He holoholona ʻano ʻē ka echidna. Pāpaʻu ʻo ia, ʻai i nā ants, uhi ʻia e ke kākalaioa, he alelo e like me ka ʻāhiu. A hoʻomoe hoʻi ka echidna i nā hua.
ʻO wai ka echidna?
ʻAʻole lākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka echidna i ka nūhou a ʻaʻole lākou i kākau i nā kaʻao. Kākaʻikahi loa ka lohe e pili ana i kēia holoholona i ka nui. Loaʻa kēia ma muli o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole nui nā echidnas, a i ʻole nā wahi noho, ma ka Honua. I kēia lā noho wale lākou ma Australia, New Guinea a me kekahi mau mokupuni ma ka Brass Strait.
Ma waho, he ʻano like ka echidna me ka hedgehog a i ʻole porcupine. Ma kona kua he mau kakini koi oi loa i hiki i ka holoholona ke hapai ina pilikia. Uhi ʻia ka waha a me ka ʻōpū o ka echidna me ka hulu pōkole. Hoʻohana ka ihu lōʻihi iā lākou i ʻohana o kekahi holoholona laha ʻole - ka platypus. He ʻohana holoʻokoʻa ʻo Echidnas. Aia ʻekolu mau ʻohana, akā ʻaʻohe o nā lunamakaʻāinana o kekahi o lākou.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino maʻamau o ka echidna he 30 kenimika. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā wāwae pōkole me nā maiuu ikaika. Me kā lākou kōkua, ʻike ka holoholona pehea e ʻeli pono a ʻeli koke i nā lua a i ka lepo paʻa. Ke loaʻa ʻole kahi pale palekana ma kahi kokoke, a kokoke ka makaʻu, hiki i ka echidna ke kanu iā ia iho i ka lepo, a waiho wale i kahi hemisphere me nā nila ʻoi ma luna. Inā pono, hiki i nā echidnas ke ʻauʻau maikaʻi a lanakila i nā pale wai lōʻihi.
Hoʻomoe ʻo Echidnas i kā lākou mau hua. Hoʻokahi wale nō hua manu i ka "paʻa" a waiho ʻia i loko o kahi ʻeke kūikawā. Hānau ʻia ka cub i 10 mau lā a noho i ka ʻeke like no ka mahina mua a me ka hapa. ʻAi ka liʻiliʻi echidna i ka waiū, ʻaʻole naʻe mai nā nipples, akā mai nā pores kūikawā i kekahi mau ʻāpana o ke kino i kapa ʻia nā māla waiū. Ma hope o hoʻokahi a me ka hapa mahina, waiho ka makuahine i ka cub i loko o ka lua i hoʻomākaukau ʻia a hānai iā ia me ka waiū i kēlā me kēia ʻelima mau lā a hiki i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki ʻehiku.
ʻO ka nohona Echidna
Alakaʻi ka holoholona i kahi nohona mehameha, hana wale i nā pālua i ka wā o ka hānau ʻana. ʻAʻohe o ka pūnana ech a like paha. E lilo i wahi kūpono i puʻuhonua a i wahi hoʻomaha. Ke alakaʻi nei i kahi ala nomadic o ke ola, ua aʻo ka echidna e ʻike i ka makaʻu iki ma mua a pane koke iā ia.
ʻO ka arsenal o ke ala o ka ʻike ʻana me ke ʻano onaona o ka honi, hoʻolohe maikaʻi a me nā pūnaewele receptor kūikawā e ʻike i nā loli i ka papa electromagnetic a puni ka holoholona. Mahalo i kēia, hoʻopaʻa ka echidna i ka neʻe ʻana o nā meaola liʻiliʻi e like me nā ʻenemi. ʻAʻole kōkua kēia mākaukau e ʻike wale i ka makaʻu i ka manawa, akā e ʻike pū i ka meaʻai.
ʻO ka "ipu" nui i ka papaʻai o ka echidna ka naonao a me nā anaina. Hoʻohui nui ʻia ka ihu lahilahi lōʻihi o ka holoholona no kā lākou mea pio mai nā māwae haiki, nā manhole a me nā lua. Akā ʻo ke kuleana nui i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā inseka ke pāʻani ʻia e ka elelo. He lahilahi loa ia, pili i ka echidna a hiki ke kikoo mai ka waha a hiki i ka lōʻihi o 18 kenimika. Hoʻopili nā ants i ka membrane mucous a lawe ʻia i ka waha. Ma ke ala like, huki nā mea ʻeneki i nā mea kolo ma lalo o ka ʻili lāʻau.
ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi hou aku ka ʻole o nā niho i ka echidna. Ma ka laulā, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e nau i nā popoki, akā ʻai wale ka holoholona. Hoʻopili pū ka papaʻai i nā ilo, kekahi mau mea kolo, a ʻo nā pūpū pū kekahi. I mea e wili ai iā lākou, i ka waha o ka echidna aia nā ulu keratin liʻiliʻi e ʻānai ana i ka pā. Mahalo iā lākou, wili ʻia ka meaʻai a komo i loko o ka ʻōpū.
I ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai, hoʻohuli ka echidna i nā pōhaku, hoʻowali i nā lau i hāʻule, a hiki nō hoʻi ke ʻili i ka ʻili mai nā kumulāʻau hāʻule. Me kahi kahua hānai maikaʻi, hōʻiliʻili ia i kahi momona momona, kahi mea e kōkua ai i ke kū ʻana i ka nele o ka hānai i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ke hiki mai nā "manawa paʻakikī", hiki i ka echidna ke noho me ka ʻai ʻole a hoʻokahi mahina.
