ʻO ka marabou ʻApelika (Lertorttilos cruneniferus) he manu ia no ka ʻohana stork. ʻO kēia ka mea nui o ka ʻelele nui o ka ʻohana mai ka order Storks a me ka genus Marabou.
Ka wehewehe o ka marabou ʻApelika
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino o ka ʻelele nui loa o ka ʻoka stork i loli ma waena o 1.15-1.52 m me ka ʻēheu o 2.25-2.87 m a me ke kino o 4.0-8.9 kg. Hiki i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ke loaʻa i kahi ʻēheu o a i 3.2 m. Ma ka laulā, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine o kahi ʻohana maʻamau o nā ʻūhū.
Helehelena
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o ka helehelena o ka marabou ʻApelika aneane pau loa, a he ʻano maʻamau ka wehewehe no kahi ʻāpana nui o nā mea hulu hulu.... Uhi ʻia ka ʻāpana o ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī o ka manu me ka plumage lauoho e like me ka lauoho. Aia kekahi hoʻomohala maikaʻi a haʻi ʻia i lalo "kola" ma nā poʻohiwi. Kuhi ʻia ka nānā nui i ka nuku nui a nui, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi e piʻi pinepine i 34-35 cm.
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka manu maha e ka wahi o ka nuku ma kahi o ka pehu a me ka ʻiʻo kikokiko i ulu a i ʻole ʻeke ʻāʻī, i kapa ʻia ʻo "uluna". ʻO ka ʻili, aia ma nā wahi hulu ʻole, he ʻalani ʻulaʻula, a me nā kiko ʻike maikaʻi o ke kala ʻeleʻele ma ka ʻaoʻao poʻo mua. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o ka ʻōpio ʻo marabou ʻōpio ke kū ʻana o kahi ʻāpana kūpilikiʻi a me kahi helu nui o nā hulu i ka kola kola.
Aia nā leo hina hina ma ka ʻaoʻao luna o ka plumage, a me nā kala keʻokeʻo ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa. ʻEʻeleʻele ke ānuenue, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka marabou ʻApelika ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi ʻano e pili kokoke ana.
Ka hana a me ka nohona
No Marabou ʻo ia ka mahele o nā manu kaiāulu e noho ana i nā kolone nui a ʻaʻole makaʻu iki lākou e kū kokoke i nā kānaka. I kekahi mau hihia, ʻike ʻia nā manu o kēia genus kokoke i nā kauhale a hoʻolei kahi e hiki ai ke lawa ka meaʻai na lākou.
Hoihoi ia! ʻO nā manu hoʻoweliweli e hoʻokuʻu i kahi haʻahaʻa a ʻano like hoʻi, e like me ke kani ʻana o ke kani, a me ke ʻano hiʻohiʻona o ka marabou ʻApelika, kahi e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā ia mai nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe o ka ʻohana stork, ʻaʻole e kīloi ana, akā ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka ʻāʻī i ka wā lele.
Hana kēia ʻano manu i nā kūlohelohe kūlohelohe i kahi hana nui - ma muli o ka ʻai ʻana i nā kupapaʻu, hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi loa ʻia ka ʻāina a pale ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā maʻi a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻino weliweli.
Wā ola
I ka nāhelehele, ke ola nei ka marabou ʻApelika, ma ke ʻano he rula, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku i ka hapahā o ke kenekulia. Ke mālama ʻia i ka pio, ola maʻalahi nā manu o kēia genus a hiki i nā makahiki 30-33. ʻOiai ke kikoʻī o ka papaʻai, nā manu makua o kēia ʻohana i ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe i nā maʻi maʻamau o nā manu.
Kahi noho a me nā wahi noho
Ua pālahalaha ʻia ka marabou ʻApelika ma ʻApelika. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka palena palena e hōʻea i ka hema loa o ka Sahara, Mali, Niger, Sudan a me ʻAitiopa. Ma kahi ʻāpana nui o ka māhele hāʻawi, nui ka heluna kanaka.
ʻO nā ʻelele āpau o kēia laha, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā storks, hilinaʻi i ke alo o ka mandatory ma ka ʻāina o ko lākou noho ʻana o ka waihona wai... Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻike ʻia ke kū ʻana o nā kūlana hānai kūpono i loko o kahi waihona wai kūlohelohe, e noho ʻoluʻolu ʻo ʻAmelika marabou ma ke kahakai.
ʻO ka pinepine, ʻo ka nui o ka nui o ka ʻohana stork e noho i nā savannas maloʻo a me nā steppe, marshlands, hāmama, hoʻomaloʻo pinepine i nā awāwa a me nā awāwa o ke kai, kahi waiwai nui i ka iʻa. Kākaʻikahi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka marabou ʻApelika i nā ululāʻau paʻa a me nā wahi wao akua.
Hoihoi ia! I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ma nā wahi kokoke i nā wahi noho, ʻike nui ʻia ʻo marabou ʻApelika i nā ʻōpala ʻōpala hale, kokoke i nā hale luku a me nā ʻoihana hana lawaiʻa iʻa.
Noho ka nui o nā poʻe i kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻāina anthropogenic, a pūnana pū kekahi ma nā kūlanakauhale nui, me nā wahi waena o Kampala. Me ka nui o ka meaʻai, nā ʻelele o ka ʻohana stork, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi, alakaʻi i kahi nohona holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa. ʻO nā kānaka e noho ana i kekahi ʻāpana o ka laulā, ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka manawa o ka pūnana ʻana, ʻo ka hapanui e neʻe kokoke i ka equator.
Mea ʻai marabou ʻApelika
ʻAi nui nā manu nui a ikaika hoʻi i ka make o ke kino, akā hoʻohana paha lākou i ke ola a me ka nui ʻole o nā mea ʻai no ka mea ʻai, a hiki ke ale koke ʻia. ʻO kēia mahele o ka papaʻai o ka marabou ʻApelika e hōʻike ʻia e nā moa o nā manu ʻē aʻe, a me nā iʻa, nā rana, nā kolo, nā mea kolo a me nā hua manu.
ʻO nā mākua, ma ke ʻano he rula, hānai wale i kā lākou mau moa me nā mea ola.... Me ke kōkua o kona nuku ikaika a ʻoi hoʻi, hiki i ka marabou ʻApelika ke maʻalahi a wikiwiki hoʻi i ka ʻili mānoanoa o nā holoholona make.
I ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai, aia ka marabou ʻApelika, a me nā ʻekue, i ʻike ʻia e ka lele manuahi ʻana i ka lewa, mai kahi e nānā aku ai kahi manu nui i kahi pio. Hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia nā ʻohana i hana ʻia i nā wahi kahi kahi e hoʻonui ai i kahi nui o nā holoholona nui.
Hoihoi ia! Manaʻo nā lunamakaʻāinana o kēia ʻohana he maʻemaʻe loa, no laila, holoi ʻia nā ʻāpana lepo o ka meaʻai e nā manu, a laila hoʻohana wale ʻia no ka hānai ʻana.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka ʻimi holoholona ʻana i nā iʻa ola he like ia me ka baʻa nuku. I ke kaʻina lawaiʻa, kū ʻole ka manu i ka ʻāpana wai pāpaʻu a paʻa i kona nuku hapa-hāmama, ka mea e komo i loko o ke kolamu wai. Ma hope o ka hopu ʻia ʻana o ka mea pio i hala, pani koke ka nuku.
Hoʻohua a me nā keiki
Hiki i ka marabou ʻApelika ke ʻōpio kokoke i ka makahiki o ʻekolu a ʻehā... I ke kau moʻo, lawe ʻia ka hana pūnana ʻana i kekahi ʻāpana manu wale nō. Aia nā kolone pūnana āpau o ka marabou ʻApelika ma nā wahi pā holoholona me nā antelope a me nā artiodactyls ʻē aʻe, a kokoke i nā kauhale a me nā mahiʻai. Ma kahi kokoke i nā pūnaewele pūnana o ka ʻohana stork nui loa, pūnana ikaika nā pelicans.
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka moʻomeheu moena o ka marabou ʻApelika ke kaʻina o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana me kona nuku, a me nā mea hoihoi loa o ka noho aloha ʻana. ʻO ka hopena o kahi "betrothal" kūleʻa o kahi paʻa hulu ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi pūnana ma luna o kahi kumulāʻau a i ʻole kahi pōhaku, nona nā lālā liʻiliʻi.
Hoihoi ia! Aia me ka hoʻomaka o ka maloʻo a me ke ʻano o ka make wai hoʻolōʻihi e hiki mai ka make nui o nā holoholona nāwaliwali a maʻi hoʻi, no laila, i loko o ia manawa, hiki i ka marabou ʻApelika ke loaʻa ka lawa o ka meaʻai e hānai ai i kāna mau pua.
I ka hopena o ke kau ua, kau ka wahine i ʻelua a ʻekolu paha mau hua, a hāʻule ka wā o ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki i ka wā maloʻo loa, kahi e kōkua nui ai i ka huli no ka mea pio i nā waihona kūlohelohe maloʻo.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
Ma lalo o nā kūlana kūlohelohe, ʻaʻohe ʻenemi o ka marabou ʻApelika e like me kēlā. I ka wā i hala iho nei, ʻo ka hoʻoweliweli nui loa i ka heluna manu i hōʻike ʻia e ka poʻe ponoʻī, nāna i luku nui i nā wahi maoli o nā manu.
Heluna a me ke kūlana o kēia ʻano
I kēia lā, mālama ʻia ka heluna nui o ka marabou ʻApelika i kahi pae kiʻekiʻe loa.... ʻAʻole hoʻoweliweli ʻia ka luku loa a me ka make ʻana o kēia lunamakaʻāinana nui loa, na ka ʻohana o nā manu ʻaka.
