Porogine

ʻO kona mau spines a hiki i 40 kenimika ka lōʻihi. Me lākou, hiki i ka porcupine ke pale pono iā ia iho i nā mea hoʻouka. ʻAʻohe holoholona ʻē aʻe i loaʻa nā spines lōʻihi.

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He aha ke ʻano o ka porcupine?

He ʻiole ka puaʻa a no ka ʻohana porcupine. ʻO ka porcupine maʻamau ka mea nui loa. ʻO nā holoholona makua he 57 a hiki i 68, ʻo kekahi a hiki i 90 kenimika ke kiʻekiʻe. Eia kekahi, aia ka huelo ʻumikūmālua a 15 kenimika lōʻihi. No ka mea he pōkole ko lākou mau wāwae, hiki wale lākou i ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 25 kenimika. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka māmā o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne. Hiki i ka porcupine makua ke kaumaha a hiki i 24 kilokani.

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o ka porcupine, ʻo ia kona hulu mānoanoa o nā ʻala a me nā ʻala. He poepoe na skewers a he apo apo. ʻO nā spines he lauoho i hoʻololi ʻia. He lauoho palupalu a huluhulu no ka pokiki. ʻO ka lauoho lōʻihi loa a me nā ʻōkuʻu e kū ana ma ka ʻōpū o ka puaʻa a kuhikuhi i hope. Ma ke poʻo wale nō ka loaʻa ʻole o nā wili, akā he ʻaʻahu maʻamau me ka liʻiliʻi o ka lauoho lōʻihi, like me ka bristle.

ʻO nā spines, aia ma ka huelo, he ʻano ʻokoʻa ke ʻano: he hakahaka lākou me kahi puka hoʻoheheʻe. Ke lulu ka porcupine iā ia iho, e kuʻi kēia mau ʻoki i kekahi i kekahi, e kani nui ana ka leo. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai kēia mau spines he kīʻaha rattle.

Ma hea kahi e noho ai ka porcupine?

ʻO ka nui o nā puaʻa ma ka home ma ʻApelika a me Asia. Aia kekahi mau ʻano ma ka hema o ʻEulopa. Noho ka porcupine maʻamau ma ʻApelika Komohana ma ke kahakai ʻo Atlantika a ma ʻApelika Hikina. A i ʻole, hiki ke loaʻa nā porcupines ma ka ʻāina Mediterranean. Eia naʻe, noho lākou ma laila wale nō ma waena a me ka hema o Italia a ma Sicily. Ua lawe ʻia mai paha nā kūpuna o nā poʻa e noho ana ma ʻEulopa i kēia lā mai ʻApelika mai e ko Roma.

ʻAʻole koho nui nā Porcupine: makemake lākou i nā wahi maloʻo me nā lāʻau a me nā lāʻau. Aia nō naʻe lākou ma nā ʻāina ululāʻau nui a ma nā wao nahele. Makemake lākou e noho ma kahi kokoke i nā māla a me nā māla.

He aha nā ʻano o nā porcupine i laila?

Aia i loko o ka ʻohana porcupine elima genera me 20 mau ʻano. Ma waho aʻe o ka porcupine maʻamau a i ʻole West Africa porcupine, ʻo kēia mau mea ʻo ka huelo keʻokeʻo, ka ʻApelika, ka ihu huluhulu, a me ka porcupine ʻApelika Hema. Aia kekahi mau ʻohana ʻĀsia e like me ka Java, Nepal, a i ʻole ka porcupine Kina.

ʻEhia makahiki e loaʻa ai ka puaʻa?

Hiki ke kahiko loa i ka poki. I loko o nā zoos, hiki lākou i nā makahiki he ʻumi a 18 mau makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he porcupine ma ʻEnelani he 21 mau makahiki. Ma ka nahelehele, ua manaʻo ʻia e ola lākou ma waena o 12 a 15 mau makahiki.

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Pehea ka noho ana o ka puaa?

He holoholona pō ka pokupine a ala wale i ke ahiahi. No ka ʻimi ʻana i ko lākou ala i ka pōʻeleʻele, hoʻohana mua lākou i ko lākou ʻano honi, hoʻopā, a me ka lohe. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike maikaʻi me ko lākou mau maka liʻiliʻi. Me ko lākou ʻaʻahu mānoanoa o nā spike, ua palekana nā holoholona.

ʻO ia ke kumu ʻaʻole lākou hopohopo e peʻe ke puka i waho o ko lākou lua i ke ahiahi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he leo nui lākou, ʻuhū a ʻūhū. Hoʻomoe nā puaʻa i ka lā i loko o ko lākou lua. Hiki i kēia mau ana ma lalo o ka honua akā he niches i loko o nā pōhaku.

ʻEli lākou i ka lua iā lākou iho a lawe paha i kahi i haʻalele ʻia. Noho maʻamau ka puaʻa ma laila no nā makahiki he nui a hoʻonui pinepine. ʻO nā hale nui loa i ʻike ʻia he 20 mika ka lōʻihi a hiki i ʻelua mau mika ma lalo o ka lepo. Noho pū nā puaʻa i nā paʻa paʻa. Hoʻokumu pinepine ʻia nā pūʻulu ʻohana holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mākua, nā ʻōpio ʻōpio, a me nā porcupine hānau hou. Akā naʻe, hoʻowahāwahā loa lākou i nā porcupine haole.

ʻO nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻenemi o ka puaʻa

Hiki i nā puaʻa ke hana i ka manaʻo ma luna o nā ʻenemi e like me nā mea ʻaihue: Ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia, hoʻokiʻekiʻe lākou i ko lākou mau ʻoi, ʻuā, ʻū, a hoʻopaʻa i ka honua me ko lākou mau wāwae hope. Hoʻoluliluli hoʻi lākou i ko lākou huelo, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kani nui ʻana o nā ʻuala. Inā ʻaʻole heʻe ka ʻenemi, neʻe ka porcupine i ka ʻaoʻao a i hope paha i mua ona a paʻi ikaika iā ia me kāna mau ʻū. I kekahi manawa paʻa nā spines a hoʻoulu i nā ʻeha ʻeha e hiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi. No ka laʻana, ua manaʻo ʻia kā lākou ʻiʻo he mea ʻono e ko Roma.

Pehea ka hanau ana o ka puaa?

Hoʻomaka ka male ʻana i ka pua pua i ʻApelila. Ma hope o 63 a 65 mau lā, hānau ka wahine i hoʻokahi a ʻehā mau keiki. He 350 grams wale nō ko lākou kaumaha a loaʻa iā lākou nā niho a me nā piko. He palupalu naʻe nā spines i ʻole e hōʻeha i ka makuahine. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule, hele lākou i waho o ka lua e pāʻani. Hānai ʻia nā pēpē porcupine e ko lākou makuahine no nā lā 60 mua. A hiki i ka makahiki ʻeono a ʻehiku mahina, kōkua mau nā mākua i ka ʻimi ʻai. Hoʻokahi makahiki oʻo lākou.

Pehea ke kamaʻilio ʻana o ka porcupine?

Hiki i nā puaʻa ke hana i nā leo like ʻole e hōʻike ana i ko lākou mau naʻau: ʻuhū lākou a hū. ʻUwo nui lākou ke manaʻo lākou i ka hoʻoweliweli.