ʻO ka liona kai ʻo Steller ka wepa pepeiao nui loa. I kekahi mau kumuwaiwai, hiki ke loaʻa kēia lunamakaʻāinana o ka honua holoholona ma lalo o ka inoa "liona kai ʻākau". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke nānā aku nei i ke kiʻi o nā keiki e like me ka hoʻohālikelike he paʻakikī e huki - nani loa lākou. Minamina, aia nā kumu āpau e manaʻoʻiʻo ai i ka manawa koke, inā ʻaʻohe mea i hana ʻia, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke sila pepeiao i kahi kiʻi / wikiō wale nō. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka laha i loko o ka Red Book ma muli o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo aia ia ma ke kaʻe o ka make.
Liona kai ʻākau
Ua loaʻa i ka holoholona ka inoa ʻelua o "liona kai" no ke kumu. Ua hāʻawi ʻia kēia inoa iā ia e ke kanaka biologist Kelemania ʻo Steller, i kona ʻike mua ʻana i kahi hana mana nui me nā withers nunui, nā maka gula a me ke kala like o ka lauoho. Aia kekahi mea like ma waena o kēia mau holoholona.
Hōʻike o ka laha
ʻO ka wepa pepeiao pepeiao lōʻihi he holoholona nui ia - ʻo ka lōʻihi o kahi kāne makua o ka laha e hōʻea i 4 mika, a hiki ke kaumaha i 650 kilokilo. Kākaʻikahi wale nō, akā aia nō kekahi poʻe i kaupaona a i ke ton. Liʻiliʻi iki ka wahine i ka nui a me ke kaumaha.
Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻole mau kēia kala o ka hulu i ka wepa pepeiao. I ka ʻōpio, ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele i ke kala a hoʻololi i ka wā e ulu ana, huli malie i melemele, akā i ke kau hoʻoilo, hoʻololi hou ke kala, a hiki i kahi ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, ʻaneʻane i ke kala kokoleka.
He polygamous ka liona kai. A ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i loko o kāna "ʻohana" hiki iā ia ke mālama i mau wahine i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Ma ka laulā, ola nā holoholona o kēia ʻano e like me ke ʻano o ka "harem" - hoʻokahi kāne, mau wahine a me kā lākou mau keiki. No ke ola holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa, hānau ʻia hoʻokahi pēpē i kahi mākaʻi wahine o kēia ʻano holoholona. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o ke keiki, hele a kolohe ka wahine, ʻoiai ʻo ia e pale pono i kāna pēpē.
He mea nui ia mai kahi mau o nā kau bipi wale nō ka papa mele - ka makuakāne, ka makuahine a me kā lākou mau keiki. Aia kekahi mau kaiāulu kāne wale nō. Loaʻa iā lākou i nā sila pepeiao pepeiao o nā makahiki like ʻole, no kekahi kumu i hiki ʻole ke hana i kā lākou "haremene".
Noho mālie nā holoholona o kēia ʻano. Hiki i nā kāne ke hana i kekahi manawa i nā leo e like me ke kani ʻana o ka liona, a hōʻoia hou i ko lākou inoa ʻelua - "liona kai".
ʻOi ka paʻakikī o ka pale ʻana i ka ʻāina, no ka mea, ma ke ʻano maoli, ikaika loa ka sila - e hakakā a ka hope. Akā, i ka mōʻaukala aia kekahi hihia atypical no ia ʻano lāhui - "hana hoaaloha" ka holoholona me kahi kāne a lawe mālie iā ia nā meaʻai.
Pōʻaiapuni ola
Māhele ʻia ke ola holoʻokoʻa o nā "liona kai" i ʻelua mau hanana - nomadic a me rookery. I ke kau anuanu, noho wale ka liona kai i nā latitude mehana, pinepine ma ke kahakai ʻo Mekiko. I nā mahina mehana, neʻe kokoke nā liona kai i ke kapakai o ka Pākīpika. Aia ma kēia mau wahi, ma ke ʻano he kūlana, hana ʻia ka moena a me ka hoʻohua hou ʻana o nā holoholona o kēia ʻano.
Ma o kona ʻano, he lūʻauʻau maikaʻi loa ka liona kai a no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai, hiki iā ia ke luʻu a hohonu. Ma ke ala, e pili ana i ka meaʻai - makemake ka liona kai i ka iʻa a me ka ʻio. Akā, ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i ka heʻe, heʻe. I nā kūlana kūikawā, hiki iā lākou ke ʻimi i nā sila hulu.
Nā liona kai i ka wā hoʻomaha
ʻO ke ola o kahi wepa pepeiao he 25-30 mau makahiki. Pau ka wā ʻōpio i nā wahine i ka makahiki 3-5, akā ua mākaukau nā kāne e male wale ma hope o ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki he ʻewalu. Hāpai ka hānai ʻana i kahi pēpē ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki. Ma hope koke o ka hānau ʻana, hāʻule ke keiki ma lalo o ka mālama makuahine maoli, a na ke kāne e mālama i ka kuleana o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻohana - loaʻa iā ia ka meaʻai a lawe ʻia i nā keiki a me nā wahine.
