Mary Allen
Kāhea ʻia kā mākou mau pōpoki home he pōpoki. Hele mai lākou i nā kala like ʻole a me ka lauoho pōkole a lōʻihi paha. He mamo lākou mai ka popoki ahiu ʻApelika a no ka ʻohana pōpoki a pēlā nō i nā mammals. No laila pili pili lākou i ka liona, ka tiger, a me nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe he nui.
Ua mālama nā kānaka i nā pōpoki hale no 10,000 mau makahiki. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻo ke kumu paha ʻo ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻiole i nā pōpoki. ʻAʻole ʻai wale nā ʻiole i ka palaoa akā kokoke i nā meaʻai a pau i loaʻa iā lākou i loko o ka hale. No laila, hauʻoli ka poʻe e pili ana i kahi pōpoki e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻiole.
Akā makemake nui ka poʻe e mālama i ka pōpoki ma ke ʻano he holoholona no ka pipi. Ma ʻAigupita kahiko, hoʻomana ʻia nā pōpoki ma ke ʻano he akua. Ua loaʻa nā mumi popoki. No laila ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia kekahi mau pōpoki no ke ola ma hope o ka make e like me nā pharaohs a me nā poʻe koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe.
He aha ka maikaʻi o nā pōpoki?
He poʻe hahai holoholona a hiki ke neʻe wikiwiki loa. Hiki i kekahi mau pōpoki ke hana i 50 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki e like me ka holo kaʻa ma ke kūlanakauhale. ʻAʻole ʻike ākea nā pōpoki e like me nā lio, aia wale nō i mua o lākou. ʻEono manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike ʻana o ka pōpoki ma mua o ke kanaka i ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻO ka mea kupaianaha nō naʻe ko lākou lohe ʻana. ʻAʻole loa i loaʻa i nā mammal ʻē aʻe ka maikaʻi. Hiki i ka pōpoki ke huli i kona mau pepeiao a hoʻolohe i kekahi wahi.
Hiki i nā pōpoki ke honi iki i ka ʻīlio. He manaʻo maikaʻi loa ko lākou. Ua kapa ʻia nā lauoho lōʻihi a puni ka waha he "tactile hairs" a i ʻole "whiskers". He mau aʻalolo koʻikoʻi ko lākou ma lalo. ʻIke lākou inā he haiki a lawa wale paha kahi ʻāpana.
Loaʻa i nā pōpoki ke ʻano kaulike maikaʻi loa. Hiki iā lākou ke kaulike maikaʻi ma luna o nā lālā. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole loa lākou mai ka giddiness. Inā hāʻule lākou i kahi, hiki iā lākou ke ʻōwili koke i ko lākou ʻōpū a pae ma ko lākou mau wāwae. ʻAʻohe iwi ʻāʻī o nā pōpoki. ʻO kēia ka mea i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ko lākou mau poʻohiwi a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hōʻeha iā lākou iho i ka wā o ka hāʻule ʻana mai kahi kiʻekiʻe.
Pehea ke ano o ka popoki?
He poʻe ʻaihue nā pōpoki. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou e ʻimi hoʻokahi wale nō no ka mea liʻiliʻi kā lākou mea pio: nā mammals e like me ka ʻiole, nā manu, a i kekahi manawa nā inike, iʻa, amphibians, a me nā mea kolo. No ka piʻi ʻana a me ka hopu ʻana, hoʻohana lākou i kā lākou mau maiuu, i hūnā mau ʻia i ko lākou mau wāwae.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pōpoki noho hoʻokahi. ʻOkoʻa kāu ʻike i kēia lā. He nui nā pōpoki, a noho maluhia lākou ma nā hui. He mau wahine pili kēia me kā lākou mau ʻōpio liʻiliʻi a nui. ʻAʻole ia e ʻae i nā kāne he nui i loko o kahi hui.
Pehea e loaʻa ai i nā pōpoki home kā lākou ʻōpiopio?
Ua mākaukau kekahi mau ʻano e hānau ma hope o ka hapalua makahiki, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe a hiki i ʻelua makahiki. Kapa ʻia nā kāne he tomcats. Hiki iā ʻoe ke honi inā mākaukau ka wahine. ʻO ka maʻamau, hakakā kekahi mau tomcats no ka wahine. I ka hopena naʻe, hoʻoholo ka wahine i ka tomcat e ʻae ʻia e male me ia.
Hāpai kekahi pōpoki wahine i kāna mau pōpoki i loko o kona ʻōpū no ʻeiwa pule. I ka pule i hala, e ʻimi ana i kahi e hānau ai. ʻO kēia ka lumi o kā lākou mea punahele. ʻO ka manawa mua e hānau ai ka pōpoki i ʻelua a ʻekolu mau pōpoki, ma hope a hiki i ka ʻumi. ʻO ka nui naʻe, he kakaikahi wale nō ka make.
Hānai ka makuahine i kāna mau keiki liʻiliʻi me kāna waiū no hoʻokahi mahina a mālama iā lākou me ka mahana. Ma hope o hoʻokahi pule, wehe lākou i ko lākou mau maka. Akā hiki iā lākou ke ʻike maikaʻi loa ma hope o ʻumi pule. A laila ʻimi lākou i nā wahi kokoke, ma hope o nā mea ākea. Aʻo nō hoʻi ka makuahine i ka ʻōpiopio i ka hahai holoholona: lawe mai ʻo ia i ka mea ʻai i ka pūnana na ka ʻōpiopio e hahai ai. Pono nā Kittens e noho me ko lākou makuahine a me ko lākou mau kaikaina no ʻekolu mahina e hōʻoia i ko lākou ulu olakino.