Nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā wahi noho o nā iʻa ʻelepani
ʻO wai kai wale i ka hohonu o ke kai! ʻO kēia kahi iʻa iʻa, a me kahi iʻa kuikele, a me kahi iʻa mahina, a me kahi iʻa moa, a ʻo kahi iʻa ʻelepani hoʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, iʻa - ʻelepani noonoo ʻia, he kamaʻāina o nā aquarium ma mua o ka hohonu o ke kai, hoihoi loa ia.
He mea kūpono ia e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kahi iʻa hoihoi i kēlā me kēia aquarium home. A ʻo nā mea āpau āpau loa ia. A pono iā ia e mālama pono ʻaʻole hiki i kēlā me kēia aquarist novice ke hana. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, maʻalahi ia i ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka wai i hoʻohana kūikawā ʻia ia ma USA a me Kelemania i mea e nānā ai i ka maikaʻi o ka wai.
Akā inā kū ka malihini i loko o ka aquarium, a laila e leʻaleʻa maoli ana ka nānā ʻana iā ia. Loaʻa ka inoa o ka iʻa ʻelepani (a i ʻole nā Elepani Nile) no ka mea he kumu kāna. ʻOiai, ʻaʻole kēia he kumu maoli, ʻo ia ka lehelehe lalo o ka iʻa i hoʻololi ʻia e like me ke kumu o kahi ʻelepani. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā iʻa ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka nui o ka elepani Nile a hōʻea i 22-25 cm. Akā i ka hoʻopaʻa pio ʻana ʻaʻole lākou i hiki i kēia nui. I loko o kahi aquarium, hiki iā lākou ke ulu a 15 cm wale nō.ʻO ke ʻano o ke kino elongated, ʻeleʻele hina i ke kala me nā ʻāpana māmā e waiho kokoke ana i ka huelo. ʻO ia wale nō, hilahila ka ʻelepani Nile a akahai i ka lawena, akā naʻe, inā hana ʻia nā kūlana maikaʻi nona, e hiki nō iā ia ke hōʻike iā ia iho i kona nani a pau.
He mea ʻole ke akahai ʻelepani aquarium, ʻAʻole maʻalahi kēia iʻa maʻamau. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻike ʻo ia i ka lawe ʻana i nā māla uila nāwaliwali. ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻo ia iā lākou no ka hoʻouka a pale ʻana paha, akā i mea e loaʻa ai ka meaʻai a i ʻole e ʻike ai i nā hoa. Nui ka pīhoihoi hoʻi o kēia iʻa he "polopeka" maoli ia i waena o kona mau hoa ʻohana, no ka mea, ʻōlelo ka ʻepekema he nui ka nui o kona lolo ma ka like o ke kino me ka lolo o ke kanaka
I ke kūlohelohe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia kahi iʻa i loko wale nō o nā wai o Nigeria, Kongo, Zambia, Cameroon, Chad, a me Benin. ʻO wau, iʻa ʻelepanie like me nā ʻelepani maʻamau, noho nei ma nā wahi mehana wale nō. Mālama lākou i ka lalo i lalo, kahi o ka lepo palupalu, a ma laila lākou e kiʻi ai i kā lākou meaʻai ponoʻī.
Ke ʻano a me ka nohona o ka iʻa ʻelepani
ʻO ka iʻa, ʻoi aku ka akahai, he ʻano kū nō kona. ʻO kahi laʻana, i loko o kahi aquarium, makemake lākou e mālama ʻia i nā hui wale nō. Ma kahi kokoke i nā ʻohana 6-8 e hōʻike ai kēia poʻe haʻahaʻa i kahi ʻano maluhia. Inā loaʻa i ka aquarium he mau kāne wale nō, a laila ʻo ka iʻa nui, ma ke ʻano he kāne, e hōʻike i ka huhū a hoʻokaumaha i kāna hoa a kū i mua o ka make.
Eia nō naʻe, ma hope o ka hoʻolana ʻana i 6-8 mau kānaka, pono ʻoe e mālama pono i kēia mau iʻa i lawa ka wai a me nā hale hilinaʻi he nui. Akā me nā iʻa ʻē aʻe, hui maikaʻi nā ʻelepani. ʻOiai, inā ʻaʻole kipi kēia mau hoanoho aquarium a i ʻole nā mea ʻai nui loa. Inā ʻole, lawe nā iʻa ʻē aʻe i nā meaʻai mai nā ʻelepani, a pōloli lākou.
I kekahi manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike ke hoʻopā nei ka ʻelepani i kona hoanoho me kāna proboscis. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo, ua hoʻoholo wale ka ʻelepani e ʻike i kekahi i kekahi, kamaʻilio, a ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi ʻole e kū mai. ʻAʻole hana nui nā Elepani i ke ao, ma ke ʻano hoʻomaka lākou e hānai a kamaʻilio wale paha me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka manawa ahiahi a i ʻole ka pō. No laila, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomanawanui i ka mālamalama mālamalama loa.
A ke hoʻonohonoho nei i ka aquarium, pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia - e mālamalama wale ke kukui ma laila. I kēia kukui, e hānai mālie ka iʻa, ʻeli me kā lākou proboscis mai ka honua, a ʻauʻau wale paha. Hoihoi loa e noʻonoʻo iʻa ʻelepani ʻAʻole wale ma ke kiʻi a i ʻole kiʻi, akā e ola pū kekahi.
Akā i mea e ʻoi aku ai ke ola o nā ʻelepani, a me ka mea nona kēia mau holoholona e mahalo i kā lākou pāʻani me ka leʻaleʻa piha, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ʻano papa wai o lalo i waena o nā ʻelepani, kahi e ʻauʻau ai lākou, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke waiho ʻia nā paipu i lalo, hāmama i nā wēlau ʻelua - makemake maoli ka iʻa e piʻi i loko o ia mau "lua". E noʻonoʻo pū ʻia me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i kēia mau iʻa ke lele i waho o ka aquarium. No laila, inā ʻaʻohe poʻi paʻa ma luna, make paha lākou.
Mea ʻai iʻa Elepani
ʻAi ka iʻa -ʻaole iki ka elepani e like me nā mea noho wai ʻē aʻe. ʻImi ʻo ia i nā ilo a me nā mea kolo me ke kōkua o kāna kumu, a hoʻohana pū i nā māla uila nāwaliwali no ka ʻimi ʻana. I nā manawa o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai, lilo ka proboscis i mea maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi, neʻe ia i nā ʻaoʻao āpau, e ʻoluʻolu i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai.
Inā noho kēlā iʻa i loko o nā aquarium, ʻo kā lākou meaʻai nui ka tubifex a me nā bloodworms. ʻIke lākou i kēlā meaʻai e like me kahi mea ʻono. ʻO nā ilo like ʻole i iho i lalo a kanu ʻia i ka lepo e lilo nō ia i mea pio na ka ʻelepani. Ma ka laulaha, ʻo ka meaʻai maoli ka mea e pono ai e hānai i ka iʻa ʻelepani.
I ka hihia ke loaʻa ka hoʻoki liʻiliʻi me ka meaʻai ola ma muli o kekahi kumu, hiki i nā iʻa ke hōʻona i ka pōloli a me ka hau. Hoʻāʻo kekahi mau mea ʻona e hānai i kā lākou mau holoholona me ka cereal, akā he meaʻai ʻino loa kēia no nā ʻelepani. Eia hou, hoʻohaumia nā flakes i ka aquarium nui loa, a me ke ʻano o ka wai no ka iʻa - he mea nui ka ʻelepani, maʻalahi lākou iā ia.
ʻOiai ma ke ʻano, hana wale nā iʻa i ka pō, a laila ma ka home e hānai ʻia lākou ma hope o ka pio ʻana o ke kukui. E noʻonoʻo pono wale nō - he ʻepekema nui loa ka ʻelepani i ka meaʻai, ʻaʻole lākou e lālau i ka meaʻai, akā e ʻai lohi ia, e like me nā kānaka "aʻo" kūpono.
Akā i kēia manawa, hiki i nā iʻa ʻē aʻe wikiwiki ke waiho iā lākou me ka ʻaina ʻaina ʻole. No laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohui i ka iʻa eleu a me ka iʻa lawe lima i nā ʻelepani. He mea hoihoi ia i hiki i nā ʻelepa ke hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou haku. Ke maʻa ka iʻa i ka mea e hānai iā lākou, hiki iā lākou ke lawe i ka meaʻai mai kā lākou lima aku.
Ka hoʻoulu a me ke ola o nā iʻa ʻelepani
Lilo ka iʻa ʻelepani i ka moekolohe ma o 2-3 mau makahiki wale nō. ʻOi ka wikiwiki o ka hana hou ʻana. Hoʻomoe ka wahine mai ka 100 a i ka 2000 mau hua, a laila e hoʻolapalapa ʻia ma hope o ʻelua pule. ʻEleu a kūʻokoʻa ka palai mai nā kekona mua o ke ola. Me he mea ʻaʻohe pilikia me ka hana hou. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā mākou ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hiʻona o nā keiki ke noho ka iʻa ʻelepani i ka nāhelehele, i loko o kona mau wahi maoli.
I ke pio ʻana, ʻaʻole hānau ka iʻa iki. Wehewehe nā kānaka ʻepekema i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka pā ʻana o ka pā aquarium i nā pā uila i hoʻoili ʻia e ka iʻa - ka ʻelepani i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi hoa, no laila ʻaʻole loaʻa ka iʻa i kekahi. ʻAʻole hānai ʻia kēia iʻa, lawe ʻia mai lākou mai ko lākou homeland. ʻO ia nō paha ke kumu iʻa - ʻelepani noonooia ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi loa iʻa. ʻO ka iʻa - ola kahi ʻelepani a hiki i 10 - 12 mau makahiki, eia nō naʻe, ʻike ʻia kahi iʻa ola lōʻihi, ka mea i ola ma mua o 25 mau makahiki!
