Mary Allen
No ka ʻohana pōpoki liʻiliʻi ka cheetah. Loaʻa nā Cheetah i kēia manawa ma ʻApelika wale nō, ma ka hema o ka Sahara. ʻO ka holoholona hoʻokahi he cheetah, nui nā cheetahs a i ʻole cheetahs.
He 150 kenimika paha ke ana o ka cheetah mai ka ihu a lalo. He hapalua ka lōʻihi o ka huelo. He melemele kona hulu, akā he nui nā kiko ʻeleʻele ma luna. He lahilahi a lōʻihi nā wāwae. Ua like ke kino me ka ʻīlio hae wikiwiki. ʻO ka cheetah ka popoki wikiwiki loa a he kanaka hahai holoholona maikaʻi loa.
Pehea e ola ai nā cheetahs?
Noho ʻo Cheetahs i ka savannah, steppe, a me semi-desert: aia kahi mauʻu kiʻekiʻe kahi e peʻe ai, akā he kakaikahi nā lāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka holo ʻana o nā cheetahs. No laila ʻaʻole lākou e noho i ka nahele.
ʻAi maʻamau ka cheetah i nā ungulates liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā gazelles. Ua nui loa ka Zebra a me ka wildebeest iā lākou. Holo ka cheetah i ka pio ma kahi o 50 a 100 mika. A laila, holo ʻo ia ma hope o ka holoholona a hoʻouka iā ia. Hiki iā ia ke piʻi i ka wikiwiki a hiki i 93 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola, e like me ka wikiwiki o ke kaʻa ma ke alanui ʻāina. Akā ʻaʻole maʻa mau ʻo ia i hoʻokahi minute.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā cheetah kāne e noho a hahai hoʻokahi a i ʻole me kā lākou mau kāne. Akā hiki ke lilo i hui nui. Noho kaʻawale nā wahine koe wale nō i ka wā ʻōpiopio. ʻO nā kāne a me nā wahine e hui wale i ka male. Hāpai ka makuahine i nā keiki i loko o kona ʻōpū no ʻekolu mahina. ʻO ka maʻamau hoʻokahi a ʻelima. Hoʻomākaukau ka makuahine i lua, he lua liʻiliʻi i ka lepo. Ua hūnā mau ʻia ma hope o nā ululāʻau. Ma laila ʻo ia e hānau ai i ka ʻōpio.
ʻO ke kaumaha o kekahi holoholona ʻōpio ma kahi o 150 a 300 grams, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaumaha e like me ʻekolu pahu kokoleka. Noho ka ʻōpiopio i ka lua no ʻewalu pule a inu waiu mai ka makuahine. Pono lākou e hūnā maikaʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ka makuahine ke pale aku iā lākou mai nā liona, leopards, a me nā hyena. ʻAi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpio e nā mea ʻaihue. Hiki ke oʻo ka poʻe i ola ma kahi o ʻekolu makahiki. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ʻōpio iā ʻoe iho. Hiki i nā Cheetah ke ola a hiki i 15 mau makahiki.
Pilikia anei nā cheetahs?
Mai ʻApelika a hiki i ka hema o Asia nā Cheetahs. Aia naʻe ma Asia, aia wale nō lākou ma nā paka aupuni ma ka ʻākau o Iran i kēia manawa. Aia ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli holoholona. ʻOiai ua mālama nui ʻia lākou, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia lākou e pau.
Ma kahi o 7,500 cheetahs e noho nei ma ʻApelika. ʻOi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o lākou e noho ana ma ka hema, ʻo ia hoʻi ma nā ʻāina ʻo Botswana, Namibia, a me ʻApelika Hema. Noho ka hapa nui ma nā wahi palekana. Paʻakikī kēia i ka poʻe hānai pipi no ka mea makemake nā cheetahs e ʻai i nā pipi ʻōpiopio.
Nui nā ʻepekema a me nā mea hana pono holoholona e kōkua ana i nā cheetah e hānau hou. Eia naʻe, paʻakikī kēia. I ka makahiki 2015, no ka laʻana, ua hānau ʻia ma luna o 200 cheetahs. Akā naʻe, make nā keiki ʻekolu ma mua o ka hapalua makahiki. Hoʻopilikia ʻia nā cheetahs ʻApelika i kēia lā, ʻo kekahi mau ʻano subspecies i ka pōʻino.