Hiki ke hoʻololi ke kiʻi kiʻi?

Piʻi ka Honua ma kahi lōʻihi me ka ʻokoʻa loa me ka mahina. He polar bear i pae ʻia ma luna o kahi ʻāpana hau e lana ana. He pelican i pulu i ka aila.

He aha ka like o kēia mau kiʻi a pau? Ua lawelawe ʻia kēlā me kēia ma ke ʻano he helehelena no ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaiapuni.

ʻO ka paʻakikī nui loa o ka mālama kai? Loaʻa ʻole ka ʻike a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea e hele ana ma lalo o ka wai. Hiki i ke kiʻi kiʻi ke hoʻomanaʻo iā mākou i ke kumu e pono ai mākou e hana a pau e mālama i ka nani.

Holo ka heʻe ma ka mokupuni ʻo San Miguel. (c) Richard Salas

Ma The Ocean Foundation, maopopo iā mākou ka mana o nā kiʻi. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia mākou e Wolcott Henry, he mea paʻi kiʻi no National Geographic. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Henry i ka Marine Photobank i ka makahiki 2001, kahi pūnaewele e hāʻawi ana i nā kiʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka hopena o ke kanaka i ke kai moana. Ua hele mai ka manaʻo mai nā makahiki o ka ʻike ʻana i nā kiʻi i hoʻohana ʻia i nā puke paʻi kālā ʻole i nele i ka hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka mālama.

He mea koʻikoʻi ka poʻe paʻi kiʻi akamai i ka haʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo o nā mea e hana nei ma lalo o ka ʻili a me ke kumu e pono ai mākou e pale.

Ua hauʻoli wau i ka noho ʻana me ka hoaaloha, ka mea hāʻawi a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi i lalo o ka wai, ʻo Richard Salas, i kēia pule i hala ma Santa Barbara.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Salas i kāna ʻoihana kiʻi kiʻi ma hope o ka huki ʻana o kahi kumu kula kiʻekiʻe iā ia a ʻōlelo iā ia e hui pū i kāna hana. Ua paʻi kekahi mea, a ua ho'ōkiʻo ia i ka "hoʻopau manawa" a hahai i kona makemake no ke kiʻi.

ʻAʻole a hiki i ke kulanui i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hele i lalo o ka wai, a aloha ʻo ia i ka honua ma lalo o ka ʻili.

Ma hope o ke kulanui, ua ʻimi ʻo ia i nā kiʻi pāʻoihana ma mua o 30 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻohuli ʻia kona ola i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai kāna wahine aloha ʻo Rebecca (ʻo ia hoʻi aʻu i hauʻoli ai e hui ai) i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi i ka makahiki 2004. Me kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua hoʻi hou ʻo ia i kāna makemake lōʻihi - ke kiʻi i lalo o ka wai.

ʻO Richard Salas a me kāna wahine ʻo Rebecca, nāna i kōkua iā ia e hoʻi hou i loko o ka wai.

Ua paʻi ʻo Salas i kahi trilogy o lalo o ka wai, piha i nā kiʻi kupaianaha o ko mākou honua huna ʻia ma lalo o ka ʻili. Me kāna hoʻohana akamai i ka mālamalama, hopu ʻo ia i ke ʻano o nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia iā mākou. Hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna kiʻi kiʻi e hoʻopili i nā kānaka me kēia mau mea ola, a loaʻa ka manaʻo o ka mahalo a me ke kuleana no ko lākou pono.

Hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo Salas i 50% o ka loaʻa kālā o ka puke i The Ocean Foundation. E kūʻai i kāna mau puke ʻaneʻi.

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Mea punahele e kiʻi?

ʻO ka Steller Sea Lion kaʻu mea punahele loa e kiʻi. He 700 paona ʻīlio ʻīlio ʻaʻole lākou e haʻalele iā ʻoe. ʻO kā lākou hoihoi a me ka pāʻani he hauʻoli a paʻakikī hoʻi e hopu i ka wā e paʻi ʻia a hopu ʻia i ka manawa āpau. Aloha au i ko lākou helehelena a me nā maka nīnau nui.

Ke nānā aku nei kekahi liona kai hōkū pāʻani i ka pahupaʻikiʻi. (c) Richard Salas 

He aha ka mea nani loa āu i pana ai?

ʻO nā kukui Manta kekahi o nā holoholona maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iaʻu ka hanohano e kaʻana like i ke kai. He 18 kapuaʻi ke ākea a me 3600 paona. Holo lākou me ka maʻalahi o ka hula ʻana o Martha Graham ma nā lewa wai. I kekahi manawa ua kū kekahi i ka nānā ʻana i koʻu mau maka a lilo ia i ʻike ʻuhane, kahi kamaʻilio ʻike maka mai kekahi ʻano a i kekahi.

He holoholona āu i ʻike ʻole ai i kēia manawa āu e manaʻo nei e hopu ma ka pahupaʻikiʻi?

ʻAʻole au e noho pū me kahi kohola humpback a ke kakali nei au i kēlā lā me ka manaʻo nui a me ka hauʻoli. Ua lohe au i kā lākou mau mele a ua ʻike wau i ka haʻalulu ʻana ma koʻu kino, he hauʻoli maikaʻi ia iaʻu. ʻO ka noho ʻana i loko o ka wai me kekahi o kēia mau pilikua nani a ʻo ke kiʻi ʻana iā lākou he moeʻuhane ola.

He aha kou manaʻo he kiʻi maikaʻi?

ʻO kēlā me kēia kiʻi e hoʻoulu ai i ka manaʻo mai ka mea nānā aku he kiʻi maikaʻi.

ʻO kahi shawl nudibranch Spanish, ʻo kona inoa mai kona ʻano ʻauʻau, kahi i hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka poʻe ʻepekema i nā shawl fringed i hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea hula flamenco. (c) Richard Salas 

Inā he holoholona ʻoe ma ke kai ʻo wai kāu e koho ai?

Manaʻo wau he kohola Orca ka mea hoihoi loa. He ʻohana nui lākou a he haku o ke kai. He poe akamai loa lakou. He mea leʻaleʻa ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe a pau i loko o ka pā a ʻauʻau i nā kai o ka honua me koʻu ʻohana a me koʻu mau hoaaloha.

ʻIke ʻoe i kekahi mea kikoʻī i loko o ka moana e hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe?

Hoʻouna mau ka ʻōpala iaʻu i loko o kahi huelo noʻonoʻo, a me nā holoholona me kā mākou ʻōpala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ko lākou ʻāʻī, nā wāwae, a i ʻole nā ​​hope. I ka ʻike ʻana i nā pūnaewele luʻu aʻu i luʻu ai ma hope i ka makahiki 70 i kēia manawa me ka ʻole o ke ola. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā manō make a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe i hopu ʻia i nā ʻupena lawaiʻa i hoʻolei ʻia.

Peʻe kahi pāpaʻi hilahila kamera ma hope o kahi ʻāpana kelp. (c) Richard Salas 

He kūlana weliweli? He mea ʻakaʻaka?

ʻO ke kūlana pōʻino wale nō aʻu i loaʻa ai, ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana iaʻu iho ma 90 kapuaʻi ma lalo o ka ilika e hoʻoponopono ana i kaʻu mau mea hana a ua paʻi koke ʻia me ke kaumaha o ke kino piha o kekahi luʻu ʻē aʻe ʻoiai ʻo ia e piholo wikiwiki ana. Ua maikaʻi māua i ka wā i hoʻōki ai au i kona iho ʻana. ʻO kaʻu ʻike, ʻo nā holoholona weliweli loa ma lalo o ka wai he kanaka.

ʻO ke kūlana leʻaleʻa ke nānā aku nei i kaʻu keiki e wehe i kāna mau hope a "holo" a puni i ke one o lalo o ke kai me ka neʻe mālie. Me he mea lā ʻo ia ke lele ʻana i ka mahina, a ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kona maʻalahi pāʻani a me ka hauʻoli maʻemaʻe i ka noho ʻana ma lalo o ka wai e ʻakaʻaka mau iaʻu.

He aha nā pilikia āu e kū nei ma lalo o ke kai me ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi ma ka ʻāina?

ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hanu ma laila me ka lawe ʻole ʻana i kaʻu lako ea ponoʻī, no laila, loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa e iho ai i laila a ʻike ʻia he pōkole loa. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mālamalama ma lalo o ka wai, no laila pono wau e lawe mai i loko o ia mea. ʻAʻole hui pū ka wai paʻakai a me ka uila uila. He paʻakikī ka mālama ʻana i ka mehana i loko o ka wai 41 degere, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele wale e hoʻokomo i kahi pālule. ʻO nā wahi aʻu e makemake ai e luʻu, he waiwai nui ka meaʻai a piha i ke ola, akā ʻo ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa he palena ʻike, ʻo ia ka paʻakikī mau.

ʻAu ka luʻu ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka manō koholā. (c) Richard Salas