Ināʻoe i makemake eʻike i kēia mau mea hoʻokipa hoʻokipa (kapaʻia he "kau bipi", a pili maoli aku i ka elephant) hiki i ka Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge ke lilo i mea maikaʻi loa nou, mai Nowemapa a Malaki i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki iāʻoe ke komo i loko o ka wai aʻauʻau me nā manatees.
Ke kumu
ʻO Manatees he mau mea ola e ola ai ka wai e hiki ke ulu i ka 12 kapuaʻi lōʻihi, a ke kaumaha i ke 3500 paona.
Uaʻikeʻia nā manatees ma Florida a puni, akā, ua nui ka nui o nā kānaka i ka makahiki 1960 ma keʻano he hana i kūkuluʻia ma Sunshine State. Pono nā Manatees i kahi nohoʻole aʻaʻohe pilikia loa i nā pōʻino mai nā moku kaʻa.
Pono nā Manatees i ka wai mahana, a hikiʻole ke ola inā e emi nā mahana i lalo o 68 mau. ʻO ka manawa kūpono loa eʻike i nā manatele hihiu ma ka Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge mai Dekemaba a Malaki i ka wā i maʻalahi ai kaʻilikai a huli nā manatees i ka wai mahana i Kings Bay.
Ka Hale Kūʻali o kaʻAu Nahenahe Kupa
ʻO kēia wahi Wildlife Refuge - 46 mau eka - kahi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Crystal River, Florida, he 75 mau mile ma ke'ākau o St. Petersburg. (St. Pete ma kaʻaoʻao komohana, e pili ana i 2 mau hora mai Orlando.) E hiki wale ke holo i kahi moku.
ʻO ka Refuge - he iwakālua mau mokupuni - aia i loko o ka palenaʻo Kings Bay a hāʻawi i kahi noho koʻikoʻi no 25% o ka manatee i ka pōʻino i Florida.
Pehea eʻike i nā Manatees
Hiki iāʻoe ke kākau i kahi manatee alakaʻi ma snorkel mākaʻikaʻi ma nāʻoihana kūʻai pāʻoihana lehulehu ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Crystal River. ʻO ka pūnaewele o nā Hoa o Crystal River Wildlife Refuge ka papa inoa o nā mea hōʻailona eʻike iāʻoe i ka manatees, snorkel me nā manatees, a pēlā aku.
Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i kahiʻauʻau manuahi me nā manatees!
Ināʻoe e hoʻolimalima i kahi moku pono'ī pono'ī iāʻoe iho, e noʻonoʻoʻoeʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā manate! Eia kekahi, e heluhelu i nā'ōlelo aʻo ma Save the Manatees.
Hiki keʻikeʻia i nā makahiki he nui ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park, 7 mile ma ke komohana o Crystal River ma ke Alaloa 19.
Lee County Manatee Park
ʻO kekahi wahi'ē aʻe eʻike i ka manatees ma kahi kūloheloheʻo Lee County Manatee Park, kokoke i Fort Myers ma Southwest Florida. ʻO nā pīkī mokulele Parks, he Hale Hōkaʻikaʻi, a me kahi Naturalist Interpretive Naturalist ma ka pūnaewele i kēlā me kēia lā i ka wā "Manatee" maiʻOkakopa a hiki i Malaki.