Ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i nā spiders, ke kiʻi pinepine nei mākou i nā pūnaewele o nā pūnāwai a lākou e hoʻohana ai e hopu i kā lākou mea pio. I kēia manawa, hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou i paʻi ʻia ma Ecology and Evolution i kahi ala ʻē aʻe e hoʻohana ai ka spider i kāna milo—ua ʻike ʻia kekahi ʻano ma Madagascar e humuhumu pū ana i nā lau e hana i kahi pahele e pahele ai i kahi rana.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻokoʻa he ʻike ulia i hana ʻia e kahi hui o nā mea noiʻi e alakaʻi ana i nā haʻawina kaiaola ma Madagascar. I kekahi kakahiaka, ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka helu manu ma Ambodiala, ʻike lākou i kahi spider (Sparassidae, Damastes sp.) e ʻai ana i kahi rana. ʻAʻole lohe ʻia nā invertebrates e hopu ana i nā vertebrates, akā manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi ʻo kā lākou hōʻike hoʻokahi o nā mea ʻelua wale nō e wehewehe i kēlā predation ma Madagascar.
Ua ʻike ʻia ke ʻano o ka spider i ʻekolu mau manawa ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui ma nā mahi kanu vanilla a puni ka ʻāina. ʻO ka mea hoihoi loa, ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻāwīwī a pau ma kahi kokoke a i ʻole ma loko o kahi huna o nā lau i “hui ʻia” me ke kaula. Ua wehe ʻia nā hale hoʻomalu ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e like me nā wahi peʻe ʻoluʻolu no nā rana, i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e ka lā ʻo Madagascar, ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo e peʻe ana kahi spider i loko.
Ua ʻike ka spider mua e ʻai ana i ka rana e hoʻi i kona wahi peʻe lau i ka wā e hele mai ana nā mea noiʻi e paʻi kiʻi. Kokoke a i ʻole i loko o nā pā lau like ʻole nā manawelewele i koe. ʻAʻole lākou e hōʻike i kahi makemake no kekahi mau lāʻau, no ka mea, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā lau o nā kumulāʻau like ʻole i ka hana o ka hana ʻana i ia mau wahi peʻe. ʻO ka mea e hoʻopili ai iā lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua "huʻi ʻia" lākou a pau me ke kaula silika o nā spiders.
"Ke piʻi aʻe ka mahana, ʻimi nā rana i ka malu a peʻe mai ka lepo, kahi i hāʻawi ʻia e nā spider ma ke ʻano o ka malu," i kākau ai nā mea kākau i kā lākou pepa. “Hiki i nā rana ke koho i nā pahele i pale ʻia i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hūnā mai nā mea ʻaihue ʻē aʻe, e like me nā manu e ʻimi nei i nā mea kanu no ka mea ʻai ... Manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole hiki i nā amphibians ke lilo wale i manawa kūpono, manaʻo ʻole a i ʻole nā mea pōʻino, akā ua hoʻohana pono i nā kumu meaʻai o nā spiders. Damastes sp.
Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe noiʻi i nā palena o ke aʻo ʻana, ʻoiai hoʻokahi wale nō ʻike i hana ʻia e kahi spider e ʻai ana i kahi rana. Hoʻomaopopo pū lākou i ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā mea nui e like me ka rana e ka maka kanaka a ʻaʻole pono e lawe ʻia i mea hōʻike he ʻano maʻamau kēia. Eia nō naʻe, he mea kupanaha ka ʻano o nā spider e "humuhumu" i nā lau i mea e hoʻomaha ai.
Kiʻi: Me he mea lā, ua lilo nā hale hoʻomaha mālie i pahele no kekahi mau holoholona. Kiʻi: Thio R Fulgence et al (2020), Ecology and Evolution
Puna: IFLScience – ʻIke ʻia ʻo Madagascan Spider i ka humuhumu ʻana i nā lau no ka hana ʻana i ka pahele hoʻowalewale no nā rana.
