Mary Allen
ʻO ka Dodo, i kapa ʻia ʻo Dronte, he ʻano manu i pau. Noho ʻo Dodos ma ka mokupuni ʻo Mauritius, aia ma ka hikina o ʻApelika. Ua pili lākou i nā nūnū. He laʻana mua ia o kekahi ʻano holoholona i ʻike ʻia i pau i ka hewa o ke kanaka.
Ua hele lōʻihi nā luina Arab a me Pukiki i ka mokupuni. Akā ʻo ka Dutch wale nō ka mea i noho mau ma laila, mai ka makahiki 1638. ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei e pili ana i ka Dodo i kēia lā, no ka Dutch.
No ka hiki ʻole i nā dodos ke lele, ua maʻalahi ka hopu ʻana iā lākou. I kēia lā, ʻōlelo ʻia ua pau ka dodo ma kahi o 1690. No ka manawa lōʻihi, poina ka ʻano manu. Akā i ke kenekulia 19, ua kaulana hou ka dodo, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻia ma ka puke keiki.
He aha ke ʻano o nā dodos?
I kēia lā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka ʻike i ke ʻano o nā dodos. He kakaikahi wale no iwi i koe a hookahi nuku. I nā kaha kiʻi mai ka wā ma mua, ʻokoʻa ka nānā ʻana o nā holoholona. ʻAʻole ʻike ka nui o nā mea pena kiʻi i kahi dodo iā lākou iho akā ʻike wale ia mai nā hōʻike.
ʻAʻohe manaʻo kuʻikahi i ke kaumaha o nā dodos. Ua manaʻo ʻia he kaumaha loa lākou, ma kahi o 20 kilokani. Ma muli o nā kiʻi o nā dodos pio i ʻai i ko lākou māʻona. I kēia mau lā, manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka nui o nā dodos ma ke ʻano he hapalua wale nō paha ke kaumaha. ʻAʻole paha lākou i ʻano palaka a lohi e like me ka mea i wehewehe pinepine ʻia.
Ua ulu kekahi dodo ma kahi o ʻekolu kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka hulu o ka dodo he ʻeleʻele-hina a i ʻole uliuli-hinahina. He pōkole nā ʻēheu, lōʻihi ka nuku a ʻoʻo. Noho ʻo Dodos i nā hua hāʻule a ma luna paha o nā nati, nā ʻanoʻano, a me nā aʻa.
Pehea a i ka manawa hea i pau ai nā manu?
No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua manaʻo ʻia ua loaʻa i nā luina ka nui o nā dodos. No laila, loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻiʻo no ka holo moana. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia manaʻo ua pau ka holoholona. Eia kekahi laʻana, he pā kaua, he pā kaua o ka Dutch. ʻAʻohe iwi dodo i loaʻa i ka ʻōpala o ka pā kaua.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lawe mai ka Dutch i nā holoholona he nui, e like me nā ʻīlio, nā ʻīlio, nā puaʻa, a me nā kao. Ua pau paha ka dodo ma muli o kēia mau holoholona. Ua ʻai paha kēia mau holoholona a me nā ʻiole i nā dodos liʻiliʻi a me nā hua. Eia kekahi, ʻoki nā kānaka i nā lāʻau. ʻO ka hopena, ua nalowale nā dodos i ko lākou wahi noho.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā dodos hope loa i ka makahiki 1669, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa he hōʻike. Ma hope o kēlā, aia nā hōʻike ʻē aʻe o dodos, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i hilinaʻi. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua make ka dodo hope ma kahi o 1690.
No ke aha i kaulana ai ka dodo?
Ua paʻi ʻia ʻo Alice in Wonderland i ka makahiki 1865. Hōʻike pōkole ʻia kahi dodo ma loko. ʻO ka mea kākau ʻo Lewis Carroll ʻo Dodgeson kona inoa hope. Ua haʻalulu ʻo ia, no laila ua lawe ʻo ia i ka huaʻōlelo dodo ma ke ʻano he ʻano hoʻohālikelike i kona inoa hope.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Dodos ma nā puke ʻē aʻe a ma hope ma nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā lākou ma ko lākou nuku mānoanoa. Ma muli paha o ko lākou kaulana i manaʻo ʻia he ʻano maikaʻi a he palaka, kahi i aloha ai lākou.
I kēia lā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka dodo i loko o ke kapa o ka Repubalika o Mauritius. ʻO ka dodo ka hōʻailona o ka Jersey Zoo ma muli o kona hoihoi nui i nā holoholona i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e pau. Ma ka ʻōlelo Dutch a ma ka ʻōlelo Lūkini hoʻi, ʻo "dodo" kahi huaʻōlelo no ke kanaka naʻaupō.