ʻO kahi hoʻokolohua hou e ʻike ai i ke ʻano o ke ola ma ka papakū i hoʻāla ʻia ka manaʻo e pili ana i ka manaʻolana o kahi holoholona nui e lū ana i loko o ka hohonu o ka moana. He manō nui a he heʻe nui paha ia? A i ʻole kekahi mea ʻoi aku ka weliweli ma mua o kā mākou e noʻonoʻo ai?
I kēia manawa, ua ʻimi wale mākou ma kahi o 5% o nā moana o ka honua, e uhi ana iā 70% o ka ʻili o ka honua. Pīhoihoi mau nā kānaka i nā mea huna e moe hohonu ana i ka wai.
ʻO ka Hoʻokolohua Gator Nui
I ka manawa e makemake ana nā mea kālaimeaola kai ʻo Craig McClain lāua ʻo Clifton Nunnally mai ka Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium e loaʻa ka ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea e hana nei ma ka papakū, ua alakaʻi lākou i kahi hoʻokolohua i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Hoʻokolohua Gator Nui, ka mea i loaʻa kekahi mau hopena kupaianaha.
Ua piholo nā kānaka noiʻi i kahi buffet no nā mea kai kahaha i komo pū me ʻekolu mau buaka make, me nā kaupaona i nakinaki ʻia iā lākou. Ua hoihoi lākou e ʻike pehea e hoʻopau ʻia ai ko lākou kupapaʻu e nā mea ola e peʻe ana ma ka papakū.
"E mākaʻikaʻi i ka pūnaewele ma loko o ke kai, ua hoʻonoho mākou i ʻekolu mau buaka make ma kahi o 6,600 kapuaʻi ma lalo o ke kahawai ʻo Mexico no 51 mau lā," wahi a Clifton Nunnally mai ke Kulanui o Louisiana.
He mea weliweli ka mea i hiki mai
Pau ka gator mua ma loko o 24 mau hola o ka pā ʻana i ka papakū. Ua hoʻokipa koke ʻia e nā isopods nunui, e like me ka Nunnally, ua like me nā ʻauʻa kai hohonu. A laila, ua hui pū kekahi mau mea ʻānai ʻē aʻe e like me amphipods, grenadiers a me kekahi iʻa ʻeleʻele pohihihi ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka ʻahaʻaina. Ua wāwahi ka isopods i ka mea kolo i ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka ʻepekema i manaʻo ai, e ʻai ana i loko o waho.
ʻAi ʻia ka alligator ʻelua i kahi manawa lōʻihi. Ma hope o 51 mau lā, ʻo ke koiwi ona, a he ʻulaʻula kona ʻano.
"Pīhoihoi maoli kēlā iā mākou. ʻAʻole i koe ka pālākiō a i ʻole ka scute i koe ma ke kino make, ” Ua haʻi ʻo McClain iā Atlas Obscura. Ua hoʻouna ka hui i ka iwi iwi iā Greg Rouse, he meaola kaiola ma ka Scripps Institution of Oceanography, no ka nānā hou ʻana.
Ua ʻike ʻo Rouse ua haki ʻia ka gator i nā kaulahao iwi e kahi ʻano hou o nā ilo ilo iwi i ka geneda Osedax. ʻO kēia ka manawa mua i loaʻa ai kahi lālā Osedax ma ke awāwa ʻo Mexico, e like me kā McClain. Hoʻohālikelike nā kānaka noiʻi i ka DNA i loaʻa hou i kēlā ʻano Osedax i ʻike ʻia, a ua ʻike lākou ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻano hou o ka genus.
I loko nō naʻe o ka loaʻa kāhāhā o kahi ʻano Osedax hou, ʻo ia ke kolu o nā alligator i waiho i nā ʻepekema ʻoi loa ka pīhoihoi. I ke kipa ʻana i ka pūnaewele kahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ke kolu o ka gator, ʻike wale lākou i kahi kaumaha nui i ke one - ua nalowale loa ka holoholona. Ua ʻimi ka hui i nā wahi e pili ana akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi kuhi o ka alligator. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻike lākou i ke kaupaona i hoʻopili ʻia i ka gator, e waiho ana ma kahi o 10 mau mika mai ka pūnaewele.
ʻO ke ʻano o kēia, ʻo ka mea ʻaihue nāna i kahili aku ka gator, nui loa ia e ʻai a pau a kauō i ke kaupaona paʻa no kekahi mamao. Manaʻo ka kime he kime nunui a i ʻole manō nunui e kali ana e ʻike ʻia. "ʻAʻole nō wau e ʻimi i kahi heʻe e hiki ke hoʻopau i kahi alligator holoʻokoʻa, a ʻaʻole au makemake e noho ma ka moku inā ʻike mākou."
Ua pīhoihoi nā mea noiʻi ʻelua e pili ana i nā hopena, a ua māʻona pū hoʻi me ka hoʻokolohua. ʻIke nō, ke hoʻolālā nei lākou e alakaʻi i nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe ma hope o kēia mau hopena.
Hiki paha i ka carnivore pohihihi ke Kraken - kahi moʻo nui moana o ka nui gigantic a me ke ʻano cephalopod e like me ka moʻolelo Scandinavian? A i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe a mākou i noʻonoʻo ʻole ai?
Inā makemake ʻoe e pili ana iā Kraken a me nā mea kai hohonu pohihihi a laila heluhelu keia 'atikala e pili ana i ka mea pohihihi USS Stein monster. Ma hope o kēlā, heluhelu e pili ana i kēia mau mea 44 mau mea malihini loa ma ka Honua. I ka hopena, ʻike e pili ana i kēia mau mea 14 mau leo pohihihi i koe i wehewehe ʻole ʻia a hiki i kēia lā.
