He ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hema kahi momona nui a ʻokoʻa loa kona manu. He aha nā holoholona e noho nei ma ʻAmelika Hema, a he aha nā mea kanu e ulu ai ma laila ... makemake ʻoe e ʻike?
ʻAmelika Hema - noho ʻia ka wahi nui loa ma waena o nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Kahi ʻano kūʻokoʻa ka ʻokoʻa no kēlā me kēia konetin, a ʻo ʻAmelika Hema hoʻi ʻaʻole kekahi.
ʻOiai ka mea hele i hele aku i ke kipa e pīhoihoi loa; aia nā ulu lāʻau nūleʻa, nā ʻaleʻaleʻa a me nā Andes. ʻO kēia wahi i kue-kulana: aia ʻo Tierra del Fuego ma waena o Chile a ʻo ʻAmelika kahi o ke kai hoʻoilo ʻo ʻAmelika, nā ʻeleʻele lepo lepo o Pampa ma waena o Uruguay a me ʻAmelika, ulu mai nā Andes nui mai ke komohana me nā awāwa ʻala a me nā māla kofe, ma ka ʻākau o Kili kahi wao Atacama, kahi maikaʻi loa kēia ma ʻO ka ʻāina, a me Brazil i kahi kokoke i ka muliwai ʻo Amazon, ua uhi ʻia i nā nui o ka nahele nui impenetrable.
Andauna fauna
Kahi ʻia nā holoholona o ʻAmelika Hema i ko lākou ʻokoʻa, e like hoʻi me kona mau ʻāina.
ʻO nā mauna lōʻihi loa ma ka lewa ʻo ka Andes, kokoke lākou he 9 tausani kilomita ka lōʻihi. Aia kēia mau mauna i nā ʻona like ʻole: ma ka palaualelo, ʻelua subequatorial, equatorial, subtropical a me ʻōlepili, no laila he nui nā mea kanu e ulu a ulu nā holoholona.
Kūleʻa nā kumulāʻau a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka paʻu lalo o nā ulu lāʻau ʻulika, a ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2500 mika he mau lāʻau kohu a me nā nāʻu niu. Hoʻokū nā Cacti a me nā mea kanu i loko o nā ʻehā subtropical. Ma nā hui Andes he nui nā mea waiwai e like me ka ʻuala, kamato, ka uka, kaʻa, nā lāʻau hin.
He ʻano kupaianaha ka nui o nā ʻano holoholona i noho ma ʻAmelika Hema.
ʻOi aku ma kahi o ka 900 mau amphibians, 1700 mau manu o nā manu a me 600 mau ʻano manu i loaʻa ʻole i loaʻa i nā ʻohana nui e noho ana ma nā Andes, ʻoiai e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ana e nā lāʻau ulu ulu nui. Noho nā pupu lau nui a me nā popo nui i nā nahele. I nā nāhelehele wīwī, ʻo ka nui o nā manu nā manu, ʻo ka ʻōpala ka mea maʻamau, a he nui nā hummingbirds.
Hoʻokomo ʻia ka fauna o ka Andes i nā hana kanaka. Ma mua, he nui nā condors i noho ma ʻaneʻi, akā i kēia lā ua mālama wale ʻia lākou ma nā wahi ʻelua: Sierre Nevada de Santa Marta a me Nudo de Pasto.
ʻO Condor ka nui o nā manu lele ʻekele ma ke Komohana. He ulaula nona ke kala ʻana, a he kihi o nā hulu keʻokeʻo e hoʻopuni ʻia a puni ʻāʻī. E holo ana kahi palena keʻokeʻo ma nā ʻēheu.
Endor Condor (Vultur gryphus).
He ʻoi aku ka nui o nā condors wahine i mua o nā kāne. ʻO ka pipi a me kēia mau manu e hele i 5-6 mau mahina. Kūkulu lākou i nā nests ma nā pali pōhaku, i ke kiʻekiʻe o 3-5 tausani mika. ʻO ka hapa pinepine loa 1-2 mau hua ma kahi paʻa. I waena o nā condors manu e ulaula loa, no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke ola no kahi 50 mau makahiki.
Ua lilo like ʻo Andean Condor i hōʻailona manawa no kekahi mau ʻōlelo ʻAmelika Latin: Bolivia, ʻAzelika, Kolombia, Peru, Chile a me ʻEkuador. I ka moʻomeheu o nā lāhui o Andes, loaʻa i kēia mau manu ke kuleana nui.
Eia naʻe, ʻoiai, i ka kenekulia iwakālua ua emi nui ka nui o kēia mau manu nui, no laila ua komo pū lākou me ka International Red Book. I kēia lā, aia nā condors i ka pūʻulu o nā ʻano heʻe mua.
ʻO Andean Condor wale nō ka mea ola wale nō ka huaʻāina Vultur.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ke kumu nui o ka hoʻopōʻino ʻana i nā ʻōpū no nā ʻāpana anthropological, ʻo ia hoʻi, nā ʻano ʻoliʻoli a kēia mau manu i loli ai. Ua hoʻowahāwahā ʻia hoʻi lākou e nā kino kupapaʻu o nā holoholona ke pana aku e nā kānaka. Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, a hiki i kēia manawa hou, ua pana kūikawā ʻia nā condors, ʻoiai he mea kuhi hewa ʻole lākou i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā holoholona.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonohonoho kekahi mau ʻāina i nā papahana hoʻouluulu condor, me kā lākou hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana i ka nahele.
ʻO nā mokupuni ʻē o Lake Titicaca
ʻAʻole nā holoholona ʻokoʻa i noho i nā Andes, akā, ma nā wahi o Lake Titicaca. Eia wale nō ke hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokō i ka whistler Titicac a me ka chomga wingless.
ʻO Tistaca whistler kahi huaʻehā make me ka Lake Titicaca.
Kahi hewa ka Lake Titicaca no kona mau mokupuni mokupuni ʻo Uros Wahi a ka moʻolelo, noho nā ʻohana liʻiliʻi o nā Uros Indians i loko o nā mokupuni i mokupuni nui i hoʻokahi mau makahiki i hala e hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua aʻo maoli kēia poʻe Initia i kā lākou kūkulu ʻana mai ka mokupuni ʻōpala.
Kahi ʻia kēlā me kēia mokupuni o Uros mai kekahi mau lau o ka maloʻo maloʻo, ʻoiai e holoi horo ʻia nā papakū lalo me ka lōʻihi o ka manawa, akā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau nā papa o luna. Mūnā nā mokupuni a palupalu, a pohō hoʻi nā wai ma ka ʻohe i kekahi mau wahi. Kūkulu nā ʻĀpana i ko lākou mau pahu a hana i nā moku "balsa de totor" mai nā ʻohe hoʻi.
He manu lele ka nahele no ka manu i kekahi manawa i hele mai ai ma Lake Titicaca.
I kēia lā, aia ma kahi o 40 o mau mokupuni mokupuni o Uros ma ka Lake Titicaca. Eia kekahi, ma kekahi mokupuni he mau kiaʻi nānā a me nā panela solar e hana i ka ikehu. ʻO nā mea hoihoi i kēia mau mokupuni he mea makemake nui ʻia.
ʻO nā holoholona ʻewala o ʻAmelika Hema
Loaʻa ka ʻike manu Pudu ma ʻAmelika Hema. Ua liʻiliʻi ka ulu ʻana o kēia mau puaa wale nō - 30-40 mau kenimika wale nō, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ke kino e hele i ka 95 sentimita, a ʻo ke kaupaona ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ma mua o 10 kg. Kahi like ʻole kēia mau ʻeleʻelima me ko lākou mau hoahānau: he mau puʻupuʻu pōkole lākou, nā pepeiao liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i nā pepeiao, me ka hulu, a me ka hina o ko lākou kino me nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo fuzzy.
Noho ʻo Pudu dier ma nā pale kūlohelohe, a hele i waho i nā wahi ākea i ka pō e ʻai ai. Kūkele, kāʻili ʻia lākou ma ke kahakai, kahi i loaʻa ai ka nui o ka alga fuchsia, kahi e pae ai ka ʻai o ka makera.
Kanaka puka pudu. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o kona kino he 30-40 cm wale nō.
I ke kauwela, mālama nui loa kēia mau ʻōuli, akā i ka hiona kime loa e hoʻokokoke aku ai i nā kauhale kahi i hele pinepine ʻia ai lākou e nā ʻīlio. ʻO ka wā ma mua, ua loaʻa ka nui o pudu i ka nui ma Chile, ʻAmelika a me nā Andes. Akā i kēia lā, aia nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi he nui ma nā kahakai o Kili a me Chilos. Aia ʻo Pudu ma ka Puke Hoʻolei.
Ua aʻo ka honua holoholona o ʻAmelika Hema e ola i nā ua kūleʻa pōkā, i ka pili me nā kānaka, a me nā Andes kiʻekiʻe. Ma muli o nā ʻano ʻona o nā kime o ʻAmelika Hema, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi fauna kūikawā i hana ʻia, kahi i koi ʻia e nā kānaka e mālama a hoʻonui.
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ʻO ka wehewehe ʻāina
H holoi ʻia ke konohiki ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i nā wai o ka Pākīpika a me ka moana ʻAmelika. Aia ka ʻāpana nui o kona ʻāina i ka ʻeka o ka hemolele o ka honua. Ua pili ka pilina o ke kaiāulu me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka wā o ka Pliocene i ka wā o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka Isthmus o Panama.
ʻO nā Andes he ʻōiwi mauna e neʻe nui ana, e hāliʻi ana ma ka palena komohana o ka ʻEleka. Kahe nui ka muliwai ʻo Amazon ma ka hikina o ka ʻūhā, a ua kanu nā mea kanu o nā keulalā o ko ʻAmelika Hema ma ka ʻāpana āpau.
Ma waena o nā konohiki ʻē aʻe, ua lawe kēia i kahi ma ka wahi i ka wahi o ka ʻāina a me ka wahi 5 i ka ʻōlelo o ka heluna kanaka. Aia nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka helehelena o nā kānaka ma kēia ʻāina. Malia paha ua kū ʻia ka hoʻonele ma o ka Bering Isthmus, a i ʻole nā kānaka mua mai ka ʻĀpana Hema.
He ʻano hanana kaiaulu
Mai ke kāʻei o ka eakatakika a i ke kūkulu ʻākau a i hema hema he wahi subequatorial wahi, kahi e hoʻohālikelike ai nā ea o ke ʻano o ke kai ʻula i ke kauwela me ka nui o ka ua a me ka ea maloʻo i ka hoʻoilo. Hoʻopā ka hau i ka ʻā kahulilulu i ka hikina ma o ka makani o ke kālepa. He lahilahi a wela. Ma ka waena, e emi ana ka ua, akā lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻoilo.
Ma ke kahakai ʻo ka Pākīpika a me nā ʻaoʻao komohana (ma waena o 5 ° a 30 ° S) aia kahi kahi o ke anuanu maloʻo me ke ʻano haʻahaʻa. ʻO nā wai anu o ka Peru 'āina e pale nei i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka ua a me nā mists. Eia ka wao nahele nui i ka honua - Atacama. Ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka pāpū Brazil, i loaʻa i ka subtropical zone, haʻahaʻa subtropical haʻahaʻa, kokoke i ke kikowaena o ka ʻāina, ua ʻanoʻo ia ka mea maloʻo.
Ma ke kahakai o ka Pākīpika, e noho ana ke aniani o nā ʻano a me ka nui o nā ʻano i ke kai. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka ʻāina ma kahi ʻano maʻalahi, i hōʻike ʻia e ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana. Ma ke kahakai komohana, he ʻano moana me ka nui o nā ua, a me nā hoʻomehana mahana. I ka hikina, ua hoʻomanawanui ka pale i ka ʻāina: ua mahana a maloʻo nā hōʻuluʻulu, a ʻo nā ʻakaʻala, he maikaʻi ia. Pili i ke aniani o ka Andes pili i ke aniani o ka hoʻomehana luna.
Ke kūlana o nā flora kūloko
Hoʻomaka ka ulu ʻana o Flora i ka manawa Mesozoic a, hoʻomaka mai ka manawa Hawaiʻi, ua hoʻokaʻawale loa ʻia mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ma muli o kēia, loaʻa i nā mea kanuʻAmelika Hema kekahi ʻano like a kaulana i ko lākou endemism.
Nui nā ʻelele moʻomeheu hou o nā flora e hiki mai i ʻAmelika Hema, ʻo ia kekahi o ka mea i kanu maikaʻi ʻia. Akā, ulu ka lāʻau niu, pulupulu hevea, a me ka lāʻau quinine i kēia manawa.
Ma ka ʻāina, ʻike nā poʻe loea i nā wahi floristic Neotropic a me Antarctic. ʻO ka mea like hoʻokahi e like me ka flora o ʻApelika, a ʻo ka lua i ka pua o Antarctica, New Zealand a me Australia. ʻOiai me kēia, aia nāʻokoʻa ma nā ʻano o nā mea kanu a me ka ʻano ʻano ʻano. He maʻi maʻamau ka savannah no ʻApelika, a ma ʻAmelika Hema ākea ka nahele ʻōlele (selvas) i kahi nui. Kūkulu ʻia kēlā mau nahele i nā wahi me ke kākahi e neʻe nei a me nā kahe o nā kumu kai ʻo Brazil a me Guiana mai Atlantika.
Ma lalo o ke ʻano o ke aniani, e hele aku ka nahele i loko o kahi kaila. Ma Brazil, savannahs (campos) i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā mea kanu cereal. Ma Venezuela a me Guiana, i ka savannah (llanos), i kahi hoʻohui i nā cereals, ulu nā lāʻau pāma. Ma nā pāpū ʻo Brazil, i ka hoʻohui i ka flora o ka savannah maʻamau, aia kahi mauʻu e kūʻa ana i ka make. Noho ʻia ke kūkulu ʻākau-hikina o nā wahi kiʻekiʻe e nā katinga, kahi ʻano lāʻau pohō ia i nā lāʻau lāʻau maloʻo. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o ka hema ka uhi ʻia e ka nahele artropical araucaria a me nā luna o lalo o lalo, a me Paraguayan kīwaha. Aia i uka ʻo Andean he mau ʻāina me nā māla o ka wao o ka mauna. Noho ka mea kanu subtropical i wahi liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina nui.
ʻO ka uhi o ka ʻaoʻao La Plata Plain nona ka nui o nā mauʻu a me nā mea kanu (ka lau hulu, ka ʻumi, nā ʻumi, fescue) a no ke ʻano o ka flora o ʻAmelika Hema. ʻO kēia kahi ʻanuʻu subtropical, a i ole pampa. ʻO ke kokoke i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka Brazil, ua hui pū ʻia nā mea kanu steppe me ka shrubbery. Kūpono nā lālā lāʻau evergreen mau hiʻohiʻona o ka kahakai o ka Pākīpika.
A i Patagonia, nā ola ulu o nā wāwae a me nā semi-deses o nā latitude kaʻai (bluegrass, cactus, mimosa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe). ʻO ka palena hema o ke kaona, i uhi ʻia me nā ululāʻau evergreen ulu o ka coniferous a me deciduous species, ʻokoʻa i kona ʻano.
ʻO Cinchona
Ma ke ala, ua lilo ia i mea mahalo i nā mea hōʻola o kāna ʻili, kahi i hoʻohana ai nā poʻe kamaʻāina e mālama i ka maʻi maʻi. Ua kapa ʻia ka lāʻau ma muli o ka wahine a ka Viceroy o Peru, i hoʻōla ʻia i ka makahiki 1638 o ke kuni ma ka ʻokiʻoki.
Aia ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lāʻau i ka 15 mika, ua pala nā lau evergreen, a ma nā kihi o nā lālā i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai nā pua o nā pua pua a i ʻole keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka lei poʻo he lei ʻulaʻulaʻula. ʻO ka ho'ōla, ʻo ia wale nō ka lāʻau o ka lāʻau. I kēia manawa ua ulu ʻia nā cichon i nā wahi he nui o ka honua.
Lāʻau lāʻau
No ke ʻano la o kēia mau hua, ua kanu ʻia nā ʻano o kēia manawa ma ka honua a puni. Aia ka lāʻau i ke kiʻekiʻe o 8 mau mika, a he nui nā lau uliuli ʻeleʻele a me nā pua pinkish-keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i loko o nā inflorescences.
Hoʻopau ia a hua mai nā hua a kokoke i kēlā makahiki kēia makahiki. ʻO ka Ripening o ka pūpū e hele mai ana mai 4 a 9 mau mahina. ʻO ka ola ola lāʻau 25-50 mau makahiki.
Hevea Paleka
ʻO ka lāʻau koʻikoʻi kahi kumu kumu lāʻau kūlohelohe, aia i loaʻa ma nā waiū wai (latex). Loaʻa ka Latex i nā wahi āpau o kahi mea kanu lāʻau.
He kumulāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo kēia a hiki i 30 mau kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe me kahi ʻōpala pololei a hiki i ka 50 cm mānoanoa a me ka ʻili māmā. ʻO ka lau nā mea ʻala, ternate, kuhikuhi, oval i ka ʻili a ua ʻohi ʻia ma nā bunches ma nā kihi o nā lālā.
Loaʻa ka hoʻololi ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No ka ʻenehana nā loea monoecious me nā pua liʻiliʻi unisexual o ka ʻulaʻula-keʻokeʻo, ʻohi ʻia i nā inflorescences maʻalahi. ʻO ka hua me nā hua ovoid nani, kahi pahu tricuspid.
ʻO nā holoholona maʻAmelika Hema
Nui nā ʻano liʻiliʻi a me nā mea flora e noho ana ma ka ʻāina. Hoʻopili kēia me nā sloths, armadillos, vicunas, alpacas a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻIke akula nā ʻōleʻa a me Nanda i mau puʻupuʻu i loko o nā kīʻaha, ʻoiai nā koholima a me nā pengu e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao anu i ke anuanu.
Loaʻa ka loaʻa nā loko o ke kahawai ʻo endangered i loko o ka mokupuni ʻo Galapogos. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā holoholona he nui ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. No ka mea, he koholā Titikak, wing chomga a me kahi 'āina elele.
Hoʻopili ʻia nā holoholona āpau e noho ana ma ʻAmelika Hema i nā kūlana kūlohelohe.
Kinkaju
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka holoholona mai ka 43 a 56 cm, e nānā iki i nā maka he nui, ke poʻo poepoe a me nā pepeiao. He palala a pōkole ka pāpale ma ke kua, a he paku iki hoʻi i ka ʻōpū. He nui nā lālā he ʻulaʻeleʻele ma ko lākou mau kua.
Hoʻohui hou i ka meli, e hānai i nā mea kanu, nā hua, nā mea inikona a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole e hoʻokaʻawale i nā hua a me nā moa. ʻO kēia nā holoholona nocturnal hoʻokahi e hui me nā hoahānau wale nō no ka hoʻoulu.
ʻĀpana pīpī
Aia nā wahi ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula paha e kokoke ana i nā maka a me ka ihu. ʻO kekahi manawa lākou ma ka umauma. ʻEleʻele ka hulu a i ʻole hoʻi me kahi lau brownish. Ua puni nā maka, liʻiliʻi ka nui. ʻO nā lālani ka lōʻihi me nā ʻōpū nui no ka ʻeli ʻana i ka lepo. ʻO nā bea ʻē he 14 mau ʻāpana o nā iwi, a ʻo ka mea hōʻike ʻia wale nō ka 13. I hānai nui i nā meaʻai kanu a i ʻole nā mea liʻiliʻi a me nā holoholona.
Hoʻokumu kēia holoholona nocturnal i kona wahi e mālama ai i nā lāʻau a ʻaʻole hānau ʻia i ka hoʻoilo. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻano o nā holoholona i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea ʻoi ka nui o ko lākou heluna. Ua helu ʻia ka holoholona ma ka Red Red Book.
Jaguarundi
ʻO kēia mea ʻōhiʻu ʻohana pōʻai liʻiliʻi like me kahi weasel a iʻa paha. He kino kino ko Jaguarundi (ma kahi o 60 cm) me nā wāwae pōkole, kahi poʻo liʻiliʻi a me ka pepeiao o nā pepeiao. Aia ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maloʻo 30 cm, paona - a hiki i 9 kg.
ʻO ka ulaula o ka hoʻonaninani maʻamau i nā kala hina, ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula paha, ʻaʻole hōʻike ʻia ka waiwai kūloko. Loaʻa ia ma nā ululāʻau, nā savona a i nā ʻāina paha.
E hānai ʻo ia i nā mea hihiu, nā holoholona liʻiliʻi a me nā hua. Noho ʻo Jaguarundi a me ka hopu wale, hālāwai me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe wale no ka hana aloha.
Eia ʻole, ʻokoʻa, kupaianaha, hoʻohanohano a kāwili i ʻAmelika Hema, nona nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona i kaulana kaulana ʻaʻole wale nō i waena o nā mea ʻepekema e hoʻopili nei i ko lākou ola me ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻāina, akā pū kekahi pū me nā malihini kipa e makemake e ʻimi i kahi mea hou.
Piranhas
ʻO Piranhas paha kekahi iʻa kaulana loa ma ʻAmelika Hema, kaulana i ko lākou aloha i ka ʻiʻī hou. Keʻimi nei lākou i nā pūʻulu, hoʻouka i ka holoholona i hālāwai me ke ala me ka wikiwiki o ka uila, a hoʻohemo koke iā ia i nā ʻāpana. Ua ʻai lākou i nā mea a pau a lākou e hālāwai ai, ʻoi loa. ʻO kekahi mau ʻano o ka piranhas he 30 cm lōʻihi, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he liʻiliʻi. A hiki i kēia wā, ʻike pinepine ʻia nā hihia e hele mai ai ʻo piranhas i kahi kanaka, akā mālama lākou i kahi pōʻino nui i nā holoholona e hele ana i ka kahawai. Nui ʻimi nui lākou i ka ʻahaʻaina i nā keiki ʻōpiopio, nā mea i hāʻule kū ʻole mai kahi pūnana i kahi kahawai.
Morpho
ʻO kēia mau palupalu, e helu ana ma kahi o 80 mau ʻano, ʻo ia paha nā kānaka noho maikaʻi loa o nā ululāʻau o ka mauna ʻo Amazon. Nui loa lākou, hiki i ko lākou mau ʻēheu ke hiki i 20 cm. Hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ma nā wahi āpau mai Mekiko a i hope o Brazil.ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o nā ʻēheu o ke kāne i paʻi ʻia, ma ke ʻano he kānāwai, i ke ʻano ʻulaʻula polū, akā hiki ke melemele a me nā ʻulaʻula. ʻO ko lākou kiʻi hoihoi mahalo ʻia ka manaʻo o nā ʻiliʻili he nui, no laila ua luku ʻia ka nui o kā lākou lehulehu. I kēia manawa ma nā ʻāina he nui, ua pale ʻia kēia mau lolo morpho.
Lālauʻa ka muliwai
ʻO nā manu nunui wai nui loa o ka honua e noho ana ma nā kahawai Amazon a Orinoco. ʻO kā lākou lōʻihi he 2.7 m, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine. Mai ka ʻaʻa ʻana i loko o ka wai pālolo o ka Amazon, ʻaʻole pono nā mālima i ka ʻike, akā ua hoʻomohala ʻia kā lākou echolocation system. Hoʻouna lākou i nā hōʻailona i ka mana o ka ultrasonic, e hōʻike ana mai nā mea, hoʻi mai. E hopu ana nā kaona wai i ka echo, no laila e ʻike aku i nā mea pio, a hopu iā lākou me ko lākou mau niho.