Welina mai i ka honua o nā kauaʻai ʻole ʻole. Hoʻolohe mākou i nā manu i kapa ʻia e ko Pelekane me nā "manu koa manuahi, ma muli o ke kaaka mau ʻana i nā gulls, nā pelicans a me nā kaikunāne hulu manu, i mea e wee ai i nā meaʻai. No ke aha lākou e kālepa ai i ka powa? Hoolohe ʻoe e huki iā ʻoe iho?
E pane i kēia mau nīnau, e ʻike pono iā lākou. I waho aʻe, he mau manu nui kēia me nā ʻēheu a hiki i ka 2.2 mika me kahi beak nui he 38 cm, nā ʻohana frigate. ʻAʻole wehewehe e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nui i kahi manu nui o ka mea pio. ʻAʻole kūpono ia i ke poʻo e like me ka manu me kēlā mau ʻāpana like ke kaupaona wale nō 1.5 kg. Ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou nā iwi māmā, ka mea i noho wale iā 5% o ke kaupaona kino. Hoʻopili ʻia nā ʻēheu o nā frigates, a ʻo ke ʻili, ua ulilima, e like me ka wikiwiki, a he māla maikaʻi ke hoʻolālā ʻana.
Akā pūlei maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻāpana pectoral o kēia mau ʻaihue, ʻo ia kahi o ka paona nui, 20% o kā lākou "nunui". A ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kā lākou hiʻohiʻona nui he ʻāʻī inflatable neck (a hiki i 24 cm ka lōʻihi), ʻo nā kāne wale nō kēlā. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o nā manu, ʻo ia nā wāwae liʻiliʻi, no ka mea ʻilihune ka hele ʻana ma ka ʻāina, no ka mea, ua lilo ko lākou frigates i ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola ma nā lāʻau. ʻOi aku ka pōʻino: he mau mākaʻikaʻi lākou o nā manu SEA a ʻimi lākou i luna o ka wai, ʻaʻole naʻe hiki iā lākou ke ʻāina ma luna o ka wai, nā launa hoʻomohala maikaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia i loko o ka wai wai ʻole e ʻae iā lākou e lele mai ka wai o ka wai. No laila, palena i ka wai ma waho o ka nīnau.
No laila ke ʻano o ke ʻano, e ʻoi aku lākou i ka hana ʻana i nā manu e lele me ka manu i ka lewa, a 100% e loaʻa iā ia. Maanei, ma luna o ka wai, he mau koa maikaʻi loa lākou, a hauʻoli pinepine i ka hopena o ka pīhoihoi i ka wā e hoʻouka. A hiki nō iā lākou ke lele pū me kahi kēke i kahi e hopu ai ke kanaka i ka mea i hoʻopiha ʻia e ka huelo, a ʻoi aku kekahi poʻe me kā lākou mau puʻupuʻu ikaika i ke poʻo, nā ʻoki a me nā ʻēheu, a loaʻa iā lākou ka uku. Ka laulā, hooligans a me nā ʻāpana hopu o ka honua o ka lewa.
ʻO ka manaʻo maoli, loaʻa i nā manu frigate ko lākou inoa mai ka moku o ka inoa like, ma luna o nā filibusters (pirates) e holo pinepine ai, no ka loaʻa waiwai, e hoʻouka ana i nā moku ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻolei mua mākou i nā pōkole ʻeleʻele i loko o ka hīnaʻi o nā manu o kēia lā, i kēia manawa mākou e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokele iā lākou me nā pōpō keʻokeʻo (pluses).
Maʻa holo wikiwiki a Frigates, ʻimi manu no ka lawaiʻa ʻana, kekahi o nā ala maʻamau no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai, ʻo ka nui o ka holo ʻana o ka lele he 150km i hoʻokahi hola, ʻaʻole kēlā me kēia mīkini nā mea e hiki ai.
Eia kekahi, he mau mākua maikaʻi loa, ma ka huli ʻana, e hoka ana i kahi hua hoʻokahi no nā hebedoma ʻono, e hānai ana i kā lākou cub, a hiki i ka piha piha a ulu lākou, no ka 5 mau mahina. Hiki ke kapa ʻia ka ʻelele ʻōpio o kēia ʻanoʻano ma ka lighter o ka poʻo.
He ʻokoʻa nā kāne i ka male ʻole o ka ʻāʻī o ka ʻāʻī, kahi umauma keʻokeʻo, a me ka ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo - ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula paha, aʻo nā kāne - ʻeleʻele a ʻulaʻula paha,
a i ka wā e kahakaha ai, koho nā wahine i ke kāne me ka ʻeke nui a nani loa. ʻO kēia ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā lākou i nā manu rhinoceros i male kāne me ke kāne wale nō ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i kona hale, ʻaʻole pili ʻia ke ʻano o ka mea nāna.
Ma kēia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kaulana. Ma Nauru, ʻo nā manu kīʻaha manuahi hōʻailona mo ka mokuʻāina o ke aupuni, ʻike ʻia kā lākou mau kiʻi i nā ʻāpana kālā, a ua hoʻohana lākou i nā manu e lawaiʻa i nā iʻa. Ke hoʻohana nei ka Polenekia i kēia mau hulu, e like me nā manu kalaiwa lawe, e hoʻouna i nā leka. E like me kāu i hoʻomaopopo ai, hiki ke ʻike i kēia mau ʻelele hulu i nā tropic a me subtropics.