Ua mahalo ʻia ka crocodile Nile no kona ikaika a hoʻohana ʻia e kiaʻi i nā pharaohs a me nā kāhuna o ʻAigupita kahiko. Ua hoʻomana ka poʻe ʻAigupita i nā holoholona, akā ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻomana i ka mea ola ponoʻī, akā kahi hiʻohiʻona maopopo i loko o nā laha. ʻO ke akua o ka mana me kahi poʻo crocodile i mālama nui ʻia, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Sobek. I ka hoʻohanohano ʻana iā Sobek i Kom Ombo 200 BC kūkulu i kahi luakini nui kahi e hoʻomana ai nā kānaka iā ia ma ke ʻano he mana o ka ʻuhane.
ʻOi aku ka māmā o ke kolo Nile ma mua o nā ʻano koka ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ma ka honua, akā ua kapa ʻia ia he buaya ʻeleʻele.
ʻO ka Nroc crocodile kahi holoholona dimorphic moekolohe, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻokoʻa kino ma waena o nā kāne a me nā wahine. ʻO nā kāne o ka crocodile Nile he 25-35% ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā wahine, akā ʻoi aku ka pōʻai o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne o ka lōʻihi like. He holoholona teritore nā kāne. Ma ka awelika, ke ola nei ka crocodile Nile a hala nā makahiki 70, ʻoiai i ke kūlohelohe. Eia nō naʻe, e noho ia i nā kūlana kūpono no hoʻokahi kenekulia.
Hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana o nā Crocodiles i ko lākou ola ʻana. ʻO nā kāne makua he 2 a 5 mau mika ka lōʻihi; ʻo ke kaumaha nui ma kahi o 700 kg. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka palena o ka makahiki kiʻekiʻe a me ka nui. Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā moʻolelo o nā crocodile hihiu nui, ma luna o 6 mau mika ka lōʻihi a 900 kg ke kaupaona.
ʻO ka helehelena a me nā hiʻohiʻona
He mau unahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka Nile me nā mea nui ʻeleʻele a keleawe paha. Pili ko lākou kala pololei i ke kaiapuni. ʻO nā Crocodile e noho nei i nā kahawai wikiwiki he kala i ke kala, e ʻeleʻele ana ka noho ʻana i nā wahi pouli; he camouflage ko lākou kino, no laila makemake lākou e hoʻopili i ko lākou wahi.
ʻO nā niho weliweli he 64 a 68 paha nā canine ma nā ʻaoʻao a ʻelua o ka iwi ā. Kuni ʻia kēia mau niho, me he mea lā ua ʻoi. He "niho hua manu" nā crocodiles liʻiliʻi e hāʻule i waho ma hope o ka haki ʻana o ka cub i ka pūpū o ka hua manu.
ʻO ka mea pohihihi o nā crocodiles o Nile, he ʻike i loko o ke kino, ke kumu o ka ʻike ʻole o nā mea noiʻi. ʻAe ka poʻe āpau e ʻike kēia mau ʻona i nā pilau, nā haʻalulu pio, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona.
Kahi e noho ai ka crocodile Nile
Ola nā koka Nile i nā wai paʻakai, akā makemake i nā wai hou o Central a me ʻApelika Hema. E like me nā mea kolo āpau, ʻo ka Crocodile Nile kahi mea koko-anuanu a pili i kona kaiapuni e mālama i kahi mahana maʻamau o loko. Kūleʻa ia i ka lā ke anuanu, akā ke kiʻekiʻe ke ana wela, hele i kahi hana e like me ka hibernation.
Hoʻoemi nā buaya i ko lākou puʻuwai a hiamoe i nā kau paʻakikī. ʻO nā ana i ʻeli ʻia e nā crocodiles ma nā kapa muliwai ua ʻoi aku ke anuanu ma mua o ke ana wela o waho. I ke anilā wela, he puʻuhonua ka crocodile Nile i nā ana a hoʻemi i ka nui o ka hanu ma kahi o hoʻokahi hanu i kēlā me kēia minuke; heleleʻi ka mahana o ke kino, hāʻule ka helu o ka puʻuwai mai 40 mau kuʻi i kēlā me kēia minuke i lalo o ʻelima. I kēia mokuʻāina, hoʻopau ka crocodile i ka ikehu liʻiliʻi loa, i ʻae iā ia e ola i ʻoi aku i hoʻokahi makahiki me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai.
He aha ka ʻai o ka crocodile Nile?
ʻAi nā Crocodiles i nā mea āpau e neʻe. ʻO kā lākou meaʻai nui ka iʻa. Akā pepehi pū lākou i nā manu, nā mea kolo, nā otters, nā wildebeest, nā zebras, nā hippos, a me nā crocodile ʻē aʻe. He poʻe ʻaihue maoli kēia.
Makemake nā Crocodiles i ka waiwai pio ola. Ke hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻiʻo lūlū a i ʻole ka meaʻai ola, hoʻouka lākou i ka meaʻai e neʻe a haʻalele i ka ʻiʻo manu no ka mea ʻai.
Nā ʻano a me ka nohona
Hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻole ʻia ka lawena o nā crocodiles. Manaʻo ʻia aia he hierarchy ikaika kaiāulu i nā lehulehu crocodile e hoʻohuli i ke kauoha hānai. ʻAi liʻiliʻi nā holoholona haʻahaʻa i ka wā kokoke nā mea nui.
ʻ cpua nāpua Nile
ʻEli kēia ʻano i nā pūnana a 50 cm i ke one one, he mau mika mai ka wai. Aia ka manawa o ka hana pūnana i ka wahi ʻāina, kū i ka wā maloʻo i ke kūkulu ʻākau, i ke kakahiaka nui i ka wā ua ma ka hema, mai Nowemapa a i ka hopena o Kekemapa.
Ua hōʻea nā wahine i ke ʻano moekolohe me ka lōʻihi o ke kino ma kahi o 2.6 m, nā kāne ma kahi o 3.1 m. Hoʻomoe nā wahine i nā hua he 40 a 60 i ka pūnana, ʻoiai kēia helu e pili ana i ka heluna kanaka. Noho mau nā wahine ma kahi o ka pūnana. ʻO ka manawa hoʻouluulu he 80 a 90 mau lā, a ma hope e wehe ka wahine i ka pūnana a lawe i nā keiki i loko o ka wai.
Nile Crocodile Cub
ʻOiai ka makaʻala o ka wahine i ka wā incubation, ua eli ʻia kahi pākēneka kiʻekiʻe o nā pūnana e nā hyenas a me nā kānaka. Kū kēia predation ke koi ʻia ka wahine e haʻalele i ka pūnana e hōʻalili i kona kino i ka wai.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
Aia nā crocodile Nile ma ka piko o ke kaulahao meaʻai, akā hoʻoweliweli ʻia e:
- haumia kaiapuni;
- nalo o kahi noho;
- poʻe hahai holoholona.
Heluna a me ke kūlana o kēia ʻano
Wahi a ka International Union for Conservation of Nature, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā crocodiles o Nile ma ke ʻano he "hopohopo liʻiliʻi" e pili ana i ka make ʻana. Mai ka 250,000 a i ka 500,000 ka heluna kanaka a noho lākou ma ka moku ʻApelika.
Kiaʻi kūpaka
ʻO ka nalo ʻana o ka nohona ka pilikia nui loa i kū ʻia e nā buaya Nile. Ke nalowale nei lākou i ko lākou wahi noho ma muli o ka nāhelehele, a ua hōʻemi ka hoʻomehana honua ʻana i ka nui a me ka nui o nā wahi wai. Kū aʻe kekahi pilikia i ka wā e kūkulu ai nā poʻe i nā wai wai, nā dredges a me nā ʻōnaehana wai.
