Introduction: The Debate About Dolphins and Sharks as Pets

ʻO ka manaʻo o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka dolphin a i ʻole ka manō ma ke ʻano he holoholona he mea ʻoluʻolu paha i kekahi, akā ke hāpai nei i kekahi mau nīnau e pili ana i ka hiki a me ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu i ke pio. ʻOiai ua kaulana nā iʻa no ko lākou ʻano aloha a pāʻani, hōʻike pinepine ʻia nā manō he ʻano ʻino a weliweli. Eia nō naʻe, pono nā holoholona ʻelua i ka mālama kūikawā a me ka nānā ʻana i hiki ke paʻakikī no ka mea nona ka holoholona ʻike.

Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā ʻano kino, ka meaʻai, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka noho ʻana, ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana, ke kumukūʻai, ke kānāwai, ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka launa pū ʻana, ka palekana, a me nā pilikia olakino e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka dolphin a i ʻole ka manō ma ke ʻano he holoholona. Ma ka nānā ʻana i kēia mau mea, manaʻolana mākou e hāʻawi i ka poʻe heluhelu i ka ʻike piha i nā pono a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole o kēlā me kēia koho, a ma hope e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻoholo i ka ʻike.

Nā ʻAno Kino: Hoʻohālikelike i nā Dolphins a me nā Manō

ʻO nā Dolphins nā momi moana no ka ʻohana Delphinidae. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou mau kino streamline, e ʻae iā lākou e ʻauʻau i nā wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe a hana i nā stunts acrobatic. ʻO ka iʻa iʻa a me nā mea ʻai ʻē aʻe. He ʻili paheʻe ko lākou i uhi ʻia i nā lauoho liʻiliʻi, a hele mai lākou i nā kala like ʻole, me ka hina, ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo.

ʻO nā manō, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, he pūʻulu iʻa like ʻole no ka superorder Selachimorpha. He ʻano kino ʻokoʻa ko lākou, me ke poʻo palahalaha, ʻelima a ʻehiku mau ʻāpana gill ma nā ʻaoʻao o ko lākou kino, a he huelo ikaika a lōʻihi. He mau lālani niho ʻoi ka manō a lākou e hoʻohana ai e hopu a uhae i kā lākou mea pio. Hele mai lākou ma nā ʻano nui, mai ka mano pygmy liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka mano koholā nui, hiki ke ulu a hiki i 40 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. ʻO ka manō he hina, ʻeleʻele, a ʻeleʻele paha ka waihoʻoluʻu, me kekahi mau ʻano e hōʻike ana i nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā kaha ʻokoʻa.