Manta ray - pilikua kai, ʻo ka mea nui loa i waena o nā stingray i ʻike ʻia, a ʻo ka mea ʻino ʻole paha. Ma muli o ka nui a me ka hiwahiwa o ka helehelena, nui nā kaʻao e pili ana iā ia, a ʻo ka hapa nui he fiction.
ʻO ka nui o ka kukuna manta he mea kupaianaha loa ia, hiki i nā mākua i 2 mau mika, ʻo ka lōʻihi o nā peʻa he 8 mika, ʻo ke kaumaha o ka iʻa a i ʻelua tone. Akā ʻaʻole wale ka nui nui e hāʻawi i ka iʻa i kahi helehelena formidable, ke poʻo poʻo, i ke kaʻina o ka evolution, elongated a ʻano like me nā pepeiaohao. ʻO ia nō paha ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai lākou he "diabolō moana", ʻoiai ke kumu o ka "pepeiaohao" ʻoi aku ka maluhia, hoʻohana nā stingray i nā peʻa e kuhikuhi i nā plankton i loko o kā lākou waha. Hiki i ka waha o ka manta i hoʻokahi mika i ke anawaena... I ka hāpai ʻana e ʻai, ʻauʻau ke stingray me ka waha ākea, me kona mau wali e kipaku ai i ka wai me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi a plankton i loko ona. Aia i ka stingray kahi hāmeʻa kānana i loko o ka waha, like me ka manō kohola. Ma o ia mea, kānana ʻia ka wai a me ka plankton, hoʻouna ʻia ka meaʻai i ka ʻōpū, hoʻokuʻu ka stingray i ka wai ma o nā ʻāwaha.
ʻO ka wahi noho o nā kukuna manta kahi wai kai o nā moana āpau. Pena ʻeleʻele ke kua o ka iʻa, a keʻokeʻo ka ʻōpū, me kahi helu o nā kiko o kēlā me kēia kanaka, mahalo i kēia kala i camouflaged maikaʻi ʻia i ka wai.
I Nowemapa he manawa ko kāua, a ʻike nā mea like i kahi kiʻi hoihoi loa. ʻO nāʻauʻau wahine e hoʻopuni ʻia e ke kaula holoʻokoʻa o nā "mea mahalo", i kekahi manawa ua hōʻea ko lākou helu i ʻumikūmālua. ʻAʻau nā kāne ma hope o ka wahine me ka wikiwiki, hana hou i kēlā me kēia neʻe ma hope ona.
Hāpai ka wahine i hoʻokahi cub no 12 mau mahina, a hānau hoʻokahi wale nō. Ma hope o kēlā, hoʻomaha ʻo ia i hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau makahiki paha. ʻAʻole maopopo i ka wehewehe ʻana o kēia mau haki; malia paha pono kēia manawa e hoʻi hou. ʻO ke kaʻina hanau keiki he mea ʻokoʻa, hoʻokuʻu koke ka wahine i ka cub, ʻolokaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi ʻōwili, a laila wehe ʻo ia i kona mau ʻēheu finins a ʻauʻau ma hope o ka makuahine. ʻO ke kaumaha o nā kukuna manta hānau hou a 10 mau kilokika, hoʻokahi mika ka lōʻihi.
Nui ka lolo o ka kukuna manta, ʻo ka lakio o ke kaupaona o ka lolo i ka nui o ke kino i ʻoi aku ma mua o ko nā iʻa ʻē aʻe. Mālamalama lākou a hoihoi loa, maʻalahi i ka maʻalahi. Ma nā mokupuni o ke Kai ʻInikia, ʻākoakoa nā mea like ʻole mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e ʻauʻau i ka hui o kahi kukuna manta. Hōʻike pinepine lākou i ko lākou hoihoi i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi mea ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ka ʻili, lana lana, auwana kokoke, nānā i nā hanana e hana nei.
I ke kūlohelohe, ʻaʻohe ʻenemi o ka diabolō kai ke koe o nā manō kalakoa, a hōʻeha wale lākou i nā holoholona ʻōpio wale nō. Ma waho o kona nui nui, ʻaʻohe pale o ka diabolō kai mai nā ʻenemi, aia ke ʻano o ka stinging spike o nā stingray uila a i ʻole i kahi kūlana residual a ʻaʻohe mea hoʻoweliweli i kekahi.
ʻO kaʻiʻo o ka stingray nunui ka mea momona a ʻono hoʻi, he ʻano ʻono kūikawā ke akepaʻa. Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻiʻo i ka lāʻau kuʻuna Kina. He mea maikaʻi ka ʻimi ʻana iā lākou i nā lawaiʻa kūpuna ʻilihuna, ʻoiai pili ia me kahi pilikia nui i ke ola. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka kukuna manta e hoʻoweliweli ʻia.
Aia kekahi manaʻoʻiʻo hiki i nā kukuna manta ke hoʻouka i kahi kanaka i loko o ka wai, e hopu iā lākou me nā lūlū, e huki iā lākou i lalo a ale i ka mea i hōʻino ʻia. Ma ka Hikina Hema ʻo Asia, ʻo ka hui ʻana me ka diabolō kai manaʻo ʻia he hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻole a hoʻohiki i nā pōʻino he nui. ʻO nā lawaiʻa kūloko, hopu hewa ʻole i kahi cub, hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia. ʻO ia nō paha ke kumu i ola ai ka heluna kānaka me ka hiki i ka hānau liʻiliʻi a hiki i kēia lā.
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i kahi kukuna manta ke hana ʻino wale i ke kanaka ke komo ia i loko o ka wai ma hope o ka lele ʻana i waho o ka wai. Hiki iā ia ke lou i kahi ʻauʻau a i kahi moku paha me kona kino nui.
ʻO ka lele i luna o ka wai kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā kukuna nunui. ʻO ka lele i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1.5 mika ma luna o ka wai, a laila, ukali ʻia e ka luʻu me ke kani ikaika loa i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hopena o ke kino o kahi pilikua ʻelua toniona i ka wai. Lohe ʻia kēia walaʻau ma kahi mamao o kekahi mau kilomita. Akā, e like me ka ʻike maka o ka poʻe, ʻikea ka nani o ka hiʻona.
Nani nā stingray nunui ma lalo o ka wai, e ʻūlū maʻalahi ana i kā lākou mau lihilihi, e like me nā ʻeheu, me he mea lā ke kau nei lākou i ka wai.
ʻO nā aquarium he ʻelima nui loa o ka honua nei he mau diabolō kai. A aia nō kekahi ka hihia o ka hānau ʻana o kahi keiki i ka hoʻopaʻa pio ʻana i kahi aquarium Iapana i 2007... Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēia nūhou a puni nā ʻāina a hōʻike ʻia ma ke kīwī, e hōʻike nei i ke aloha kanaka no kēia mau mea kupaianaha.
