Introduction to the Northern Water Snake

ʻO ka Northern Water Snake, i ʻike ʻia i ka ʻepekema ʻo Nerodia sipedon, he ʻano nahesa non-venomous i loaʻa mau ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. He lālā ia o ka ʻohana Colubridae a ua ʻike ʻia no kona pili ʻana i nā wahi wai e like me nā loko, loko, a me nā muliwai. Hoʻomaopopo pinepine ʻia kēia ʻano i nā nahesa ʻawaʻawa, akā he mea ʻole ia i ke kanaka a he hana koʻikoʻi i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulike kaiaola o kona wahi noho.

Nā ʻano kino o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

He kino ikaika a cylindrical ka Northern Water Snake me ka lōʻihi mai 24 a 55 iniha. Ua uhi ʻia kona kino i nā unahi paheʻe e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻokele ma waena o ka wai me ka maʻalahi. He poʻo ākea a palahalaha kēia ʻano, ʻokoʻa mai kona kino, a he huelo lōʻihi a lohi. ʻO kona ʻano kino a me nā hiʻohiʻona kino e hiki ai iā ia ke lilo i mea ʻauʻau maikaʻi loa a he mea ʻaihue akamai.

Ka waihoʻoluʻu a me ke ʻano o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka waihoʻoluʻu a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Northern Water Snake ma muli o kona mau makahiki a me kona wahi ʻāina. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, he ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha kona kua, me ke ʻano o nā kaula ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e hoʻonui ana mai ka ʻāʻī a i ka huelo. He ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula, hina, a ʻeleʻele paha kēia mau kaula keʻa, a ʻoi aku ka ʻokoʻa i ka huelo. ʻOi aku ka māmā o ka ʻōpū o ka nahesa, mai ke keʻokeʻo a i melemele a ʻeleʻele paha, me nā kaha ʻeleʻele ma nā ʻaoʻao.

Nui a me ke ʻano o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Northern Water Snakes he mau nahesa liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine. Hiki i nā kāne makua ke piʻi i ka lōʻihi a hiki i 55 iniha, aʻo nā wahine maʻamau ma kahi o 40 iniha. ʻO ko lākou mau kino he ʻano poʻomanaʻo, akā liʻiliʻi lākou i ka huelo. He kino kino kēia ʻano, e hiki ai iā ia ke ʻau me ka maikaʻi o ka hopu pio ʻana.

ʻO ke poʻo a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

ʻOi aku ka laulā o ke poʻo o ka Northern Water Snake ma mua o kona ʻāʻī a ʻokoʻa kona ʻano. He triangular a me ka ihu pōpō. Aia nā maka o kēia nahesa ma nā ʻaoʻao o kona poʻo, e ʻae ai i kahi ākea ākea o ka ʻike. He mau haumana poepoe kona a me ka haumana e like me ka mahaha kupaa, e kokua ana ia ia e ike malalo o ka wai a ma ka aina. Loaʻa i kēia ʻano he lālani lua liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma kona lehelehe luna, e kōkua ana i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea pio a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i kona puni.

Ke Kino a me nā unahi o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

Ua uhi ʻia ke kino o ka Northern Water Snake i nā unahi maʻemaʻe, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i nā lālani ma kona ʻaoʻao hope a me ka ʻaoʻao ventral. Hāʻawi kēia mau unahi i ka pale a hoʻemi i ka friction i ka wā ʻauʻau. ʻOi aku ka laulā a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā unahi ma kona ʻōpū ma mua o nā mea ma kona kua, e ʻae ai i ka neʻe maʻalahi ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Eia kekahi, he mau unahi keeled kēia nahesa ma kona huelo, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka paʻa a me ke kūpaʻa i nā kaiaola wai.

Na Maka, Puhi ihu, a me na Okana Manao e ae o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

Hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia nā maka o ka Northern Water Snake a hoʻololi ʻia i kona ʻano semi-aquatic. Mālama ʻia lākou e kahi unahi ʻālohilohi i kapa ʻia he spectacle, kahi e ʻike pono ai ka nahesa ma luna a ma lalo o ka ʻili o ka wai. Aia nā puka ihu o kēia nahesa ma luna o kona ihu, e hiki ai iā ia ke hanu i ka wā i hoʻokomo hapa ʻia. Ma waho aʻe o kāna ʻike a me ka olfaction, loaʻa i ka Northern Water Snake kahi manaʻo maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻopā ʻana, mahalo i kona alelo maʻalahi a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia.

Nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā nahesa wai ʻĀkau kāne a me nā wahine

Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā nahesa wai kane a me ka wahine ma ko lākou nui a me ka waihoʻoluʻu. ʻOi aku ka nui a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine. Eia kekahi, he lōʻihi a mānoanoa ka huelo o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine. E pili ana i ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻana, loaʻa i nā wahine nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele a ʻoi aku ka ʻoi o ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kāne. ʻO kēia mau ʻokoʻa i ka nui a me ka waihoʻoluʻu e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kāne o ka Nahesa Wai Akau.

'Ōpio vs. Nā Nahesa Wai Akau o nā mākua: Nā ho'ololi 'ano

He ʻano ʻokoʻa ko Juvenile Northern Water Snakes i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ko lākou mau hoa makua. He ʻeleʻele hina a ʻulaʻula paha ko lākou me nā ʻili ʻeleʻele ma ko lākou kino, e hoʻololi mālie i ke ʻano ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha me nā kaula kea i ko lākou wā oʻo. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻano unahi o nā ʻōpio ma mua o ko nā mākua. I ko lākou ulu ʻana, ʻoi aku ka wehewehe ʻana o nā kala, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona.

Hoʻololi kūʻokoʻa o ka Nahesa Wai Akau

Loaʻa i ka Northern Water Snake kekahi mau hoʻololi kūʻokoʻa e hiki ai iā ia ke ulu i loko o kona wahi wai. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hoʻololi kupaianaha ʻo ia ka hiki ke noho i loko o ka wai no nā manawa lōʻihi, mahalo i kona mau puka ihu e like me ka valve a me ka hiki ke unuhi i ka oxygen mai ka wai ma o kona ʻili. ʻO kekahi hoʻololi ʻana ʻo ia kona kino ikaika a me ka ʻiʻo, e kōkua i ka ʻauʻau ʻana a me ka hopu pio ʻana. Eia kekahi, he hui auwae kūikawā ko ka Northern Water Snake e hiki ai iā ia ke moni i kāna mea pio holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai inā ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kona poʻo.

Hoʻohālikelike me nā ʻano nahesa ʻē aʻe: Northern Water Snake

Hiki ke huikau ka Northern Water Snake me nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, e like me ka Water Moccasin a i ʻole ka Hikina Milk Snake. Eia nō naʻe, aia nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka Nahesa Wai Akau mai kēia mau ʻano. ʻAʻole like me ka Water Moccasin, ʻaʻohe o ka ʻawaʻawa o ka Northern Water Snake a me ke poʻo ʻano triangular. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka Hikina Milk Snake, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka liʻiliʻi o ke kala o ka Northern Water Snake.

Ka Hopena: ʻIke ʻana i ka Nahesa Wai Akau

I ka hopena, he ʻano hoihoi ka Northern Water Snake me nā ʻano kino ʻokoʻa. ʻO kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha, me nā kaula ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula, hiki ke maʻalahi ke ʻike. ʻO kona kino paʻa, poʻo triangular, a me nā hoʻololi kū hoʻokahi no ke ola wai i hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā ʻano nahesa ʻē aʻe. Ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana a me ka mahalo ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona kino o ka Northern Water Snake, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike maikaʻi a mahalo i kāna kuleana i loko o ke kaiaola.