Mary Allen
He manu nui nā swans. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻau maikaʻi a lele mamao. I ka nui o nā holoholona makua, he keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe ka hulu. I loko o nā'ōpiopio he hina-ʻeleʻele.
Ma muli o ka helu ʻana, ʻehiku a ʻewalu mau ʻano swans. Pili loa nā swans i nā ʻiole a me nā geese. Ma ʻEulopa ʻEulopa, ʻike mākou i ka swan mute.
Noho ka swan mute i kahi ʻaʻole wela a ʻaʻole hoʻi i anu. Loaʻa pinepine iā mākou i ko mākou wai. Ma ka ʻākau loa, ma ka arctic tundra, ʻehā mau ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe i hānau i ke kauwela. Noho lākou i ka hoʻoilo ma ke kūkulu hema mehana. No laila, he mau manu lele lākou. ʻElua mau ʻano ma ka ʻaoʻao hema e nānā kūikawā: ʻo ka swan ʻeleʻele wale nō ka mea ʻeleʻele loa. ʻO ka inoa o ka ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele e wehewehe i kona ʻano.
ʻOi aku ka ʻāʻī o ka swans ma mua o ka geese. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻai i nā mea kanu mai ka luawai lalo ke lana lākou i ka wai. Kapa ʻia kēia ʻano hana ʻai ʻana he "ʻeli". Hiki i ko lākou mau ʻēheu ke ʻō aku ma luna o ʻelua mau mika. ʻO ke kaumaha o nā swans a hiki i 14 kilokani.
Makemake ʻo Swans e ʻai i nā mea kanu mai ka wai. Akā, hānai lākou i nā mea kanu ma nā kua'āina. Aia kekahi mau ʻiniko wai, a me nā mollusks e like me nā ʻū, nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, a me nā amphibians.
Pehea e hānau ai nā swans?
Noho pono kekahi mau mākua iā lākou iho no ke koena o ko lākou ola. Ua kapa ʻia he monogamy. Hana lākou i pūnana no nā hua, a lākou e hoʻohana pinepine ai. ʻOhi ke kāne i nā lālā a hāʻawi ʻia i ka wahine, nāna e hoʻohana iā lākou e hana i ka pūnana. ʻO nā mea a pau o loko i uhi ʻia me nā mea kanu palupalu. A laila uhuki ka wahine i kona ʻāpana iho. No laila, pono ia i kona hulu palupalu no ka pale.
Hāʻawi ka hapa nui o nā wahine i ʻehā a ʻeono mau hua, akā hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻumikūmākahi. Hoʻomoʻa ka wahine i nā hua wale nō. ʻO ke kāne-wale ke kōkua me ka swan ʻeleʻele. Aneane eono pule ka manawa incubation. Hāpai nā mākua ʻelua i ka ʻōpio. I kekahi manawa, hoʻihoʻi lākou i nā keikikāne ma ko lākou kua.