ʻO wai kēia mau lā i hele ai i ka wai o Hawaiʻi?
Mai ka mahinaʻo Nowemapa a hiki i Mei, ua kipaʻia nā wai o Hawaiʻi e nā 1000 mau moku āpau.
Ua neʻe aku kēia mau iʻaʻo Humpback i nā wai mahana o Hawaiʻi mai ka'ākau aku e like me nā Aleutian Islands o Alaska, a hiki i ka hikina a hiki i Glacier Bay a hiki i kaʻaoʻao hema e like me nā'āinaʻo Farallon ma waho o ke kai waena o Kaleponi.
No ke aha i holo ai nā Humpbacks i Hawaii?
Hele mai kēia mau iʻa i ka wai mahana o Hawaii kahi i hānai ai lākou, hānai, a hānai i kā lākou mau keiki.
ʻO kēia huakaʻi he 3500 mile mai kā lākouʻaiʻana i ke kauwela ma waena o hoʻokahi a meʻelua mahina.
Hoʻomaopopo ia i nā wāhine hānai a me nā makuahine me nā bipi hānau hou i ka hapanui e lilo i ka hapanui o ko lākou manawa ma nā wai mehana o Hawaii.
Hānauʻia nā keiki bipi Humpback a hānauʻia ma kahi kokoke i nā mokupuni Hawaiʻi. (Ke kahe manawa no ka wahine ma waena o 10-12 mahina.)
E aʻo kākou i kekahi mauʻike e pili ana i ka hōʻailona hoʻomaha o ka makahiki Hawaiʻi.
He aha ka hōʻailona Humpback?
ʻO ka whale o humpback ka pae nui o ka nui o nā kohola nui o ka honua.
ʻO kona inoa scientifically, Megaptera novaeangliae, i hāʻawiʻia ia i ka makahiki 1781 e kekahi mea'anetiano German i kapaʻiaʻo Borowski,ʻo ia hoʻi "Big-Winged New Englander," e pili ana i ka nui o ka wili huelo o ka whale a me kaʻike i ka manawa iʻike nuiʻia e ka ka moku o New England.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka'ōlelo Pelekānia o humpback e hele mai mai ka manaʻo o ka holoholona e hoʻopuni i kona kua i ka wā e luʻu ai.
Heʻeleʻele ke keleʻele humpback, heʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele i kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele i kaʻili, me ka pāpale i keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo e hiki ai ke hōʻike i nā'ōuliʻeleʻele i hoʻololiʻia e like me ke kohola hoʻokahi. Aia me kēia mau hōʻailona, a me nā mea i loaʻa ma ka hiʻu, hiki keʻikeʻia kēlā mau kohohola aʻikeʻia ka heluna kanaka a me nā'ōnaeho hele.
Hiki i nā'ōpūʻo Humpback nā huila (aiʻole nā mīkini poʻo), aia ma kēlā me kēiaʻaoʻao o ko lākou kino. Hoʻohanaʻia kēia mau mea e huli a hoʻokele. ʻO nā kēpau he mau momona, e like me ke kanaka, aʻo kēia mau iʻa he mau līlū maoli i hoʻololiʻia, me ka iwi iwi e like me ka lima o ka lima a me ka lima.
Ke hānauʻia, he kaulike nā kau bipi 3000 paona aʻo ka laulima mai 10-16 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. Hiki iā lākou ke ulu i waena o 40-52 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, me nā wāhine iʻoi aku ka nui aʻe o nā kāne.
Hoʻonuiʻia ka humpback i kahi tonakahi i kēlā me kēia wāwae, aiʻole 84,000 - 90,000 paona ma ka average. Manaʻo nā kānaka noiʻi e hoʻomau ana i ka nohoʻana ma waena o nā makahiki he 40-60.
He aha ka Humpback Whales Eʻai?
Hiki i nā'ōpūʻo Humpback ke hānai i loko o 150-160 kapuaʻi o ka wai o ka wai.
Hoʻopiʻia nā hana hoʻokipa o ka Pākīpika a me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi e like me nā maka'āinaka a me ka paʻakai o ka Pākīpika. Hoʻopili nā kohola i kā lākouʻai mai ka wai nui e loaʻa ana nā iʻa i laweʻia i loko o ko lākou waha. Hiki i nā'ōpili Humpback ke hoʻopiha i ka hiki o ko lākou waha i ka manawa hānai.
Aia ma ka waha ka meaʻai a pau, a laila paniʻia ka waha a kaomiʻia ka wai. I kēia manawa, loaʻa ka meaʻai i ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo "nā papa baleen" a laila ua aleʻia.
Ulu ka Baleen i loko o ke olaʻana o kahi kohola. Hoʻokomo pūʻiaʻo Baleen i ka lei. ʻO Baleen he mau papa hana maʻalahi a paʻakikī e kau ana mai ka piko luna.
Hoʻopiliʻia ka loko o ka baleen me nā lauoho lauoho e hoʻopili i ka papahele, krill a me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi. Hanaʻia ka Baleen o ka keratin (keʻano hoʻokahi o ko mākou mau umauma a me nā lauoho).
Hiki i nā Humpbacks ke hoʻopau i kahi o ka meaʻai i ka lā. ʻO ka mea maʻamau,ʻaʻole lākou e hānai i loko o nā wai o Hawaii, ko lākou'āina hoʻoulu hoʻoilo.
Peheaʻoe eʻike ai i ka hōʻailonaʻo Humpback?
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi eʻike ai i nā kohola humpback i Hawaii nei, aia me ka holo kaʻahua maʻamau. ʻOiai ka nui o nā mōhai i hāʻawiʻia ma kēlā me kēia mokupuni nui,ʻo ka maikaʻi ma kahi lōʻihiʻo ka heleʻana o ka Pacific Whale Foundation ma Maui.
He hui waiwaiʻole ka Pacific Whale Foundation i hoʻokumuʻia i ka makahiki 1980 e hoʻopakele i nā kohola mai ka lukuʻia.
ʻO kēlā me kēia'ōmaʻomaʻa kaiapuni ke nānāʻia e nā poʻe koho kūkea e wehewehe pono i nāʻano o nā koholā a kōkua iāʻoe eʻike iā lākou ma kāu holo. Ma ka nui o nā moku e hiki nō iāʻoe ke lohe i nā leo maoli o nā kohola i ka moana a puni.