Introduction: Hiki i ka pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu ke hoʻohana i nā pōpoki hele hewa?
He manaʻo maʻamau ʻaʻole hiki i nā pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu ke hāpai i nā pōpoki hele hewa. Eia nō naʻe, ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina hou ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana, hiki i nā pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu ke hānai a mālama i nā pōpoki hele. ʻIke ʻia kēia ʻano he alloparenting, kahi e lawe ai ke kanaka makua ʻole i ke kuleana o ka mālama ʻana i nā keiki. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o nā pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu he mea nui ia e hoʻoholo ai i ka hiki ke lawe ʻia lākou i nā pōpoki hele hewa.
Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o nā pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu
ʻO nā pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo nā pōpoki feral, nā mamo a nā pōpoki home i hoʻi i kahi mokuʻāina ʻāhiu. He paʻakikī a hilahila hoʻi lākou, makemake lākou e pale i ka pilina kanaka. He ʻāina nui kēia mau pōpoki a he poʻe hahai holoholona mehameha. Mālama pū lākou i kā lākou ʻōpio a pale ikaika iā lākou i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i manaʻo ʻia. He ʻano paʻakikī ko nā pōpoki wahine ʻāhiu a makemake lākou e noho i loko o nā hui i kapa ʻia ʻo colonies. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou e hoʻopaʻa paʻa me nā pōpoki ʻē aʻe i ko lākou kolonā a e hoʻopaʻa pinepine a kaʻana like i nā kumuwaiwai me kekahi.