Mary Allen
He ʻiole ka puaʻa Guinea. Kapa ʻia lākou he "puaʻa" no ka mea, ʻuwē lākou e like me ka puaʻa. ʻO "Sea" mai ka mea i lawe ʻia mai lākou i ʻEulopa mai ʻAmelika Hema, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kai.
Noho ka poʻe ola manuahi i nā pāpū mauʻu a me nā ʻāina pōhaku ʻāina a me nā mauna kiʻekiʻe o nā Andes. Ma laila hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou a hiki i 4200 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Noho lākou ma nā pūʻulu o ʻelima a ʻumi mau holoholona i loko o nā lāʻau paʻa a i ʻole nā lua. ʻEli lākou iā lākou iho a lawe ʻia mai nā holoholona ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻai nui o nā puaʻa ma ko lākou ʻāina hānau, ʻo ia ka mauʻu, nā mea kanu, a i ʻole nā lau.
ʻEkolu ʻohana ʻokoʻa o nā puaʻa puaʻa: ʻO nā rabbit pampas mai nā mauna o ʻAmelika Hema he 80 kenimika ka lōʻihi mai ka ihu a lalo a hiki i ka 16 kilokani ke kaumaha. ʻO kekahi ʻohana ʻo ka capybara, ʻo ia hoʻi ka puaʻa wai. ʻO lākou nā rodents nui loa ma ka honua. Noho lākou ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa o ʻAmelika Hema.
ʻO ke kolu o ka ʻohana ʻo ia ka "puaʻa puaʻa maoli". ʻO lākou, ʻike maikaʻi mākou i ka puaʻa guinea home. He mau holoholona kaulana lākou no ka mea he maʻalahi loa ka mālama ʻana. Ua hānai ʻia lākou no kekahi mau haneli mau makahiki. No laila ʻaʻole lākou e noho hou e like me ko lākou mau kūpuna ma ke ʻano.
Pehea e ola ai nā puaʻa puaʻa?
He 20 a 35 kenimika ka lōʻihi o nā puaʻa maʻamau a ma kahi o hoʻokahi kilokani kona kaumaha. He liʻiliʻi ko lākou mau pepeiao a he pōkole ko lākou wāwae. ʻAʻohe o lākou huelo. Loaʻa iā lākou nā incisors lōʻihi a ikaika e ulu hou ana. Hiki ke nānā aku ka hulu puaʻa guinea. Hiki ke maʻalahi, shaggy, pōkole, a lōʻihi paha.
ʻO ka hanu ʻana o nā holoholona liʻiliʻi ʻelua ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ke kanaka. Paʻa kou puʻuwai ma kahi o ʻelima manawa o ke kekona, ʻelima paha manawa ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ke kanaka. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i kahi mamao a puni me ka huli ʻole ʻana i ko lākou poʻo akā ʻilihune i ka manaʻo ʻana i nā mamao. Kōkua ko lākou ʻumiʻumi iā lākou i ka pōʻeleʻele. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā kala, akā ʻaʻole maopopo i ka mea e hana ai me lākou. Lohe lākou i nā leo kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ke kanaka. Maikaʻi loa ko lākou ihu i ka honi, ʻo ia ka manaʻo nui o ka puaʻa ʻiole.
ʻOkoʻa ka lā o nā puaʻa guinea i ka lā mai iā mākou: Ala pinepine lākou a hiamoe pinepine, no ka manawa pōkole loa. A puni ka uaki, ʻai lākou ma kahi o 70 mau manawa, no laila he mau ʻai liʻiliʻi pinepine. No laila, makemake mau lākou i ka meaʻai, ka wai, a me ka mauʻu.
ʻO nā puaʻa Guinea he mau holoholona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, koe wale nā kāne i waena o lākou iho, ʻaʻole lākou e launa pū kekahi me kekahi. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu nā holoholona pākahi. No laila, pono ʻoe e hui pū i ʻelua a ʻoi aku paha nā wahine. Moe kokoke lākou i kahi e hiamoe ai. Akā naʻe, hoʻopā wale lākou i kekahi i kekahi i ke anuanu loa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻokoʻa me nā holoholona ʻōpio. ʻAʻole launa pū nā puaʻa Guinea me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe koe wale nō ka lapiti.
Pono nā puaʻa Guinea i kahi e neʻe ai. No kēlā me kēia holoholona, pono kahi ʻāpana o hoʻokahi mika i kēlā me kēia. No laila, ʻaʻole pono e mālama ʻia nā holoholona ʻelua ma ka ʻili o ka moena. Pono lākou i ka mauʻu a i ʻole ka ʻōpala, nā hale lāʻau, nā awāwa lole, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e ʻai ai a hūnā.
Pehea e hānau ai nā puaʻa guinea home?
Ma luna o nā mea a pau, wikiwiki loa nā puaʻa guinea home! He mau pule ma hope o ko lākou hānau ʻana, hiki iā lākou ke hana i kā lākou mau keiki ponoʻī. Hāpai ka makuahine i kāna mau pēpē i loko o kona ʻōpū no ʻeiwa pule. Hānau ʻia ʻelua a ʻehā mau pēpē. Hoʻokomo lākou i ka hulu, hiki ke ʻike, hele, a hoʻomaka koke e ʻai i nā mea a lākou e loaʻa ai. ʻO ko lākou kaumaha ma kahi o 100 grams, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui o ka pā kokoleka. Inu nā holoholona ʻōpio i ka waiū mai ko lākou makuahine no ka mea he mau momona nā puaʻa guinea.
Ma hope koke o ka hānau ʻana, hiki i ka puaʻa puaʻa makuahine ke male hou a hāpai. Pono nā holoholona ʻōpio ma kahi o ʻehā a ʻelima mau pule a me ke kaumaha ma kahi o 250 grams ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana mai ka makuahine. Inā mālama pono ʻia, hiki iā lākou ke ola ma kahi o ʻeono a ʻewalu mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o kekahi.