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ʻO Ilio Holo I Ka Uaua a iʻole ke Kino e holo i ka waiʻoʻoleʻa
Ke kahakala monkani Hawaiʻi ma Kee Beach, Kauai. Westend61 / Getty Images Ināʻoluʻoluʻoe i ka wā e noho anaʻoe i Hawaiʻi nei , hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kahi hōʻailona mōneka Hawaiʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻailona mōneka Hawaiʻi he mea'ānai ia, me kahi heluna kūlana e kū nei he 1,200 wale nō. Ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ma keʻano he mea'ānai i ka lā 23 o Nowemapa, 1976 a ua paleʻia e ke kānāwai o nā mea i hoʻoneʻeʻia a me ke kānāwai Marine Protection Mammal.
Ponoʻole e'ōlelo,ʻaʻole kūpono i ka pepehi, hopu, a hōʻeha paha i kahi hōʻailona monkani Hawaiʻi. ʻO kēia ke kumu i loaʻa ai ka mīkini monkō ma kahakai i Hawaii, mālama nā mea mālama ola a iʻole nā mea'ē aʻe i ka'āpana me ka lekaʻoʻoleʻa.
ʻO ka poʻe Hawaiʻi kahiko i kapaʻiaʻo "Ilio holo I ka uaua" (ka'īlio i loko o ka waiʻino) a he nui keʻano o keʻano no ka meaʻaʻole lākou iʻike mua i ke sila.
ʻO ka US Fish and Wildlife Service ke hāʻawi aku i nā kūlana maikaʻi loa ma ka hōʻailonaʻo Monk seal:
"Heʻelemakule mīkiniʻeleʻele kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele a heʻeleʻele paha me ka'ōmaʻomaʻoʻeleʻele a iʻole ka'ōpū'ōmaʻomaʻo. a hiki i ka 132 a 198 paona ma loko oʻelima aʻeono mau pule.
ʻO ka inoa o ka mōneka e loaʻa mai ana mai loko mai o nāʻili o kaʻili e like me ke kuahei o ka mōneka, a no ka mea e hoʻonui ana i ka manawa nui a iʻole i nā hui liʻiliʻi.
Hāʻa lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa i ka moana akā e like me ka hoʻomahaʻana i nā kahakai kahakai, ai kekahi manawa hoʻohana i nā mea kanu kai e like me ka malu mai ka makani a me ka ua. ʻO ka hōʻailonaʻo Monk, he mau meaʻauʻau no ka poʻe akamai a me nā mea likeʻole; ua kākauʻia kekahi o ka hōʻailona i ka hohonu ma ke ākea o 66 a me 96 mau anana (396 a 576 kapuaʻi). Kuhi ka mīkini mīkini maʻamau 51.2 manawa i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka manawa ola o ka hōʻailona mōneka Hawaiʻi mai 25-30 makahiki ia. "
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Kahi eʻike iā lākou
ʻO ka seal a me ka pup. Jonathan Blair / Getty Images No nā makahiki he nui,ʻo nā wahi kūpono kahi eʻike aiʻoe i ka hōʻailona monkani Hawaiʻi aia ma ka mokupuniʻo Kauai . ʻO ia ka mokupuni kokoke loa i ko lākou mauʻaiʻai nui ma ka mokupuniʻo Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (ka mokupuniʻo Nihoa a Kure Atoll ma Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument). Uaʻike pinepineʻia lākou e kau i ka kahakaiʻo Poipu a ma nā kahakai liʻiliʻi ma ka mokuʻo Na Pali .
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, akā, uaʻikeʻia nā hōʻailona mōneka Hawaiʻi ma nā mokupuni Hawaiʻi nui loa. I ka Mei 2009,ʻo kahi hōʻailona mōneka Hawaiʻi i kapaʻiaʻo Kermit, he hapa nui o ka hebedoma piha e kau ana ma ke one ma Queen's Beach ma Honolulu . ʻO kona kokokeʻana i nā hale kaulana a me nā wahi heʻe nalu, ua hanaʻia kona kahua kuʻikuʻi i kahi hoʻokipa kaulana no nā kahakai.
No laila, he aha kāu eʻike ai i kaʻike malihiniʻana i ka wā e loaʻa ai iāʻoe kahi hōʻailona Hawaiʻi ma kahakai? Ua hāʻawi nā poʻe ma ka Hui Hana Hou Hana Waikiki i nā pane maikaʻi loa i kekahi o nā nīnau i nīnau pinepineʻia e pili ana i nā mīkini mōneka Hawaiʻi.
Ua make lākou ma kahakai?
ʻAʻole paha. Hoʻouka pinepineʻo Monk i nā "kahakai" ma nā kahakai aiʻole nā kāleka pōhaku no ka hoʻomahaʻana i kaʻai a me kaʻauʻana, a i kekahi manawa e hānai i kā lākou mau keiki.
He aha ka mea eʻai ai nā mō'ī?
Ua loaʻa i nā kānakaʻepekema nā hōʻailona monk eʻai i nā mea likeʻole me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, nā lobsters, a me nā mea crusetaceans'ē aʻe. Hōʻailona ka Monk i kahi LOT-ʻo kahi hōʻailona makua kāne hiki ke lilo i 400 lbs!
E ho'āʻo wau e hoʻokokoke a hoʻopā paha i kahi mīkini mīkini?
E ho'āʻo e hoʻoneʻe i ke sila; Uaʻikeʻia nā hōʻailona monkō iʻole e launa pū kokoke. He kūponoʻole ia e pepehi, hopu, a hoʻoneʻe paha i ke sila i kekahiʻaoʻao ma lalo o ke kānāwai'Āiwi'ānai a me ke kānāwai Marine Protection Mammal. ʻO ia hoʻi nā mea e pili ana i ka pili, ka holo, hānaiʻana, aiʻole i kekahi mea'ē aʻe e hōʻehaʻeha i ka hana hili.
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He aha kāu e hana ai ināʻikeʻoe i kahi hōʻailonaʻo Monk
Hāʻawiʻia kahi hōʻailona monkani Hawaiʻi ma Poʻipu Beach Park. ʻO Steven Greaves / Getty Images Eia kekahi mau nīnau i nīnau pinepineʻia:
Auhea la wau e ike ai i na sila monk?
ʻOiaiʻo ka hōʻailona o ka mōneka i kahi i noho ai ma ka North West Hawaiian Islands, ua loaʻa lākou ma nā mokupuni nui o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO kahi kūpono e ala aʻe a pilikino me nā hōʻailona monikū,ʻo ia ka Aquarium Waikiki, kahi e ola ai nā hōʻailonaʻelua no nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei.
He aha nā mea nui e hōʻino ai i nā mīkini mōneka?
ʻO nā mea nui e hōʻemi ai i ka hili monkani Hawaiʻi,ʻo ia ka mea olaʻole o nā keiki liʻiliʻi ma muli o ka pōloli, nā uila i loko o ka momona o ka moana, ke kūʻana o nā keiki uila ma nā manō, nā maʻi'āpilikiʻi, a me nā pilina kanaka ma nā Hawaiian Islands. "Ke ho'ākāka 'ia ke kuhi kanaka" i loko o ka hoʻolālā hōʻiliʻili e like me nā mea hana hoʻolālā hana hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻopiʻi makuahine.
He aha kaʻu e hana ai?
- E hōʻike i nā kānana a me nā hoʻopiliʻana i ka hōʻailona mōneka seal: (888) 256-9840
- Hōʻike i nā hiʻonaʻike: (808) 220-7802
- E hōʻike i kāu mea e aʻo ai e pili ana i kēia mau holoholona a pehea e pale ai iā lākou.
- E hana huahana me ka Polokalamu Tali o ka Monk Seal.