ʻO ka loona ʻulaʻula-ʻāʻī ka liʻiliʻi o nā loona; hoʻololi i ke kala i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka manu he 53-69 cm ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka ʻēheu he 106-116 cm. I ka wā e ʻauʻau ana, noho haʻahaʻa ka loona i ka wai, ʻike ʻia ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī ma luna o ka wai.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o kahi loona ʻulaʻula
I ke kauwela, hina ke poʻo, ʻo ka ʻāʻī pū kekahi, akā aia kahi kikoʻulaʻula glossy nui ma luna. I ka hoʻoilo, lilo ke poʻo i keʻokeʻo, a nalo ka ʻulaʻula i kēia kau, ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ka ʻaoʻao luna a me nā kiko keʻokeʻo. Ma lalo o ke kino keʻokeʻo, pōkole ka huelo, wehewehe pono ʻia, a pouli hoʻi.
I ka wā hānau o nā lī ʻāʻī ʻulaʻula:
- ʻeleʻele loa ke kino o luna;
- ʻulaʻula ka iris;
- hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā hulu āpau i ka hopena o ke kau, ʻaʻole lele nā loona no kekahi mau pule.
Ulu nā hulu i ka mua o ke kau a me ka lau mua.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine, me kahi poʻo nui a me ka nuku. Mānoanoa ka ʻāʻī o ka loona, ʻikiʻī a lōʻihi hoʻi nā puka ihu, i hoʻololi ʻia no ka luʻu ʻana. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke kino no ka ʻauʻau ʻana, me nā wāwae pōkole a ikaika hoʻi i huki ʻia i ke kino. Kūpono nā wāwae no ka hele wāwae ma ka wai, akā paʻakikī i ka hele ʻana i ka ʻāina. ʻO nā manamana mua ʻekolu he webbeded.
Kahi noho
Hoʻolilo nā loona ʻāʻī ʻulaʻula i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa ma ka Arctic a loaʻa ma Alaska a ma loko o ka Hemisphere ʻĀkau, ʻEulopa, ʻAmelika a me ʻAsia. I ka wā hānau, noho ka loona i nā loko wai, nā loko, a me nā poho wai. I ka hoʻoilo, noho nā loona ma nā kahakai kahakai i ka wai paʻakai. Pilikia lākou i ka hana a ke kanaka a haʻalele i ka loko iʻa inā nui nā poʻe ma kahi kokoke.
ʻO ka mea e ʻai ai nā pūhaka ʻāʻī
Huli wale lākou i ka wai kai, hoʻohana ʻia nā loko wai hou a me nā loko no ka pūnana ʻana. E ʻike i ka pio ma ke ʻano, pono i ka wai maʻemaʻe, hopu i nā meaʻai i ka wā eʻauʻau ana. Luku ʻo Loon e kiʻi i ka meaʻai, nona nā:
- crustaceans;
- iʻa liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi;
- pūpū;
- nā rana a me nā hua rana;
- nā mea kolo.
Pōʻaiapuni ola
Hāpai lākou i ka manawa e komo ai ka wai thaw i loko o Mei. Koho ke kāne i kahi pūnaewele pūnana kokoke i ka wai hohonu. Kūkulu ke kāne a me ka wahine i kahi pūnana mai nā mea kanu. Hoʻomoe ka wahine i ʻelua mau hua, a hoʻoipoipo ke kāne a me ka wahine no ʻekolu pule. Ma hope o 2 a 3 mau pule, hoʻomaka ka moa e ʻauʻau a hoʻolilo i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa i ka wai, akā lawe mau nā mākua iā lākou i ka meaʻai. Ma hope o 7 mau pule, lele nā ʻōpio a hānai iā lākou iho.
Hana
ʻAʻole like me nā loona maʻamau, wehe pono ka loona ʻulaʻula i ka lepo a i ʻole ka wai, ʻaʻole pono ka holo.
