ʻO Galapagos (Chelonoidis elephantopus) - kahi lunamakaʻāinana o ka papa o nā mea kolo, ka honu ʻāina nui loa e kū nei i kēia manawa i ka honua, a ʻike ʻia hoʻi ka ʻelepani. ʻO kona pili kai wale, ka honu leatherback, hiki ke hoʻokūkū me ia. Ma muli o ka hana a ke kanaka a me ka huliau o ke aniau, ua iho nui ka nui o kēia mau pilikua nui, a ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he ʻano mea make.
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Kāhāhā ka honu Galapagos i kēlā me kēia me kona nui, no ka mea, ke ʻike aku i kahi honu e kau ana i ka 300 kg a hiki i ka 1 m kiʻekiʻe ke kūpono, he hoʻokahi wale nō o kona mau pūpū i hōʻea i 1.5 mika ke anawaena. Ua lōʻihi kona ʻāʻī a lahilahi, a liʻiliʻi kona poʻo a poepoe, ʻeleʻele kona mau maka a pili pono.
ʻAʻole like me nā ʻano honu ʻē aʻe, pōkole loa ko lākou mau wāwae a pono lākou e kolo ma ko lākou ʻōpū, lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka honu a me nā lālā, uhi ʻia me ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e like me nā unahi, hoʻopau nā wāwae me nā manamana wāwae pōkole. Aia kekahi huelo - i nā kāne ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā wahine. Hoʻolālā ʻole ka lohe ʻana, no laila ke hana maikaʻi ʻole nei lākou i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o nā ʻenemi.
Māhele nā ʻepekema iā lākou i ʻelua mau ʻano morpho ʻokoʻa:
- me kahi pūpū kihi;
- me ka pūpū noho.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano o kēlā pū. I kekahi, piʻi aʻe ia ma luna o ke kino ma ke ʻano o ka piʻo, a i ka lua, kokoke i ka ʻāʻī, ke ʻano o ka pale kūlohelohe e pili wale ana i ke kaiapuni.
Kahi noho
ʻO ka ʻāina maoli o nā honu Galapagos maʻa mau nā mokupuni ʻo Galapagos, kahi i holoi ʻia e nā wai o ka Moana Pākīpika, unuhi ʻia ko lākou inoa ʻo "Mokupuni o nā kuhukukū." Eia kekahi, hiki ke loaʻa ʻo Galapagos ma ke Kai ʻInikia - ma ka mokupuni ʻo Aldabra, akā ma laila ʻaʻole hiki i kēia mau holoholona i ka nui.
Pono nā honu Galapagos e ola i nā kūlana paʻakikī loa - ma muli o ke aniau wela o nā mokupuni he liʻiliʻi nā mea kanu. No ko lākou wahi noho, koho lākou i nā wahi haʻahaʻa a me nā wahi i piha i nā ulu lāʻau, makemake lākou e peʻe i nā ulu lāʻau ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau. Makemake nā pilikua i nā ʻauʻau ʻele i nā kaʻina hana o ka wai; no kēia mea, nānā kēia mau mea nani i nā lua me kahi poho wai a lua ma laila me ko lākou kino haʻahaʻa.
Nā hiʻohiʻona a me ka nohona
Peʻe ke ao holoʻokoʻa, hūnā nā mea kolo i nā mānoanoa a kokoke ʻaʻole e haʻalele i ko lākou mau hale. Ma ka pō wale nō lākou e hele ai e holoholo. I ka pouli, hiki ʻole i nā honu ke kōkua, no ka mea, hoʻoliʻiliʻi loa ka hoʻolohe ʻana a me ka ʻike.
I nā kau ua a i ʻole nā kau maloʻo, hiki i nā honu Galapagos ke neʻe mai kēlā a me kēia wahi. I kēia manawa, ʻākoakoa pinepine ka poʻe mehameha kūʻokoʻa i nā hui o 20-30 mau kānaka, akā i loko o kahi hui ʻaʻole pili iki lākou me kekahi a noho kaʻawale. Hoihoi wale nā hoahānau iā lākou i ka wā rutting.
Hāʻule ko lākou manawa male i nā mahina puna, ka waiho ʻana o nā hua - i ke kauwela. Ma ke ala, ua hōʻike ʻia ka inoa ʻelua no kēia mau holoholona relict ma muli o ka ʻoiai i ka huli ʻana no ka hapa lua, ua hoʻopuka nā kāne i nā kani uterine kikoʻī, e like me ka halulu o ka elepani. I mea e loaʻa ai kāna mea i wae ʻia, hipa kāne kāne iā ia me kona ikaika a pau me kāna pūpū, a inā ʻaʻohe hopena o ia neʻe ʻana, a laila nahu ʻo ia iā ia ma nā ʻāpana a hiki i ka wā e moe ai ka wahine o ka puʻuwai a huki i kona mau lālā, no laila wehe ʻia ke komo i kou kino.
Hoʻomoe nā honu Elephant i kā lākou mau hua i loko o nā lua i ʻeli kūikawā ʻia, i hoʻokahi paʻa ʻana aia hiki i 20 mau hua i ka nui o ka pōpō kinipōpō. Ma lalo o nā kūlana maikaʻi, hiki i nā honu ke hānau palua i ka makahiki. Ma hope o 100-120 mau lā, hoʻomaka nā keiki mua e puka i waho o nā hua manu, ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou kaumaha ma mua o 80 gram. Hiki i nā holoholona ʻōpio ke oo i ka moekolohe ma ka makahiki 20-25, akā ʻaʻole pilikia kēlā ulu lōʻihi ʻana ʻo ke ola ke ola o nā pilikua he 100-122 mau makahiki.
ʻAiʻai Pono
ʻAi wale nā honu Elephant i nā kumu mea kanu, ʻai lākou i nā mea kanu i hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou. ʻAi ʻia nā greens ʻawahia a prickly. ʻO Manchinella a me practly pear cactus ka mea i makemake nui ʻia i ka meaʻai, ʻoiai me ka hoʻohui i nā mea momona, loaʻa pū nā kolo i nā mea kolo mai iā lākou. ʻAʻohe o ko Galapagos niho; nahu lākou i nā wana a me nā lau me ke kōkua o nā auwae, he pahi e like me ka pahi.
He mea nui ka inu inu kūpono no kēia mau pilikua. Hiki iā lākou ke lilo i 45 mau minuke i kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻihoʻi i ke kaulike wai i ke kino.
ʻIkepili Hoihoi
- ʻO nā kamaʻāina o ka Zoo Kairo - kahi honu i kapa ʻia ʻo Samira a me kāna kāne - ua manaʻo ʻia he ate lōʻihi i waena o nā kuhukū Galapagos. Ua make ka wahine i ka makahiki 315, a ʻaʻole i hōʻea ke kāne i ka 400th makahiki o kekahi mau makahiki wale nō.
- Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o nā luina i nā mokupuni ʻo Galapagos i ka kenekulia 17, ua hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻohana i nā honu kūloko no ka meaʻai. ʻOiai hiki i kēia mau holoholona hanohano ke hele me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai a me ka wai no kekahi mau mahina, ua hoʻokuʻu wale nā luina iā lākou i nā paʻa o kā lākou moku a ʻai e like me ka mea e pono ai. I nā kenekulia ʻelua wale nō, no laila, luku ʻia he 10 miliona mau kuhukukū.
