi o nā Penguin

ʻO nā penguin kekahi o nā mea hoihoi loa i ke aupuni holoholona. ʻAʻole wale lākou he manu lele ʻole, akā he poʻe ʻauʻau maikaʻi nō hoʻi lākou. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻau i ka wikiwiki a hiki i 15 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola, luʻu i ka hohonu o 500 kapuaʻi, a paʻa ko lākou hanu a hiki i 20 mau minuke. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻokahi ʻano i hoʻohūhū ʻia e ka poʻe ʻepekema a me nā mea nānā aku, ʻo ko lākou makemake e ʻauʻau pōʻai.

Evolutionary Background: Pehea i aʻo ai nā Penguin i ka ʻauʻau?

Ua manaʻo ʻia ua ulu ʻia nā penguins mai nā manu lele i ola ma kahi o 60 miliona mau makahiki i hala. I ko lākou hoʻololi ʻana i ko lākou kaiapuni wai, ua hoʻomohala lākou i nā kino streamline, nā wāwae pūnaewele, a me kahi papa o ka blubber e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā wai anuanu. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua lilo nā penguins i mea ʻauʻau maikaʻi, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ko lākou mau ʻēheu ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha e hoʻolalelale iā lākou iho i loko o ka wai. Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻauʻau pōʻai ma muli o ko lākou hiki ke pivot wikiwiki a hoʻololi i ke ala i ka wā e ʻauʻau ai, ʻo ia ka mea e kōkua iā lākou e pale aku i nā mea ʻaihue a hopu i nā mea ʻai.