No Na Honu Kai (Sea Turtles) Sea turtles figure prominently in native Hawaiian life. They are featured in mythology, petroglyphs, and as aumakua (personal family gods and guardians). Turtles are reptiles, the same as lizards, geckos and snakes. Like all reptiles, turtles have scaly, dry skin but unlike their crocodile and snake relatives, turtles have no teeth. Turtles have a shell, called a carapace, that protects them from their enemies. Many turtles can pull their bodies into the shell making it impossible for predators to harm them. Most turtles spend their lives on or near the land or in fresh water. There is one group of turtles, however, that spends almost all of its life in the ocean: the sea turtle. The sea turtle, unlike most other turtles, cannot pull its head and flippers into its shell and its legs have changed to become more like a fish's fins. You can learn more about our Hawaiian sea turtles by reading this book and coloring the pictures. Have fun!
No na Honu Kai Pili na honu kai i ke ola o na kanaka maoli o Hawai'i. Ke ola nei lakou ma loko o na mo'olelo, na ki'i pohaku a ma ka 'ano he aumaakua. He mo'o no ka honu e like me na mo'o like 'ole a me na hese. E like me na mo'o like 'ole, he 'ili luehu ko ka honu aka, oko'a ka honu mai ka hesa a me ke kelekokile ma muli o nele 'ana o ka niho o ka honu. He pupu ko ka honu, nona ka inoa una, e palekane pono i kona maua 'enemi. He nui na 'ano honu ke komo iho i loko o ko lakou una, 'a'ole hiki i kona mau 'enemi ke hana'ino ia ia. He nui na honu e ola ma ka 'aina a i'ole ma loko o ka wai. Aka, noho ho'okahi o na 'ano honu ma loko o kai, 'o ia ho'i ka honu kai. No ka honu kai, 'a'ole hiki ia ia ke pe'e pono i kona po'o a me kona mau hui i loko o kona una. Ua ho'ololi 'ia kona mau wawae ma ke 'ano he mau hui. Hiki ia 'oe ke a'o aku e pili ana i na honu kai ma ka heluhelu 'ana mai i keia puke, a me mai ka ho'okala 'ana i na ki'i. E ho'onanea mai!
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