Mary Allen
Introduction: Ka hihia ʻike o nā niho i loko o ka ʻōpū
He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi nā niho o ke anatomy o ka holoholona. Kōkua lākou i ka wili, ʻokiʻoki, a me ka haehae ʻana i ka meaʻai, kōkua i ka ʻai ʻana. Akā naʻe, ua ʻike anei ʻoe he niho ko kekahi holoholona ʻaʻole ma ka waha wale nō akā ma ka ʻōpū pū kekahi? He mea ʻē paha ia, akā he mea maoli nā niho o ka ʻōpū no nā holoholona he nui. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā holoholona like ʻole i loaʻa nā niho i ko lākou ʻōpū a me kā lākou hoʻololi kūʻokoʻa.
Nā Holoholona Kai Kai me nā niho ʻōpū
Nui nā holoholona kai ʻai i nā niho ʻōpū e kōkua iā lākou e ʻeli i kā lākou meaʻai. ʻO kekahi o ia holoholona ʻo ka iʻa hōkū. ʻElua ʻōpū o Starfish, ʻo kekahi e puka mai ana mai ko lākou waha e ʻeli i kā lākou mea pio ma waho a ʻo kekahi aia i loko o kā lākou diski waena. ʻO ka ʻōpū i loko o ka diski he mau niho like ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo pedicellariae e kōkua i ka wāwahi ʻana i ka meaʻai.
ʻO kekahi holoholona moana me nā niho ʻōpū ʻo ia ka heʻe. He waha like ko ka he'e e hiki ke nahu a haehae i ka mea'ai. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa iā lākou ka radula, he alelo me nā niho liʻiliʻi a lākou e hoʻohana ai e ʻohi i ka ʻiʻo mai kā lākou mea pio. Aia ka radula i loko o ko lākou esophagus, kahi e hiki ai i ko lākou ʻōpū. ʻO nā niho i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū e wili hou i ka meaʻai, e maʻalahi ai ka ʻeli ʻana.