He ʻokoʻa nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa ma ka nui, kaʻai a me ka nohona, akā kokoke i nā ʻano āpau o ia mau māmela he pō. Nui nā kaʻao, nā kaʻao a me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i kēia mau holoholona.
I ka makahiki 600 BC. e Ua haʻi aku ka mea kākau Helene ʻo Aesop i kahi kaʻao e pili ana i ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa nāna i hōʻaiʻē kālā e hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī. Ua holo pono ʻole ka hoʻolālā a ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa, a ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e peʻe i ka lā holoʻokoʻa i ʻole e ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe āna i noi ai i kālā. Wahi a ka kaao o Aesop, i ka pō wale nō e hana ai kēia mau māmela.
Ua ʻike nā ʻepekema hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka anticoagulant i ka lihi o ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa vampire i ka wā e hiki mai ana e mālama i ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻāʻo nā ʻepekema mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e "kope" i nā ʻenemika i loko o ka lihi o ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa vampire e pale ai i ka puʻuwai puʻuwai.
1. Aia nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa ma waena o ka poʻe kahiko o ka honua. Wahi a nā hopena noiʻi, ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa hua mua ma ka Honua ma mua o 50 miliona mau makahiki i hala. Me ka evolution, ʻaʻole i loli waho kēia mau māmela i waho.
2. ʻAi kahi ʻōpeʻapeʻa liʻiliʻi a i 600 mau makika i kēlā me kēia hola. Inā mākou e hoʻokokoke i kēia i ke kaupaona o ke kanaka, a laila ua like kēia ʻāpana me 20 mau pizzas. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe momona o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa. ʻO ka wikiwiki o kā lākou metabolism hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau pono i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mango, maiʻa a hua paha i 20 mau minuke.
3. 'Aʻole like me nā manu, kahi o ka swing e laweʻia e ka forelimb holoʻokoʻa,' ōpeʻa nā peʻa i ko lākou mau manamana lima hoʻolaha.
4. ʻO ka hui manaʻo nui e ʻae i nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa e hoʻokele i kahi ākea ke lohe nei. Hoʻohana pū kēia mau māmela i ka eolocation. ʻIke lākou i nā kani i nā alapine hiki ʻole i nā kānaka, a laila unuhi ʻia i nā leo.
5. ʻAʻole makapō nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa. ʻIke ka hapa nui o lākou, a ʻano makaʻala kekahi mau ʻano i ke kukui ultraviolet.
6. Hele i ka pō nā pō, a i ke ao e hiamoe lākou i lalo i lalo, a hāʻule i ka makaʻu.
7. Ua manaʻo lōʻihi ʻia nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa he mau mea lawehala a ʻano pohihihi hoʻi no ka mea noho lākou i nā wahi a ka poʻe e makaʻu ai. Eia kekahi, puka wale lākou me ka hoʻomaka o ka pouli a nalo i ke alaula.
8. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa o ka ʻohana vampire e inu ana i ke koko ma ʻEulopa. Noho wale lākou ma ʻAmelika Hema a me Central America. Inu kēlā ʻiole vampire i ke koko o nā holoholona nui a me nā manu, akā i kekahi manawa hoʻouka lākou i ka poʻe hiamoe. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokē ʻai ma mua o 2 mau lā. ʻImi kēia ʻōpeʻapeʻa i kā lākou mea pio me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea loaʻa infrared kūikawā, a lohe pū lākou i ka hanu o kā lākou mea pio.
9. Hana ʻia nā ʻēheu o nā opeapea e nā iwi manamana, i uhi ʻia me ka ʻili lahilahi. ʻO nā membrane ma nā ʻeheu o ia mau holoholona e noho ma kahi o 95% o ko lākou kino. Mahalo iā lākou, hoʻoponopono ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ka mahana o ke kino, ke kahe o ke koko, ka hoʻololi kinoea a me ke kaulike wai i kona kino.
10. Ma Iāpana a me Kina, he hōʻailona ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa o ka hauʻoli. Ma ka ʻōlelo Pākē, like nā huaʻōlelo "bat" a me "luck".
11. Manaʻo ka poʻe he nui e ola kēlā mau holoholona i nā makahiki he 10-15. Akā ʻo kekahi ʻano ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ka nāhelehele ola a 30 mau makahiki.
12. Hiki i nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa ke hoʻololi i ko lākou kino mahana e 50 kekelē. I ka wā o ka huli holoholona, lohi kā lākou metabolism i kekahi manawa, a hiki i kēia mau holoholona mehana koko ke hoʻopaʻa i ka mokuʻāina o nā icicle.
13. ʻO ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa puaʻa liʻiliʻi i kaupaona ʻia he 2 gram, a ʻo ka ʻalopeke kalaunu gula nui loa he 1600 gram.
14. ʻO ka ʻūheu o kēlā mau māmela e hōʻea ana mai 15 a 170 cm.
15. ʻOiai ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui, ʻaʻohe ʻiʻo ʻōpeʻapeʻo i nā kūlohelohe. ʻO ka weliweli olakino nui loa no kēlā mau māmela e hele mai ana mai ka "maʻi ihu keʻokeʻo". Pepehi ka maʻi i mau ʻōpeʻapeʻa miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia ʻano maʻi e kahi fungus, kahi e hoʻopili ai i nā ʻēheu a me ka waha o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ka wā o kā lākou hibernation.
16. E like me nā pōpoki, hoʻomaʻemaʻe nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa iā lākou iho. Hoʻolālā lākou i ka manawa i ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pilikino. ʻO kekahi ʻano ʻōpeʻapeʻa e mālama pū kekahi i kekahi. Ma waho o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ko lākou kino ponoʻī mai ka lepo, hakakā nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i nā parasites i kēia ala.
17. Noho nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i nā ʻāina āpau koe ʻo Antarctica. Noho lākou i nā wahi āpau mai ka Arctic Circle a i Argentina.
18. Huli ke poʻo o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i nā kekeke he 180, a hoʻohuli ʻia ko lākou mau lālā hope me ko lākou mau kuli i hope.
19. ʻO Cave Bracken, aia ma ʻAmelike Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika, kahi home o nā kolone ʻōpeʻapeʻa nui loa o ka honua. ʻO ia kahi home ma kahi o 20 miliona mau kānaka, kahi like like me ka helu o nā kamaʻāina o Shanghai.
20. Nui nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa makua he 1 wale nō bipi keiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻAi nā pēpē hou āpau i ka waiū mai ka hānau ʻana a 6 mau mahina. I kēia makahiki ua lilo lākou i nui o ko lākou mau mākua.
21. He ʻohiʻohi hōʻohiʻohi. Mahalo iā lākou, pau nā mea kolo hoʻoweliweli i nā mea kanu. Pēlā e mālama ai nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i nā mea nona ka ʻāina a i $ 4 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
22. Loaʻa i nā pīpeʻe kā lākou lā nui iho. Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ia i kēlā me kēia makahiki i Kepakemapa. ʻO nā kaiāulu nā mea hoʻomaka o kēia hanana. No laila ua hoʻāʻo lākou e pale i ka poʻe mai poina e pale aku i kēia mau māmela.
23. ʻAʻole kupu kekahi mau ʻanoʻano ke ʻole lākou e hele i loko o ka ʻōnaehana digestive o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa. Hoʻolahalaha nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i nā hua miliona e komo i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū mai nā hua pala. Ma kahi o 95% o ka waoakua i hoʻōla ʻia i ulu aʻe mai kēia mau holoholona.
24. Ke hoʻomaka ka hibernate pepeiao e hibernate, hana lākou i 18 mau puʻuwai puʻuwai i kēlā me kēia minuke, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 880 mau pā i ka wā e ala ana.
25. Kuhi ʻia ka ʻiʻo ʻōpeʻapeʻa huaʻai ma Guam. ʻO ka ʻimi holoholona no kēia mau mea i lawe mai i kā lākou helu i kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai i loko o ka papa inoa o nā ʻano mea ʻane pau. ʻO ka maʻamau o ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ke aupuni o Guam i koe a hiki i kēia manawa, a no laila ke lawe ʻia mai nei ka ʻiʻo ʻōpeʻapeʻa mai nā ʻāina ʻē.
26. ʻOiai i ke kau anuanu, hoʻomehana i nā ʻōpeʻape me ka ʻole o kekahi. Nui nā ʻeheu o lākou, a no laila hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopuni maʻalahi i ko lākou kino holoʻokoʻa me lākou. Ma ke ʻano he hopena o kēia, kū ka hoʻokaʻawale piha, kahi e ʻae ʻole ai i kēia mau holoholona e paʻa i ke hau.
27. ʻAʻole hele mai ka ʻūlū e nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa mai kā lākou waha mai. ʻŪlū ka nui o kēia mau mea ola me ko lākou mau ihu.
Hoʻolohe mau nā peʻa i kā lākou alakaʻi ponoʻī.
29. Kāhea ʻia ka ex Batement he "guano" a he mea hoʻomomona ia i nā wahi tropical i nui me ka nui o ka nitrogen a me ka phosphorus.
30. I kēia lā, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 1,100 mau ʻano ʻōpeʻapeʻa, e hoʻolilo ana iā lākou i hapahā o ka papa mammalian holoʻokoʻa.
