Mary Allen
ʻOiai inā ʻaʻohe ʻīlio hihiu, kokoke loa nā ʻīlio hihiu Komodo - no laila ua kapa ʻia lākou he ʻīlio Komodo. ʻO lākou nā moʻo ola nui loa a ua noho lākou ma nā mokupuni ʻo Indonesia no nā miliona makahiki.
Ua kaupalena ʻia nā ʻīlio hae Komodo i kekahi mau mokupuni ʻo Indonesia o ka hui Lesser Sunda, ʻo Rintja, Padar a me Flores, a ʻo ka mokupuni ʻo Komodo, ka mea nui loa ma 22 mau mile (35 mau kilomita) ka lōʻihi. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Padar mai ka makahiki 1970.
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ʻO nā ʻīlio hihiu Komodo ka piko o ke kaulahao meaʻai ma ko lākou wahi noho, ʻaʻole no ka nui o ko lākou nui, akā no kā lākou mau mea ʻawaʻawa. He nāwaliwali ka nahu maoli i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea ʻaihue ʻē aʻe, akā he mau ʻawaʻawa ko Komodo e hoʻonāwaliwali ai a pepehi i kā lākou mea pio. Inā ʻaʻole lawa ka lāʻau make, loaʻa i ka dragon Komodo kahi ace ma kona lima. Noho nā ʻano microbes like ʻole i loko o ka kohu o ka holoholona, e alakaʻi ai i ka make koko a no laila e hoʻopau ai i nā mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia. ʻAʻole palekana lākou i kēia mau bacteria ma muli o ko lākou waiwai koko.
ʻOiai ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha a me ka make, ʻo nā ʻīlio hae Komodo he ʻuʻuku loa i ke kanaka a e hoʻouka wale nō inā hoʻoweliweli ʻia. Ua hoʻopau ʻia nā lāʻau ma ka ʻoki ʻana a me ka puhi ʻana a me ka hahai holoholona, no laila ʻo ka Komodo kekahi o nā ʻano mea ʻino. ʻO nā ʻīlio hae Komodo nā mea mākaʻikaʻi, he mau pono a me nā pōʻino no nā holoholona a me ko lākou pale: ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, alakaʻi nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka hānai pono ʻole ʻana i nā holoholona a ua pilikia pū lākou, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, lawe pū ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina. nā manawa kūpono: loaʻa i ka poʻe e noho ana i laila ka loaʻa kālā o ka mākaʻikaʻi a no laila makemake nui lākou i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻīlio Komodo a me ko lākou wahi noho. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻāʻo pinepine ke aupuni Indonesia e alakaʻi i ka holo ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻomau.
He mau ʻīlio hae Komodo ma Australia?
Ua ulu maikaʻi nā ʻīlio Komodo i ka ʻinoʻino o nā mokupuni ʻo Indonesia no nā miliona mau makahiki. ʻO nā mōʻalihaku, mai 50,000 makahiki aku nei, hōʻike lākou i noho ma Australia i kekahi manawa! Ma muli o ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka luku ʻana i ka noho ʻana, ka poaching a me nā pōʻino kūlohelohe, ua manaʻo ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio he ʻano palupalu.
He mau ʻīlio hae Komodo ma ʻAmelika?
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi no Floridians, ʻike ʻia nā ʻīlio Komodo ma nā wahi noho o ka mokupuni o Indonesia, akā ua hoʻolilo kekahi o kāna mau hoahānau nānā iā Florida i ko lākou home, ma hope o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i ka US he mau holoholona exotic a pakele a hoʻokuʻu ʻia paha i ka nahele.
Noho nā kānaka me nā ʻīlio Komodo?
He wikiwiki a ʻona ʻo Komodo Dragons akā ua aʻo ka poʻe Bugis e kaʻana like i ka mokupuni me lākou e ola a loaʻa kālā mai nā moʻo nunui. He kanaka makua ʻo Komodo Dragon ma ka mokupuni ʻo Komodo, Indonesia.
Ma hea kahi e moe ai ka dragon Komodo?
Loaʻa nā ʻīlio hae Komodo i loko o nā ululāʻau savanna, akā ākea ākea ma nā mokupuni ʻo Indonesia, mai kahakai a hiki i ka piko. Paʻe lākou i ka wela o ka lā a moe i ka pō i loko o nā lua.