Ua ʻumeʻume ka poʻe fluffy, pāʻani pāʻani i nā mea he nui no kā lākou hana hoʻomākeʻaka a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani. He holoholona akamai loa lākou i hiki ke hana i nā hana maʻalahi. Akā me nā ʻano leʻaleʻa, aia nā mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. ʻO kahi laʻana, hiki i kahi otter ke hoʻokūkū me kahi ʻōpio ʻōpio i ke kaʻina hana o kahi hakakā a eo pū iā ia. A pehea e noho like ai kēia mau taleni hakakā i hoʻokahi holoholona, e kamaʻilio mākou i loko o ka ʻatikala.
Hōʻike o ka otter
ʻO Otters nā lālā o ka ʻohana weasel.... He mau karnivora maoli lākou i loaʻa nā iwi ʻāwīwī me nā niho nunui a wili. Hāʻawi kēia ʻano iā lākou e maʻalahi e haki i nā pūpū o molluscs. Loaʻa i nā kākā kai nā manamana hou i ko lākou forelegs, e hoʻoweliweli loa ai i ka hakakā ʻana.
Helehelena
ʻO ka helehelena a me ka nui o nā otters pili pono i kā lākou ʻano. He kino loloa nā kahawai o ka muliwai, nā wāwae wāwae, nā manamana wāwae o ka pūnaewele, a me nā huelo loihi a me nā huelo. Pono kēia mau hoʻololi āpau no ko lākou ola wai. Uhi ʻia ke kino o ka otter me ka huluhulu momona momona ma luna a māmā, me kahi ʻāhinahina ma ka ʻōpū. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hulu iā ia iho i loko o kahi ʻahu ākea ākea a me kahi undercoat mānoanoa loa, wai ʻole. ʻAneʻane hoʻomaʻemaʻe mau ʻo Otters i ko lākou huluhulu, no ka mea hiki i kahi holoholona me ka hulu haumia ke make i ke anuanu hoʻoilo. Kōkua ka hulu huluhulu maʻemaʻe i mea e mahana ai, no ka mea ʻaʻohe momona o ke kino o nā otters.
Aia nā kāne mākua o nā ʻano muliwai ma ka awelika 120 kenimika ka lōʻihi, me ka huelo, a kaupaona ma waena o 9 a me 13 kilokika. ʻOi iki ka liʻiliʻi o nā wahine makua. Kuhi hewa nā kahawai muliwai i kekahi manawa no ko lākou mau hoahānau kai. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i nā kāne o nā lunamakaʻāinana a 180 kenimika ka nui a kau ʻia a 36 mau kilokika. Hoʻololi ʻia nā otters kai i ka wai paʻakai, ʻauʻau lākou i kahakai wale no ka maha a me ka hānau ʻana. Hiki i nā laʻana o ka muliwai ke holo lōʻihi ma luna o ka ʻāina.
Makemake nā ʻope otters e pāʻani ma nā pōhaku paheʻe a i ʻole nā kahakai hau, i kekahi manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻaʻa mai ko lākou mau kino i ka hau. Hōʻike ʻia kā lākou mele antics ma nā ʻaoʻao o nā meme ma ka Pūnaewele, e ʻakaʻaka pinepine ai iā mākou. Akā mai poina hiki i ka nānā ke hoʻopunipuni.
ʻO ke ʻano a me ka nohona
He hūnā loa ka otter. Hoʻowalewale ʻia e nā ʻano ʻano kai like ʻole, mai nā kahawai liʻiliʻi a i nā muliwai nui, nā loko Alpine, nā kai kū kai a me nā kahakai one. Eia nō naʻe, pono ke komo i nā otters e noho ana ma kahakai o nā kai paʻakai i kekahi wahi o ka wai maoli e ʻauʻau ai. Kuhi ka poʻe i ko lākou ʻāina. Ma loko o kona mau palena, hiki i ka otter ke loaʻa i nā wahi maha he nui, i kapa ʻia he sofas a me nā puʻuwai o ka honua - holts, kahi hiki ke loaʻa ma kahi mamao loa (a i 1 km) mai ka muliwai. ʻAʻole kūkulu nā Otters i nā pūnana. Noho lākou i nā lua beaver a haʻalele paha i lalo o nā pōhaku a me nā aʻa o ka lāʻau.
Hoihoi ia!Ke hana nei nā otters o ke kahawai i ke ao a me ka pō, inā ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike i ka makaʻu a i ʻole ke alo o kahi kanaka ma kahi kokoke. Pau nā manawa āpau a lākou e ala nei i nā kaʻina hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe, hānai ʻana a me nā pāʻani waho. Ke holo nei nā otters o ka muliwai i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, a ke neʻe mau nei lākou. ʻO nā mea ʻokoʻa nā wahine e hānai keiki ana.
No ka nānā ʻana i nā otters, pono ʻoe e noho mālie i kahi ma luna kiʻekiʻe o ka wai. Pono pono e loaʻa kahi kihi o ka nānā mai kahi e nānā ʻole ʻia ai ka mea nānā i ka wai. Akahele ka muliwai otters, lohe maikaʻi a hoʻolohe i ka pilau, akā he maka pōkole wale nō ia, a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i ka mea nānā ke neʻe ʻo ia. ʻOiai ke ʻano kūwaho maikaʻi o ka holoholona, mai hoʻoikaika i ka hālāwai kokoke. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻouka pinepine i nā kānaka, ʻaʻole hiki ke wānana i ka hana a ka wahine me nā pēpē.
Ehia mau otter e noho nei
I ka nahelehele, ola nā otters a hala nā makahiki he ʻumi. Ke mālama pono ʻia i ka pio, hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ko lākou ola.
Dimorphism moekolohe
ʻAneʻane like ke ʻano o nā otters wahine a me nā kāne. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa wale nō paha ka nui o ka holoholona, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui o nā otters kāne.
ʻAno Otter
Aia he 12 ʻano otters... Aia he 13 o lākou a hiki i ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai ka make ʻana o ka muliwai Iāpana Iapana ma 2012. Loaʻa kēia mau holoholona ma nā wahi āpau koe ʻo Australia a me Antarctica. ʻO kekahi wale nō ka wai, e like me nā otters kai e noho ana ma ka Moana Pākīpika.
A hoʻolilo kekahi i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o ko lākou manawa ma ka ʻāina, e like me ka otter nunui e noho nei i nā nahele ulu ua o ʻAmelika Hema. ʻAi lākou āpau i ka iʻa, pūpū, ʻāpala a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi i loaʻa ma kahakai. ʻAi pinepine nā otters nunui i nā piranhas, a ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻia nā alligators e hāʻule i kā lākou mea pio.
ʻO ka otter ʻoi loa ka Hikina a i ʻole ʻĀkia lauoho liʻiliʻi. He holoholona nani a expressive kēia o ke kaupaona ʻana ma mua o 4.5 kilokilo. Noho nā otters lauoho liʻiliʻi i nā hui ʻohana o 6 a 12 mau kānaka. Loaʻa lākou i nā wahi wai, ma nā kahakai o nā loko a me nā kahawai ma ka hema o ʻAsia, akā ke emi nei ko lākou helu no ka nalowale ʻana o kā lākou wahi maoli.
ʻO ka otter ʻEulopa, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Eurasian a i ʻole otter maʻamau, ʻo ia ka lāhui maʻamau. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia mau holoholona a hiki ke noho ma nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole mai ka iʻa a i ka pāpaʻi. Hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma loko o ʻEulopa, ma nā wahi he nui o ʻAsia, a ma nā ʻāpana hoʻi o ʻApelika ʻĀkau. Noho kaʻawale ka hapa nui o kēia mau otters. ʻEleu lākou i ke ao a me ka pō, a hāhai lākou i ka wai a ma ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka otter nunui ka lā lōʻihi loa, a hiki i 214 kenimika ka lōʻihi me ka ʻole o ka huelo a me 39 kilokika i ke kaupaona. ʻO kēia mau otters nā lāhui kaiaulu loa a loaʻa kahi ʻano wolf-like me ka nohona. Loaʻa nā hui kaʻawale o lākou i kahi hui Alpha, ʻo ia wale nō ka poʻe e hana ana i nā keiki. Alualu pū lākou i nā pūʻolo, pepehi a ʻai i nā caimans, nā mōʻī a me nā anacondas. Akā ʻo ka ʻano nui o ka meaʻai ka iʻa.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka meaʻai i ka iʻa, invertebrates a me nā mea hānai liʻiliʻi. I kekahi manawa lilo ka lāpaki i pio. ʻO kēia nā otters makemake nui e holo ma nā mauna hau. ʻO ke kai otter kahi mea hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo kaumaha. Hiki i kahi kāne makua a 45 mau kilokika ke kaupaona. He māmela kai e noho ana i ka Moana Pākīpika.
Hoihoi ia!ʻO ka North American River Otter he holoholona he 90 a 12 mau kenimika ka lōʻihi mai ka ihu a i ka hiʻu a he 18 kilokilo ke kaumaha. Noho maʻamau lākou i nā hui liʻiliʻi, kākaʻikahi wale nō.
ʻIke ʻole ke kai otter ma kahakai. ʻAi lākou i ko lākou kua i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ko lākou ʻōpū ma ke ʻano he pā. Hoʻohana kēia mau holoholona i nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi mai ka lalo e haki i nā pūpū o nā molluscs, kahi hōʻailona o ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe.
Kahi noho, nā wahi noho
Hiki i nā ʻāina ʻo Otter ke hoʻolōʻihi i mau mile... ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi e pili ana i ka loaʻa o ka meaʻai. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā wahi liʻiliʻi loa e loaʻa ma nā kahakai, hiki lākou i 2 km. Loaʻa nā wahi lōʻihi loa i nā kahawai mauna kiʻekiʻe, kahi o nā kānaka ma kahi o 20 km e noho ai nā kānaka no ka meaʻai. ʻO ka panalāʻau o nā kāne, ma ke ʻano he kūlana, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka wahine. I kekahi manawa ua hāhā lākou. ʻO ka heluna nui o ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 10,000 mau mākua.
Teritori paʻa, hiki i kēlā me kēia otter ke hoʻohana i nā hale he nui. Noho lākou i nā kuʻi pōhaku maoli, nā kihi a me nā ʻōpū ma nā aʻa o nā kumu lāʻau e ulu ana ma kapa o nā kahawai a me nā loko. ʻO kēia mau pūnana kūlohelohe he mau puka e ʻike ʻole ʻia mai waho e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka holoholona. ʻAʻole kūkulu nā Otters i nā pūnana, akā hiki ke noho i nā hale haʻalele o nā lāpaki a i nā beaver paha. Eia kekahi, he hale kaʻawale ko ka otter - aia ma kahi mamao aku i nā mea kanu momona mai ka wai. Pono ia no nā hihia kahe o ka mea nui.
Mea ʻai Otter
ʻO ka poʻe otters kahawai he mau mea kōkua, e hānai nei i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā iʻa. ʻAi lākou i nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, lohi e neʻe e like me ka carp, nā minnow lepo. Eia nō naʻe, ʻimi ikaika nā otters i ka salmon ʻana i ka wai, e ukali nei i kahi mamao.
Hoihoi ia!Mālama a assimilate nā kahawai muliwai i ka meaʻai me ka wikiwiki e hele ka nui o ka leo i loko o nā ʻōpū i hoʻokahi hola wale nō.
ʻAi pū nā otters o ka muliwai i ka mussels wai hou, crayfish, crayfish, amphibians, beetles wai nui, nā manu (ʻo ka hapanui o nā ʻeha a me nā geese ʻauʻau paha), nā hua manu, nā iʻa iʻa a me nā mea liʻiliʻi mammals (muskrats, mice, young beavers). I ka hopena o ka hoʻoilo, hāʻule ka pae o ka wai ma lalo o ka hau i nā kahawai a me nā loko iʻa paʻahau, e waiho ana i kahi papa o ka lewa e ʻae i nā kahawai muliwai e huakaʻi a ʻimi pono ma lalo o ka hau.
Hoʻohua a me nā keiki
ʻOiai hiki i nā otters ke hoʻohua i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui e hana pēlā i ke kauwela a i ke kauwela kau. Hoʻohana ka wahine i nā kaha ʻaʻala e hōʻailona i nā kāne ua mākaukau lākou e hoa.
ʻElua mau mahina ka lōʻihi o ka hāpai ʻana, a ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o kahi ʻōpala o nā ʻīlio. ʻElua a ʻekolu paha mau pēpē i kahi ʻōpala, akā ʻelima i hōʻike ʻia. ʻO 2 mau mahina ʻē aʻe, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kūʻokoʻa o nā pēpē, huki ka makuahine iā lākou ma waena o nā hale. Noho nā ʻōpio ʻōpio i ka hui ʻohana ma kahi o ʻeono mau mahina a ʻoi paha o ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka hoʻopuehu ʻana e hana i ko lākou mau ʻohana.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
Hoʻohana ka poʻe otters moana i kā lākou wikiwiki a me ka wikiwiki e pale iā lākou iho... ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā ʻano muliwai, ʻoiai ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina. ʻO nā Predators (coyotes, ʻīlio hihiu, cougars a me nā bea) e hoʻouka nui i nā holoholona ʻōpio.
Hoʻopaʻa ka poʻe i nā otters o ka muliwai e kāohi i ka lehulehu o nā iʻa i loko o nā loko wai pilikino a me nā mahiʻai iʻa kālepa a pale i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā waiwai pilikino. He mea pono nō hoʻi ka hulu o kēia meaola. ʻO nā hopena nui loa i nā heluna otter e komo pū me ka hōʻino ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka wai ma muli o ka hoʻohaumia a me ka lū ʻana o ka lepo, a me nā loli i nā wahi noho muliwai ma muli o nā loli.
Heluna a me ke kūlana o kēia ʻano
I kēia lā, aia ma kahi o 3,000 o ka wai kai o Kaleponi a me 168,000 Alaskan a me nā ʻau kai Lūkini ma ka nahelehele. Noho ka heluna kanaka otter ʻIlani kekahi o nā kūpaʻa paʻa loa ma ʻEulopa.
Hoihoi ia!Aia kekahi mau hōʻike e pili ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka laha o kēia ʻano mai ka wā o nā ana aupuni i nā makahiki 1980 mua.
Lana ka manaʻo e kamaʻilio ʻia nā kumu o kēia hoʻoliʻiliʻi ma o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā wahi mālama kūikawā, nā loiloi aupuni e hoʻomau ʻia nei a me nā ana nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. ʻO nā pilikia i ka heluna otter o kēia manawa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lawa ʻole o ka meaʻai i loko o kā lākou wahi noho a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā kahua leʻaleʻa a me nā denning.
