Ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi ʻana o nā buina o kēia manawa e kolo ana i nā ʻāina wai o ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa loa mai ko lākou mau kūpuna i noho ma kahi o ʻewalu miliona mau makahiki i hala.
Hōʻike ka nānā ʻana i nā koena fossilized e nānā like kēia mau moʻohe me ko lākou kūpuna. Wahi a nā kānaka noiʻi, he ʻokoʻa nā manō a me kekahi mau vertebrate ʻē aʻe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia he mau mea ʻelele o kēia subtype o chordates e hana i nā hoʻololi liʻiliʻi i loko o kahi manawa lōʻihi.
E like me kekahi o nā mea kākau o ke aʻo ʻana, ʻo Evan Whiting, i ʻōlelo ai, inā he manawa kūpono i nā kānaka e hoʻi i hope i ʻewalu miliona mau makahiki, hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā ʻokoʻa he nui, akā like nā alligators me kā lākou poʻe mamo ma ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Eia kekahi, ʻo 30 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻano ʻokoʻa.
He mea hoihoi loa kēia i ka ʻike o ka nui o nā loli i hana ʻia ma ka Honua i nā manawa i hala. Ua ʻike nā Alligators i nā loli nui a me nā loli i nā pae kai. ʻO kēia mau hoʻololi i luku ʻia i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe he nui, ʻaʻole kūpale, akā ʻaʻole i make wale nā alligators, akā ʻaʻole i loli.
I ka wā o ka noiʻi ʻana, ua ʻeli ʻia ka iwi poʻo o kahi alligator kahiko, kahi i manaʻo ʻia he lunamakaʻāinana o kahi laha make, ma Florida. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻike koke nā kānaka noiʻi he aneane like kēia poʻo poʻo poʻo o ke ʻano o kēia wā. Hoʻohui ʻia, ua aʻo ʻia nā niho o nā alligators kahiko a me nā crocodile make. ʻO ke kū ʻana o nā fossil o kēia mau ʻano ʻelua ma ka ʻākau o Pololika i ke ʻano o ko lākou noho kokoke ʻana ma kahakai i nā makahiki i hala aku nei.
I ka manawa like, ua hōʻike ʻia ke anamanaʻo o ko lākou mau niho ʻo nā koka he mau mea kolo kai e ʻimi nei i ka mea pio i loko o ka wai kai, ʻoiai ua loaʻa nā alligators i kā lākou meaʻai i ka wai hou a ma ka ʻāina.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ka hōʻike ʻana o nā alligators i ke kūpaʻa kupaianaha no nā makahiki miliona, ke alo nei lākou i kahi mea ʻino ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka weliweli ma mua o ka hoʻololi o ke aniau a me nā loli kai - nā kānaka. ʻO kahi laʻana, i ka hoʻomaka o ke kenekulia i hala, aneane pau loa kēia mau mea kolo i ka hoʻopau ʻia. Ma kahi laulā, ua kōkua ʻia kēia e ka moʻomeheu o ke kenekulia 19, ke ʻano mua loa e pili ana i ke kūlohelohe, e like me ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā "mea ola weliweli, ʻino a me nā mea ʻaihue" i manaʻo ʻia he hana hanohano a me ke akua.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hoʻoluliluli ʻia kēia manaʻo a me ke kōkua o nā papahana kūikawā, ua hoʻihoʻi hapa ʻia ka heluna kanaka alligator. I ka manawa like, ke luku nui nei ka poʻe i nā wahi noho kuʻuna o nā alligators. A ʻo kahi hopena, piʻi ka nui o nā hoʻokuʻi ma waena o nā alligators a me nā kānaka, a laila e alakaʻi ʻia ai i ka luku ʻia o kēia mau mea kolo i kēia mau panalāʻau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole pau ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o nā panalāʻau i koe, a lilo koke nā alligators i kahi hapa o ko lākou mau wahi i koe. A inā hoʻomau hou kēia, e nalowale kēia mau holoholona kahiko mai ka maka o ka honua, ʻaʻole no nā mea ʻai holoholona wale nō, akā no ka ʻiʻini ʻole o kahi Homo sapiens no ka ʻai ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu nui no ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o nā panalāʻau hou a me ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. ...
