Mary Allen
He manu lele ole ka ostrich. I kēia lā, noho wale ia ma lalo o Saharan Africa. Ua noho ʻo ia ma ke komohana ʻĀsia. Akā naʻe, ua luku ʻia ʻo ia ma laila. Makemake nā kānaka i kona hulu, ka ʻiʻo, a me ka ʻili. Ua kapaia na kane he moa, he moa wahine, a he moa keiki.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻostriches kāne ma mua o nā kānaka kiʻekiʻe loa a ʻaneʻane pālua ke kaumaha. He liʻiliʻi a māmā nā wahine. He ʻāʻī lōʻihi loa ka ostrich a he poʻo liʻiliʻi, ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe hulu.
Hiki i ka ostrich ke holo no ka hapalua hola ma ka 50 kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola. ʻO ia ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o nā kaʻa e holo ma ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale. No ka manawa pōkole, hoʻokele ʻo ia i 70 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola. ʻAʻole hiki i ka ostrich ke lele. Pono ʻo ia i kona mau ʻēheu e mālama i kona kaulike i ka wā e holo ana.
Pehea ke ola o ka ostriches?
Noho ka hapa nui o nā ostriches ma ka savannah, ʻelua a i ʻole nā hui nui. Hiki i nā mea a pau ma waena a hiki ke loli pinepine. Hiki ke hui pū kekahi mau ʻostriches ma kahi lua wai.
ʻAi ka ʻostriches i ka nui o nā mea kanu, akā i kekahi manawa i nā pepeke, a me nā mea āpau mai ka honua. Ale nō hoʻi lākou i nā pōhaku. Kōkua kēia mau mea iā lākou i loko o ka ʻōpū e wāwahi i ka meaʻai.
ʻO nā liona a me nā leopadi ko lākou ʻenemi nui. Holo lākou mai o lākou aku a kīkī paha me ko lākou mau wāwae. Hiki iā ia ke pepehi i ka liona. ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo nā ostriches e hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou poʻo i ke one.
Pehea nā keiki ostriches?
ʻOhi nā kāne i loko o kahi harem no ka hānau ʻana. Hoʻopili mua ka ostrich me ke alakaʻi, a laila me ke koena o nā moa. Hoʻomoe nā wahine a pau i kā lākou mau hua i loko o kahi puʻuwai nui i ke one, me ke alakaʻi ma waena. Hiki ke hiki i 80 mau hua.
ʻO ke alakaʻi wale nō ka mea hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka lā: Noho ʻo ia i waenakonu a hoʻomoʻa i kāna mau hua ponoʻī a me kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe me ia. Hoʻoulu ke kāne i ka pō. Ke hele mai nā ʻenemi a makemake e ʻai i nā hua, loaʻa wale nā hua ma ka lihi. Ma ia ala e ola ai kāu mau hua ponoʻī. ʻO nā ʻenemi ka nui o nā ʻīlio hae, nā hyena, a me nā manu ʻuʻuku.
Hāpai nā moa ma hope o ʻeono pule. Mālama nā mākua iā lākou mai ka lā a i ʻole ka ua me ko lākou mau ʻēheu. I ke kolu o ka lā, hele pū lāua i ka hele wāwae. ʻOhi pū nā kāne ikaika i nā moa mai nā kāne nāwaliwali. A laila, hopu mua ʻia lākou e ka poʻe pōā. Mālama ʻia nā ʻōpio ponoʻī ma kēia ʻano. Hiki i nā ʻostriches ke oʻo i ka moekolohe i nā makahiki ʻelua.