ʻO ka honu mamao loa (i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Chinese trionix) he mau wawae pūnaewele no ka ʻauʻau ʻana. ʻAʻohe o ka pale carapace. He ʻili a palupalu ke carapace, ma nā ʻaoʻao hoʻi. ʻO ka ʻāpana waena o ka pūpū he ʻāpana o ka iwi ʻoʻoleʻa e like me nā honu ʻē aʻe, akā palupalu ma nā kihi waho. ʻO ka pū māmā a maʻalahi hoʻi e ʻae i nā kuhukukū e neʻe maʻalahi i ka wai hāmama a i kahi moena loko lepo.
He kala ʻoliva kā ka pūpū o nā kuhukukū o ka Hikina Hikina a i kekahi manawa ʻeleʻele nā kiko. ʻO ka plastron ʻalani-ʻulaʻula a hiki ke hoʻonani ʻia me nā kiko ʻeleʻele nui. ʻO nā lālā a me ke poʻo he ʻoliva ma ka ʻaoʻao dorsal, ʻoi aku ka māmā o ke kala i ka mua, a ʻalani-ʻulaʻula ka wāwae o ka wāwae. Ma ke poʻo he mau kiko ʻeleʻele a me nā laina e kū mai ana mai nā maka. ʻIke ʻia ka ʻāʻī, loaʻa paha i nā kaha ʻeleʻele i nā lehelehe. ʻIke ʻia kahi mau kiko ʻeleʻele i mua o ka huelo, a ʻike ʻia kekahi ʻāpana ʻeleʻele ma ke kua o kēlā me kēia ʻūhā.
Kahi noho
Loaʻa ka honu palupalu i pale ʻia ma Kina (e like me Taiwan), Vietnam ʻĀkau, Kōlea, Iapana, a me ka Russian Federation. He paʻakikī e hoʻoholo i ka pae kūlohelohe. Ua hoʻopau ʻia nā kuhukukū a hoʻohana ʻia no ka meaʻai. Ua hoʻolauna ka poʻe malihini i ka honu palupalu i Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Timor, Batan Islands, Guam, Hawaii, California, Massachusetts a me Virginia.
Noho nā honu loa o Hikina Hikina i ka wai brackish. I Kina, loaʻa nā honu i nā kahawai, nā loko, nā loko wai, a me nā ʻauwai a me nā kahawai lohi, ma Hawaii e noho nei lākou i nā poho wai a me nā ʻauwai kahawai.
ʻO ka papaʻai
ʻO kēia mau honu he carnivorous, a i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū ʻike ʻia nā koena o ka iʻa, crustacea, molluscs, nā ʻeneka a me nā ʻanoʻano o nā mea kanu mākō. Hāʻawi ka amphibians hikina hikina i ka pō.
Hana ma ke ʻano
ʻO ke poʻo lōʻihi a me nā ihu e like me nā ihu e ʻae i nā kuhukukū e hoʻokele i ka wai pāpaʻu. I ka wā hoʻomaha, moe lākou i lalo, burrow into sand or mud. Hāpai ʻia ke poʻo e hanu i ka ea a i ʻole hopu i nā mea pio. ʻAʻole ʻauʻau maikaʻi nā kuhukukū mamao loa.
Lulu nā Amphibians i ko lākou mau poʻo i ka wai e kipaku i ka mimi mai ko lākou waha Kōkua kēia hiʻohiʻona iā lākou e ola i ka wai brackish, e ʻae iā lākou e kinai i ka mimi me ka inu ʻole i ka wai paʻakai. ʻO ka hapanui o nā honu e hoʻokuʻu i ka mimi ma o ka cloaca. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i ka lilo nui o ka wai i ke kino. Holo wale nā kuhukukū Hema i ko lākou mau waha me ka wai.
Hoʻopiʻi hou
Hiki i nā honu ke oʻo makua ma waena o 4 a me 6 mau makahiki. Pākuʻi i ka papa a i ʻole i lalo o ka wai. Hāpai ka kāne i ka pūpū o ka wahine me kona forelimbs a nahu i kona poʻo, ʻāʻī a me nā wāwae.
