ʻO ka hippopotamus maʻamau a ʻo ka Hippo paha kahi mamalia mai ka artiodactyls kauoha, sub-pig-like (non-ruminant), nā ʻohana hippo. ʻO ia wale nō ke ʻano o kāna ʻano. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka holoholona e waiho ana i kona ola semi-aquatic: hoʻolilo i ko lākou manawa i ka wai, hele ka hippos i ka ʻāina i ka pō wale no ka meaʻai. Noho ka Hippos i ka wai wai, loaʻa pinepine ʻole i ke kai.

ʻO ka wehewehe Hippo

ʻO nā Hippos kekahi o nā holoholona nui loa. ʻO ka paona awelika o ke kāne he 1600 kg, no nā wahine he 1400 kg. Aia ke kiʻekiʻe he 1,65 m.ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino mai 3 a 5 m. ʻO ke lōʻihi ka lōʻihi 55-60 cm.

He hiki ʻole ke hippopotamus ke hoʻohilahila me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe ma muli o kona ʻano ʻano. Hoʻohui ʻia ka ʻōpū manu like me ka wāwae o ka holoholona me nā wāwae pōkole pōkole, no ka mea pōkole loa ka ʻōpū i hoʻopā aku i ka ʻāina a ʻo ka hele ʻana. He poʻo nui ke poʻo, kūhā ʻokoʻa i ka ʻaoʻao, ʻo kona paona a hiki i 900 kg. Ua pōkole nō hoʻi ka ʻāʻī o ke kapa palupalu ʻO nā maka liʻiliʻi, nā lau ʻōpū. He laulā ka laulā. He liʻiliʻi nā pepeiao, pili me lākou, hiki i nā holoholona ke hoʻokuke aku i nā manu a me nā pepeke. Kuhi ʻia nā alopine, nā maka a me nā pepeiao a kau i loko o ka mahaki hoʻokahi, no laila ua lawa ia i ka hippopotamus e hoʻolaha wale i ka poʻo o ke poʻo mai ka wai e hanu, nānā a lohe.

ʻO ka muzzle ākea ma ka mua i uhi ʻia me ka vibrissae. Mauka 60-70 cm ka loa. Hiki i ka waha ke hamama loa. Ma nā lōlō, ʻehā mau manamana pili e pili ana i nā membrane. ʻO ka ʻili, heʻuʻuku i ka wili.

Ke ʻano hina ke kino o ke kino o ka ʻōpū ʻo ka māpona me kahi paona ʻulaʻula. ʻIliʻula ka ʻili e puni ana i nā maka a me nā pepeiao. Paʻele ke kua o ka kua a me nā ʻulaʻula o ka ʻōpū. ʻO ka ʻili e pili ana i ka 4 cm ka mānoanoa.

Nā Hōʻike Mana Hippo

Nā lāʻau kanu hippos. ʻO kā lākou ʻai ka kokoke i ka wai-wai a me nā mea kanu terareri ʻO ka mea mahalo, ʻaʻole lākou iʻai i nā mea kanu aquatic. Hānau a Hippos i ka ʻāina, a "ʻokiʻoki" i ka mauʻu ma lalo o ke kumu. ʻAi kekahi kanaka makua i 40 a 70 kg o ka ʻai i ka lā.

I ka wā o ka ʻohiʻohi ʻana, mālama ʻia nā hippos mai nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai he holoholona holoholona nui lākou. E hui pū, ʻo nā wahine wale nō me nā cubs e ʻai mau ai. ʻAʻole hele i kahi hippos i kahi mamao ma mua o 3 km mai ka wai e ʻimi ai i ka ʻai.

ʻO ka mea i hala koke nei, aia nō hoʻi kahi ʻike e pili ana i ka hana predatory o ka hippos, nā hōʻeuʻeu ma luna o nā gazeles, antelope, nā bipi.

Pālahalaha Hippo

Kahi ka hippos ke uhaʻi ʻia nei ma sub-Saharan ʻApelika, koe wale ʻo Madagascar. Ma ka makahiki 2008, aia he 125 a 150 tausani mau kanaka ma ka ʻāina, a, ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ua emi mau kēia helu. ʻO ka hapanui o ka ʻōpū hippo i noho ma ka hikina a ma ka hema o Aferika (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique). Ma Aferika Komohana, he liʻiliʻi ka nui o ka heluna kanaka me kahi kikowaena koʻikoʻi (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau).

Nā kikowaena ʻĀpana maʻamau

ʻO ka hippopotamus ʻano hoʻokahi kahi e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ai kēia mau subspecies:

• Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius - he subspecies maʻamau, noho i Sudan, ʻAitiopa a me ke kūkulu ʻākau o Kongo,

• H.a.kiboko - i loaa ma Somalia me Kenya,

• ʻO H.a.capensis - e noho ana ma ʻAmelika Hema, mai Zambia a i ʻApelika Hema,

• H.a.tschadensis - e māhele ʻia ma ke komohana o ka ʻElepena,

• He loholele ʻo H.a.constrictus no Angola a me Namibia.

ʻO ke hipoki kāne a me ka wahine: nā mea nui loa

ʻAʻole hōʻike maopopo i ka dimorphism ka wahine i ka hippos. Ua ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne ma kahi o 10%, ua liʻiliʻi nō hoʻi ko lākou mau poʻo. Ua hoʻoulu maikaʻi ʻia nā kāne ʻōpio i nā ʻoi aku, ʻo ia ke kumu e kū ai ka maʻa ʻano i ka maka.

ʻAilā Hippo

Noho ʻo Hippos ma kahi kokoke i ke kahakai o ka wai wai. Hiki iā ia ke pili i nā muliwai nui a i ʻole nā ​​loko paha, a i ʻole nā ​​ʻāpana liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā mea kumu pono nona no ia, i hiki iā ia ke hoʻokipa i ka pipi āpau, ʻaʻole ke maloʻo i ka makahiki āpau. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka heleʻana o nā wahi o grassy no ka ʻohiʻoke ʻana ma kahi kokoke i loko o kahi pākuhi he mea nui no ka holoholona. I ka hihia o nā kūlana i hōʻino ʻia, hiki i nā hippos ke hele i kahi ʻē aʻe, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou e nā huakaʻi ʻāina mamao lōʻihi.

Loaʻa ka ola Hippo i kahi mele poladian poloka. I ke ao, aia nō ka holoholona i ka wai, kahi a lākou e moe ai, me kā lākou mau poʻo i waho, a hānai i ka pō.

ʻO nā kāne pākē ʻole ka loaʻa ʻole o kā lākou harem noho hoʻokahi i ka manawa hoʻokahi a kaua pinepine ma waho. ʻO kēlā mau hakakā he mau lōʻihi a ʻino hoʻi, hiki i nā holoholona ke hōʻeha i kēlā me kēia a hiki i ka make. ʻO Hippos ma kahakai ke ikaika nui loa. ʻAʻole lākou makemake i nā hoalauna a kipaku aku i nā malihini a pau, e komo pū me nā wana a me nā elepani. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka pākeke kāne he 50-100 mika ma ka muliwai a 250-500 mika ma ka loko.

Ke puka nei kekahi holoholona mai ka wai a hele no ka hānai, hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka ala like hoʻokahi. I ka lepo palupalu, ʻo ia mau ala e lilo i pālahalaha hohonu a ʻike nui ʻia. Huli ka holoholona e ka ʻāina i nā wāwae. ʻO ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe ka lōʻihi o 30 km / h.

Hoʻohui i nā kāne hoʻokahi, hippos i nā kahu o 20-30 kanaka, a ʻo nā ʻōpio, nā keiki ʻōpio, i mālama ʻia e nā pūʻulu puke.

He pūnaehana kamaʻilio leo hanana ʻo Hippos, me ke kōkua o nā hōʻailona ākea ua hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i ka pōʻino, kipi a me nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā leo e ʻāʻī a hoʻokūkū paha. ʻO ka leo nui o ka hippopotamus, a hiki i 110 decibels, i lawe ʻia i ka wai. ʻO Hippopotamus wale ka mahama e hiki ai ke kani, nā ʻāina a me ka wai.

A he nui loa kēia mau holoholona i ka pīpī i kā lākou ulu a me ka urine, kahi e lawelawe ai no ka hōʻailona ʻana i ka ʻāina a no ka kamaʻilio ʻana.

Hippo kīlaʻi

ʻO nā wahine Hippo wahine lilo i ʻelemakule a 7-15 mau makahiki, nā kāne ma 6-14 mau makahiki. Ma ka pipi, ʻo nā kāne wale nō ka wahine e hoʻonani nei. ʻO ka wā hoʻohālikelike. Hoʻokomo ka hala ma ʻelua i ka makahiki, i Pepeluali a me ʻAukake. Hana ʻia nā Cubs i ka wā ua. ʻO 8 mau lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ke hāpai ʻana. Ma mua o ka hānau ʻana, haʻalele ka wahine i nā pipi, maʻa mau ka hānau ʻana i ka wai. Aia kahi pā i ka litter, ka lōʻihi o 27 a 50 kg, me ke kino lōʻihi a hiki i 1 m a me ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 50 cm. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, noho pū ka wahine me ka pēpē no nā lā 10 mua a hiki i ka wā i hiki iā ia ke kiʻi i luna. Holo ka umauma i mau mahina 18 mau mahina.

ʻO nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe o Hippo

ʻAʻole nui nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe a Hippos. Hoʻokomo nā Liona a me nā crocodile Nile no lākou. Akā no kēia mau mea kālepa, ʻo nā kāne pākeke he mea paʻakikī i ka nui, ʻoiai ua nui, ikaika a paʻa i nā lila lōʻihi. Ke pale ʻo ka wahine i nā cubs, lilo pū lākou a ikaika loa hoʻi. Inā ʻaʻole e mālama ʻia nā pēpē, a laila e kū ʻia lākou e hyenas, leopards a me nā ʻīlio hyena. Eia kekahi, hiki i nā lālā ʻōpio o ke kahawai ke hele wale i ka wai.

Hoʻopilikia ka Negative i ke kūlana o ka hippopotamus lehulehu, ʻoi aku ke kanaka. Ke hoʻomau nei ka helu ʻana ma muli o ka poʻi no ke kiʻi ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a me nā iwi, a no ka luku ʻana i ka nohona kūlohelohe o nā holoholona. Hoʻopili ʻia ke kumu hope e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe ʻōiwi o ʻApelika, a ʻo ka hana i nā ʻāina hou no ka pono o ka mahiʻai, pinepine nā ʻāina kahakai kahi e noho ai ka hippos a ʻai ʻia. ʻO ka loiloi, hana i nā pā me nā loli a me nā loli i ka papa o nā muliwai ka hopena maikaʻi loa i ka mokuʻāina o kēia ʻano ʻano.

ʻO nā ʻike e pili ana i ka hippopotamus

• E like me kekahi o nā holoholona nui loa o ka ʻāina (ʻo ka nui loa o ke kaumaha a hiki i 4 mau māka), hoʻokūkū nā hippos i ka rhino no ka lua o kēia wahi ma kēia hōʻailona ma hope o nā ʻōpū. A ʻo nā hoahānau pili pili loa no lākou.
• Mai ka wā kahiko, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻiʻo ʻai o ka hippos e nā kamaʻāina o ʻApelika. ʻOi aku ka waiwai o nā fʻo Hippo, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ivory. I loko o Aferika, ua ʻae ʻia ka huli ʻana i ka honi no ka hippos, akā e hoʻomau ka ʻōlaʻi.
• Hippos ka poʻe noho kamaʻilio a me nā hana o nā zoza ma ko mākou honua, i ke pio ʻana ke ola maikaʻi loa lākou, hiki ke hana ʻia i mea mālama i nā ʻano.