He aha ka mea a kēia mau hōiho eʻai ai
ʻO ka mole he pest e hoʻohana ana i nā kumu a hoʻoweliweli i kou lau. Akā, pēlā keʻano . No laila he aha ka mea likeʻole ma waena o kahi mole a me kahi vole? A no ke aha he mea nui eʻike i kaʻokoʻa?
E hoʻomaka kākou i kaʻikeʻana o kēia mau'ōpiopioʻelua. ʻO kahi vole ( Myodes ) pili loa i ke kiʻi maʻamau i loko o ko kāua mau manaʻo i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai mākou i kaʻiole. Hiki i nā kānaka i hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻoleʻia i kaʻikeʻana i kēia mau mea ke manaʻo i ka mea like me nā moa, e like me ka Eastern mole ( Scalopus aquaticus ), ma muli o ka nui o ke kino a me ke kala o ka hulu.
Akā ināʻoe e nānā pono i nā maka o kahi mole, eʻikeʻoe i ke keʻa ma mua. ʻO ka maka o ka mole (ma keʻano o ka mea iʻikeʻia e mākou) he ihu a me ka waha wale nō. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻike maka i nā maka a me nā pepeiao, keʻano e hana aiʻoe i kahi lele a maʻole paha. He mau maka a he pepeiao ko ka holoholona, akā ua kanuʻia lākou ma lalo o kona huelo, iʻole e komo i lepo. Ke liloʻoe i ka manawa ma lalo o ka mole e like me ke mole, he kūpono loa ia i ka nānāʻana o kou mau maka a me kou pepeiao i kēiaʻano. ʻO kekahi mea make i hāʻawiʻia eʻike i ka mole ka mea mua loa (hoʻohanaʻia i kaʻeliʻana).
Keʻai nei lākou i nā mea kanu?
ʻO ka meaʻaiʻoi aku o ka mole he carnivorous. Māiʻi ka mole i nā ilo, nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi, a me nā'ōpū makua. ʻAʻole lākou he mō'ī, no ka mea, i kaʻaiʻana i ka meaʻai, ke kū'ē pinepine i kā mākou mau mea kanu. No laila, inā eʻoki ana nā mea pupuhi mai loko mai o kāu mau mea kanu, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i nā iwi. Akā, e hana nā'ōpena i nā mole o ka mole i lalo iho o kāu mau mea kanu a kohu i ko lākou mau aʻa, no laila hiki i nā moles ke hana i ka hanaʻinoʻino,ʻaʻole naʻe lākou eʻai i nā mea kanu.
ʻO ka hua, ma keʻano likeʻole, he koʻokoʻo. Hiki ke lele ma kahi kumu o kahi kumu lāʻau, a ma kahi o ka hoʻoilo. Pēlā i kūʻai aku ai nā mea kāpili kila i ka paleʻana i ka pōʻino kūlohelohe. Hiki paha i kahi vole ke hōʻino i nā pua pua pua a me nā kīlaʻau ma ka māla. Akā,ʻo ka hapanui, eʻai ka'ōpala i nā aʻa a me nā lau o ka lau nahele. ʻO nā holo wāwae i haʻaleleʻia i loko o ka papa hana hana no ka lau nahele laʻaʻole,ʻoiaiʻaʻole nā kumu e waiho ma hope o nā puʻu lepo nui,ʻo ke ala e hana ai.
Hiki i nā voles ke hōʻinoʻino i nā kumu lāʻau a me nā kumu liʻiliʻi ma ka'ōmole i loko o kā lākou mau pūnaewele, e hoʻomohala i nā'ōpiopio'ōpio i ka hoʻihoʻiʻana iʻole e hoʻomaka paha.
No ke aha he mea nui eʻike ai i kaʻokoʻa ma waena o kahi mole a me kahi vole? Eia kekahi kumu:
Ināʻikeʻoe he mea nui ka meaʻai i ka mole, akāʻo ka mea nui loa he meaʻai i ka meaʻai,ʻikeʻoeʻaʻole lākou eʻaeʻia i nā mea likeʻole (inā e hoʻoholo e ho'āʻo e hopu i kekahi o kēia mau mea hōʻailona). Hiki i kahi hua ke kiʻiʻia i ka pata pīnopa e like me ka paunu; ʻO ka moleʻaʻole loa.
Nāʻona like like: Pocket Gophers a me nā'ū
ʻElua mau mea maʻi'ē aʻe i hoʻoheneheneʻia e nā poʻe hoʻomaka i nā manawa a me nā mele a:
- Hoʻopiliʻia nā pocket.
- Nā Kikū.
E like me ka hīmeni,ʻo ke gopher ( Thomomys ) he koʻokoʻo a nānā aku i kaʻiole, akā me nā niho nunui. Kūleʻa lākou i loko o ka lepo, waiho lākou i nā puʻu o ka puʻu ma luna o kou lau nahele e like me ka lio liohoe. Pono nā mea kanu e hopohopo no lākou, no ko lākouʻai. Keʻai nei lākou i nā mea kanu i lalo (no ka mea,ʻo nā aʻa) a me nā mea kanu o uka (e like me nā laʻana).
He nui nāʻano kuhi likeʻole, a heʻano likeʻole ko lākou helehelena. E kiʻi kākou i ke kuʻokoʻa pokole o Northern ( Blarina brevicauda ) ma keʻano he kumu.
Hiki ke noʻonoʻoʻia kēiaʻano kānalua, ma keʻano o konaʻano, i waena o kahi mole a me kaʻiole, akā,ʻoi aku ka pili loa i nā kole (ʻaʻole he koʻokoʻo). Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kona mau maka a me kona mau pepeiao, akā uaʻuʻuku. He lōʻihi lōʻihi kona niho a me nā niho'ākau. Hāpai nā welu i nā'okena,ʻaʻole nā mea kanu , no lailaʻaʻole pono nā māra e nānā iā lākou he mea pale. ʻAʻole lākou e pilawila, no laila, palekana kou lau nahele me nā kuhi.