Mary Allen
No ka ʻohana manu luʻu kai ka puffin. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Puffin. Noho wale ia ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o nā ʻāina e like me Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, Norway, a me Kanada. No ka nui o nā puffins ma Iceland, ʻo ia ka mascot o Iceland. Ma Kelemānia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā ia ma ka mokupuni ʻo North Sea o Heligoland.
He kino ikaika ko Puffins, ʻāʻī pōkole, a he poʻo mānoanoa. He huinakolu ke ano o ka nuku ke nana aku ma ka aoao. He ʻeleʻele ka ʻāʻī, luna o ke poʻo, kua, a me luna o nā ʻēheu. He keʻokeʻo ka umauma a me ka ʻōpū. He ʻalani-ʻulaʻula kona mau wāwae. ʻO nā holoholona makua he 25 a 30 kenimika ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki ke kaumaha a hiki i 500 grams. E like me ke kaumaha o ka pizza. Ma muli o kona helehelena, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Clown of the Air" a i ʻole "Sea Parrot".
Pehea ke ola o ka puffin?
Noho ʻo Puffins i nā kolone. ʻO ia ke ʻano noho lākou i loko o nā hui nui a hiki i ʻelua miliona mau holoholona. He manu lele lākou i ka wela hema i ka hoʻoilo.
Hoʻomaka ka ʻimi ʻana i hoa ma ke kai ākea, kahi e hoʻolilo ai lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoa kāne, lele lākou i uka e ʻimi i kahi pūnana ma nā pali. Inā ʻaʻohe lua hoʻohua manuahi, ʻeli lākou i lua ma ka ʻāina ma kahakai pōhaku.
A pau ka pūnana, hoʻohua ka wahine. Mālama nā mākua iā ia mai nā pōʻino he nui no ka mea hoʻokahi hua hua wale nō ka puffins i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Huli lākou i ka hoʻomoe ʻana i ka hua a mālama pū i ka moa. Loaʻa i nā moa ke ʻai i nā sandeels. Noho ʻo ia i loko o ka pūnana no 40 mau lā ma mua o kona aʻo ʻana i ka lele a haʻalele.
He aha ka mea e ʻai ai ka puffin a ʻo wai ka mea ʻai?
ʻAi nā Puffins i nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, kakaʻikahi ka pāpaʻi a me ka hee. No ka hahai holoholona, lele lākou i lalo me ka wikiwiki a hiki i 88 km/h, luʻu i ka wai, a hopu i kā lākou mea pio. I ko lākou luʻu ʻana, hoʻoneʻe lākou i ko lākou mau ʻēheu e like me ka neʻe ʻana o nā lima i ko kākou ʻauʻau ʻana. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā ana e hiki i nā puffins ke luʻu a hiki i 70 mika ka hohonu. ʻO ka moʻolelo no ka puffin ma lalo o ʻelua mau minuke. He wikiwiki hoʻi ka puffin ma luna o ka wai. Hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kona mau ʻēheu a hiki i 400 manawa i kēlā me kēia minuke a hiki ke holo me ka wikiwiki a hiki i 90 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola.
He nui nā ʻenemi o nā Puffins, ʻo ia hoʻi nā manu ʻaihue e like me ka gull kua ʻeleʻele nui. Hiki i nā alopeke, nā pōpoki, a me nā ermines ke pilikia iā lākou. ʻO ke kanaka kekahi i waena o nā ʻenemi no ka mea ma kekahi mau wahi, ʻai ʻia ka puffin a ʻai ʻia. Inā ʻaʻole ʻai ʻia, hiki iā lākou ke ola a hiki i 25 mau makahiki.
Hōʻike ka World Conservation Organization IUCN i nā ʻano holoholona e pōʻino. Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia lākou no ka mea he ʻuʻuku a emi mai. Mai ka makahiki 2015, ua noʻonoʻo ʻia nā puffins he mea make.