Mary Allen
ʻO nā mea kolo he papa holoholona e noho nui ana ma ka ʻāina. Aia ma waena o lākou nā moʻo, nā koʻokoʻo, nā nahesa, a me nā honu. ʻO nā manu kuhukukū a me nā nahesa kai wale nō e noho i loko o ke kai.
Ma ka mōʻaukala, ua manaʻo ʻia nā mea kolo kekahi o nā hui nui ʻelima o nā vertebrates no ka mea he kuamoʻo ko lākou kua. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe hapa o kēia manaʻo. I kēia mau lā, kāhea wale nā kānaka ʻepekema i nā holoholona i loaʻa nā ʻano like like:
He ʻili maloʻo ko nā mea kolo me ka ʻole o ka ʻū. Hoʻokaʻawale kēia iā lākou mai nā amphibians. ʻAʻohe o lākou hulu a me ka lauoho, ʻo ia ka mea e ʻokoʻa ai lākou mai nā manu a me nā mea momona. Hoʻokahi pū lākou hanu, no laila ʻaʻole lākou he iʻa.
He huelo a me ʻehā wāwae ka hapa nui o nā mea kolo. ʻAʻole like me nā mammals, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole nā wāwae ma lalo o ke kino, akā ma waho ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua. Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻano locomotion ka hele palahalaha.
Mālama ʻia ko lākou ʻili me nā unahi horny paʻakikī, a i kekahi manawa e hana ʻia he pūpū maoli. Eia naʻe, no ka ulu ʻole o kēia mau unahi me lākou, nui nā mea kolo e hoʻokahe i ko lākou ʻili i kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻO ia hoʻi, hoʻokahe lākou i ko lākou ʻili kahiko. ʻIke ʻia kēia mai nā nahesa. ʻO ka honu, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, mālama lākou i ko lākou pūpū. Ke ulu nei ʻo ia me ʻoe.
Pehea ke ola o na mea kolo?
ʻAi nā mea kolo liʻiliʻi i nā iniseti, nā ʻōpala, a me nā ilo. ʻAi pū nā mea kolo nui i nā mammals liʻiliʻi, nā iʻa, nā manu, a me nā amphibians. Nui nā mea kolo e ʻai i nā mea kanu. Kakaʻikahi loa nā mea ʻai meaʻai maʻemaʻe. ʻO kekahi o lākou ka iguana.
ʻAʻohe wela kino o nā mea kolo. Hoʻololi lākou i ke kaiapuni. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia he “mahana”. ʻO ka snake, no ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka wela o ke kino ma hope o ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka lā ma mua o ka pō anuanu. A laila hiki iā ia ke neʻe ʻoi aku ka ʻino.
Hoʻohua ka hapa nui o nā mea kolo ma ka waiho ʻana i nā hua. He liʻiliʻi wale nō nā ʻano ʻano hānau e ola ʻōpiopio. ʻO nā hua wale nō o ke koʻa a me nā honu he ʻano paʻakikī o ka lime e like me nā hua manu. Hoʻomoe ke koena o nā mea kolo. Hoʻomanaʻo pinepine ʻia kēia i ka ʻili ikaika a i ʻole ka parchment.
He aha nā ʻāpana o loko o nā mea kolo?
ʻAneʻane like ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea kolo me nā mammals. He mau kino like no keia. ʻElua puʻupaʻa hoʻi e hoʻokaʻawale i ka mimi mai ke koko. ʻO ka puka o ke kino hui no ka feces a me ka mimi i kapa ʻia ʻo "cloaca". Hoʻomoe ka wahine i kāna mau hua ma kēia puka.
Hanu nā mea kolo me ko lākou mau māmā i ko lākou ola ʻana. He ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe kēia mai nā amphibians. Noho ka hapa nui o nā mea kolo ma ka ʻāina. ʻO nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, e like me nā crocodiles, pono e piʻi mau i ka ea. He ʻokoʻa ka honu: He ʻuʻuku ko lākou i loko o kā lākou cloaca, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana e hanu.
He puʻuwai a he kahe koko ko nā mea kolo. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka puʻuwai ma mua o nā mammals a me nā manu, akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o nā amphibians. Hoʻohui ʻia ke koko hou me ka oxygen me ke koko i hoʻohana ʻia.