ʻO ka nahesa nunui Kongo

Ua ʻike ʻia ka nahesa Congo nunui ʻo Colonel Remy Van Lierde ma kahi o 50 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ʻeleʻele/'ōmaʻomaʻo me ka ʻōpū keʻokeʻo.

I ka makahiki 1959, ua lawelawe ʻo Remy Van Lierde ma ke ʻano he Konela ma ka mokulele ʻo Belgian Air Force ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kamina ma Congo i noho ʻia ma Belgian. In ʻĀpana ʻo Katanga o ka Lepupalika Kemokalaka o Kongo, e hoʻi ana mai kahi mikiona e ka helikopa, ua hōʻike ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi nahesa nui loa i kona lele ʻana ma luna o nā ululāʻau.

ʻO ka mea huna nahesa Congo nunui

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Ua kiʻi ʻia ke kiʻi ma luna nei i ka makahiki 1959 e kahi pailaka helikopter Belgium, ʻo Col. Remy Van Lierde, i ka wā e mākaʻikaʻi ana ma luna o ka Congo. ʻO ka nahesa āna i ʻike ai ua ana ʻo ia ma kahi o 50 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi (ʻoiai, kapa ʻia e ka poʻe he "100ft snake Congo"), ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele/'ōmaʻomaʻo me ka ʻōpū keʻokeʻo. He auwae huinakolu kona a me ke poo ma kahi o 3 kapuai a 2 kapuai ka nui. Ua kālailai ʻia ke kiʻi a hōʻoia ʻia he ʻoiaʻiʻo. Wikimedia maoli

ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia e ka poʻe he "100ft snake Congo," ua wehewehe ʻo Colonel Van Lierde i ka nahesa kokoke i 50 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, me ka 2 kapuaʻi ākea me 3 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi o ke poʻo triangular, a (inā pololei kāna kuhi) e loaʻa ai ia mea. he wahi i waena o nā nahesa nui loa i ola. Ua wehewehe ʻo Colonel Lierde i ka nahesa he ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻeleʻele kona mau unahi luna a he keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ma lalo.

I kona ʻike ʻana i ka mea kolo, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ke pailaka e huli aʻe a hana hou. Ia manawa, hoala ae la ka nahesa i na kapuai he umi o kona poo kino, me he mea la e hahau ana, e haawi ana iaia i manawa e nana aku ai i kona opu keokeo. Eia naʻe, ma hope o ka lele haʻahaʻa ʻana i manaʻo ai ʻo Van Lierde ma kahi mamao loa o kāna helikopter. Ua kauoha ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻokele e hoʻomaka i kāna huakaʻi, no laila ʻaʻole i kākau pono ʻia ka mea i kākau ʻia, ʻoiai kekahi mau hōʻike e hōʻike ana ua hiki i kahi mea paʻi kiʻi ma luna ke kiʻi i kēia kiʻi.

He aha paha ia?

ʻO ka Nahesa Kongo Nui
Ka Nahesa Pilikua Congo. Wikimedia maoli

ʻO ka mea ʻē ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻia he ʻano nui loa Python pōhaku ʻApelika, he ʻano nahesa hou loa, a i ʻole he mamo paha na ka nahesa Eocene nunui. ʻO Gigantophis.

ʻO ka nahesa nui loa o ka honua he 48ft

He hui ʻepekema, ʻoiai e hana ana ma kekahi o nā lua lanahu ākea nui loa o ka honua ma Cerrejon ma La Guajira, Kolombia, ua loaʻa kahi mea kupanaha - ʻo ka nahesa nui loa i ʻike ʻia e ola nei. Titanoboa. Ua ʻike ʻia ke koena o kēia mea kahiko ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā mea kanu fossilized, nā kuhukukū nui, a me nā crocodiles i hoʻi mai ma kahi o 60 miliona mau makahiki aku nei i ka wā Paleocene Epoch. ʻO ia ka manawa i ʻike ai ka Honua i ka puka ʻana mai o kāna wao ua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hōʻailona i ka hopena o ka noho aliʻi ʻana o nā dinosaurs ma luna o ka Honua.

ʻO ke kiʻi kaʻawale o Titanoboa, ka nahesa nui loa he 48ft ka lōʻihi
Kiʻi kaʻawale o ka wā kahiko Titanoboa, ʻO ka nahesa nui loa he 48ft ka lōʻihi. Adobestock

ʻO ke kaupaona ʻana he 2,500 paona (ma luna o 1,100 kilokani) me ka lōʻihi a hiki i kahi kokoke i 48 kapuaʻi (ma kahi o 15 mau mika), ua kāhāhā ʻo Titanoboa i nā mea noiʻi me kona nui nui. ʻO kēia ʻike ʻike ʻāina e hoʻomālamalama i ka wā kahiko o ka honua a hoʻohui i kekahi mokuna hoihoi i ko mākou ʻike ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka Honua.

No Remy Van Lierde

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Van Lierde ma ʻAukake 14th o 1915, i ʻO Overboelare, Pelekiuma. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ma Belgian Airforce ma Kepakemapa 16, 1935, ma ke ʻano he pailaka kaua i lawelawe i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II ma ka Pūʻali Koa Air a me Pelekane, e kī ana i nā mokulele ʻeono a me nā pōpilikia lele he 44 V-1, a loaʻa ka pae RAF o Alakaʻi Squadron.

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Konela Remy Van Lierde. Wikimedia maoli

Ua hoʻolilo ʻia ʻo Van Lierde i Hope Aliʻi o nā limahana i ka Ministre of Defense i 1954. I ka makahiki 1958 ua lilo ʻo ia i hoʻokahi o ka poʻe Belgian i wāwahi i ka pale kani ʻoiai hoʻāʻo e lele ana a Kahului Hunter at ʻO Dunsfold Aerodrome ma ʻEnelani. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ka Belgian Air Force ma hope o ke kaua a ua hoʻomau ʻo ia e paʻa i kekahi mau kauoha koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka makahiki 1968. Ua make ʻo ia ma Iune 8th o 1990. I ka hopena, ʻo kāna moʻolelo moʻolelo maikaʻi loa e hoʻopiʻi i kāna mau koi e pili ana i ka 50 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi o ka nahesa Congo. hoihoi.


Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana e pili ana i ka hālāwai me ka Giant Congo Snake, heluhelu e pili ana ʻO ka 'Giant of Kandahar' pohihihi i'ōleloʻia i pepehiʻia e nā pūʻali kūikawā US ma Afghanistan.