Ua loaʻa iā mākou 17 mea hoihoi e pili ana i ka boa constrictor
ʻO Boa
ʻO ia ka lālā kaulana loa o nā constrictors, non-venomous snakes e hoʻopau i kā lākou mau mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ko lākou kino. ʻOiai he mea weliweli lākou, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi i nā kānaka. ʻO nā ʻeha maʻamau a lākou e hoʻokau ai i ke kanaka he nahu, he ʻeha akā ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli i ke ola.
ʻO ko lākou hiʻohiʻona hoihoi e kaulana lākou i waena o nā mea hānai. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hopu ʻia ka hapa nui o nā boa mai ka nahelehele, akā naʻe, ʻo ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻo ka nui o nā boa i kūʻai ʻia i kēia manawa no nā mahiʻai.
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ʻO ka boa constrictor kekahi lālā o ka ʻohana constrictor. ʻEwalu mau ʻano o ka boa constrictor.
ʻO Constrictors he ʻohana o 49 mau ʻano i māhele ʻia i 12 genera. Ua ʻike ʻia nā constrictors mua ma ka Honua i ka hopena o ka manawa Cretaceous, ma kahi o 70,5 miliona mau makahiki i hala.
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Noho lākou ma ʻAmelika Hema a ma nā mokupuni mai ke kapakai o kēia ʻāina.
Loaʻa ma Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Trinidad a me Tobago, Uruguay a me Venezuela. Noho pū ka poʻe hoʻopaʻapaʻa Boa ma ka hema o Florida, akā na nā kānaka i lawe mai i kēia mau nahesa.
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Loaʻa iā lākou ma nā ʻano kaiapuni like ʻole, mai nā ululāʻau ulu a hiki i nā wao nahele.
Akā naʻe, makemake maoli lākou i nā wahi ululāʻau i waiwai i ka meaʻai, piha i ka malu, a me ka pulu a me ka mahana. Noho maʻalahi nā Boas i nā lua mammals nui, kahi e pale ai iā lākou mai nā mea ʻaihue.
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He poʻe lākou.
Eia naʻe, hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou i ka lā, e moe ana i ka lā, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ikehu. Ke hāʻule ka pōʻeleʻele, hele lākou e ʻimi i ka meaʻai, kahi e loaʻa ai kahi malu, kahi e kali ai lākou no ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka mea pio a me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana.
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He kaʻawale lākou a ʻākoakoa pū lākou i ka wā o ka male ʻana.
Hoʻohana lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa ma ka honua, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke piʻi a loaʻa i nā lāʻau i kekahi manawa.
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ʻO kēia nā mea ʻaihue e ʻimi nui mai ka uhi. Inā ʻaʻole nui nā mea pio i ko lākou kaiapuni, koi ʻia lākou e ʻimi ikaika.
ʻO kā lākou meaʻai he manu a me nā mea momona liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi. ʻOiai ʻo ka nui o ka nui o nā holoholona, hiki iā lākou ke hopu i nā mea ʻai a hiki i 50 cm ka lōʻihi.
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Hoʻouka mua ka boa i kāna mea i pepehi ʻia, e hoʻoheheʻe i kona mau niho i loko, a laila hoʻomaka e ʻōwili i kona kino a puni.
Aia wale nō i ka wā e make ai ka mea pio, hoʻomaka ka boa e ʻai, e ʻai ana i ka mea pio. ʻAʻole like me ka inoa o kēia mau holoholona, ua make pinepine ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma muli o ke keʻakeʻa ʻana o ke kahe ʻana o ke koko i nā ʻāpana kī o ke kino, e like me ka lolo a me ka puʻuwai, ʻaʻole ma muli o ka ʻeha.
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He poʻe ʻauʻau maikaʻi loa lākou.
Hiki ke loaʻa pinepine ma kahi kokoke i nā kahawai a me nā kahawai.
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He mea maikaʻi loa ko lākou kala ʻana i ke kino i ka hahai holoholona ʻana a pili pinepine i ko lākou kaiapuni.
ʻO ko lākou ʻili ʻili he ʻeleʻele a me nā kiko hina hina. ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ka haʻi ʻana o nā wahi ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a puni ke poʻo a ʻoi aku ka ikaika i ko lākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka huelo.
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Piʻi ka Boas a hiki i 3 mau mika ka lōʻihi, me nā wahine ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kāne.
ʻO ka nui o nā wahine mai 2,1 a 3, nā kāne mai 1,8 a 2,4 m, ʻo ke kaumaha o nā wahine mai 10 a 15 kg. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻelele o nā boas ma mua o 45 kilograms.
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ʻElua mau māmā o nā boa, hoʻokahi wale nō i hoʻohana ʻia.
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka māmā hema a ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia no ka hanu ʻana, e lawe wale ʻia ana e ka māmā ʻākau. He hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa kēia i waena o nā nahesa, no ka mea, ua nalowale ka nui o nā nahesa i ko lākou māmā hema.
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ʻO ke kau male ʻana mai ʻApelila a ʻAukake. I kēia manawa, moe kekahi kāne me nā wahine he nui.
ʻO ka wahine ka mea e koho i kāna hoa, e hoʻowalewale mua iā ia me nā pheromones, a laila hakakā a loiloi i kona hiki ke hānau. Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai kekahi mau minuke a i kekahi mau hola, a ʻo ka sperm i waiho ʻia e ke kāne hiki ke noho i loko o ke kino o ka wahine a hiki i hoʻokahi makahiki.
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He ovoviviparous ka boa. He 100 a 120 mau lā ka hānau ʻana, a ʻokoʻa ka nui o ka ʻōpala.
Hiki i nā ʻōpio ke piʻi mai ka 10 a hiki i ka 65 (awelika 25), ʻo kekahi o ia mau hua manu ʻaʻole i paʻi ʻia. ʻO ka lōʻihi o nā boa ʻōpio i ka hānau ʻana mai 38 a 51 knm. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau nahesa e hoʻohua i ka moekolohe, ʻoiai ua ʻike pū ʻia ka hānau ʻana hermaphrodite.
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Hiki lākou i ka makua kāne male i ka makahiki o 3-4 mau makahiki, ke ʻoi aku ko lākou lōʻihi ma mua o 180 cm.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka wā ʻōpio ke hoʻōki i ka ulu ʻana. Ke ulu nei ʻo Boas i ko lākou ola ʻana, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lohi ma mua o ka wā ʻōpio.
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Aia kekahi mau ʻano albino ma waena o nā boa.
ʻAʻole lākou maʻamau i ke ʻano, akā kaulana loa i waena o nā mea hoʻolalelale, nāna e hoʻohele iā lākou me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana i nā ʻano kala hou.
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ʻOiai he poʻe ʻaihue maikaʻi loa lākou, he nui nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka pinepine, lilo nā boa constrictors i nā ʻaeto, hawks, alligators, caimans a me nā kānaka.
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ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ka boa constrictor.
Ua emi ka heluna kanaka ma kekahi mau wahi wale no kahi i hopu ia ai no ke kalepa ai ole ia e ka poe pepehi kanaka. Ma Florida ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻano invasive.
