Ma waho, ua like ka salamander me kahi moʻo nui, ʻo ia kona "pili". He hopena hopena ia i nā mokupuni Kepani, ʻo ia hoʻi, noho ia i ka nāhelehele wale nō ma laila. ʻO kēia ʻano kekahi o nā salamanders nui loa ma ka Honua.
Hōʻike o ka laha
Ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano salamander i ke kenekulia 18. I ka makahiki 1820, ua ʻike mua ʻia a wehewehe ʻia e kahi ʻepekema Kelemania ʻo Siebold kona inoa i ka wā o kāna hana ʻepekema ma Iapana. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino o ka holoholona a hiki i hoʻokahi a me ka hapa mita me ka huelo. ʻO ka nui o kahi salamander makua e pili ana i 35 kilokilo.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kinona o ke kino o ka holoholona e ka lokomaikaʻi, ʻoiai, ma kahi moʻo, i nā moʻo. Pālahalaha iki ʻia, ʻike ʻia e kahi poʻo nui a me kahi huelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi mokulele kū i luna. ʻO nā salamanders a me nā ʻōpio ʻōpio he mau gills e nalo ke hiki lākou i ka wā ʻōpio.
He lohi loa ka metabolism i ka salamander. ʻAe kēia kūlana iā ia e hana me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai no ka manawa lōʻihi, a e ola i nā kūlana o ka lawa ʻole o ka lako o ka meaʻai. Ua alakaʻi ka hune maikaʻi ʻole i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe. Nui ka lohe ʻana o nā salamanders nunui a me ka honi maikaʻi.
ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona hoihoi o nā salamanders ka hiki ke hana hou i nāʻaʻaʻa. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia huaʻōlelo e like me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o nā pūnaewele a me nā ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa, inā ua nalo lākou no kekahi kumu. ʻO ka laʻana nui loa a kamaʻāina i nā mea he nui ka ulu hou ʻana o kahi huelo hou i nā moʻo ma kahi o ka maʻalahi a haʻalele wale lākou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hopu iā lākou.
Auila
Noho wale kēia ʻano salamanders i ka wai a hana i ka pō. No kahi nohona ʻoluʻolu, pono i ka holoholona i kahi au, no laila, noho mau nā salamanders i nā kahawai mauna wikiwiki a me nā kahawai. He mea nui nō hoʻi ka mahana o ka wai - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka haʻahaʻa.
ʻAi ʻo Salamanders i ka iʻa a me nā ʻano crustacean like ʻole. Hoʻohui, ʻai pinepine ʻo ia i nā amphibians liʻiliʻi a me nā iʻa aquatic.
Ke waiho nei ka salamander nunui i nā hua liʻiliʻi, a i 7 millimeter ke anawaena. Ma ke ʻano he "pūnana" e hoʻohana ʻia kahi lua kūikawā, ʻeli ʻia i ka hohonu o 1-3 mau mika. I hoʻokahi paʻa, ma ke ʻano he rula, pono i kahi mau haneli hua manu i ka hoʻohou mau ʻana o ke kaiapuni wai puni. ʻO ke kāne ke kuleana no ka hana ʻana i kahi au i hana ʻia, kahi e hoʻopuehu ai i ka wai i ka paʻa me kāna huelo.
Mālama nā hua moa no hoʻokahi mahina a me ka hapalua. ʻO nā salamanders liʻiliʻi i hānau ʻia he larvae ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 millimeter ka lōʻihi. Hanu lākou i loko o kā lākou gills a hiki ke neʻe kūʻokoʻa.
ʻO Salamander a me ke kāne
ʻOiai ke ʻano maikaʻi ʻole o ka helehelena, he waiwai waiwai kēia ʻano salamander. Mālie a ʻono hoʻi ka ʻiʻo Salamander. ʻAi ikaika ʻia e ka poʻe noho o Iāpana, ke manaʻo ʻia nei he mea ʻono.
E like me ka maʻamau, ʻo ke alualu ʻole ʻole ʻana o kēia mau holoholona i alakaʻi i ka hōʻemi nui ʻana i kā lākou helu, a i kēia lā ua ulu ʻia nā salamanders no ka meaʻai ma nā mahiʻai kūikawā. I ka nahelehele, hopohopo ka heluna kanaka. Ua hāʻawi ka International Union for Conservation of Nature i ka laha i ke kūlana o "ke noho nei i kahi mokuʻāina kokoke i ka hoʻoweliweli". ʻO kēia ke loaʻa ʻole o nā ana e kākoʻo a hana i nā kūlana kūpono no ke ola, hiki i nā salamanders ke hoʻomaka e make i waho.
I kēia lā, ʻaʻole nui ka helu o nā salamanders, akā kūpaʻa. Noho lākou ma kahakai o ka moku Kepani ʻo Honshu, a me nā mokupuni ʻo Shikoku a me Kyushu.
