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[edit] 'Okina exclusion
I removed the portion about how the island is pronounced "Molokai" outside of Hawaiian and Hawaiian English since this was only listed with the island of O'ahu. Many of us on Molokai pronounce the island name without the 'okina. I was told by not one but by two people later in life that they heard of how since pronunciation of the island's name in the song "Molokai Nui a Hina" did people begin pronouncing it incorrectly. Many of the old Hawaiians on the island who speak Hawaiian do not insert the 'okina in the island's name. I cannot remember if Kupuna Kauwila, of whom I learned Hawaiian from pronounces it or not. I'll have to find out. But for most part, people do not pronounce it especially in colloquial speech. It has to do with the meaning behind the name although that was one person's version of the story. Mamoahina 00:58, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- Very interesting story. It would be nice to get this correct or at least detail the variants. Of course most people on Oahu pronounce that island name (and Molokai) without the okina as well, but they are doing so out of ignorance - Marshman 05:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Molokai picture from Kaanapali
Whoever posted the photo of Molokai from Kaanapali better make sure they posted the correct photo. I would say that it looks like Lanai, however if it is actually taken from Kaanapali, the shape of Molokai looks different especially since Molokai is known for its seacliffs on the northern side, almost the entire northern side of the island which would be on the right hand side of the photo. If you look at that photo, it doesn't show that. Plus the mountains (Kamakou) are tall and this particular photo doesn't show tall mountains. Mamoahina 14:50, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- This photo shows the correct island. (I took it in series with other ones of Lana'i, Kaho'olawe, and Molokini from the west coast of Maui.) When you're at Ka'anapali, you're looking at Moloka'i to your northwest (which is to say, from a southeast angle), so you shouldn't be able to see the cliffs on the northern side of the island. Also, the mountains may be tall, but the highest point is not even one mile high, so I don't know what you're expecting to find when you look at it. This image may help to orient you in terms of what angle you're looking at Molokai from (it's just north of Lahaina, which is marked on the map). --Makaristos 17:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- You can distinctly see the mountains of Molokai and gulches that are numerous in Mana'e, Molokai. It's easy to mistake Lanai for Molokai when you're on the western portion of Maui, but coming from Molokai and knowing how the eastern portion of the island is, I have to say that that photo isn't Molokai. The shape of Lanai's mountain is very, very familiar to me since i saw it all the time daily. I found some other views of Molokai taken from Kaanapali.
http://images.vrbo.com/vrbo/images/25662 That photo above is what I remember seeing from Waialua, where the ocean gets bluer and is deeper since you are farther from the reef. This next link below is not a clear photo but the shape of those mountains is what I distinctly remember and how you can tell the islands apart. http://www.lokelanimaui.com/Images/LvRm%20Lanai%20to%20Molokai.jpg Only other suggestion I have is to use GOOGLE EARTH and start from Kaanapali and you'll see what I mean by the shape of the mountains. Mamoahina 21:58, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Types of non-native animals on Molokai Ranch
Does anyone know of an inventory of imported animals (mammals primarily) in Molokai Ranch? Most web references I've found have been only for axis deer, although there are some notes about a variety of "African mammals" including giraffes that were once there when the Ranch ran "safaris" but they've been moved off the island. When I was mountain-biking there recently, I saw a huge herd of what I thought were prong-horn deer or gazelle move by, but didn't get a picture as it was raining.
