He manu kaumaha a nui ka palamedea. Noho nā manu i nā kahawai o ʻAmelika Hema, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma nā wahi ululāʻau o Brazil, Colombia a me Guiana. No ka ʻohana o anseriformes a i ʻole nā nuku lamela nā Palamedeans. ʻEkolu ʻano o nā holoholona lele: he pepe, ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele a kiki.
Ho'ākāka laulā
Hoʻololi ka ʻano o nā palameds ma muli o ka nohona. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o nā manu ke kūwaho kūwaho, ke kū ʻana o nā spine horny ʻoi ma nā pā o nā ʻeheu, ka ʻole o nā membrane ʻauʻau ma nā wāwae. ʻO nā spurs kūikawā nā mea kaua e hoʻohana ʻia e nā holoholona i ka pale pilikino. He hana lahilahi ko Horned palameds ma ko lākou poʻo i hiki ke ulu a 15 cm ka lōʻihi. Ma ka awelika, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o nā manu ma mua o 80 cm, a ʻano like lākou me nā moa nui. Kaupaona ʻo Palameda mai 2 a 3 kg.
ʻO ka lele ʻana o nā holoholona leleʻeleʻele i ka waihoʻoluʻu, ʻoiai ke poʻo o ke poʻo e mālamalama a aia kahi kiko keʻokeʻo ma ka ʻōpū. Loaʻa i nā Crs Anseriformes nā kaha ʻeleʻele a me nā keʻokeʻo a puni ko lākou ʻāʻī. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā manu ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele e ko lākou kala ʻeleʻele, kahi e kau ai ke poʻo mālamalama a me kahi kiʻekiʻe ma ke kua o ke poʻo.
Horned Palamedea
Ka meaʻai a me ka nohona
Makemake nā Palamedeans i nā meaʻai mea kanu. ʻOiai noho lākou ma kahi kokoke i ka wai a me nā wahi kai, ʻahaʻaina nā manu i ka limu, a hōʻiliʻili lākou mai lalo o nā kino wai a me ka papa. Eia kekahi, hānai nā holoholona i nā mea kolo, iʻa, amphibians liʻiliʻi.
He manu maluhia nā Palamedeans, akā hiki iā lākou ke pale maʻalahi iā lākou iho a hoʻomaka pū kekahi kaua me nā nahesa. ʻOiai e hele wāwae ana, hana nā holoholona me ka hanohano. I ka lani, hiki ke huikau ka palamedea me kahi manu nui e like me ka griffin. He leo melodic loa nā Lunamakaʻāinana o anseriformes, i kekahi manawa e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi kuʻi kuʻi.
Hoʻopiʻi hou
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ʻo Palamedes e ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā pūnana nui i ke anawaena. Hiki iā lākou ke kūkulu i kahi "hale" kokoke i ka wai a i ʻole ma ka honua, kokoke i kahi kumu wai. Hoʻohana nā manu i nā koʻokoʻo mea kanu ma ke ʻano he mea, hoʻolei maʻamau ʻia i hoʻokahi puʻu. Ma ke ʻano he kaulike, hoʻomoe nā wahine i ʻelua mau hua manu o ka nui like a me ke kala (hiki i nā hua ʻeono ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Hoʻokomo nā mākua ʻelua i nā keiki o ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ke hānau ʻia nā pēpē, lawe ka wahine iā lākou mai ka pūnana. Pili nā mākua i ka hānai pū ʻana i nā moa. Aʻo lākou iā lākou pehea e loaʻa ai ka meaʻai, pale i ka ʻāina a me nā pēpē mai nā ʻenemi a aʻo iā lākou i ka makaʻu.
