Mary Allen
Introduction: ʻO wai nā lio Tarpan?
ʻO nā lio tarpan he mau lio hihiu i holo mua ma ʻEulopa. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou he mau lio hihiu ʻEulopa, a ʻo lākou nā kūpuna o nā ʻano lio hou he nui. He mau liʻiliʻi kēia mau lio, agile, a me ka holo wikiwiki. He ʻano hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ko nā lio Tarpan, me ko lākou kino pōkole a paʻa, nā mane lōʻihi, a me nā huelo lāʻau. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou naʻauao, kūʻokoʻa, a me ke kūpaʻa, e lilo lākou i ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ke kaiaola.
Ke Kumu a me ka Moolelo o na Lio Tarpan
He moʻolelo lōʻihi a hoihoi ko nā lio Tarpan e pili ana i ka Ice Age hope loa. Noho lākou ma nā mauʻu ākea a me nā ululāʻau, kahi a lākou e holoholo wale ai a hahai i kā lākou ʻai. Ua hānai ʻia kēia mau lio e nā kānaka ma kahi o 6,000 mau makahiki i hala, a he hana koʻikoʻi lākou i ka mahiʻai, ka lawe ʻana, a me ke kaua. Akā naʻe, ua ʻimi nui ʻia nā lio Tarpan, a ua emi koke ko lākou heluna kanaka. Ua make ka lio Tarpan hope loa ma ke pio ʻana i ka makahiki 1909, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua pau ka pua i ka nahele.
Nā ʻano kino o nā Lio Tarpan
Liʻiliʻi a ikaika nā lio Tarpan, me ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 12 a 14 mau lima (48 a 56 iniha). He paʻa ko lākou, me ka ʻāʻī pōkole, ka umauma ākea, a me nā wāwae ikaika. He ʻaʻahu ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha kēia mau lio, he pōkole a mānoanoa. He mane lōʻihi a piha ko lākou a me ka huelo, e kōkua iā lākou e mahana i nā mahina hoʻoilo. He niho ikaika ko nā lio Tarpan, he kūpono ia no ka ʻai ʻana i nā mauʻu a me nā kumu lāʻau. ʻO ko lākou ʻike maka, ka lohe, a me ka honi e kōkua iā lākou e ʻike i nā mea ʻaihue a pale aku i ka pōʻino.