ʻO Quokka no ka ʻohana kangaroo a ʻano like me kahi kangaroo nui i ka nānā aku. Eia nō naʻe, akahai ka nui o kēia holoholona - ʻaʻole nui ia ma mua o ka pōpoki kūloko maʻamau.
Quokka - wehewehe
Aia i loko o ka ʻohana kangaroo nā ʻano holoholona he nui i ʻano ʻokoʻa. Akā he ʻano kikoʻī ko ka quokka i loko ona wale nō - pōkole loa kahi huelo. Hoʻohana hoʻohana ʻia kēia mea kino i nā holoholona kangaroo a pau ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo. Mahalo i ka huelo, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā ʻano kangaroo ke pale aku iā lākou iho, ke kuʻi nei i ka ʻenemi me nā wāwae hope ikaika. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻo ka huelo liʻiliʻi a Quokka i kēia.
Uhi ʻia kēia holoholona liʻiliʻi lele me ka lauoho waena. ʻUlaʻula ʻulaʻula ke kala, i kekahi manawa me nā tints hina. Uhi ʻia ka maka a pau o ke kino o ka quokka i ka huluhulu, koe wale no ka huelo a me nā kihi o nā wāwae. ʻEleʻele ka ʻili i kēia mau wahi, ʻaneʻane ʻeleʻele.
Kaha ka wāwae o Quokka ma hope o ka lele ʻana. ʻOi aku ka pōkole a nāwaliwali hoʻi nā forelegs. Me kā lākou kōkua, hāpai ka holoholona a paʻa i ka meaʻai. ʻAi ʻo Quokka i ka mauʻu, lau, a me nā hua lāʻau.
ʻO ka nohona Quokka
ʻO ka mōʻaukala, ʻo ka quokka, e like me nā kangaroos ʻē aʻe, ua pālahalaha ma kahi o ka panalāʻau holoʻokoʻa o Australia (ka papa inoa o nā holoholona ma Australia). Akā me ka hoʻomaka o ka noho paʻa o ka ʻāina nui, ua hoʻomaka ka emi nui ʻana o ka lehulehu. A ʻo ke kumu o kēia ʻaʻole ka pāpā ʻana i ka banal a i ʻole ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻoihana, akā nā holoholona i lawe ʻia mai.
He mea pale ʻole ʻo Quokka. ʻAʻole maopopo iā ia pehea e hakakā ai e like me ka kangaroo nui, a ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopili ʻia e hālāwai me nā predators. Eia kekahi! ʻAʻohe holoholona ʻaihue nui i kona wahi noho. No laila, ʻo nā ʻenemi nui a me nā mea luku i ka quokk, he mau pōpoki a me nā ʻīlio maʻamau, a ka poʻe i lawe pū ai me lākou.
I kēia lā, noho kēia holoholona liʻiliʻi ma nā mokupuni ʻo Bald, Rottnest a me Penguin, aia ma kahi o Australia. Loaʻa pū kekahi ma ka ʻāinapuniʻole ma kahi o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Albany. ʻO ka nohona maʻamau o ka quokka kahi mauʻu mauʻu maloʻo me nā ulu lāʻau.
Ke hōʻoluʻolu ʻole nā kūlana noho, hiki i nā quokkas ke hana i ka neʻe ʻana a neʻe i nā wahi atypical. No laila, i ka wā o ka ua nui o ka ua, neʻe nui lākou i nā wahi pohopoho, kahi a lākou e ʻike ai i kahi wai i ʻae ʻia me ka wai e ʻoluʻolu.
He holoholona pō ʻo Quokka. He maka maikaʻi kona, kahi ʻano ʻala a me ka lohe. I ke ao, hōʻike liʻiliʻi nā holoholona i ka hana iki, peʻe pinepine i ka nahele.
He hiʻohiʻona hoihoi ʻo Quokka. Ma hope o ka male ʻana, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi ka wahine, akā ʻelua mau embryo i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Eia kekahi, hoʻomaka kekahi o lākou e hoʻomohala, a hele ka lua i kahi manawa hoʻomaha.
E like me nā lālā o ka ʻohana kangaroo, he ʻeke ka quokka no ka hāpai keiki ʻana. Hānau ʻo ia i hoʻokahi keiki a hānai iā ia i loko o kahi ʻeke no ka manawa lōʻihi. I kēia manawa, hoʻomaka ka lua o ka embryo e hoʻomohala a hānau ʻia ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o "ke kaikuaʻana" i ka ʻeke a ka makuahine. No laila, hele ka wahine ma nā pae o nā hāpai ʻelua ma hope o hoʻokahi wale nō hālāwai me ke kāne.
ʻO Quokka a me kāne
Ua hoʻokau nā ʻepekema i ke kūlana o nā "ʻano palupalu" i quokka. ʻO ka manaʻo o ia me ka hana ʻole i nā ana no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana, hiki i ka helu o nā holoholona ke hoʻomaka e hōʻole i ka loiloi. Hāʻawi ʻia ke aʻa maikaʻi i nā ʻano hana, mālama pinepine kekahi i kahi quokka ma ka home. I nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopā a me ka hānai ʻana i ka kwokka. ʻAʻole helehelena iki ka helehelena hoʻopā o kēia holoholona i ka haʻalele ʻole o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
