Mary Allen
He mau momi ke sila. He pūʻulu holoholona lākou e noho ana i loko a puni o ke kai. Kakaʻikahi lākou e noho ana i nā loko. Noho nā kūpuna o nā sila ma ka ʻāina a maʻa i ka wai. ʻAʻole like me nā koholā, hele mai nā sila i uka.
ʻO nā sila nui kaulana nā sila huluhulu a me nā walruses. Noho ka sila hina ma ke Kai ʻĀkau a me ke Kai Baltic a ʻo ia ka mea ʻaihue nui loa ma Kelemānia. Hiki i nā sila Elepani ke ulu a hiki i ʻeono mika ka lōʻihi. ʻO kēia ka mea i ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou ma mua o nā mea ʻaihue ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ke sila maʻamau kekahi o nā ʻano sila liʻiliʻi. Ulu lākou ma kahi o hoʻokahi mika a me ka hapa ka lōʻihi.
Pehea ke ola o na sila?
Pono nā sila e lohe a ʻike pono ma lalo o ka wai a ma ka ʻāina. Hiki i nā maka ke ʻike iki, ʻoiai i ka hohonu. Eia naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokaʻawale i kekahi mau kala ma laila. ʻAʻole lākou lohe maikaʻi ma ka ʻāina, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma lalo o ka wai.
ʻAi ka nui o nā sila i ka iʻa, no laila ua mākaukau lākou i ka luʻu. Hiki i nā sila Elepani ke luʻu a hiki i ʻelua hola a i lalo i 1500 mika - ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a me ka hohonu ma mua o ka nui o nā sila ʻē aʻe. ʻAi pū nā leopadi i nā penguins, a ʻai nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i ka hee a i ʻole krill, he mau crustacean liʻiliʻi i loaʻa i ke kai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā sila wahine e lawe i hoʻokahi pup i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū i hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki. ʻEwalu mahina a ʻoi aʻe ka makahiki o ka hāpai ʻana, ma muli o ke ʻano o ke sila. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, hānai lākou me ka waiū. Kakaʻikahi nā māhoe. Akā, make kekahi o lākou no ka lawa ʻole o ka waiū.
Ua pilikia anei nā sila?
ʻO nā ʻenemi o nā sila he manō a me nā koholā pepehi kanaka, a me nā bea polar ma ka Arctic. Ma Antarctica, ʻai nā sila leopadi i nā sila, ʻoiai he ʻano sila lākou. Noho ka hapa nui o nā sila ma kahi o 30 mau makahiki.
Ua hahai nā kānaka i nā sila, e like me ka Eskimo ma ka ʻākau loa a i ʻole nā Aborigines ma Australia. Pono lākou i ka ʻiʻo no ka ʻai a me ka ʻili no ka lole. Ua puhi lākou i ka momona i nā kukui no ka māmā a me ka mahana. Akā naʻe, pepehi wale lākou i nā holoholona pākahi, i ʻole e pōʻino ka ʻano.
Mai ke kenekulia 18 mai naʻe, holo nā kānaka i ke kai ma nā moku a pepehi i nā ʻāpana sila a pau ma ka ʻāina. Ua ʻili wale lākou a haʻalele i ko lākou kino. He mea kupanaha ka holoi ʻia ʻana o hoʻokahi ʻano sila.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea hana pono holoholona i kūʻē i kēia pepehi kanaka. ʻO ka hopena, ua kau inoa ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina i nā kuʻikahi e hoʻohiki ana e pale i nā sila. Mai ia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai hou aku i nā ʻili sila a i ʻole ke sila momona.