Baribal a ʻeleʻele paha kūloko (lat. ʻAmelika americanus) - he kamaʻāina noho o ʻAmelika Hema, ka mea i loaʻa i laila mai ka Pākīpika a hiki i ke kahakai ʻAmelika, mai Alaska a hiki i waena o Mexico. Noho ia i nā moku āpana o Kanada a ma 39 mau mokuʻāina ʻo US ma waho o 50. Kū ia mai kahi bear kaulana e kona ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, nā poʻo poʻo, nā pepeiao pepeiao nui a me ka huelo pōkole.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maloʻo ma ka palake e pili ana i ka mika, ka lōʻihi o ke kino o nā pākeke kāne mai ka 1,4 a 2 mika, ke kaupaʻa ʻana mai 60 a 300 kg, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea lawaiʻa keu 1885 i pana i kahi kāne ʻeleʻele e kaupaona ana mai ka 363 kg. He liʻiliʻi iki nā wahine - ʻo ko lākou kino kino he 1.2-1.6 mau mika me ka paona o 39-236 kg. Aia he 16 subspecies o ka baribal, heʻokoʻa i ʻokoʻa a me ke kaupaona.
E like me kou manaʻo e noʻonoʻo ai, ʻeleʻele ka hulu o kahi bea ʻeleʻele wale, ma ka maka a he ʻili paha paha he wahi keʻokeʻo. Eia nō naʻe, ma Kanada a ma ke komohana o ka muliwai ʻo Mississippi, ua loaʻa nā ʻano kalona. Eia kekahi, ua ʻike ʻia e hiki ke hānau ʻia i nā poli a me nā ʻeleʻele i ka wā like i ka oso hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka mea mahalo, aia i nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi 3 aia i ke kahakai o British Columbia, loaʻa ka hulu ʻeleʻele i ka hulu ... keʻokeʻo a ʻulu paha-keʻokeʻo. Ua kapa ʻia lākou ma ʻaneʻi kahakai a i nā ʻūʻī Kermod paha. Ua hele mai kēia mau wāwae i kahi ala eʻae ai i ka iʻa: e hoʻokaʻawale lākou i luna o ka wai a ke hoʻohua nei i kahi ao, ke manaʻo nei e lawaiʻa ka iʻa iā lākou. Eia paha, ke ʻoli nei lākou iā lākou iho i kēia manawa: "He ao wau, he ao, he ao, ʻaʻole wau he bear." ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha ka prototype o Winnie the Pooh i mākaukau loa i ka palaka! ʻO ka mea manaʻo e manaʻoʻiʻo nei ka iʻa iā lākou e ʻauʻau kokoke ana, e ʻae ana iā lākou iho e hopu.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea pāʻani me ka hulu ʻulaʻula ke hoʻohana i kēia hoʻopunipuni, no laila ke hoʻoikaika ʻia lākou i nā iʻa. Loaʻa paha kēlā kumu makemake lākou e ʻai i nā meaʻai kanu, nā mea inikona a me ka liʻiliʻi loa, nā ʻōpala a me nā kālai. Kuhi aku kēia mau ʻuhala i nā huaʻala, nā hua waina, nā hips rose, nā dandelions, knver a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. I kekahi manawa hana lākou i nā holoholona, luku i nā apiaries a me nā ʻohi.
I ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole i like ka popo me ka grizzlies. Ke hālāwai lākou i kahi kanaka, makemake lākou e holo, akā ma ke kenekulia iwakāluakūmākahi, ua hōʻike ʻia nā hihia he 52 o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau uliuli i nā mea make, no laila e makaʻu mau lākou.
ʻIke ʻo Baribals pehea e piʻi ai i nā kumulāʻau a ʻaʻole hoʻowahāwahā i kahi kalima, no laila ke hoʻohuli nei ua make a piʻi ke piʻi ʻana i nā lālā kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻike ʻana o kēia bea (me he mea lā o ka bea grizzly) he mea make ʻole. Hāpai nā poʻe lawaiʻa e ho'āʻo ana e hoʻoweliweli iā ia me ka leo nui. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole wale e hele i kahi o ka baribals e makemake e holo.
Ke alakaʻi nei nā bea ʻeleʻele i kahi nohona pōkole, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke huki i ke ao a i ka pō paha. Noho wale nō lākou, koe wale nō nā wahine me nā cub. I ka hoʻoilo, hāʻule lākou i loko o ka hānau ʻana, e kau ana i nā ana, nā ʻōpala o nā pōhaku a i ʻole a i lalo aʻe i nā aʻa lāʻau. I kekahi manawa ua ʻeli lākou i kahi lua liʻiliʻi no lākou iho a moe hoʻi i loko o ka wā o ka hoʻoilo mua. Makemake lākou e kanu i nā lau maloʻo a me ka mauʻu no ka palupalu.
Ma hope pono o ke ala ʻana, hoʻomaka ke kāhili ʻana i nā hoa moe. ʻAʻole ulu koke ka ʻōpū ma mua, akā aia wale nō i ka hopena o ka hopena o ka hāʻule. A inā he hōʻiliʻili ʻo ka wahine hānai i ka momona nui. E hānau ʻia nā 2-3 cubs i ka hoʻoilo inā hiamoe a ko lākou makuahine. Ke loaʻa nei kēia mau kekona lau 200-450 i ko lākou ala e hōʻoluʻolu ai a momona i ka waiū, a ma ka pūnāwai ke kaupaona nei ko lākou iā 2 a 5 kg. Ma nā wahi āpau e hahai ai i ko lākou makuahine, aʻo mai ia i kona naʻauao honua. Ke waiho wale nei lākou iā ia i ka makahiki aʻe, ke hiki mai ka manawa no ka moe ʻana.
Noho nā Baribals i ka nahele ma kahi o 10 mau makahiki, i ka pio ʻana i kēia huaʻōlelo he ʻekolu.