Earth and Space News: Ka'upu Black-Footed Albatrosses Avert Magnum's A Bullet Named Fate

Summary: Ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses are Makahiki Hawaiian Thanksgiving icons that argue against Magnum's A Bullet Named Fate Nov. 22, 2019.

ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) on Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean; scan of undated old print originally uploaded to English Wikipedia Friday, Nov. 2, 2007: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

Ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses, as ancient avian aspects and augurs of amicable Makahiki Hawaiian Thanksgivings, are absent from Magnum PI action drama television series episode A Bullet Named Fate Nov. 22, 2019.

Director Doug Hannah and writers Scarlett Lacey and Neil Tolkin bring into Season Two's ninth episode barricades and bullets that never belonged in ancient Hawaiian Thanksgivings. The series' 29th episode overall concerns a case that converts Robin's Nest security consultant Thomas Magnum's (Jay Hernandez) colleague, Harry Brown (William Forsythe), into a casualty. It deals with Island Choppers owner-operator Theodore Calvin (Stephen Hill) and Robin's Nest cultural curator Kumu Tuileta (Amy Hill) defending a sacred site against non-sacred development.

The ancient Hawaiian Thanksgiving, makahiki (from same-spelled Hawaiian, "year"), from October or November through February or March, entailed peace, religion and sports, without fighting or fishing.

The Makahiki Hawaiian Thanksgiving featured an akua loa (from same-spelled Hawaiian, "image long" literally) that fashioned a two-fathom (12-foot) staff from bark, feathers, skins and wood.

Long-traveled images gathered ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) feathers, kapa (from same-spelled Hawaiian, "[cloth] edge") banners from wauke (Broussonetia papyrifera) and pala'ā ferns (Sphenomeris chinensis). They sometimes harbored alternative kala (Rubus hawaiensis), ākalakala (R. macraei), hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), ma'aloa (Neraudia melastomifolia), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), ōpuhe (Urera) or 'ulu (Artocarpus altilis) kapa. They included exclusively ka'upu feathers and skins and pala'ā ferns and variably breadfruit (Artocarpus), hibiscus, mulberry (Broussonetia), nettle (Neraudia, Pipturus, Urera) or raspberry (Rubus), stone-pounded kapa.

Ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses journey through 12- to 40-year life cycles from October-gestated, November- and December-incubated, January- and February-hatched one-egg clutches per couple per yearly mating.

Broken, infertile and stolen eggs kindle no relaying that year by ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses, monogamous pairs within massive colonies that annual mating seasons keep together.

Shallow scrapes in the upper reaches of sandy beaches lodge each pair's seasonal egg and, in rotating, successive one-day maternal, three-week paternal round-the-clock shifts, each egg's parents. They manage 12.43- to 18.64-mile (20- to 30-kilometer) offshore forages to maintain their hatchlings on fatty acids and nutrients in regurgitated flying fish eggs and squid. Ka'upu black-footed albatrosses, noted by John Audubon (April 26, 1785-Jan, 27, 1851), need four to five months to fledge and five to seven years to mature.

Ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses, organized as Phoebastria nigripes (from Greek Φοίβάστρια, "prophetess" and Latin niger, "black" and pēs, "foot"), offer white-lined bills and undertails as juveniles.

Mature ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses present 6.25- to 7.72-pound (2.8- to 3.5-kilogram), 25.19- to 29.13-inch (64- to 74-centimeter) lengths and 6.33- to 7.09-foot (193- to 2.16-meter) wingspans.

The Diomedeidae (from Greek Διομήδης, "[Trojan War hero] Diomedes" and -ειδής, "-like") family brown-bodied member queues up white-patched eyes, rumps and undertails and white-ringed bill bases. Juvenile versus mature stages release wheezy cheeps versus mating-related cries, grunts, moans and whines and scavenger-related croaks, gurgles and squeals for crustaceans, fish, squid and zooplankton. They speed on swift-legged feet across, and with long, slender wings gliding low just above, surface waters into the wind for long-distance, round-trip Pacific Rim flights.

Drift nets, long-line hooks and plastic debris turn ka'upu Hawaiian black-footed albatrosses, traditional Makahiki Hawaiian Thanksgiving talismans, into International Union for Conservation of Nature-termed near-endangered species.

Thomas Magnum Sullivan (Jay Hernandez) convinces kidnapper Melinda Mosley (Erin Pineda) to release Isabella Kai (Taylin Yuen) in CBS-TV's Magnum P.I. season 2 episode 9, A Bullet Named Fate: Magnum P.I. @MagnumPICBS, via Facebook Nov. 22, 2019

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

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