Mary Allen
ʻAi ka hapa nui o nā mea ola i nā mea ola ʻē aʻe a ʻai ʻia iā lākou iho. Kapa ʻia kēia he kaulahao meaʻai. Eia kekahi laʻana, aia nā pāpaʻi liʻiliʻi e ʻai i ka limu. ʻAi ka iʻa i nā pāpaʻi liʻiliʻi, ʻai nā herons i ka iʻa a ʻai nā ʻīlio hae i nā herons. Kau like ia me nā momi ma ke kaulahao. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ke kaulahao meaʻai.
ʻO ke kaulahao meaʻai he huaʻōlelo mai ka biology. ʻO kēia ka ʻepekema o ke ola. Pono nā mea ola a pau i ka ikehu a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ke ola. Loaʻa i nā mea kanu kēia ikehu mai ka lā. Loaʻa iā lākou nā poloka kūkulu no ka ulu ʻana mai ka lepo ma o ko lākou aʻa.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā holoholona ke hana pēlā. No laila, loaʻa iā lākou ko lākou ikaika mai nā mea ola ʻē aʻe, ka mea a lākou e ʻai ai a e ʻeli ai. He mea kanu a holoholona ʻē aʻe paha kēia. No laila, ʻo ke kaulahao meaʻai, ʻo ia hoʻi: hele ka ikehu a me nā mea kūkulu hale mai kekahi ʻano i kekahi.
ʻAʻole hele mau kēia kaulahao. I kekahi manawa aia kekahi ʻano ma lalo o ke kaulahao meaʻai. No ka laʻana, ʻai ke kanaka i nā ʻano holoholona a me nā mea kanu. Akā, ʻaʻohe holoholona e ʻai i nā kānaka. Eia hou, hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻohana i nā mea kaua e pale aku iā lākou iho i nā hoʻouka holoholona.
He aha ka hopena o ke kaulahao meaʻai?
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke kanaka ma ka hope o ke kaulahao meaʻai e hoʻopilikia ai iā lākou: hiki i kahi mea kanu ke komo i kahi mea make, no ka laʻana, he metala kaumaha e like me ka mercury. ʻAi ka iʻa liʻiliʻi i ka meakanu. ʻAi ka iʻa nui i ka iʻa liʻiliʻi. Hele mau ke metala kaumaha me ʻoe. ʻO ka hope, hopu ke kanaka i nā iʻa nui a ʻai i nā metala kaumaha a pau i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i loko o ka iʻa. No laila hiki iā ia ke ʻona iā ia iho i ka manawa.
ʻO ke kumu, ʻaʻohe hopena o ke kaulahao meaʻai, no ka mea, make pū kekahi poʻe. Ma hope o ko lākou make ʻana, kanu pinepine ʻia lākou i ka lepo. ʻAi ʻia lākou e nā holoholona liʻiliʻi e like me nā ilo. Hoʻokumu maoli nā kaulahao meaʻai i nā pōʻai.
No ke aha i kūpono ʻole ai ka manaʻo o ke kaulahao?
ʻAʻole ʻai wale nā mea kanu a holoholona paha i kekahi ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe. Ua kapa ʻia kekahi poʻe omnivores: ʻai lākou i nā holoholona like ʻole, akā nā mea kanu pū kekahi. ʻO kahi laʻana ka ʻiole. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole ʻai ʻia ka mauʻu e hoʻokahi ʻano holoholona. Pono kekahi e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kekahi mau kaulahao.
No laila, i kekahi manawa, noʻonoʻo kekahi i nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu a pau e noho ana ma kekahi ululāʻau, ma ke kai, a ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Kapa ʻia kēia he kaiaola. ʻŌlelo maʻamau kekahi i kahi pūnaewele meaʻai. ʻO nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona he mau puʻupuʻu ma ka pūnaewele. Hoʻopili ʻia kekahi i kekahi ma ka ʻai ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻia.
ʻO kekahi kiʻi ʻo ka pyramid meaʻai: ʻO ke kanaka, ʻōlelo ʻia, aia ma luna o kahi pyramid meaʻai. Ma ka lalo, nui nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi, a ma waena kekahi mau holoholona nui. Aia ka pyramid ma lalo a haiki ma luna. No laila he nui nā mea ola ma lalo. ʻO ka nui o kou piʻi ʻana i luna, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi.