Mary Allen
ʻAʻole ʻai maoli nā mea kanu i ka ʻiʻo, akā hopu lākou i nā holoholona liʻiliʻi e like me nā iniseti a i ʻole nā manawelewele. ʻAi kēia mau mea kanu i nā holoholona no ka loaʻa ʻole o ka nui o nā meaʻai ma ka lepo. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o ka hopu ʻana i kēia mau holoholona.
Ulu kēia mau mea kanu ma nā wahi a pau o ka honua koe wale nō ʻo Antarctica. Pono lākou i ka lā a me ka wai, no laila ʻaʻole loaʻa lākou ma nā wao nahele a i ʻole nā wao ua. Ulu lākou ma ka lepo ʻakika loa no nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe a ʻilihune paha i nā meaʻai, no ka laʻana i nā bogs. A i ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kū kūʻē i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe no ka mea e ulu mālie lākou.
Ma kahi o ka hapahā o ka ʻoi aku o 600 mau ʻano i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e pau. ʻO ia ke kumu i pale ʻia ai lākou: ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻoe e ʻeli a lawe iā lākou i ka home me ʻoe. Akā aia kekahi mau hui e ulu pono ana i nā mea kanu e kūʻai aku. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau mea kanu no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e ʻae i ka wai paʻakikī a i ʻole nā mea kanu, no ka laʻana.
Nui ka poʻe i ʻike i ka manaʻo o kahi mea kanu carnivorous no ka mea ʻai maʻamau nā holoholona i nā mea kanu a ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano ʻē aʻe. I ke kenekulia 19, ua ala mai nā moʻolelo lōʻihi e ʻai ana kekahi mau mea kanu i nā kānaka. Hōʻike pū ʻia kēlā mau mea kanu i nā moʻolelo moʻolelo ʻepekema, nā moʻolelo noʻonoʻo, a me nā moʻolelo weliweli. ʻOi aku ka nui o lākou a ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o ka hopu ʻana i kā lākou mea pio ma mua o nā mea kanu kino e ola maoli nei.
Pehea e hopu ai nā mea kanu i kā lākou ʻai?
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu ʻiʻo he mau pahele no nā inike a i ʻole nā holoholona liʻiliʻi like. A laila, hāʻule kekahi pepeke ma waena o nā lau, he ʻano lua. No ka laumania o na paia, aole hiki ke puka iwaho. Loaʻa i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe nā kiko pili i hiki ʻole i nā holoholona ke hemo.
ʻO nā mea kanu e ʻeleu maoli ana i ka hopu ʻana: ʻo ka Venus flytrap a me ka pahele wai he mau lau e hāʻule koke i ka wā e loaʻa ai kahi pepeke ma waena o lākou. ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻinikena ke pakele hou.