Mary Allen
He mammal nui ka walrus e noho ana ma ke kai anuanu o ʻEulopa, ʻAsia, a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. He ʻano holoholona ʻokoʻa ia a no nā sila. He mea kūikawā kona mau niho nui luna, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia he ʻū, e kau ana i lalo mai kona waha.
He kino puʻupuʻu ko ka walrus a he poʻo poepoe. He peʻa ma mua o nā wāwae. Ua uhi ʻia kona waha me nā ʻumi ʻumi ʻoʻoleʻa. ʻO ka ʻili he ʻenekini a hina hina. ʻO kahi momona momona ma lalo o ka ʻili, i kapa ʻia ʻo blubber, mālama i ka walrus mehana. Hiki i nā Walruses ke ulu a hiki i ʻekolu mika a me 70 kenimika ka lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o 1,200 kilokani. Loaʻa i nā walrus kāne nā ʻeke ea e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou mau poʻo ma luna o ka wai i ka wā e hiamoe ai ka walrus.
He ʻiʻo ko ka walrus ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o kona waha. Hiki ke piʻi i hoʻokahi mika ka lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o ʻelima kilokani. Hoʻohana ka walrus i kāna mau ʻōpuʻu e hakakā. Hoʻohana ia iā lākou e ʻoki i nā lua o ka hau a huki iā ia iho i waho o ka wai.
ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi holoholona ke hoʻouka i kahi walrus. ʻO ka maikaʻi loa, hoʻāʻo ka bea polar e hoʻohuli i kahi pūʻulu walrus e holo. A laila, lele ʻo ia ma luna o kahi walrus nāwaliwali a i ʻole kahi holoholona ʻōpio. ʻO ka maʻi bacteria i loko o ka hulu a i ʻole nā maka he mea weliweli hoʻi no ka walrus. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka pohō ke kaumaha a me ka make mua ʻana o ka ʻiʻo haki.
Ua ʻimi mau ka poʻe kamaʻāina i nā walruses, akā ʻaʻole nui loa. Ua hoʻohana lākou i ka holoholona a pau: ʻai lākou i ka ʻiʻo a wela me ka momona. No kekahi o ko lākou ʻili, hoʻohana lākou i nā iwi walrus a uhi ʻia nā ʻili me ka ʻili walrus. Ua hana pū lākou i nā lole. He niho ʻelepani ka ʻiʻo a aneane like ka waiwai me ko ka ʻelepani. Ua hana lākou i nā mea nani. Akā, he nui maoli nā walruses i pepehi wale ʻia e ka poʻe hahai holoholona mai ka hema me kā lākou mau pū.
Pehea e ola ai nā walrus?
Noho ʻo Walruses i nā pūʻulu hiki ke helu i nā holoholona ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli. Noho lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa ma ke kai. I kekahi manawa hoʻomaha lākou ma ka hau a i ʻole nā mokupuni pōhaku. Ma ka ʻāina, hoʻohuli lākou i ko lākou mau ʻūhā hope i mua ma lalo o ko lākou mau kino e ʻauwana a puni.
ʻAi nui nā Walruses i nā ʻū. Hoʻohana lākou i kā lākou ʻuʻu e ʻeli i nā pūpū mai ka papahele o ke kai. Loaʻa iā lākou he mau haneli ʻumiʻumi, kahi a lākou e hoʻohana ai e ʻike a manaʻo maikaʻi i kā lākou pio.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka male ʻana o nā walrus i ka wai. He ʻumikūmākahi mahina ka hāpai ʻana, aneane hoʻokahi makahiki. Kakaʻikahi loa nā māhoe. ʻO ke kaumaha o ke keiki bipi ma kahi o 50 kilokani i ka hānau ʻana. Hiki iā ia ke ʻauʻau koke. No ka hapalua makahiki ʻaʻole ʻo ia e inu i ka waiu o kona makuahine. Ma laila wale nō e lawe ai i nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe. Akā inu ʻo ia i ka waiū no ʻelua makahiki. I ke kolu o ka makahiki, noho mau me ka makuahine. Akā, hiki iā ia ke hāpai hou i ka pēpē i loko o kona ʻōpū.