Ua like ke ʻano o ka waihona meli me ka huluhulu a i ʻole ka wolverine i kona helehelena, a me kahi skunk i ke kala, no ka mea aia ke kala i ka ʻokoʻa o nā kala ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo. ʻO kēia holoholona, e noho nei ma ʻApelika a ma kekahi mau ʻāpana o ʻAsia, ua noʻonoʻo pono ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻoi loa o nā holoholona āpau: ma hope o nā mea āpau, ʻo nā liona hoʻi makaʻu iā ia. ʻO ka poʻe kamaʻāina ʻole me ia a lohe i ka inoa o kēia holoholona hiki ke huikau iā ia me ka bea. Akā, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka ʻohana weasel ka ʻāpana meli, ʻoiai ʻaʻole like ke ʻano me ka wea a me nā ermine hanohano a dexterous, a ʻo ia kahi ʻohana mamao.
Hōʻike o ka pihi meli
ʻO ka pulu meli, a i ʻole, e like me ke kapa ʻia ʻana, ʻo ka ratel, no ka ʻohana weasel, eia nō naʻe, lawe ʻia kēia ʻano i loko o kahi genus ʻokoʻa a i loko o kāna ʻohana ponoʻī.... Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana meli mua ma ka Middle Pliocene ma ʻAsia, a i kēia manawa ua māhele ʻia kēia ʻano i nā subspecies he 12, ʻokoʻa i ka nui, ke ʻano a me kahi o nā kaha keʻokeʻo a hina paha, a me ko lākou malu.
Helehelena
He holoholona nui ka pulu meli no ka ʻohana marten: ʻo kona lōʻihi o ke kino i aneane 80 cm, a ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka huelo he 25. ʻO ke kaumaha o ka holoholona, e pili ana i ka wahine, hiki i 12 kg i nā kāne a me 9 kg i nā wahine. Ua like ka ratel i ke ʻano me ka bea: he kino ikaika kona o kahi ʻano kikoo iki a pōkole hoʻi, nā lālā mānoanoa me nā māiʻuʻu hāwewe mana. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka lōʻihi o nā māiʻuʻu ma nā forepaws o ka holoholona hiki i 4-5 cm.
He mau membrane liʻiliʻi ko ka waihona meli ma waena o nā manamana wāwae, a he palahalaha nā wāwae o kona mau wāwae a nele i ka lauoho. Nui nā paws iā lākou iho, lōʻihi i ka lōʻihi, a me nā manamana lima, keu hoʻi ma nā ʻūlū mua, kahi e lōʻihi ai ka lōʻihi o nā māiʻuʻu, e nānā iki i kekahi i kekahi. Nui ke poʻo o ka holoholona, me ka iwi poʻo ākea a pālahalaha ʻia, akā hāliʻi loa ia i ka ihu. Pōkole ke nānā aku ka maka a me ka maka o ka hope. ʻEleʻele a liʻiliʻi hoʻi nā maka o ka ratel, no laila ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou i ke kuapo o ka hulu ʻeleʻele o ka holoholona.
Liʻiliʻi loa nā pepeiao o ka pihi meli, hoʻemi ʻia, no laila ʻike ʻole ʻia lākou i waena o kona hulu mānoanoa, akā ʻo ka aneane pau ʻole o ka ʻike waho o ka pepeiao i mea e hōʻino ʻole ai ka lohe ʻana o ka holoholona. ʻOi aku ka mānoanoa o ka pālule hulu meli. Kaukaʻi ʻia i nā mea kōkua, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi o ka lauoho o kēia mau holoholona. Akā, no ka lōʻihi hea ia, ʻo ke kumu nui o ka lauoho lauoho ʻino a paʻakikī hoʻi o ka pale meli e pale aku i ka holoholona mai nā ʻūlū o ka pi, nā bumblebees, nā nananana, nā moʻo a me nā moʻo huelo ʻawa.
ʻO ke kala o kēia mea kupaianaha kahi mālamalama, hoʻohālikelike i ka hui keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻeleʻele, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi - hina o nā aka like ʻole a me ka ʻeleʻele. ʻO ke kala maʻamau o ka pulu meli e like me kēia: pena ka keʻokeʻo o ke kino a me ke poʻo i keʻokeʻo, a laila huli i kahi leo māmā, hina hina, kokoke i ka ʻōpū a laila hoʻololi loli i kahi aniani lanahu-ʻeleʻele. Aia ke kala ʻeleʻele ma ke poʻo, no ka mea, pena ʻia keʻokeʻo a hina hina wale a hiki i ka lae a me nā pepeiao.
ʻIke ʻia ia kala ʻana mai kahi mamao aku, me he mea lā e aʻoaʻo aku i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻokokoke i ka mea nona ia ʻano hiʻohiʻo a ʻokoʻa hoʻi.
Hoihoi ia! Ma ka ʻākau hikina o Kongo a me Ghana, aia kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻūlū meli, kahi i ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele loa me ka ʻole o nā kiko keʻokeʻo a hina paha. ʻOi aku ka pōkole a wīwī o kona huluhulu ma mua o nā ʻāpana ʻiole ʻē aʻe, akā i ka manawa like ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka ʻoi o ka paʻakikī ma mua o kā lākou a pale pono hoʻi i ka ʻili meli ʻeleʻele mai nā nahu o nā invertebrates ʻino a me nā mea kolo e ʻimi ai.
Pōkole ka huelo o kēia holoholona, mānoanoa ma ke kumu, akā e hoʻopili ana i ka hopena, uhi nui ʻia me ka lauoho... Kaukaʻi ʻia i nā mea kōkua i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi kanaka i hāʻawi ʻia, hiki i kāna huelo ke ʻoi aku a i ʻole ka pōkole. Eia kekahi, ʻo nā ʻāpana meli, nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa, hiki ke komo i kahi huelo, hoʻoponopono iā ia, a i ʻole ke kīloi ʻana iā ia i ke ʻano o ke apo ākea ma ke kua.
Hana, nohona nohona
ʻOiai ʻo ka nānā pono ʻole ʻana o kēia holoholona i ka makaʻu ʻole, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka pelekikena meli kahi mea ikaika, dexterous a weliweli hoʻi, nona ka helehelena a me ka hana e hoʻomanaʻo pono ai i kahi ʻohana mamao loa o ka ratel e noho ana ma nā latitu ʻākau ʻākau - ka wolverine ʻEleu ka hana ʻana o ka meli i ka wā ahiahi a i ka pō. Akā i kekahi mau wahi noho ʻole o kona wahi noho, a i ke anuanu hoʻi, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ratel i ka lā.
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe noiʻi e pili ka nohona o kēia holoholona i ke kau. No laila, no ka laʻana, i ke kauwela, ke wela a me ka ukana nui i ke ao, hele aku nā mea hānai meli e ʻimi i nā pio i ka wā pō, a i ke ao e hiamoe ai lākou i loko o kā lākou mau lua. I ka hoʻoilo, hiki i nā ratel ke hana ma ka pō wale nō, akā i ke ao. A i ka hoʻoilo, ʻike ʻia kēia mau holoholona e alualu ana i ke kakahiaka a me ke ahiahi.
Hiki i nā lūlū meli ke noho nei i nā wahi ʻākau o kā lākou pae ke hibernate no kahi manawa pōkole i ka wā anuanu i ka hoʻoilo. Akā, ma ka laulā, he ʻano ʻokoʻa kēlā ʻano no lākou. Noho ka waihona meli i loko o nā lua mai hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mau mika ka hohonu, ʻo ia āna i ʻeli iho me ke kōkua o kāna mau paws mua ikaika me nā māiʻuʻuʻu a lōʻihi hoʻi. I loko o kēia mau lua, hoʻonohonoho ka holoholona i nā keʻena hiamoe nona iho, nā mea i kau ʻia me nā kapa ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO ka maʻamau, ma ka panalāʻau o ka pihi meli aia kekahi mau lua o ia ʻano, a ʻo ka mea ulu, ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole hoʻomaha iki no ʻelua mau lā ma ka lālani like i loko o ka hale like, a i kēlā me kēia manawa e noho ʻo ia i kahi lua ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha, ke noʻonoʻo nei e hana ana ka holoholona i nā hoʻololi lōʻihi a lanakila i kahi mamao loa e hoʻi ai ma hope o kahi hele lōʻihi i ka lua like kahi i hiamoe ai i ka lā ma mua.
ʻO ka neʻe pinepine o ka meli ma ka honua, akā inā pono, hiki i kēia holoholona ke piʻi i luna o ka lāʻau me ka pilikia ʻole. ʻO ka pinepine, hana ʻo ia i kēia ke hoʻoholo ʻo ia e ʻahaʻaina i ka meli mai nā pi ʻāhiu e hana i ko lākou pūnana ma laila.
Ma o ko lākou ʻano, he mehameha nā koa. Hiki i nā ʻōpio wale nō ke hana i kekahi mau hipa, a ʻo nā pulu meli hoʻi e noho i nā hui ʻohana i ka wā o ka hānau a me ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki. I ka wā moena, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia mau holoholona e neʻe pālua ana: he kāne a me kahi wahine. Akā ma hope o ka male ʻana, hoʻokaʻawale lākou a alakaʻi hou i kahi nohona mehameha.
ʻO nā Ratels nā holoholona teritore. Hāʻawi ʻia kēlā me kēia holoholona mākua i kahi hoʻolālā o ka nui nui, e like me nā kilomika kilomika. Hōʻailona nā holoholona i nā palena o kēia mau waiwai me ke kōkua o kahi huna kūikawā i hūnā ʻia e nā gland ma ke kua o ke kino.
Hoihoi ia! He holoholona koa wiwo ʻole ʻo Ratl i hiki ke hakakā me kahi predator nui a weliweli hoʻi e like me ka leopadi a me ka liona me ka makaʻu ʻole. A manaʻoʻiʻo nā poʻe ʻimi ʻoki ma Kenya inā ʻoe e ʻai i ka puʻuwai o kahi pūlū meli, hiki iā ʻoe ke lilo i koa a paʻakikī hoʻi e like me kēia holoholona.
Pale wiwo ʻole nā pale hānai meli i kā lākou lua a me kā lākou waiwai ʻāina mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana mai a nā malihini. ʻO lākou, me ke kānalua ʻole, komo i loko o kahi duel me kekahi ʻenemi, me ka nānā ʻole i kona nui a, ʻo ka mea hoihoi loa, lanakila pinepine i nā holoholona i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o lākou iho. Ma muli o ko lākou ikaika, koa, a me ka ferocity i hōʻike ʻia i loko o nā kaua, hoʻohālikelike pinepine ʻia nā koa i nā ʻīlio hae, a i manaʻo ʻia hoʻi he mau holoholona ʻino a weliweli hoʻi ia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i nui ka nui.
Inā kūpono, no ka laʻana, me ka hoʻouka kaua koke iā ia, hiki i ka ʻenekini meli ke hoʻohana i kahi "mea kaua kemika" - e kī aku i ka ʻenemi me kahi wai me kahi ʻala ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ma ke ʻano he rula, e hoʻonāwaliwali ana i ka mea pōloli pōloli mai ka makemake e alualu hou aku i ka ʻenemi. ʻO kēia ʻano palekana, a ʻo ke ʻano keʻokeʻo a me ke kala ʻeleʻele o ka pulu meli, hana like ia me kahi skunk, ʻoiai ʻaʻole e pili hou kēia mau holoholona ʻelua i ka pili.
Eia nō naʻe, he akamai loa ka meli badger, maʻalea a me nā mea waiwai, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻike pehea e hoʻohana ai i nā pōhaku, nā lāʻau, nā lāʻau a me nā mea like ʻē aʻe e like me nā mea kōkua. ʻO kahi laʻana, hiki i kahi mea ulu ke hoʻohana iā lākou i mea e kiʻi ai i ka pūnana o ka nalo meli i kēia ala.
A hōʻike nā holoholona e noho ana i nā zoo i nā hiki hiki ʻole ke ʻōlelo ʻia no ka pakele ʻana mai kā lākou mau hīnaʻi.... No laila, ʻo kekahi o nā ʻelele o kēia laha, kahi ʻāpana meli i kapa ʻia ʻo Stoffle, ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki āna i noho ai ma ka zoo, ua aʻo ʻo ia e wehe i nā loka a lanakila i ka pā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hana e like me ka laʻana, ua hoʻopoina ʻia ka rake e ke kauā, a Stoffle i hoʻokomo ai i ka paia a ua piʻi ʻo ia i waho o ka pā i hoʻopili ʻia e ka paia paʻa. Ua aʻo ka ratel like i ke kālai ʻana i nā pōhaku lepo mai ka lepo pālolo, kahi i uhi mua ʻia ai ka papahele o kāna hīnaʻi ākea, a kūkulu i nā ʻanuʻu mai iā lākou, a piʻi maʻalahi ʻo ia ma luna o ka pā.
Eia kekahi, ua aʻo ʻo Stoffle i nā hana like i ka wahine o kāna ʻano ponoʻī, ka mea i pili iā ia i poina iā ia e hoʻopoina i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pakele no kekahi manawa, ka mea e hōʻoia hou ana he akamai loa nā pulu meli, maʻalea a maʻalahi hoʻi ke aʻo ʻana i nā holoholona mākau hou. ʻO ia ka hiki ke hoʻololi i nā kūlana o ke ola a me ka ʻike kūlohelohe, inā wau e ʻōlelo pēlā e pili ana i kahi holoholona hihiu hihiu, i ʻae ai i nā mea hoʻokūkū e noho i kahi ākea ākea, i hoʻopili ʻia me nā wahi kai.
Pehea ka lōʻihi o ke ola ʻana o nā kinikini honi
ʻAʻole maopopo maopopo pehea e hiki ai i nā ratel ke noho i ko lākou wahi maoli. I ka noho pio ʻana, ola kēia mau holoholona a 24-25 mau makahiki.
Dimorphism moekolohe
ʻAʻole i hōʻike akāka ʻia: ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine, i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe āpau ke nānā aku nā ratel o nā kāne like ʻole.
Kahi noho, nā wahi noho
ʻO ka mahele o kēia ʻano he ākea loa: pili ia me ʻaneʻane o ʻApelika, koe wale nō nā wahi i ulu ʻia me ka wao nahele tropika, a me ka ʻĀkia ʻAlapia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkmenistan, hema o Kazakhstan (Karakalpakia), India a me Nepal. Hiki i kēia holoholona ke noho i nā wahi anilā like ʻole, akā ʻaʻole makemake ia i ka wela ikaika a no laila e ʻalo i nā wahi wela, e like me nā wao akua a me nā wao akua.
ʻAʻole makemake ka wela kiʻekiʻe i ka leʻa o nā ʻili meli - no kēia kumu ʻaʻole lākou i makemake e noho i loko o nā ululāʻau tropical tropical. ʻO ke kumu, noho nā lunamaka o kēia laha i nā ululāʻau deciduous ākea a ma ka ʻāpana steppe. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā ʻūlū meli ke noho ma nā wahi mauna - i kahi kiʻekiʻena o 3000 mau mika. ʻO nā wahi punahele a lākou nā kahawai pali me ka lepo one a i ʻole nā lepo loamy, ma nā pali kahi e maʻalahi ai nā ʻiʻo meli e ʻeli i nā lua.
ʻAiʻai hānai meli
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻai ʻana o ka meli i ka meli i ka maopopo o ka inoa o kēia holoholona.... A, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, nānā pono ka mahiʻai i ka neʻe ʻana o nā nalo meli a i kēlā me kēia manawa neoneo i kā lākou hives, a eia kekahi, ʻai wale i nā kāwili momona me ka meli, akā i nā larva pi hoʻi.
Lele ka manu i mua a me kāna mau uē e haʻi aku ai i ka ʻono meli kahi o ka pūnana pi. Noho ʻo ia ma luna o kahi kumulāʻau a i ʻole ulu lāʻau a uē nui, e kāhea ana i kahi pulu meli. A ke kokoke ʻo ia, lele ʻo ia i kahi ulu lāʻau ʻē aʻe, a ma hope a pau nā mea a pau a hiki i ka alakaʻi ʻana o ka meli i ka ratel i ka pūnana pi.
Hoihoi ia! Ua hana pū ka pihi meli i kahi kuikahi i haʻi ʻole ʻia me hoʻokahi manu mai ka ʻohana ʻāpana lāʻau - ka alakaʻi alakaʻi meli. Ke loaʻa iā ia kahi pūnana o nā nalo meli, hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka holoholona i kahi hōʻailona kūikawā e kuhikuhi ana i ke ala kūpono i ka lāʻau i makemake ʻia.
ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ke kamaʻilio pū nei ka meli a me ka alakaʻi meli me kekahi i kekahi: ke lohe ka holoholona i ka uē nui ʻana o kahi manu e kuhikuhi ana iā ia i ke ala kūpono, hana ʻo ia i nā leo e like me ke ʻūlū ʻana a me ka namunamu hoʻi. ʻO ke kumu o kēia hana like like ʻana ma waena o ka ʻili meli a me ka ʻūlū meli ka makemake o ka manu e ʻai i nā larva o nā nalo meli a hōʻole ʻole i ka hamo e hana ana i ka waihona meli, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi iā lākou, ʻoiai ka maʻalahi o ka meli. A ʻaʻole ia he mea paʻakikī no ka holoholona e kaʻana like i kāna mea pio me kāna mea kōkua kūpaʻa - ke alakaʻi meli, āna e hana mau ai, me ka waiho ʻana iā ia me kahi ʻāpana o nā larva pi a me ka meli me ka meli.
A eia naʻe, mamao loa ka meli mai ke kumu o kāna papaʻai. ʻO Rathel kahi dexterous a ferocious predator me kahi makemake nui i kaʻiʻo nahesa. I ka manawa like, ʻaʻole kū nā nahu o nā mea kolo ʻino iā ia, ʻoiai, me ka ʻili mānoanoa loa, i pale ʻia mai nā ʻiʻo pi a me nā nahesa, he hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha hou kāna: ʻo ka palekana i ka lāʻau make o nā moʻo make. No laila, ʻoiai inā hiki i kahi mea kolo make ke nahu i ka pihi meli i ka maka, ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻaoʻao palupalu o kona kino, ʻaʻole e make ka holoholona mai ka lāʻau make o ka cobra.
Hiki i ka lāʻau make ke hana i ka ʻehaʻeha i ka pulu meli a hoʻolilo manawa ʻole iā ia, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke pepehi. E nahu ʻia ka holoholona, e hoʻolōʻihi no kekahi mau minuke, a laila e moe wale nō i ka lolo no kekahi manawa - mai 20 mau minuke a i ʻelua mau hola, a laila e ala aʻe a hele hou e ʻimi i kahi pio hou.
Ma ka laulā, ʻaʻole hoʻowahāwahā ka meli meli i kekahi mea pio: ʻai ʻo ia i nā meheu like ʻole me ka leʻaleʻa, e like me ka hamsters, nā iole, nā ʻiole a me nā gopher. Hānai pū ka ratel i nā rana, manu kuhukukū, manu a me nā hedgehogs. Hiki i nā ʻāpana meli e noho ana ma ʻAkia Waena ke hānai i nā moʻo huelo ʻino. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hoʻowahāwahā i ke kino, he mea laha ʻole ia no ka mea ʻaihue mai ka ʻohana weael. ʻAi ʻia kēia mau holoholona a me nā hua manu inā hoʻokele lākou e loaʻa.
Ma ʻApelika, makemake nā koa e noho ma kahi kokoke i nā kauhale, kahi e hōʻino ai lākou i nā apiaries a ʻaihue i nā moa, a i kekahi manawa hoʻi e hoʻouka i nā holoholona kūloko, ʻo ia ke kumu i manaʻo ʻia lākou he mau holoholona weliweli, kahi a nā kamaʻāina e hoʻopau ai i kēlā me kēia manawa kūpono: ʻoiai, he mea kolohe i manu. a i kekahi manawa, no ka holoholona, hoʻoweliweli nui ia i ko lākou noho maikaʻi ʻana, keu hoʻi ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe ʻaʻole e noho maikaʻi nā mahiʻai ma ʻApelika. Akā hiki i ka pihi meli ke ʻai māmā i nā hua a i ʻole nā mea kanu mea kanu ʻē aʻe i kekahi manawa wale nō, ke ʻaʻole ia e mālama i ka loaʻa kālā mai nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻohua a me nā keiki
ʻAʻole hānai pinepine nā pulu meli, ma ke ʻano he kūlana, hele mai nā wahine o kēia ʻano e ʻimi holoholona i ko lākou ʻano kūlohelohe i hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki. A i kēia manawa wale nō, hele wāwae nā koa i ʻelua, ʻoiai maʻamau makemake kēia mau holoholona e alakaʻi i kahi nohona kaʻawale. Ma hope o ka male ʻana, haʻalele ka kāne i ka wahine, a haʻalele wale ʻia ʻo ia e hānau i kāna keiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hāpai hāpai ʻana o ka meli badger mai 5 a 7 mau mahina.... Hānau ʻia nā keiki hānau hou i kahi lua, i lako pono ʻia e kēia manawa e kahi wahine, e uhi ana i ka lalo o ke keʻena hiamoe me nā ʻōpala maloʻo o nā mea kanu lau nahele i ʻoluʻolu nā pēpē ma laila. Ma ke ʻano he rula, i ka ʻōpala aia mai ʻelua a ʻehā mau mea kōkua ʻole, makapō a me nā ʻōlohelohe ʻole me nā ʻili ʻeleʻele hina i pelu ʻia i nā wāwae. Hoʻolilo nā pulu meli liʻiliʻi i nā pule mua o ko lākou ola i kahi lua ma kahi moe o ka mauʻu maloʻo.
Wehe nā maka o nā keiki i nā lā 32-35, i ka manawa like hoʻomaka nō hoʻi lākou e ulu i kahi huluhulu liʻiliʻi. Ma hope, ma hope o ʻekolu mau mahina, hoʻomaka nā keiki e haʻalele i ka lua a aʻo e kiʻi i ka meaʻai na lākou iho. Eia nō naʻe, noho lōʻihi lākou me ko lākou makuahine - ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki. A ma hope wale o ka oʻo hope ʻana, hiki i nā holoholona ʻōpio ke hoʻomaka e noho kaʻawale mai ko lākou makuahine a me ko lākou mau kaikunāne a me ko lākou mau kaikuahine.
Hoihoi ia! A hiki i ka manawa e aʻo ai nā keiki e neʻe kūʻokoʻa, ka wahine mau - i kēlā me kēia lā ʻelua, hoʻoili iā lākou mai kahi lua a i kekahi no nā kumu palekana. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā keiki e neʻe i kā lākou iho, hoʻomau ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa i kahi neʻe mai kahi malu i kahi hale ʻē aʻe me ka pinepine, akā i kēia manawa neʻe lākou iā lākou iho ma hope o ko lākou makuahine.
Loaʻa ke oʻo makua i nā wahine i ka makahiki o ma kahi o 1 makahiki i nā kāne a me 1.5 mau makahiki i nā wahine.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
ʻO nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe nui o ka ʻili meli nā ʻīlio hihiu a me nā ʻīlio hihiu. Hōʻalo pinepine nā liona i nā hālāwai me ka pihi meli, akā hiki i kekahi o lākou ke ʻimi i nā ratel, ʻoiai he mea liʻiliʻi loa.ʻO ka hapanui pinepine, hana ʻia kēia e nā holoholona i kipaku ʻia mai ka haʻaheo a i ʻole nā ʻeha, hoʻoneʻe ʻia e ka pōloli.
Heluna a me ke kūlana o kēia ʻano
Ma muli o ka noʻonoʻo ʻia o nā ʻili hulu meli ma kekahi mau ʻāina ʻApelika i manaʻo ʻia he pests, e hōʻeha ana i ka moa a me ka luku ʻana i nā hives, ke hakakā ikaika nei nā kamaʻāina kūloko i kēia mau holoholona, ʻo ia ke kumu i hōʻemi nui ai ka nui o nāʻiole i kēlā mau wahi o ka pae i kēia manawa. I ka manawa like, ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli kēia holoholona, ma ke ʻano he laha, me ka luku ʻia: ma hope o nā mea āpau, nui ka nui o nā mea hānai meli, a he nui wale ka wahi a lākou e noho nei. ʻO ia ke kumu i hāʻawi ʻia ai i kēia manawa ʻo Honey Badger i ke kūlana mālama liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi.
He mea kupaianaha ka pihi meli, ʻoiai hoʻolaha ʻia, akā holoholona maikaʻi ʻole... ʻAʻole ʻike nui ʻia e pili ana i nā mea ʻano o kona nohona. ʻO kāna kūpaʻa kūpaʻa ʻole i ka lāʻau make o ka nahesa, ka mea nāna e pepehi i kahi holoholona nui aku ka nui, a he mea pohihihi hoʻi ia. Nui ka hoihoi o nā Zoologists nāna e hoʻopaʻa i kēia mau holoholona kupaianaha i ka pehea e "kūkā" ai kēia ratel me ka manu alakaʻi meli, a i ka wā i kū ai kēia hui o ia mau mea like ʻole i ka nui. Hiki ke hoʻonā ʻia kekahi o nā mea pohihihi i hōʻike ʻia i nā ʻepekema e ka badger meli ma o ka nānā ʻana i kēia holoholona i ka pio. Akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea huna o nā rangers ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia a ke kali nei no kā lākou poʻe noiʻi.
