I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma waena o nā mahina o Mei a me Kepakemapa, hōʻea kēia holoholona kupaianaha i nā kapakai o ka Caribbean Caribbean e kāhāhā iā mākou me ka nui a me ka papaʻai maoli. Kamaʻāina ʻoe iā ia?
1. ʻO ka mano kohola (Rhincodon typus) ka iʻa nui loa ma ka honua, hiki ke ana iā 18 mika ka lōʻihi!
2. Makemake kēia laha i ka wai mehana mehana, a i ʻole ia mau wahi kahi e kupu ai ka wai momona momona o ka wai momona, ʻoiai makemake kēia mau ʻano i ka ulu ʻana o ka plankton mai ai mai. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu i nui ai ka poʻe ma Holbox wai (Quintana Roo), i ke kauwela.
3. ʻO nā kiko e kū ai nā manō koholā i hana i nā inoa kūloko e like me domino a i ʻole iʻa wahine, ke kuhikuhi nei i ka pāʻani papa. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia kanaka i kahi kumu kūikawā o nā kiko e ʻae ai i kā lākou ʻike pilikino, ua like ia me ko lākou manamana lima no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e loli me ka ulu ʻana. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi hana "hoʻopiʻi hoʻopiʻi".
4. ʻO ka manō kohola he ʻano liona wale nō ia, ʻoiai ʻike ʻia ia i kekahi manawa e noho pū ʻia me nā kula o ka lio lio, nā kukuna manta a me nā manō koholā ʻē aʻe.
5. ʻAʻohe hiʻohiʻona o ka Whale me nā koholā maʻamau me ka waiho wale o kona nui a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e ʻai wale i ka plankton liʻiliʻi e ʻohiʻohi me ka waha e hāmama ana. Hānai maʻamau ia a ma lalo iki paha o ka ʻili, kānana i nā meaola liʻiliʻi (plankton) i loko o ka wai ma o kāna mau kāhili.
6. ʻO nā manō koholā he holoholona viviparous a ʻike ʻia kā lākou ʻōpio i ka ʻauʻau ʻana me nā mea kahiko. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe mau noiʻi kikoʻī o kā lākou biology hānau, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā manō koholā wahine a hiki i ka 300 ʻōpio!
7. Kūleʻa a akahai hoʻi ka manō koholā, a ʻaʻole makaʻu ke hele mai nā poʻe luʻu a ʻauʻau paha.
8. ʻO ka ʻike liʻiliʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia a hiki i kēia manawa, manaʻo ʻia ua lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka manō kohola i 100 mau makahiki.
9. Aia ka mahele o ka manō kohola i nā wai pāhuna āpau (koe wale nō ke Kai Kaiwaenahonua), ʻo ia hoʻi, kēlā mau wai ma waena o nā tropika ʻelua o ka honua, a ʻike ʻia e ko lākou mau mahana mahana.
10. Wahi a ka Official Mexico Standard NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001, aia kēia holoholona nani ma lalo o ka mahele o Threatened, a ke pale ʻia nei e nā keʻena aupuni a me nā kānāwai e hoʻoponopono ana i ka nānā ʻana i nā manō koholā e like me Conanp (no kāna acronym National Commission. o nā ʻĀina Kūlohelohe ʻia.
