Mary Allen
Introduction: The Age-Old Question
Ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio, makemake mākou a pau e hōʻoia i ko mākou mau hoa huluhulu hauʻoli a olakino. ʻO kekahi nīnau e ulu pinepine nei inā paha e luhi nā ʻīlio i ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai like i kēlā me kēia lā. He pilikia maʻamau, a pono e nānā pono. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i ka ʻepekema ma hope o nā ʻono ʻono ʻīlio, nā pono meaʻai, a me ke kuleana o nā ʻano like ʻole i ka ʻai a ka ʻīlio. E hāʻawi pū mākou i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻana inā luulu kāu ʻīlio i kā lākou meaʻai, ka mea e hana ai inā ʻo ia, a pehea e hoʻolauna ai i nā meaʻai hou me ka palekana.
Hiki i nā ʻīlio ke luhi i kā lākou meaʻai?
ʻO ka pane pōkole ʻo ia, hiki i nā ʻīlio ke luuluu i kā lākou ʻai. E like me nā kānaka, hiki i nā ʻīlio ke ʻono i ka luhi, ka mea i hana ʻia i ka wā e hānai pinepine ʻia ai lākou i ka meaʻai like a luhi i ka ʻono. Hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka makemake ʻole i ka wā ʻai, hiki ke hoʻemi i ke kaumaha, lethargy, a me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole like nā ʻīlio a pau, a ʻoluʻolu paha kekahi i ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka ʻepekema ma hope o nā ʻono ʻono ʻīlio
Loaʻa i nā ʻīlio ma kahi o 1,700 mau ʻono ʻono, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kānaka, aia ma kahi o 9,000. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻīlio i ka honi, kahi mea nui i ko lākou leʻaleʻa i ka meaʻai. He ʻokoʻa ka makemake o nā ʻīlio ma mua o ke kanaka, a makemake lākou i nā mea ʻono a me ka ʻiʻo ma mua o nā mea ʻono a paʻakai. ʻO kēia no ka mea he ʻīlio ʻīlio, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia ko lākou ʻono e kōkua iā lākou e ʻike a hauʻoli i nā meaʻai momona.
E hoʻomau i ka ʻaoʻao aʻe o ka ʻatikala kahi e kūkākūkā ai mākou i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pono meaʻai o ka ʻīlio a me ke kuleana o nā ʻano like ʻole i kā lākou meaʻai. E hāʻawi pū mākou i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻana inā luulu kāu ʻīlio i kā lākou meaʻai a me ka mea e hana ai.