ʻO ka Snakeʻoʻoleʻa wale nōʻo Michigan
ʻO hoʻokahiʻo poison poisoningʻo Michigan:ʻo ka Eastern Massasauga ("Big River Mouth") Rattlesnake. I ka manawa e huli ai,ʻo Michigan kona home nui. Mai noʻonoʻoʻoe aia wale nō ia i loko o ka nahele o ke Kula kiʻekiʻe, e noʻonoʻo hou. Loaʻaʻo ia ma ka Peninsula Lower, e like me'Oakland, Livingston, a me nā Kahua Lāʻau. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻikeʻiaʻo Massasauga ma nā ParksʻEhiku Lakes a me nā Mattashaei Botanical Gardens ma ke Kulanui o Michigan.
Ka Nohoʻana a me ka Hibernation
ʻO Massasauga hibernates aʻaʻole i puka mai a hiki i ka mahina o Mei i kona wā eʻimi ana i ka lawaiʻa i loko a ma nā wahi āpau a me nā wahi kai. E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i kēia ke komo i nā wahi e pili ana i ka holo moku. I nā mahina kauwela, hiki ke loaʻa i loko o nā ululāʻau a me ka mauʻu mauʻu. ʻO ka'ōleloʻana, ua emi iho ka nui o nā Massasauga. ʻO kēia kahi ma muli o ke kaheʻana o ka'āina āpau i nā wahi lepo.
ʻO ka pōʻino Bite
ʻOiaiʻo Massasauga ka meaʻona i waena o ka pahu momona nui loa,ʻo ka nui o ka momona i komo i loko o ka kaomi heʻuʻuku. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kahi o 75% wale nō o ka make o Massasauga ka waina a pau loa.
ʻOiaiʻo ka snake e ho'āʻo e pale iā ia iho, ua paʻakikī aʻaʻole hoʻi iʻoi aku ka paakiki. Ma waena o kēlā me kēia pāʻelua e hanaʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Michigan, nui ka hapa o ka lima o kekahi. He laulā ka make,ʻaʻohe make i Michigan i nā makahiki he 40.
Hoʻoponopono Mākaʻikaʻi
ʻOiaiʻo Massasauga e manaʻo e hele i kahi'ē aʻe i kahi e noho ai nā kānaka, pono ka poʻe holokini e noho ma nā alahele, mālama, a mālama i ka wā e hele ai i nā pahu - nā wahi hūnā punahele o Massasauga.
He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi e komo i nā lōʻihi lōʻihi a me nā kāmaʻa paha. Ināʻoe e hana ma kahi Massasauga ma kāu mau huakaʻi huakaʻi, maikaʻi loa e haʻalele.
ʻO nā pāpā
ʻO ka loaʻaʻana o kahi Massasauga i hōʻikeʻoleʻia ma kāu pā hale,ʻaʻole paha ia he hopena keʻoleʻoe e noho i kahi ākau. Ināʻo ia, hiki iāʻoe ke hōʻemi i ka hikiʻole ke hana hewa ma ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā koʻi a me nā pila lāʻau i loko o kou pā hale, a me ka mālamaʻana i nā mau mea kanu a me ka mauʻu.
Inā loaʻa iā Massasauga i loko o kou pālala, e hōʻike iā Michigan i ke KeʻenaʻOihana Punawai. Hiki ke waiho i kona manawa pono'ī a hele i loko o 24 mau hola.
Nā Kū'ē no ka mālama
Ke aloha a hōʻino paha ia,ʻo ka East Massasauga Rattlesnake he māhele ia o ka moʻomeheu a me ka chain food o Michigan, no laila, he mea hopohopo ka emiʻana o nā helu. ʻO ka Massasauga eʻai i nā mio, nā'ū a me nā nona liʻiliʻi (e'ānai pinepine iā lākou a pau). Uaʻaiʻia e nā heron, nā hawks, a me nāʻaeto.