ʻO 10 mau holoholona kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua

Hoʻokumu ʻia ko mākou honua i kēlā me kēia lā a puni nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wahine ma ka awelika 1,6 mika, aʻo nā kāne ma kahi o 1,8 mika ke kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā keʻena, nā kaʻa, nā puka puka me kēia mau awelika.

ʻAʻole naʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia ke ʻano no nā awelika. Ua ulu aʻe nā ʻano a me nā ʻano o nā mea ola a pau i nā kenekulia i kūpono i ko lākou pono. No laila, inā he giraffe a he bea ʻeleʻele paha, ua kiʻekiʻe kēia mau holoholona e like me ka mea e pono ai.

Ua piha kēia honua i nā mea ola, nui a liʻiliʻi, akā e kahaha paha ʻoe i ka nui o nā holoholona. ʻOiai ʻo ka ikaika o ka ʻumekaumaha e paʻa i nā mea āpau, ʻike ʻia kekahi mau mea ola e lanakila i ka hakakā ʻana me ka gravity a hiki i nā nui kupaianaha.

Makemake ʻoe e ʻike i nā holoholona kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua? A laila, hōʻike mākou iā ʻoe i kahi papa inoa o 10 mau kanaka nunui hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo o ka Honua.

10 Bufalo ʻApelika, a hiki i 1,8 m

Buffalo ʻApelika huikau i kekahi manawa me ka bison ʻAmelika, akā ʻokoʻa loa lākou.

ʻO ka bufalo ʻApelika he kino kino lōʻihi a hiki ke kaumaha a hiki i 998 kg a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe o 1,8 mika. No ka mea e ʻimi pinepine ʻia lākou, ke emi nei kā lākou helu, akā i kēia manawa, pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole i hiki i kahi koʻikoʻi.

9. Hikina gorila, a hiki i 1,85 m

gorila ʻāina haʻahaʻa hikina'oiai i'ike'ia gorila Grauera, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa o nā ʻano ʻehā o nā gorila. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo ia mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kona kino puʻupuʻu, nā lima nui a me ka waha pōkole. ʻOiai ko lākou nui, ʻai nui nā gorila o ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa hikina i nā huaʻai a me nā mea mauʻu ʻē aʻe, e like me nā ʻano subspecies o nā gorillas.

I ka wā o ka haunaele ma ka Lepupalika Demokarata o Kongo, ua pilikia nā gorila i ka poaching, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Kahuzi-Biega National Park, ka home o ka heluna nui loa o nā gorillas hikina hikina. Ua hoʻouka ka poʻe kipi a me ka poʻe ʻaihue i ka paka a ua kanu nā kānaka i nā mina kuʻi ʻole.

I loko o nā makahiki he 50 i hala iho nei, ua emi ka laulā o ka gorila hikina haʻahaʻa ma kahi o ka hapahā. ʻO 1990 wale nō nā holoholona i koe i ka nahele i ka helu hope loa i ka waena o nā makahiki 16, akā ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka luku ʻia ʻana a me ka ʻāpana a me ka haunaele kīwila, ua hoʻemi ʻia ka heluna kanaka gorilla hikina e ka hapalua a ʻoi aku paha.

Hiki i nā gorila kāne makua ke kaumaha a hiki i ka 440 paona a hiki ke piʻi i ke kiʻekiʻe o 1,85 mika ke kū ma nā wāwae ʻelua. Ua ʻike ʻia nā gorillas kāne makua he "kua kālā" no nā lauoho keʻokeʻo e ulu ana ma ko lākou kua ma kahi o 14 mau makahiki.

8. ʻO rhinoceros keʻokeʻo, a hiki i 2 m

Ka nui (98,8%) rhino keʻokeʻo loaʻa ma nā ʻāina ʻehā wale nō: ʻApelika Hema, Namibia, Zimbabwe a me Kenya. Hiki i nā kāne makua ke piʻi i ka 2 mika ke kiʻekiʻe a me ke kaumaha o 3,6 tons. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā wahine, akā hiki ke kaumaha a hiki i 1,7 tons. ʻO lākou wale nō ka rhinoceros i pilikia ʻole, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā lākou ka nui o ka piʻi ʻana o ka poaching i nā makahiki i hala.

Ua ʻike mua ʻia ka rhino keʻokeʻo ʻākau ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Chad, ka Lepupalika ʻApelika Waena, ke komohana hema o Sudan, ka Lepupalika Kemokalaka akau o Congo (DRC) a me ke komohana ʻākau o Uganda.

Eia naʻe, ua hoʻopau ʻia ko lākou poaching ma ka nahelehele. A i kēia manawa he 3 wale nō ka poʻe i koe ma ka honua - aia lākou a pau i ke pio. He pōʻeleʻele loa ka wā e hiki mai ana o kēia subspecies.

7. Ostrich ʻApelika, 2,5 m

ʻOstriches he mau manu lele lele nui ole e noho ana ma na aina he 25 a oi ma Aferika, me Zambia a me Kenya, a ma ka aoao komohana loa o Asia (ma Tureke), aka, hiki ke loaa ma ka honua a puni. Hāpai ʻia lākou i kekahi manawa no kā lākou ʻiʻo, ʻoiai aia nā lāhui hihiu ma Australia.

Wahi a ka African Wildlife Foundation, ʻaʻohe niho o nā ostriches, akā ʻo lākou nā maka nui loa o nā holoholona ʻāina a he kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o 2,5 mika!

6. Kangaroo ʻulaʻula, a hiki i 2,7 m

ʻulaʻula kangaroo e hohola ana ma ke komohana a me ke kikowaena o Australia. Ua uhi ʻia kona wahi noho i nā wahi ʻuʻuku, mauʻu a me nā wahi wao nahele. E ulu mau ana kēia subspecies ma nā wahi ākea me nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi no ka malu.

Hiki i nā kangaroo ʻulaʻula ke mālama i ka wai kūpono a koho i nā mea kanu hou e ola ai i nā kūlana maloʻo. ʻOiai ʻai ka kangaroo i ka nui o nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mauʻu hou, hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i ka maʻu mai ka meaʻai ʻoiai ke ʻano ʻeleʻele a maloʻo ka nui o nā mea kanu.

Piʻi ka kangaroo kāne i hoʻokahi a me ka hapalua mika ka lōʻihi, a hoʻonui ka huelo i 1,2 mika i ka lōʻihi.

5. Kamelo, a hiki i 2,8 m

nā kāmelokapaia Kamelo Arabia, nā ʻano kāmelo kiʻekiʻe loa. Hiki i nā kāne ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 2,8 mika. A ʻoiai hoʻokahi wale nō kā lākou puʻupuʻu, mālama kēlā puʻu i 80 paona momona (ʻaʻole wai!), pono no ka meaʻai hou o ka holoholona.

ʻOiai ko lākou ulu nui ʻana, nā kāmelo dromedary pau loa, ma ka liʻiliʻi ma ka nahelehele, akā ua puni ka ʻano no kahi kokoke i 2000 mau makahiki. I kēia lā, mālama ʻia kēia kāmelo, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki iā ia ke holoholo ma ka nahelehele, akā ma lalo o ka makaʻala o kahi kahu hānai.

4. Bea ʻulaʻula, 3,4 m

Bea palaunu he ʻohana me nā subspecies he nui. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka bea ʻeleʻele, i kapa ʻia i kekahi manawa bea grizzly, aia ma waena o nā mea ʻaihue nui loa ma ka honua. Ke kū koke lākou ma ko lākou mau wāwae hope, piʻi lākou i 3,4 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, ma muli o ka ʻano o ka bea.

Ma muli o ka nui o nā ʻano subspecies a me ke ʻano o nā wahi noho - hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā bea ʻeleʻele ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me Eurasia - ua manaʻo ʻia ka bea ʻeleʻele he International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Least Concern, akā aia kekahi mau ʻeke, ʻo ka hapa nui no ka luku. nā wahi noho a me ka poaching.

3. ʻElepani ʻAsia, a hiki i 3,5 m

Elepani ʻĀkia, hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe o 3,5 mika, ʻo ia ka holoholona ʻāina nui loa e ola ana ma Asia. Mai ka makahiki 1986, ua helu ʻia ka ʻElepani ʻAsia ma ka Buke Ulaula, ʻoiai ua emi ka heluna kanaka ma ka liʻiliʻi he 50 pakeneka i nā hanauna ʻekolu i hala (i manaʻo ʻia he 60-75 mau makahiki). Hoʻoweliweli nui ʻia e ka nalo ʻana o ka noho ʻana a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana, ka ʻāpana a me ka ʻai ʻana.

ʻO ka Elepani ʻAsia nui loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ua pana ʻia e ka Maharaja o Susanga ma Garo Hills o Assam, India, i ka makahiki 1924. He 7,7 tona kona kaumaha a he 3,43 mika kona kiʻekiʻe.

2. ʻElepani ʻApelika, a hiki i 4 m

Pili Nā Elepani Noho lākou ma nā savannas o sub-Saharan Africa. Hiki iā lākou ke ola a hiki i 70 mau makahiki, a hiki i ko lākou kiʻekiʻe i 4 mau mika. ʻOiai he ʻōiwi maoli nā ʻelepani i 37 mau ʻāina ʻApelika, ua manaʻo ka African Wildlife Fund aia ma kahi o 415 mau elepani i koe ma ka Honua.

Ma kahi o 8% o ka heluna ʻelepani o ka honua i ʻai ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a hānau mālie lākou - ʻo ka hāpai ʻana o nā ʻelepani he 22 mahina.

1. Giraffe, a hiki i 6 m

Giraffe – ka holoholona vestigial nui loa a me ke kiʻekiʻe o nā mammals ʻāina āpau. Noho ʻo Giraffe i nā mauʻu ākea a me nā savannahs ma Central, Hikina a me ʻApelika Hema. He mau holoholona kaiapuni lakou a noho ma na puaa a hiki i 44 kanaka.

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā giraffes ko lākou ʻāʻī lōʻihi a me nā wāwae, a me ko lākou kala ʻaʻahu kū hoʻokahi a me ke ʻano.

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Giraffa camelopardalis, e like me ka National Geographic, kū ka awelika giraffe ma waena o 4,3 a me 6 mau mika kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka ulu ʻana o kahi giraffe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kona ʻāʻī lōʻihi.