Harriet – ka honu a Charles Darwin

ʻAʻole nā ​​kānaka wale nō ka kaulana, akā nā holoholona pū kekahi. Ua lanakila ka honu ʻelepani ʻo Harietta (ua kapa ʻia kekahi mau kumu ʻo Henrietta) i kona kaulana ma ke ola lōʻihi loa. A ma muli o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i UK e ka mea ʻepekema kaulana kaulana a me ka naturalist Charles Darwin.

ʻO ke ola o Harriet

Ua hānau ʻia kēia mea kolo ma kekahi o nā mokupuni ʻo Galapagos. I ka makahiki 1835, ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia a me ʻelua mau kānaka like ʻole i UK e Charles Darwin ponoʻī. I ia manawa, ua like ka nui o ka honu me ka pā. Hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou ʻelima a ʻeono paha makahiki. ʻO kēlā honu kaulana, e kūkākūkā ʻia ana ma hope, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Harry, no ka mea, ua manaʻo lākou he kāne.

Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki 1841, ua lawe ʻia nā kānaka ʻekolu a pau i Australia, kahi i ʻike ʻia ai lākou ma ka māla botanical kūlanakauhale ma Brisbane. Noho nā mea kolo ma laila no 111 makahiki.

Ma hope o ka pani ʻia ʻana o ka Brisbane Botanic Gardens, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mea kolo i kahi wahi mālama kahakai ma Australia. Ua hana ʻia kēia i ka makahiki 1952.

A he 8 mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hui ʻia ka honu a Charles Darwin e ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Hawaiian Zoo ma ka mālama ʻana. A laila ua hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole ʻo Harry ʻo Harry, akā ʻo Henrietta.

Ma hope koke iho o kēia, neʻe ʻo Henrietta i ka Zoo Australia. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ʻelua o kona mau ʻohana ma ka mālama ʻana.

ʻO Harriet anei kēia a Darwin i lawe mai ai?

ʻO kēia kahi i ʻokoʻa ai nā manaʻo. Ua nalowale nā ​​palapala o ka honu Darwin Harietta i ka makahiki iwakālua. ʻO ka poʻe i hāʻawi pilikino ʻia e ka ʻepekema nui i nā honu (a ʻo kēia, ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au, i ka makahiki 1835!), Ua haʻalele i kahi honua ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻohe manawa e hōʻoia i kekahi mea.

Eia naʻe, hopohopo ka nīnau o ka makahiki o ka mea kolo nunui. No laila, i ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻokō ʻia kahi loiloi genetic o Harriet. He mea kupanaha ka hopena!

Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia:

• Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Harrietta ma nā mokupuni ʻo Galapagos;
• he 162 makahiki ona.

Akā! Ma ka mokupuni i noho ʻia e nā ʻelele o nā subspecies nona Harriet, ʻaʻole i hele ʻo Darwin.

No laila, nui ka huikau ma kēia moʻolelo.

• inā he honu ʻē aʻe, pehea ka hopena i loko o ka zoo;
• ina he makana keia na Darwin, alaila, mahea i loaa mai ai;
• inā ʻike maoli ka ʻepekema iā Harriet i kona wahi i hele ai, pehea lā ʻo ia i hopena ai ma kēlā mokupuni.

ʻO ka lā hānau hope loa o ke keneta

Ma hope o ka nānā ʻana o DNA, ua hoʻoholo lākou e lawe i ka makahiki 1930 i wahi hoʻomaka no ka makahiki o Harriet. Ua helu pū lākou i ka lā kokoke o kona hānau ʻana - he mea ʻole ka lā hānau ʻole o ia mea kaulana. ʻAi ʻoliʻoli ʻo Henrietta i kahi keke ʻulaʻula i hana ʻia mai nā pua hibiscus no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kona lā hānau 175.

I kēlā manawa, ua ulu liʻiliʻi ke akepaʻa lōʻihi: mai kahi honu e like me ka nui o ka pā, ua lilo ʻo ia i kanaka pilikua maoli i emi iki ma mua o ka papa ʻaina pōʻai. A hoʻomaka ʻo Harrietta e kaupaona hoʻokahi me ka hapa keneta.

ʻOiai ka mālama nui ʻana o nā limahana mālama zoo a me ke aloha o ka poʻe malihini kipa, ua pōkole ke ola o kahi honu lōʻihi i ka makahiki aʻe. Ua make ʻo ia i ka lā 23 o Iune, 2006. Ua ʻike ʻo John Hanger ka mea holoholona holoholona i ka reptile me ka puʻuwai puʻuwai.

ʻO ke ʻano o kēia ʻōlelo inā ʻaʻole no ka maʻi, ua hiki ke ola ka honu ʻelepani ma mua o 175 mau makahiki. Akā, ehia makahiki pono? ʻAʻole mākou ʻike i kēia.