Mary Allen
He ʻohana nā kāmelo. ʻAʻole like me nā bipi a me nā dia, hele lākou ma ko lākou calluses, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ma ka piko o ka wāwae, akā ma ka kuʻekuʻe wāwae. Hiki mai nā kāmelo i nā ʻano like ʻole: llama, guanaco, vicuna, alpaca, kāmelo hihiu, dromedary, a me ke kāmelo kūpono, i kapa ʻia ʻo "kamelo bactrian."
Nui nā holoholona o kēlā me kēia ʻano, ʻai wale i nā mea kanu, a lōʻihi nā ʻāʻī. Ua like na niho me ko ka lapiti. I ka wā e hoʻomaha ai nā holoholona, moe lākou ma ke ʻano e mau ai nā wāwae ma lalo o ke kino.
He holoholona hihiu ka guanaco no ʻAmelika Hema. ʻO kēia mau mea, ʻo ka llama ke ʻano holoholona: ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaumaha, a hānai nā kānaka iā ia no ka mea makemake lākou i ka hulu hipa. Ua like ia me ka vicuna a i ʻole vicuña. Kapa ʻia nā ʻano holoholona o kēia ʻano alpaca a i ʻole alpaca.
Noho ke kāmelo hihiu ma waena o ʻAsia a ʻelua puʻupuʻu. Aia kekahi ʻano holoholona o ia mea, ʻo ka dromedary. He puʻu kona a mālama ʻia ma ka hema o Asia a me Arabia.
Manaʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ke kāmelo ke lohe lākou i ka huaʻōlelo "kamelo", i kapa ʻia ʻo "Bactrian camel". Hiki i 1000 kilokani kona kaumaha a he ʻelua puʻupuʻu. Me kona hulu ʻeleʻele, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kona nānā ʻana. E like me ka dromedary, ua waiwai ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he holoholona no ka holo ʻana a i ʻole ka lawe ukana.
No ke aha i kakaʻikahi ai nā kāmelo e inu?
Hiki i nā kāmelo ke ola me ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai. Nui nā kumu o kēia: ʻAʻohe o lākou wela kino e like me nā mea momona ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kou kino ke piʻi aʻe i ka ʻewalu degere Celsius me ka ʻole e hōʻeha iā ʻoe. ʻO ka hopena, ua emi ka hou a mālama i ka wai.
He puʻupaʻa ikaika ko nā kāmelo. Lawe lākou i nā ʻōpala he nui mai ke koko, akā he wai liʻiliʻi wale nō. No laila, emi loa ka wai o kou mimi. E emi iho ana kou pee. ʻOi aku ka maloʻo o kā lākou ʻōpala ma mua o nā mea momona ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i nā ihu ke hana i kekahi mea kūikawā: Hiki iā lākou ke kiʻi i ka makū, ʻo ia hoʻi ka wai, mai ka ea a mākou e hanu ai a pēlā e mālama ai i loko o ke kino. ʻO ka mea a kākou e ʻike ai i ke ao mahu i ka wā hoʻoilo i ka hoʻoilo, ʻaʻole i maʻa mau ʻia i nā kāmelo, ʻoiai me nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
He ʻano kūikawā ko nā ʻulaʻula koko. No laila hiki i nā kāmelo ke inu i ka wai i ka manawa hoʻokahi me ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻole ʻia o ko lākou koko. Eia kekahi, inu nui nā kāmelo i ka manawa pōkole loa.
Maikaʻi nā kāmelo i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai i loko o ko lākou kino. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki kēia i nā humps, e like me ka mea i manaʻo pinepine ʻia. Ma laila lākou e mālama ai i ka momona. No laila, ʻaʻole make wai ke kāmelo me nā puʻu ʻawaʻawa, akā makemake nui e ʻai. ʻAe kēia iā ia e kūkulu hou i kāna mau waihona.
Pehea e hanau ai ke kamelo?
Ma ke ʻano, noho mau nā kāmelo i nā hui liʻiliʻi. Hoʻokahi kāne a me kekahi mau wāhine. No laila ua kapa ʻia lākou he "hui harem". ʻO nā holoholona ʻōpio pū kekahi i kahi hui harem. I ke oʻo ʻana o nā kāne ʻōpio, ua kipaku ʻia lākou mai ka hui harem. Hoʻokumu lākou i kā lākou mau pūʻulu a laila hoʻāʻo e hoʻoneʻe i kahi alakaʻi harem a lawe i ka harem iā lākou iho.
Hoʻopili nā kāne kāne me kēlā me kēia wahine harem a hoʻāʻo e hānau keiki me ia. Hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻelua mahina paha ka lōʻihi o ka hāpai ʻana. Hānau ka wahine i hoʻokahi keiki keiki. E like me nā lio, ua kapa ʻia nā holoholona ʻōpio he "foals". Inu ke keiki keiki i ka waiū o kona makuahine no hoʻokahi makahiki. Pono ka holoholona ʻōpiopio i ʻelua a ʻekolu mau makahiki ma mua o kona oʻo ʻana iā ia iho. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā keiki ponoʻī. Ma muli o ke ʻano, ola nā kāmelo ma waena o 25 a 50 mau makahiki.