ʻIderslelo spider, i kāhea ʻia manuahi manu punahelehe pā maikaʻi loa ko lākou: ʻai lākou i nā pōpū wahine, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hānai i ke koko. Ma ke aʻo ʻana i nā noiʻi hou, ua hana nā kānaka ʻepekema i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Frankenstein mosquito", ka mea e pili ana i nā ʻāpana o nā namu like ʻole. Huli ka nānā ʻana i nā mea spider ʻaʻole i loko o nā ʻōpū o nā namu koko wale nō, akā no ka wahine antennas i kā lākou koho ʻana i nā mea make no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana.
I ka wā ma mua, ua manaʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema i ka pane ʻana o nā lawehala puaʻa i ka hoʻokūkū loa. ʻO kahi laʻana, inā ʻike lākou i kahi mea liʻiliʻi e neʻe nei, manaʻo lākou ia he mea i hōʻino a me ka hoʻouka ʻana, wahi a lākou Ximena Nelson mai University of Canterbury, Kanaka Nui.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou ua ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia mau punahele i nā koho meaʻai ma mua o ka mea i noʻonoʻo ʻia ma mua. No ka laʻana, kahi ʻano spider E. culicivora ʻaʻole nōi e hoʻohana i kēia mau ʻano hana i mea maʻamau, i kāna mau kaila no ka koho ʻana i ka hana i mea paʻakikī loa, wahi a Nelson.
Kaiheole
ʻO ka pākaukau punahele nui loa o kahi spider-lio i nā kao koko piha, a me ka ʻūlū. E like me ka mea i kūoʻi ʻia, pono pū nā spider i ke koko hou i ola, e ʻōlelo ai nā poʻe ʻepekema, ʻo ia ke kumu i kāhea ʻia ai ka "vampire."
ʻAʻole ʻano maikaʻi nā ʻano o nā mea ʻai no kēia mau ʻalike, no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e hānai i ke koko o nā vertebrates. ʻO ke koko kahi mea hoʻohui o ka ʻai o kēia spider, ʻoiai no ka mea noiʻi ʻaʻole i maopopo i ke kumu.
Ma ke kahakai o Lake Victoria ma sub-Saharan ʻApika, e hānai i nā ʻikepili i nā namu a hiki i ka wā e hōʻea ai i kahi mamao o 2-3 mau sentimita mai lākou, a laila e hū aku i ka mea pepehi. Hiki i ka ʻōpio o nā ʻuʻuku ke hoʻolei iā lākou iho i nā pōpoki a huki iā lākou i ka lele. Hāʻule lākou i ka ʻāina me ka mea ʻai, a laila ʻai pū i ka mea pio.
E ʻimi i nā ʻuehu wahine
No ka hānai wale ʻana o nā pōpoki wahine i ke koko, pono nā spider e aʻo pehea e wehe ai iā lākou i nā kāne i ka wā o ka hopu. He ʻuʻuku nā ʻōpiopio o nā wahine mai nā kāne.
"Hiki ke ʻike i ke ʻano o ka mea i ʻike i kēia mau ʻokoʻa a me nā maka o ka maikaʻi. ʻO ke ʻano like o ka" fluffiness "o nā antennae pepeke, - wahi a Nelson. - He ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā males ma luna o nā antennas, no laila ke nānā aku nei lākou he "shaggy".
He mea nānā paha kā ka spider i kahi ʻulaʻula ulaula, aia wale nō e ʻike ʻia i loko o nā wahine i manaʻo nui i ka koko.
I mea e hoʻomaopopo maopopo ai i nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o ka ʻquitonekelo hele ke nānā i ka wā i koho ai i ke kime, ua ʻimi nā kānakaʻepekema i kahi pōpilikia Frankenstein, nona nā ʻāpana like ʻole o nā kino kāne a me nā wahine (ʻo ia hoʻi, ke poʻo a me ka umauma o kekahi, ka ʻōpū o ka ʻokoʻa).
Ua hōʻike lākou i kēia mau mea ʻano like ʻole i ka spider e ʻike ai pehea ka hana. Ua ʻike ʻia e nā ʻepekema ʻelua ʻāpana o ke kino o ke kao ma kēia hihia ke hana koʻikoʻi i ke koho ʻana i ka meaʻai - ka ʻōpū nui a me ka ʻōpū. Hoʻokahi liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā Spider i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka namu me nā antennas fluffy ma mua o ke "headgear" maʻalahi, ʻoiai inā he mau pua a ʻulaʻula hoʻi, ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi.