Mary Allen
Holo mālie ka leopadi hau ma nā mauna o ka Himalayas: Me kona hulu keʻokeʻo hina a me nā wahi ʻeleʻele, ua hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia.
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He aha ke ʻano o ka leopadi hau?
ʻO ka leopards hau he mau mea ʻai a no ka ʻohana pōpoki a ma laila nā pōpoki nunui. I ka nānā mua ʻana, hiki ke huikau me nā leopards o ʻApelika: he hulu ʻeleʻele ko lāua ʻelua. Akā ʻo ka nānā ʻana ʻelua e hōʻike ana he ʻokoʻa nā leopards hau: ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ko lākou hulu a ʻāhinahina a keʻokeʻo ke kala.
Hoʻololi nā holoholona i ko lākou hulu ʻelua i ka makahiki. ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi a pōkole ka hulu kauwela ma mua o ka hulu hoʻoilo mānoanoa. ʻOi aku ka māmā o nā hōʻailona hulu i ka hulu hoʻoilo, no laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o nā mea ʻaihue i ka ʻāina hau keʻokeʻo a hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia. Ma ko lākou ʻāina hānau, no laila ua kapa ʻia lākou - phantoms of the mountains. Me ko lākou hulu ʻeleʻele, ʻike nui ʻia nā leopards hau, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ko lākou ʻohana ʻApelika.
Mai ke poʻo a lalo, ua ana lākou he 80 a 130 kenimika, me ka huelo 80 a 100 kenimika ka lōʻihi. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o kou poʻohiwi ma kahi o 60 kenimika. ʻO ke kaumaha o nā kāne ma ka awelika ma waena o 45 a me 55 kilokani, nui loa nā specimens a me 75 kilokani. He 35 a 40 kilo wale nō ke kaumaha o nā wāhine. He huluhulu loa ka huelo lōʻihi loa. I ka lele ʻana, hoʻohana nā holoholona iā ia ma ke ʻano he hoe. He liʻiliʻi ke poʻo a he pōkole ka ihu.
Nui loa nā wāwae e pili ana i ke kino a ua uhi ʻia e kahi pā lauoho ma nā wāwae. Hana ʻia kēia mau pads e like me nā kāmaʻa hau: hoʻonui lākou i ka ʻili o nā wāwae i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka māhele ʻana o ke kaumaha a ʻaʻole e komo nā holoholona i ka hau. Eia kekahi, ua pale maikaʻi ʻia nā wāwae o ke anu.
E like me nā liona, nā tigers, nā jaguars, a me nā leopards, he mau pōpoki nunui nā leopards hau, akā ʻokoʻa lākou i kekahi mau ʻano. ʻAʻole like me kēia, ʻaʻole hiki i nā leopa hau ke uwē. ʻAi lākou ma ke kūlou ʻana me he popoki hale lā. ʻO ka poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻai lākou i ka wā e moe ana. ʻOi aku ka pōkole o ka ihu o ka leopadi hau, a ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka iwi poʻo ma mua o kona ʻohana nui.
Ma hea kahi e noho ai nā leopa hau?
Noho nā leopards hau ma nā mauna kiʻekiʻe o Central Asia. Hoʻonui ʻia ko lākou wahi māhele ma ka hema mai ka Himalayas ma Nepal a me India a hiki i nā mauna Altai a me Sanjan ma ka ʻākau.
Mai ka hikina a i ke komohana mai ka mauna kiʻekiʻe o Tibet a i ka Pamir a me Hindu Kush ma ke komohana. Aia ka hapa nui o ko lākou ʻāina hānau ma Tibet a me Kina. Noho nā leopards hau ma nā mauna a hiki i 6000 mika ke kiʻekiʻe. Aia ko lākou wahi noho ʻana i nā ʻāpana pōhaku kiʻekiʻe, nā steppes mauna, nā ʻōpala, a me nā ululāʻau coniferous māmā. I ke kauwela, noho nā holoholona ma nā kiʻekiʻe o 4000 a 6000 mika, i ka hoʻoilo, neʻe lākou i lalo i nā ʻāina ma 2000 a 2500 mika.
He aha nā ʻano leopards hau?
Aia ka ʻohana pōpoki i nā pōpoki nunui a me nā pōpoki liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka leopadi hau, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka iris, no ka ʻano o nā pōpoki nunui a pili i ka leopadi, ka liona, ka jaguar, a me ka tiger.
Ehia makahiki o ka hau leopards?
I ka noho pio ʻana, ola nā leopards hau i ka awelika o 14 mau makahiki, me ka nui o nā makahiki he 21. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka lōʻihi o ko lākou noho ʻana i ka nahele.
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Pehea ke ola o ka leopadi hau?
No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua manaʻo ʻia ka hau leopards he holoholona no ka pō. I kēia lā, ʻike mākou he ʻeleu nō hoʻi lākou i ka lā a ʻoi loa i ka pō. ʻO ka mea maopopo, makemake lākou e hele kaʻawale a pale i kā lākou mau hoa. No ka mea, he kakaikahi wale na holoholona pio ma ko lakou wahi noho, noho lakou i kekahi manawa ma na aina nui loa. Hiki iā lākou ke ana ma waena o 40 a me 1000 kilomika square.
Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā pae o nā kāne a me nā wahine. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā leopards hau i nā ala me nā kulu, kahi huna ʻala, a me nā kaha ʻala. No ka hoʻomaha ʻana, hoʻi ka hau leopards i nā ana pōhaku i malu ai i ka makani a me ke anu.
Hoʻololi maikaʻi ʻia nā leopards hau i ke ola i ke anuanu loa: paʻa loa ko lākou hulu a i kekahi manawa he 4000 mau lauoho no ke kenimika square. I ka hoʻoilo, ulu ʻo ia i ʻelima kenimika ka lōʻihi ma ke kua a hiki i ka ʻumikūmālua kenimika ka lōʻihi ma ka ʻōpū. Hoʻonui ʻia ka lua ihu o ka leopadi hau i mea e mahana maikaʻi ai ke ea anuanu e hanu ai. Ke hiamoe lākou, kau lākou i ko lākou huelo mānoanoa ma luna o ko lākou ihu, e pale ana iā lākou mai ke anu.
Nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻenemi o ka leopadi hau
ʻAʻohe ʻenemi maoli nā leopards hau, ʻo ko lākou ʻenemi nui loa ʻo ke kanaka. ʻOiai ka pale ʻia, ʻimi mau ʻia lākou no ko lākou hulu. Ma muli o ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā pipi ʻai i kekahi manawa, ua hahai pinepine ʻia lākou e nā kahu hānai.
Pehea e hanau ai na leopards hau?
Hui wale nā kāne a me nā wāhine i ka wā male ma waena o Ianuali a me Malaki. A laila huki lākou i ka manaʻo iā lākou iho me nā kāhea male ma ke ʻano o ka ʻuwē lōʻihi. Hānau nā wāhine i ʻelua a ʻekolu mau ʻōpio ma kahi o kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki ma hope o ka wā hāpai ʻana o 94 a 103 mau lā ma waena o ʻApelila a Iune.
Hānau ʻia nā pēpē ma ka malu o ke ana pōhaku i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka lauoho o ka makuahine. ʻEleʻele ka lauoho a makapō i ka hānau ʻana. He 450 grams wale nō ko lākou kaumaha. Hāmama ko lākou mau maka ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. Hanai ka makuahine i kāna mau keiki no ʻelua mahina, a laila e hoʻololi ka hua i ka meaʻai paʻa a hahai i ka makuahine i kāna mau hana.
Noho ka leopards hau ʻōpio me ko lākou makuahine no 18 a 22 mau mahina, a laila kūʻokoʻa loa lākou a hele i ko lākou ala ponoʻī. Hiki ke oʻo i ka moekolohe ma ka makahiki ʻelua a ʻekolu makahiki. Akā, hoʻohua wale lākou i ka wā ʻehā makahiki.
Pehea ka leopadi hau e hahai ai?
ʻAʻole ʻimi nā leopards hau i kā lākou mea pio ma kahi lōʻihi, akā, e lele i luna o nā holoholona a hoʻohālua paha iā lākou. A laila lele lākou i ka mea pio me ka lele ʻana a hiki i 16 mika - ʻo ia ka mea e lilo ai lākou i poʻokela honua i ka lele lōʻihi ma waena o nā mammals. Pepehi pinepine lakou i ka poe i hoehaia me ka nahu ma ka puu a me ka ai.
Pehea e kamaʻilio ai nā leopard hau?
ʻAʻole like me nā pōpoki nunui ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i nā leopard hau ke uwē. Purr a uwē wale lākou e like me nā pōpoki hale.