Mary Allen
ʻO ka sperm whale ka kohola niho nui loa o nā kai a pau. ʻO ia ka holoholona nui loa me nā niho. Ua loaʻa kona inoa mai ke ʻano o kona poʻo: "Pott" he hua'ōlelo Kelemānia haʻahaʻa no ka "pot".
Hiki i nā kohola sperm kāne ke ulu a hiki i 20 mika ka lōʻihi a me ke kaumaha he 50 tons. Noho pōkole a māmā nā wahine. He ʻumi kilokani ke kaumaha o ka lolo, ʻo ia ka mea kaumaha loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa o nā holoholona. He mau ahu ko ka ʻili koholā e holo lōʻihi ma lalo o ke kino.
Hiki i nā kohola sperm ke luʻu i ka hohonu ma mua o 1,000 mika. Hiki iā lākou ke noho no hoʻokahi hola me ka ʻole o ka hanu. ʻO kā lākou meaʻai nui ʻo ka heʻe, kahi e noho hohonu ana i loko o ke kai. ʻAi pū lākou i nā iʻa a me nā pāpaʻi like ʻole.
Pehea e ola ai nā kohola sperm a hānau hou?
ʻO nā kohola sperm he mau mammals. Ma ka nui, ola nā koholā sperm e like me nā koholā ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea kūikawā e pili ana i nā kohola sperm ʻo ia ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka hui: noho nā wahine i waena o lākou iho, me nā holoholona ʻōpio. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i nā hui o 15 a 20 mau holoholona. Haʻalele nā kāne i kēia mau pūʻulu ke lilo lākou i mea makua kāne. A laila hana lākou i kā lākou hui ponoʻī.
Hoʻi nā kāne i ka wahine no ka male ʻana. Aia ma kahi o ʻumi wahine no kēlā me kēia kāne. ʻAʻole ʻike maopopo ʻia ka wā hāpai o nā wahine. Ua manaʻo ʻia e mau ana ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi iki paha.
ʻO ke kaumaha o nā holoholona ʻōpio ma kahi o 1,000 kilokani, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kaumaha e like me ke kaʻa liʻiliʻi. ʻEhā a ʻelima mika ka lōʻihi o ko lākou kino. ʻOmo lākou i ka waiū mai ko lākou makuahine no ʻelua mau makahiki mua o ke ola. Hiki ke oo ka wahine ma kahi o 9 mau makahiki, he 25 makahiki wale no kane. Hiki i nā kohola sperm ke ola a hiki i 70 mau makahiki.