ʻO ka rattlenake pygmy kaulahao ka mea hoʻokahi wale nō ma Michigan (USA) e helu ʻia ma lalo o ka Endangered Species Act.
E hana pū ka US Fish and Wildlife Service me ka Center for Biological Diversity e hana e pale aku i nā lālani ʻaneʻane make he 757. I ka makahiki 1982, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēia nahesa i kapa ʻia ʻo "Massasauga", ma ke ʻano he "species of particular concern" a me "endangered species."
ʻO ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā wahi kai a me nā mauna kokoke e pili ana i ka Midwest ʻAmelika, i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale a me nā ʻāina mahiʻai, ua haʻalele i ka ʻupena manu liʻiliʻi me nā wahi noho liʻiliʻi loa.
Wahi a Eliza Bennett, kahi loio ma ka Center for Biological Diversity, ʻo ke ala wale nō e hoʻopakele ai iā Massasaugu mai ka make ʻana, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i kahi nohona kūpono, a ʻo nā kānāwai kūpono wale nō ke kōkua.
E like me ka nupepa a Detroit Free Press, ʻo ke kūkulu kokoke ʻana i ka pā ʻana o nā mahiʻai hou a me nā alanui ʻaʻole i alakaʻi wale ʻia i kahi pohō o ka nohona, akā i nā pilikia nui hoʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā meaʻai kūpono no nā moʻo. Pale ka hana a ke kanaka i nā moʻo mai ka neʻe manuahi ʻana i nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi e loaʻa ai iā lākou kahi nohona kūpono a me nā meaʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bruce Kingsbury o ka Center Resource Environmental i ka manawa pinepine ʻike ʻia ʻo Massasauga ma ke ala a kokoke paha i ke alahele, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka manawa aia ia i kahi makaʻu. ʻAʻole huakaʻi nā nahesa e like me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe mai kahi noho a i kekahi. No laila, inā e waiho ʻia kahi ala, wahi noho a māla mahiʻai paha i mua o lākou, e ʻike ʻia ia mea he keakea i ke ala a huli hoʻi wale ka nahesa, hoʻi i kāna wahi i hele mai ai.
ʻO ka chigmy pygmy rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus kahi nahesa lūlū, holo lohi me kahi kino mānoanoa, ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, e like me ka ʻOihana ʻOihana Kumuwaiwai ʻo Michigan. Ma ke ʻano he kūlana, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻouka i ke kanaka, akā inā ʻo ka weliweli hiki iā ia ke nahu i kona ʻili me kona mau ʻiʻo. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole make kēia lāʻau make no ke kanaka a kaupalena ʻia kona hopena i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā kikowaena nerve a me nā hemorrhages. I ka wā puna, makemake lākou e noho i nā ʻāina wai hāmama a i ʻole i nā kūpaʻa pupu, e neʻe ana i nā mauna maloʻo i ke kauwela. Hānai nui ka Massasauga i nā amphibians, nā pepelu a me nā mea hānai liʻiliʻi.
