Mary Allen
ʻO ka ʻalopeke wao nahele ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā alopeke a pau. Noho wale ʻo ia ma ka wao nahele ʻo Sahara, akā ma kahi maloʻo maoli. ʻAʻole ia e hele i nā wahi pulu. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Fennec".
He liʻiliʻi loa ka ʻalopeke wao nahele: mai ka ihu a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huelo, he 40 kenimika wale nō ka nui. ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o ke aliʻi ma ke kula. He 20 kenimika ka lōʻihi o kona huelo. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o nā alopeke wao nahele ma mua o hoʻokahi kilokani.
Ua hoʻololi maikaʻi ka ʻalopeke wao nahele i ka wela: ua nui kona mau pepeiao a ua hoʻolālā ʻia i hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaha iā ia iho me lākou. He lauoho kona ma na kapuwai. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua emi ka ikaika o ka wela o ka honua.
He ʻeleʻele māmā ka hulu e like me ke one wao nahele. He māmā iki ma ka ʻōpū. No laila ua hoʻopili pono ʻia ʻo ia. ʻO kona mau puʻupaʻa e kānana i ka nui o ka ʻōpala mai ke koko, akā liʻiliʻi ka wai. ʻO ia ke kumu ʻaʻole pono i ka ʻalopeke wao nahele e inu i kekahi mea. Ua lawa ka wai i kāna pio.
Pehea ka noho ʻana o ka ʻalopeke wao nahele?
He mau ʻalopeke ka wao nahele. Makemake lākou i nā koʻokoʻo liʻiliʻi, e like me nā jerboas a me nā gerbils. ʻAi nō naʻe lākou i ka ʻiole, ka moʻo, a i ʻole ka moʻo liʻiliʻi. Makemake lākou i nā manu liʻiliʻi a me nā hua, a me nā hua a me nā ʻuala o nā mea kanu. ʻAi nō hoʻi lākou i ka mea i loaʻa i ke kanaka i kekahi manawa. Ua lawa ka wai o kā lākou ʻai, no laila ʻaʻole pono lākou e inu.
Noho nā ʻalopeke wao nahele i nā ʻohana liʻiliʻi, e like me nā kānaka he nui. Kūkulu lākou i nā ana e hānai ai i kā lākou ʻōpiopio. Huli lākou i wahi i loko o ke one palupalu. Inā paʻa ka lepo, kūkulu lākou i mau lua.
ʻO ka hoa kāne o ka makua i ka hoʻomaka o ka makahiki. ʻEhiku pule ka lōʻihi o ka hāpai ʻana. Hānau ka wahine i ʻelua a ʻelima mau ʻīlio. Mālama ke kāne i kona ʻohana a ʻimi i ka meaʻai no nā mea a pau. Hanai ka makuahine i kāna mau keiki me kāna waiū no ka ʻumi pule. Mai ka pule ʻekolu, ʻai pū lākou i ka ʻiʻo. Noho ka ʻōpio me ko lākou mau mākua no kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi makahiki. A laila lilo lākou i ʻoihana ponoʻī a hiki ke hana ʻōpio iā lākou iho.
ʻEono makahiki ke ola nei nā ʻalopeke wao nahele, akā hiki iā lākou ke ola a hiki i ka ʻumi makahiki. ʻO ko lākou mau ʻenemi maoli, he hyena a me nā ʻīlio hae. Hiki i ka ʻalopeke wao nahele ke pale maikaʻi iā ia iho i kona mau ʻenemi no ka mea he wikiwiki loa. Hoʻopunipuni ʻo ia iā lākou a holo aku mai o lākou aku.
ʻO kekahi ʻenemi nui ʻo ke kāne. Ua ʻimi nā kānaka i nā ʻalopeke wao nahele i ka wā Neolithic Age. Ke kūʻai ʻia nei kona hulu a hiki i kēia lā. Paʻa ola ʻia nā ʻalopeke wao nahele i loko o nā pahele a kūʻai ʻia i holoholona.