ʻO kekahi o nā wahi nani loa ma kā mākou Mexico ʻike ʻole ʻole ʻia ʻo Angel de la Guarda Island. ʻO Nestled i ke kai o Cortez, ʻo ia, me kona 895 km, ka lua o ka mokupuni nui loa i kēia kai.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ia e kahi hui kuahiwi nunui e puka mai ana mai ka papa kai, a hōʻea i kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe (1315 mau mika ma luna o ke kai) kokoke i ka palena ʻākau. Hoʻokumu ka ʻāina kolohe i nā ʻano lauwili maikaʻi ʻole o ka ʻāina, kahi e nui ai nā leo sepia ma muli o ka ʻaʻā o ka wahi.
Aia ma 33 km ma ka ʻākau hikina o ke kaona ʻo Bahía de los Ángeles, ma Baja Kaleponi, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ia mai ka ʻāina nui e ka Canal de Ballenas hohonu, nona ka laulā o 13 km ma kona wahi ʻololī, a ʻike ʻia e ka ke kū mau ʻana o nā koholā ʻokoʻa, a ʻo ke koholā fince a i ʻole whale fin (Balenoptera physalus) ka mea i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka nui o ke koholā polū; ʻO kēia ke kumu i kapa ʻia kēia ʻāpana o ke kai ma ke ʻano he Channel of Whales. Hāʻawi ka waiwai nui o kēia wai i kahi heluna kanaka o kēia mau mea nui kai mammal e noho ai, i loko o ka makahiki e hānai ai a hanau hou me ka ʻole e neʻe i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai, e like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
He mea maʻamau ka nānā ʻana i nā pūʻulu nui o nā iʻa like ʻole e hoʻokokoke i nā kapakai o ka mokupuni. ʻo ka lāhui nui loa, ka dolphin maʻamau (Delphinus delphis), ʻike ʻia e ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā pūʻā nui o nā holoholona he haneli; Aia kekahi ʻōmole bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus), kahi mea e leʻaleʻa ai ka poʻe kipa i nā dolphinariums me kāna mau acrobatics. He hui kamaʻāina paha ka hope.
ʻO ka liona kai maʻamau (Zalophus californiaianus) kekahi o nā malihini hanohano o ka Angel Guardian. Ua manaʻo ʻia i ke kau hānau o ka helu o kēia mau holoholona e hōʻike ana he 12% o ka huina i loaʻa ma ke kahawai holoʻokoʻa o Kaleponi. Hoʻolahalaha nui ʻia lākou i loko o nā wolfholes ʻelua nui: ʻo Los Cantiles, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao kūkulu ʻākau loa, nā pūʻulu ma kahi o 1,100 mau holoholona, a me Los Machos, kahi i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia a i 1600 kanaka, aia ma ka waena waena o ka Komohana Komohana.
ʻO nā māmela ʻē aʻe e noho ana ma ka mokupuni he mau ʻiole, ʻelua mau ʻano ʻiole a me nā opeapea; ʻAʻole maopopo ka hope inā lākou e noho i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole inā noho wale lākou no nā kau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa he 15 mau ʻano holoholona o nā mea kolo, me nā ʻāpana ʻelua o nā ʻāhiu hihi i endemik (kahi huaʻōlelo e hōʻike ana i nā meaola kū hoʻokahi o kahi wahi), ka rattlesnake i ʻike ʻia (Crotalus michaelis angelensis) a me ka rattlesnake ʻulaʻula (Crotalus ruber angelensis).
ʻO Ángel de la Guarda kahi wahi lani hoʻi no nā mea aloha manu, ka mea hiki ke loaʻa ka lehulehu o lākou ma laila. Ma waena o kēlā mau mea e hoʻowalewale i ka nānā no kā lākou nani hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo i nā ospreys, hummingbirds, pueo, nā ʻalalā, nā boobies a me nā pelicans.
Hiki nō i nā botanist ke māʻona i kāu mau makemake nui, ʻoiai hiki ke ʻike ʻia kahi heluna nui o nā mea kanu nani o ka wao akua ʻo Sonoran, ʻaʻole wale nō: aia he ʻelima wale nō mau mokupuni i ka mokupuni.
Me he mea lā ʻaʻole i noho paʻa loa ke kanaka ma Guardian Angel; ʻo ka hiki ʻana o ka Seris a ʻo ka poʻe Cochimíes paha i kaupalena ʻia i nā kipa pōkole ʻana e ʻimi a hōʻiliʻili i nā mea kanu. I ka makahiki 1539 ua hōʻea ʻo Kāpena Francisco de Ulloa i Ángel de la Guarda, akā no ka mea he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole ia ʻaʻohe hoʻāʻo hou e noho kolone.
Ke hele nei i nā lono e ʻike ʻia nā ahi ma ka mokupuni, i ka makahiki 1965 ka Jesuit Wenceslao Link (ka mea hoʻokumu o ka nuʻukia o San Francisco de Borja) i mākaʻikaʻi ai i kona mau kapakai, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi poʻe hoʻokipa a me nā koina o ia mau mea, i manaʻo ʻia no ka nele i ka wai. , no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i hoʻāʻo e komo a ʻike i ka mokupuni ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Mai ka waenakonu o ke kenekulia i noho ʻia kēia wahi e nā lawaiʻa a me nā poʻe ʻimi holoholona. I ka makahiki 1880, ua hoʻohana ikaika ʻia nā liona kai, e loaʻa ai kā lākou ʻaila, ʻili a me ka ʻiʻo. I nā makahiki kanaono, he aila holoholona wale nō i unuhi ʻia, me ke kumu hoʻokahi o ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka aila ake o ka manō, no laila ua hoʻonele ʻia ka 80% o ka holoholona, a hana i nā ʻīlio hae holoholona he hana lapuwale a pono ʻole hoʻi.
I kēia manawa, hoʻokumu ʻia nā kahua hoʻomoana no nā lawaiʻa kukama moana no ka manawa pōkole, a me nā lawaiʻa no ka manō a me nā ʻano iʻa ʻē aʻe. Ma muli o ka ʻike ʻole o kekahi o lākou i ka makaʻu o kēia ʻano no ka mālama ʻana i nā laha, alualu lākou i nā ʻīlio hae e hoʻohana iā lākou i maunu, a waiho kekahi i kā lākou ʻupena i nā wahi i nui ke kaʻa o nā holoholona, a paʻa lākou. a, no laila, aia kahi helu make kiʻekiʻe.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā waʻapā me nā "lawaiʻa haʻuki", ka mea e kū ma ka mokupuni e ʻike iā ia a kiʻi i kahi kiʻi kokoke me nā liona kai, a inā ʻaʻole e hoʻokele ʻia e hiki ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana hānau o kēia mau holoholona a alakaʻi i pili i ka heluna kanaka.
ʻO nā mea kipa ʻē aʻe i Ángel de la Guarda kahi hui o nā kānaka noiʻi a me nā haumāna mai ka Marine Mammal Laboratory o ke Kula o ka ʻepekema o ka UNAM, ka mea mai 1985 i hana i nā noiʻi o nā liona kai, i ka manawa mai Mei a ʻAukake, ʻoiai kēia ka manawa o kona hoʻohua hou ʻia. A ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō, akā me ke kākoʻo nui o ka Navy Mekiko ua hoʻonui lākou i nā noiʻi ʻana o kēia mau holoholona ma nā mokupuni like ʻole o ke kai o Cortez.
I kēia mau lā, a ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi o kēia mau kaiaolaola, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Angel de la Guarda Island kahi Kahu Biosfir. He mea nui kēia hana mua, akā ʻaʻole ia wale nō ka hopena, ʻoiai he mea pono nō hoʻi e hoʻokō koke i nā hana e like me ka hoʻoponopono a me ka mālama ʻana o nā waʻa. nā papahana no ka hoʻohana kūpono o nā waiwai lawaiʻa, a pēlā aku. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ka hopena e hoʻonā i nā pilikia, akā e pale iā lākou ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana, a me ka paipai ʻana i ka noiʻi ʻepekema e kākoʻo i ka hoʻokele kūpono o kēia mau kumuwaiwai waiwai.
Puna: Mekiko ʻike ʻole ʻia No. 226 / Kekemapa 1995
