Mary Allen
Ua manaʻo ʻia nā liona ʻo "nā mō'ī o nā holoholona" a ua hoʻohauʻoli mau i nā kānaka. ʻO nā liona kāne i hoʻohauʻoli nui i ko lākou mane nui a me kā lākou leo nui.
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He aha ke ʻano o nā liona?
Aia nā liona i ke ʻano o nā mea ʻiʻo a ma laila i ka ʻohana pōpoki a me ka genus cat nui. Ma hope o nā tigers, ʻo lākou nā pōpoki nui loa o ka honua:
Aia lākou a hiki i 180 kenimika ka lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka huelo i ka 70 a 100 kenimika, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻohiwi he 75 a 110 kenimika a ke kaupaona nei lākou ma waena o 120 a me 250 kilokani. He liʻiliʻi loa nā wahine, he 150 kilokani wale nō ma ka awelika. ʻO ka hulu liona he melemele-ʻeleʻele a ʻulaʻula a ʻeleʻele paha, a ʻoi aku ka māmā ma ka ʻōpū.
He huluhulu ka huelo a he ʻeleʻele kona hope. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona maopopo ʻole o nā kāne ʻo ia ka mane nui, ʻoi aku ka ʻeleʻele ma mua o ke koena o ka hulu. Hiki i ka mane ke ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele i ka ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula, akā he melemele-ʻeleʻele hoʻi a hiki mai nā papalina ma luna o ka poʻohiwi a hiki i ka umauma a i ka ʻōpū paha. Hoʻoulu wale ka mane o nā kāne i ka piha ʻana o ʻelima mau makahiki. ʻAʻole loa i nā wahine, a ʻaʻole i haʻi ʻia ka mane o nā liona kāne ʻAsia.
Ma hea kahi e noho ai nā liona?
I kēia lā, ʻike ʻia nā liona ma Sub-Saharan Africa, a me kahi wahi hoʻāno holoholona liʻiliʻi ma ka peninsula ʻo Kathiawar ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Gujarat. Ua laha nui ia mai ka Akau a hiki i Aferika Hema a mai ka Hikina Hikina a i ka Inia a pau.
Noho nui nā liona ma ka savannah, akā hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma nā ululāʻau maloʻo a me nā semi-desserts. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ola i nā ululāʻau haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a i nā wao nahele maoli kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai nā lua wai.
He aha nā ʻano liona i laila?
Ma muli o ko lākou wahi i hoʻomaka ai, ʻokoʻa ka nui o nā liona: noho nā holoholona ikaika loa ma ʻApelika Hema, ʻo ka mea maʻalahi loa ma Asia. Ma waho aʻe o nā liona, ʻo ka ʻohana pōpoki nui nā tigers, nā leopards a me nā jaguars.
Ehia makahiki o na liona?
Ma ka awelika, ola nā liona ma kahi o 14 a 20 mau makahiki. Ma nā zoo, hiki i nā liona ke ola a ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau makahiki. Make nā kāne ma mua ma ka nahele no ka mea ua kipaku ʻia lākou e nā ʻōpio hoʻokūkū. Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lākou kahi pūʻolo hou, pōloli lākou no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻimi ponoʻī iā lākou iho.
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Pehea ka noho ʻana o nā liona?
ʻO nā liona wale nō nā pōpoki nunui e noho haʻaheo. Hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mau kāne kāne a hiki i 20 mau wahine a me kā lākou ʻōpio. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke kāne ikaika loa e ka mane lōʻihi a ʻeleʻele. He hōʻike ia he kūpono, olakino a mākaukau ke alakaʻi e hakakā. Hiki paha i ka mane ke pale aku i nā kāne mai nā ʻeha i hana ʻia e ka nahu a me nā wāwae i ka wā hakakā.
Eia kekahi, makemake nā liona wahine i nā kāne me nā manes i hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻia. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻalo nā kāne liʻiliʻi i nā liona nui no ka mea ʻike lākou e pili ana lākou i kahi hoʻokūkū ikaika. Hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia ka wahi ma luna o ka ʻeke: ʻo ke alakaʻi maʻamau e hāʻawi i kahi liona kāne ʻē aʻe ma hope o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau makahiki. ʻO ka manawa pinepine ke poʻo hou o ka pūʻulu e pepehi i nā keiki a ka liona i pio. A laila, mākaukau nā wāhine e hoʻopā ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki.
Noho mau nā wahine i ka ʻeke hoʻokahi, ʻo nā kāne, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, pono lākou e haʻalele i ka ʻeke i ka wā e lilo ai lākou i ke kino. Hoʻokumu lākou i nā pūʻulu bachelor me nā kāne ʻē aʻe, neʻe pū a ʻimi pū. ʻO ka hopena, hoʻāʻo kēlā me kēia kāne e lanakila i kāna ʻeke ponoʻī. Hiki i ka ʻāina o ka liona ke 20 a 400 mau kilomika square ka nui. Inā loaʻa i nā holoholona ka nui o ka mea pio, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina; inā loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻai liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ia mea.
Hōʻailona ʻia ka ʻāina me nā feces a me ka mimi. Eia kekahi, hōʻike nā kāne me ko lākou leo ʻo ia ka ʻāina iā lākou. I ka wā ʻaʻole hahai holoholona, hiamoe nā liona a hoʻomoe a hiki i 20 mau hola i ka lā. He holoholona leʻaleʻa lākou a ʻaʻole hiki ke holo lōʻihi. I ka hahai holoholona, akā, hiki iā lākou ke piʻi i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 50 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola; akā, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomau i kēia kaʻina no ka lōʻihi.
Ma muli o ke kuhikuhi ʻana o nā maka o ka liona i mua, hiki i nā holoholona ke hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia no nā mea ʻaihue e hele ana i ka hopu holoholona. A no ka mea, ʻo ko lākou mau maka, e like me nā pōpoki a pau, he papa hoʻomālamalama-mālamalama i loko o ka retina, hiki iā lākou ke ʻike maikaʻi loa i ka pō. Ua hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻia ko lākou lohe: Me ko lākou mau pepeiao maʻalahi, hiki iā lākou ke lohe pololei i kahi e puka mai ai kahi kani.
ʻO nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻenemi o ka liona
ʻO ka hapa nui, hiki i ka bufalo a i ʻole ka pūʻulu hyena ke hoʻoweliweli i ka liona makua. I ka wā ma mua, ua hoʻoweliweli nui ʻia nā holoholona e ka poʻe i hahai iā lākou. I kēia mau lā, pilikia nā holoholona i ka luku ʻia ʻana o ka nohona a me nā maʻi i lawe ʻia e nā mea pio e like me ka bufalo.