Manatees: He hōʻailona a me ka hoʻomanaʻo

Hoʻolauleʻa ka Ocean Foundation i ka mahina ʻo Marine Mammal i Pepeluali. Ma Florida, ʻo Nowemapa ka Manatee Awareness Month me ke kumu maikaʻi. ʻO ia ka manawa o ka makahiki e hoʻomaka ai nā manatees i kā lākou ʻauʻau ʻana i nā wai mehana a nui ka pilikia o ka hahau ʻia e nā poʻe waʻaʻa no ka mea ʻoiai ko lākou nui lokomaikaʻi, paʻakikī lākou e ʻike ke ʻole ʻoe e nānā pono iā lākou.

E like me kā Florida Wildlife Commission i ʻōlelo ai, “Ma kā lākou huakaʻi hele makahiki, ʻauʻau nā manatees, me nā makuahine a me kā lākou mau keiki bipi ma nā kahawai he nui o Florida, nā kai kūʻono a me nā wahi kahakai i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mahana mahana, ʻoi aku ka paʻa i loaʻa i nā pūnāwai wai, nā kahawai i hana ʻia e ke kanaka a me nā kahe o ka mana. ʻAʻole like me nā dolphins a me nā mea momona ʻē aʻe o ka moana, ʻaʻohe o nā manatees i ka blubber maoli e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā wai ma lalo o 68 degere Fahrenheit, no laila pono lākou e ʻimi i nā wai mahana i ko lākou neʻe ʻana e ola i ke anuanu hoʻoilo.

ʻO ka hapa nui o mākou ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā palena waʻa o Florida e hele i ka hopena ma Nowemapa 15th, nā kapu i hoʻolālā ʻia e pale i nā manatees. Akā naʻe, he hōʻailona manatees o nā mea a pau a mākou e alo ai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pilina kanaka i ke kai, a he aha ka manatees olakino e hana ai i nā moana olakino.  

He mau herbivores ka Manatees, ʻo ia hoʻi ke hilinaʻi nei lākou i nā lau nahele maikaʻi a me nā mea kanu wai ʻē aʻe no kā lākou ʻai. Pono nā ʻuʻu kai ulu i ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ka wai maʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe, a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka haunaele mai nā hana kanaka. Pono e hoʻoponopono koke ʻia nā ʻeleʻele propeller mai ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka lepo i mea e pale aku ai i ka ʻino a me ka pōʻino hou aku i kēia mau wahi i noho ai nā lio kai, nā iʻa ʻōpio, a me nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe no ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ko lākou ola.  

Eia ma The Ocean Foundation ua hana mākou me nā ʻepekema a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaopopo a pale i nā manatees a me nā wahi noho a lākou e hilinaʻi ai ma Florida, ma Cuba, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ma o kā mākou papahana SeaGrass Grow, hāʻawi mākou i ka manawa e kōkua ai i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā lau nahele a hoʻopau i kā lākou kapuaʻi kalapona i ka manawa like. Ma o kā mākou Marine Mammal Initiative, ʻae mākou i ko mākou kaiāulu e ʻākoakoa e kākoʻo i nā papahana mammal moana maikaʻi loa e loaʻa iā mākou.