Introduction: Understanding Chameleons
He mau mea kolo hoihoi ka Chameleons i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi i ke kala, nā ʻōlelo lōʻihi a paʻa, a me nā maka kūʻokoʻa. Aia ma kahi o 200 mau ʻano chameleons maoli no ʻApelika, Madagascar, ʻEulopa, ʻAsia, a me kekahi mau wahi o ka Hikina Waena. He holoholona arboreal ka Chameleons, ʻo ia hoʻi, noho lākou i nā kumulāʻau a hoʻololi ʻia i ka piʻi ʻana a me ka hopu ʻana i nā lālā me ko lākou mau wāwae. Mālama pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea holoholona ma ke ʻano he mau holoholona, a ʻo kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ua lilo lākou i kumuhana kaulana i nā hana noʻeau a me nā palapala.
No ke aha he mea nui ka nui: ka hopena i ka hana Chameleon
He hopena koʻikoʻi ka nui o ka chameleon i kāna ʻano. ʻO nā kāmele liʻiliʻi e ʻoi aku ka makaʻu a me ka haʻalulu, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe nui e hilinaʻi a hoʻomaha. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka chameleon nui aʻe e lanakila ai i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa teritori a i ʻole ka huki ʻana i ka hoa, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki iā lākou ke ʻoi aku ka hakakā. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā chameleons liʻiliʻi e peʻe mai nā mea ʻaihue a kūpono i nā wahi paʻa. Pili pū ka nui i ka hana hānai ʻana o ke kāmele, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka meaʻai a hiki ke ʻai i nā mea ʻai nui.
Anatomy of a Chameleon: Nā mea nui
He mau hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa ka Chameleons e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā mea kolo ʻē aʻe. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona i ʻike ʻia ʻo ko lākou mau maka kaʻawale kūʻokoʻa, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke nānā i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ka manawa hoʻokahi. He mau alelo lōʻihi ko lākou, hiki ke hoʻonui i ʻelua ka lōʻihi o ko lākou kino a hoʻohana ʻia e hopu i ka mea pio. Ua uhi ʻia nā Chameleons i nā unahi e like me ka shingle, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou i kahi ʻano ʻōniʻoniʻo. He mau wāwae kūikawā ko lākou me nā manamana wāwae ʻelua e kuhikuhi ana i mua a ʻelua e kuhikuhi ana i hope, e hiki ai iā lākou ke paʻa i nā lālā me ka maʻalahi.
Nui Kameleona makua: Nā ʻano like ʻole e nā ʻano
He ʻokoʻa ka nui o ka chameleon ma muli o nā ʻano. ʻO nā kāmele liʻiliʻi he mau kenimika wale nō ka lōʻihi, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea nui loa hiki ke ulu a hiki i 70 kenimika. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻano chameleon liʻiliʻi ʻo Brookesia micra (ke ana he 2.9 knm wale nō) a me Rhampholeon spinosus (ke ana he 3.5 knm). ʻO nā ʻano chameleon nui loa ʻo ka Parson's chameleon (ke ana a hiki i 70 knm), ka Oustalet's chameleon (ke ana a hiki i 65 knm), a me ka Veiled chameleon (ke ana a hiki i 60 knm).
ʻO ka Chameleon liʻiliʻi loa: E hui me ka Brookesia Micra
ʻO ka Brookesia Micra kekahi o nā kāmele liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua, ʻo 2.9 kenimika wale nō ka lōʻihi. ʻO kēia chameleon liʻiliʻi he kamaʻāina ia no Madagascar a ua ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 2012. Ua ʻike ʻia no kona mau ʻalani a me ke keʻokeʻo a mālama pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he holoholona. ʻOiai kona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ua like nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Brookesia Micra e like me nā chameleons nui, ʻo ia hoʻi nā maka kaʻawale kūʻokoʻa a me kahi alelo lōʻihi a paʻa.
ʻO ka Chameleon Nui: The Parson's Chameleon
ʻO ka chameleon Parson ka ʻano chameleon nui loa ma ka honua, a hiki i 70 kenimika ka lōʻihi. He ʻano maoli kēia ʻano i Madagascar a ua ʻike ʻia no kona kala ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā ʻano kiwi like ʻole ma kona poʻo. ʻO ka chameleon o Parson kahi ʻano mea ʻai i nā lau a me nā inike. Mālama pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he holoholona, ʻoiai ʻo kona nui nui e lilo ia i holoholona paʻakikī e mālama pono.
Pehea e ana i ka Chameleon: Ua wehewehe ʻia nā ʻenehana
He hana paʻakikī ke ana ʻana i ka chameleon, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi inā ʻakaʻaka a huhū paha ka holoholona. ʻO kahi ala e ana i ka chameleon, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi lipine ana palupalu a ʻōwili mālie i ke kino o ka holoholona. ʻO kekahi ala ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā calipers e ana i ka lōʻihi o ke kino a me nā lālā o ka chameleon. He mea nui e mālama mālie i nā chameleons a pale aku i ke koʻikoʻi iā lākou i ka wā o ke ana ʻana.
Nā mea e pili ana i ka nui o ka Chameleon: Genetics and Environment
Hoʻopili ʻia ka nui o ka chameleon e nā genetics a me ke kaiapuni. He kuleana ko nā genetics i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka nui o ka chameleon, ʻoiai nā mea kaiapuni e like me ka mahana, ka haʻahaʻa, a me ka meaʻai e pili ana i ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana. Hiki i nā Chameleons i mālama ʻia i loko o ke pio ke keʻakeʻa i ka ulu ʻana inā ʻaʻole mālama ʻia lākou me ka mālama pono a me ke kaiapuni.
Ka Ulu a me ka Hoʻomohala ʻana: Nā ʻanuʻu ulu Chameleon
Hele nā Chameleons i nā ʻano ulu like ʻole i ko lākou wā oʻo, a loli ko lākou nui a me ka waihoʻoluʻu i ko lākou mau makahiki. ʻO ka maʻamau he mau kenimika wale nō ka lōʻihi a he ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha. I ko lākou oʻo ʻana, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ko lākou waihoʻoluʻu ʻana, a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomohala i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā hōʻailona. Hiki i nā Chameleons ke oʻo i ka moekolohe ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o kekahi mau ʻano.
Ka Nui a me ke Ola: Hoʻololi no ka Camouflage a me Predation
He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka nui o ka chameleon i kona ola ʻana, a he nui nā hoʻololi ʻana o nā chameleons e kōkua iā lākou e pale aku i nā mea ʻaihue a hoʻopololei iā lākou iho i ko lākou kaiapuni. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka peʻe ʻana i nā kāmele liʻiliʻi mai nā mea ʻaihue, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka ʻino o nā chameleons nui a hoʻohana paha i ko lākou nui e hoʻoweliweli i nā mea ʻaihue. Hiki i nā Chameleons ke hoʻololi i ka waihoʻoluʻu e hoʻohui i ko lākou puni, a ʻo kekahi mau ʻano i loaʻa nā hōʻailona kūʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā hiʻohiʻona e kōkua iā lākou e pale i ka ʻike.
Ka nui o ka Chameleon i ka pio: pehea e koho ai i ka pā pono
I ka mālama ʻana i nā chameleons i ke pio, he mea nui e hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi pā i kūpono i ko lākou nui a me nā pono. Hiki ke mālama ʻia nā kāmele liʻiliʻi i loko o kahi pā liʻiliʻi, aʻo nā kāmele nui aʻe e makemake i kahi ʻano ākea. Pono ka pā e hāʻawi i ka mālamalama kūpono, ka wela, a me ka haʻahaʻa e hoʻohālike i ka noho maoli o ka chameleon.
Ka hopena: mahalo i ka ʻokoʻa o ka nui o ka Chameleon
Hiki mai nā Chameleons i nā ʻano nui like ʻole, mai ka Brookesia Micra liʻiliʻi a i ka chameleon nui a Parson. He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka nui o ka chameleon i kāna ʻano hana, hānai hānai, a ola i ka nahele. Ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā kumu e hoʻohuli ai i ka nui o ka chameleon a me ke koho ʻana i ka pā kūpono no nā chameleon pio, hiki iā mākou ke mahalo i ka ʻokoʻa o kēia mau mea hoihoi a hōʻoia i ko lākou pono i kā mākou mālama.
