Mary Allen
He iʻa manō ka hale ma nā moana a pau. Noho kekahi mau ʻano i nā muliwai. No ka pūʻulu o nā iʻa predatory: ʻai ka hapa nui o lākou i ka iʻa a me nā holoholona moana ʻē aʻe.
I ka ʻau ʻana o ka manō i ka ʻili o ka wai, hiki ke ʻike ʻia lākou e ko lākou ʻūhā hope triangular e hū mai ana i waho o ka wai. Ua ʻau aku ka manō i ke kai he 400 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, a ua lilo lākou i ʻano holoholona kahiko loa o ka honua.
ʻO ka manō pygmy ka liʻiliʻi loa ma 25 kenimika ka lōʻihi, a ʻo ka mano koholā ka lōʻihi loa ma 14 mika. ʻO ka manō koholā ka manō kaumaha loa: A hiki i ka ʻumikūmālua tona, ʻoi aku kona kaumaha me ka ʻumi kaʻa liʻiliʻi. Aia ma kahi o 500 mau ʻano manō.
He niho kūikawā ko nā manō: e ulu ana nā lālani hou ma hope o ka lālani mua o nā niho. Inā hāʻule nā niho i ka hakakā ʻana me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe, piʻi nā niho aʻe i luna. Ma kēia ala, "ʻai" ka manō a hiki i 30,000 niho i kona wā e ola ana.
ʻAʻole hana ʻia ka ʻili o ka manō i nā unahi maʻamau, akā no ka mea like me ko lākou mau niho. Kapa ʻia kēia mau unahi "nā niho ʻili". He laumania keia ili mai ke po'o a hiki i ka pe'a, a 'o'ole'a ma kekahi 'ao'ao.
Pehea ka noho ʻana o ka manō?
ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka noiʻi ʻana o nā manō, no laila kakaikahi ka ʻike e pili ana iā lākou. Eia naʻe, ʻike ʻia kekahi hiʻohiʻona: pono e neʻe ka manō i ʻole lākou e pohō i ka papakū. No ka mea, ʻaʻole like me nā iʻa ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻauʻau i piha i ka ea.
ʻAi ka hapa nui o nā ʻano manō i nā iʻa a me nā mea kai nui ʻē aʻe. Akā, ʻai kekahi o nā ʻano manō nui loa i ka plankton, he mau holoholona liʻiliʻi a meakanu paha e lana ana i ka wai. A puni ka honua, ma kahi o ʻelima mau kānaka i make i ka manō i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
He ʻenemi ko ka manō: ʻai ʻia nā manō liʻiliʻi e nā kukuna a me nā manō nui aʻe. Aia ka manō ma ka papa kuhikuhi o nā manu kai a me nā sila ma kahi kokoke i kahakai. ʻImi nō hoʻi nā koholā pepehi i nā manō nui aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻenemi nui o ka manō ʻo ke kanaka me kā lākou ʻupena lawaiʻa. Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻiʻo manō he mea ʻono, ʻoi loa ma Asia.
Pehea ka manō i kā lākou keiki?
He lōʻihi ka hana hou ʻana o ka manō: he 30 mau makahiki o kekahi mau manō ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ka male ʻana no ka manawa mua. Hāʻawi kekahi mau ʻano i nā hua ma ke kai. ʻAʻole mālama ka makuahine iā lākou a me nā keiki. ʻAi ʻia ka nui ma ke ʻano he hua manu a i ʻole he ʻōpiopio.
Lawe nā manō ʻē aʻe i kekahi mau ʻōpiopio ola i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki. Ma laila lākou e ulu ai mai ka hapalua makahiki a kokoke i ʻelua makahiki. I kēia manawa, ʻai kekahi i kekahi i kekahi manawa. ʻO ka mea ikaika wale nō i hānau ʻia. Ma kahi o ka hapalua mika ka lōʻihi.
Nui nā ʻano manō i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e pau. ʻAʻole kēia ma muli o ke kanaka a me nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe. No ka mea pono e elemakule loa ka manō ma mua o ka hānau hou ʻana.