Ua loaʻa i nā Crocodiles kekahi o kā lākou hanana hoʻokalakupua nui loa ma ka ʻāina ʻAmelika, a ʻoi loa hoʻi ma New Spain, ka hoʻoilina i nā kuʻuna, nā kaʻao a me nā kaʻao o ka Honua Kahiko. Hāpai lākou āpau i kahi ʻano morphological i hiki ai iā lākou ke ola i loko o nā makahiki he mau miliona: kahi ihu me nā niho ʻoi i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia no kahi papa lawehala - nā iʻa, nā manu a me nā mea hānai manu, ʻoiai nā meaʻai nui no nā ʻōpio nā ʻeneka a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. invertebrates-, kahi kino i pale ʻia e ka ʻili i kāhiko ʻia akā pale maʻalahi, a me kahi huelo ikaika e hoʻoikaika i kāna hoʻokele.
Ua loaʻa i nā Crocodiles kekahi o kā lākou hanana hoʻokalakupua nui loa ma ka ʻāina ʻAmelika, a ʻoi loa hoʻi ma New Spain, ka hoʻoilina i nā kuʻuna, nā kaʻao a me nā kaʻao o ka Honua Kahiko. Hāpai lākou āpau i kahi ʻano morphological i hiki ai iā lākou ke ola i loko o nā makahiki he mau miliona: kahi ihu me nā niho ʻoi i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia no kahi papa lawehala - nā iʻa, nā manu a me nā mea hānai manu, ʻoiai nā meaʻai nui no nā ʻōpio nā ʻeneka a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. invertebrates-, kahi kino i pale ʻia e ka ʻili i kāhiko ʻia akā pale maʻalahi, a me kahi huelo ikaika e hoʻoikaika i kāna hoʻokele.
I ka hōʻea ʻana o ka poʻe pio Sepania i ʻAmelika a hana i nā panalāʻau o Mekiko, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kapa ʻia ʻo New Spain, ua ʻike lākou i kēia mau ʻāina ka effigy o kā lākou mau deragona kaʻao i ka ke ʻano o nā crocodiles i ʻākoakoa i nā wahi āpau, a kahi a lākou i koho ai e kāhea i nā moʻo huhū.
E pili ana i nā crocodilians a me nā alligators, he mau niho nui ko lāua ʻelua ma mua o ka mua o ka iwi ā lalo. I ka mua, komo kēia mau niho ʻelua i loko o nā indentation i ka iwi ā luna a ʻike ʻia ke pani ʻia ka maka, ʻoiai i ka lua ua komo lākou i loko o nā lua iwi i ka iwi ā luna, no laila ke pani ʻia ka waha ua hūnā lākou. No kāna ʻāpana, lōʻihi loa a lahilahi ka waha o nā gull.
Noho nā Crocodilians i nā wahi tropical a pau o ka honua. Me ka ʻokoʻa o ka Chinese caiman-Alligator sinensis-, ʻike ʻia nā mea ʻehiku i koe o ʻAmelika i ka hapanui ma ʻAmelika Hema. He lunamakaʻāinana nā gull, ka gharial o India-Cavialis gangeticus-, i ʻākea ma ka hema o ʻAsia, mai ka Indo a i nā kahawai ʻo Irawadi, akā aia ma kahi hema o India.
Kapa ʻia kēia mau mea kolo i ke koko anuanu, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke mālama i ka mahana o ko lākou kino mai nā ʻano laulā, e like me ka hana ʻana a nā mea ʻai a nā manu. No laila, pono lākou e moe i ka lā e hoʻomehana iā lākou iho a i ʻole hele i lalo o ka wai a i ʻole i ka malu o kahi lāʻau e hoʻalili ai. Hoʻolālā nui ʻia ko lākou ʻike maka, ʻala, hoʻopā a me ka lohe.
NA MEA KUPANAHA O NUPAU HOU
E like me ka hana a ka poʻe naʻi aupuni, hiki nō ke noʻonoʻo i ʻehā mau ʻano o nā crocodile i loko o ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo New Spain, ʻoiai ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Mexico he ʻekolu wale nō: ka crocodile muliwai-Crocodylus acutus-, ka swamp-Crocodylus moreletii-, ke caiman-Caiman crocodilus-. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, mai ka pani ʻana ma mua o kanakolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei a mahalo i nā hana a nā kānaka noiʻi, nā conservationist a me nā mea kālepa, ua hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻia ko lākou kūlana lehulehu, ʻoiai lākou e kokoke ana i ka make.
KE KOA CRIVODILE
ʻO ia ka nui loa, no ka mea, ma waena o ʻelima a me ʻehiku mika ka lōʻihi. ʻOi aku ka nui a me ka lōʻihi o kona waha, a he puʻupuʻu lahilahi ia i mua o nā maka. ʻO kona kala ākea he hina hina, me kahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo a melemele paha.
Noho ʻo ia i nā lagoona kahakai a me nā kahawai, ʻoiai hiki iā ia ke noho i nā kino o ka wai i nā papa kolepa a me nā wahi kūlanakauhale. I kekahi manawa ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e holo ana i ka wai o ke kai a i ʻole ka sunbat ʻana ma kahakai. ʻO ia wale nō ka crocodile ʻAmelika me kahi hoʻolaha ākea, no ka mea, ua loaʻa ia mai ka hema o Florida, ke kahakai Pākīpika a hiki i ka Yucatan Peninsula ma Mekiko, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, nā mokupuni Caribbean a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ʻAmelika Hema.
Hoʻomoe nā wahine o kēia ʻano i 60 mau hua i loko o nā lua i ʻeli ʻia i ke one a lepo paha i kāwili ʻia me ka ʻōpala. Hoʻolālā nā mākua, ʻo ka wahine hoʻi, i nā ʻano mālama makua, e like me ka pale a me ka nānā ʻana i ka pūnana, a me ka lawe ʻana o ka ʻōpio i ka ihu i ka wai.
Hoʻololi ka manawa lūlū e like me ka wahi, ma waena o Ianuali a me Pepeluali, a i ʻole Malaki a me Mei. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua manaʻo ʻia aia ka nui o ko lākou mau holoholona hihiu ma waena o he ʻumi a me iwakālua tausani mau hiʻohiʻona; akā, e like me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka ʻike i hoʻokumu ʻia a hiki i kēia lā, ʻike ʻia ua hoʻowahāwahā ʻia kēia mau helu. Me ka nānā ʻole i kēia, ʻo ka lilo o nā wahi kūlohelohe ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale o ke kahakai kekahi o nā pilikia nui e ola.
KE KAI LOA SWAMP
Heʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi ia ma mua o ka muliwai hoʻokahi, no ka mea hiki i ka awelika o ʻekolu mika ka lōʻihi a ʻeleʻele me nā kiko melemele. ʻOi aku ka pōkole o ka ihu a ʻoi aku ka laulā ma mua o ko ka muliwai, a ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka maka ʻōpuʻu o nā maka. Lahilahi ka ʻili, ʻo ia ke kumu i ʻimi nui ʻia ai no ke kālepa.
He palena palena ia a loaʻa ʻia mai ke kikowaena o nā mokuʻāina ʻo Tamaulipas ʻo Mekiko, ma o San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, ka penikala ʻo Yucatan a ma ka ʻākau o Chiapas, a ma Belize a me ka wahi o ka ʻO Petén ma Guatemala. Makemake kēia ʻano e noho i loko o nā wai o nā kahawai, nā loko a me nā wahi kai me nā mea kanu nui a i ʻole ma loko o nā ululāʻau.
I kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka crocodile swamp, e like me ka alligator, ʻaʻole e ʻeli i kāna pūnana, akā hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻōpala a hiki i kona hana ʻana i puʻu. Hoʻomoe ka wahine ma waena o 20 a 49 mau hua i ka wā hānau e hoʻomaka me ke kūkulu ʻana o ka pūnana i ka hoʻomaka o ke kau ua - mai ʻApelila a Iulai - a hoʻopau me ka hānau ʻana o ka ʻōpio mai Kepakemapa a ʻOkakopa. Eia kekahi, e like me nā alligators, hāʻawi ka wahine a me nā kāne i ka mālama no ka pūnana a me nā ʻōpio. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea poʻokela i kēia ʻano, ʻo ia ka hoʻōla makaʻu, no ka mea e like me ka noiʻi hou ʻana ma Mekiko aia kahi heluna kanaka ma kahi o 120 tausani mau ʻano mākua wahine. Ma ke ala like, he kūleʻa kāna hana hou ʻana i ka lawe pio ʻana i nā māla loea ʻelua o ka ʻāina.
KA MEA KANAKA
Ma Oaxaca a me Chiapas, ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa āpau a me kahi ʻāpana nui o ʻAmelika Hema, aia ka caiman, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā ʻano ʻehā o nā crocodile e noho ana ma NūI Sepania. hiki i nā kāne i ka lōʻihi o ʻelua mika a me nā wahine 1.20 m. ʻE melemele a ʻeleʻele kona kala me nā kiko ʻeleʻele he nui a ʻoi aku kona piko a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ihu ma mua o ko nā crocodile ʻē aʻe, a me kahi ʻano o nā pepeiaohao ma luna o nā maka, a ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo calman o nā makaaniani.
Hōʻalo pinepine kēia ʻano i nā ana a me nā lua ma lalo o nā aʻa o nā lāʻau. Noho ia i nā loko, nā kahawai, nā kahawai a me nā kahawai, a ʻo ia hoʻi i nā wahi kaiā. Kū ka wā lūlū ma waena o nā mahina o ʻApelila a ʻAukake a i ʻole Kepakemapa, ʻoiai hiki i ka wahine ke waiho ma waena o 20 a 30 mau hua i ka pūnana.
Ma Mekiko, ua kūleʻa ka mahiʻai caiman. Eia naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia i ko lākou wahi i kaupalena ʻia, hoʻoweliweli ʻia lākou i ka ʻaihue ʻana a me ka nalo ʻana o ko lākou kūlohelohe.
HE KAHI KAUAHI, KA MISSISSIPPI CAYMAN
Ua pale pono ʻia ia e nā kānāwai US, ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻopaʻa inoa ai nā lehulehu hihiu i hoʻokahi miliona mau hiʻohiʻona. Ua aʻo nui ʻia ia, ma ka noho pio ʻana a ma ka nāhelehele. No laila, ua manaʻo ʻia he laha me ka makaʻu haʻahaʻa o ka make ʻana.
Hana ʻia kona wahi noho i nā kualapa, nā wahi wai, nā muliwai, nā loko a me nā wai liʻiliʻi ma ka Hikina Hema o ʻAmelika. ʻOiai ke noho nei i nā wahi me ka wai hou, hiki ke noho i nā wahi brackish e like me nā mangrove. Eia hou, he mea maʻamau ia e hoʻāʻo e kolone i nā wahi o ke kūlanakauhale e like me nā papa kolepa a me nā wahi noho.
He pālahalaha nui ko kēia alligator, he ihu like parabola a hoʻokahi a me ka hapalua manawa ka laulā o kona kumu. Lena melemele nā maka a ʻike ʻia ka haumāna i ka mālamalama ma ke ʻano he wehe elliptical kū. Hiki i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mākua i ka lōʻihi o ʻehā a ʻelima mau mika. I ka wā hānau, hoʻomoe ka wahine i 20 a 50 mau hua i loko o ka pūnana monticular i hana ʻia i ka sludge a me ka ʻōpala.
KA IKE A ME KA MAKAHI
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe ʻimi noiʻi like ʻole i ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka lehulehu o nā mea kolo, me nā crocodiles, ka huahana o ʻeono mau mea nui: ka nalowale ʻana o ka nohona a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana, hoʻolauna ʻia ʻana o nā lāhui exotic e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i nā mea kūlohelohe, haumia. , nā maʻi, ka hoʻohana pono ʻole o nā kumuwaiwai a me ke aniau. I kēia mauʻeono, ua hoʻohui hou ʻia kekahi: naʻaupō, ka mea e hoʻoholo ai i nā koho maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana i ka hoʻohana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai, a i ʻole e hoʻokolokolo i ka laha e ko lākou "maikaʻi" a "maikaʻi ʻole" hoʻi.
Puna: Un Mexico Mexico No. 325 / Malaki 2004
