ʻO ka ʻelepani kekahi o nā māmela ʻāina nui loa. Hiki i kona kaumaha ke piʻi i 5 mau tona, no laila he mau wāwae pōkole ia e lilo i kākoʻo ikaika. ʻO nā niho o ka ʻelepani he niho nunui wale nō ia i kuleana nui i ke ola o ka holoholona. Akā ʻo ka mea nui o ka ʻelepani ke kumu. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe lawelawe ka pahu i kahi mehana hanu, akā ʻo kēia wale nō kekahi o kāna mau hana.
He aha ke kumu?
ʻO ka mea mua a ke kanaka e ʻike ai i ka ʻike ʻana o ka elepani, me ka hoʻohui i kona nui, ʻo ia kona kumu, ʻo ia ka lehelehe luna i ulu pū aʻe ma muli o ka evolution me ka ihu.... No laila, ua loaʻa ka ʻelepani i kahi ihu maʻalahi a lōʻihi hoʻi, nona nā ʻano ʻē aʻe he 500, a i ka manawa like, ʻaʻohe ona iwi hoʻokahi (koe wale no ka cartilage ma ka ihu).
Māhele ʻia nā puka ihu, e like me ke kanaka, i ʻelua mau kahawai ma ko lākou lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa. A ma ka piko o ka pahu he mau mea liʻiliʻi akā ikaika loa e lawelawe i ka ʻelepani e like me nā manamana. Me kā lākou kōkua, hiki i ka ʻelepani ke manaʻo a hāpai i kahi pihi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kekahi mea liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mea mua, lawelawe ka pahu i kahi ihu, akā me ke kōkua ʻana o nā ʻelepani i ka hanu ʻana, honi, a hiki pū kekahi:
- inu;
- e kiʻi i ʻai nāu;
- kamaʻilio me nā hoahānau;
- ʻohi i nā mea liʻiliʻi;
- ʻauʻau;
- pale aku;
- hōʻike manaʻo.
Hahai ia mai kēia mau mea a pau loa he kumu pono a kūpono ʻole ke kumu. I ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole hiki i kahi ʻelepani makua ke hana me ka ʻole o kahi kumu, e like me ka hiki ʻole i ke kanaka ke hana me ka lima ʻole. Kākauʻōlelo. ʻAʻole hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ka ʻelepa elepani e hoʻohana pololei i ke kumu a hehi mau i luna ke hele wāwae. No laila, ma mua o ke aʻo piha ʻana e kaohi i ke kumu, hoʻohana wale ka elepani pēpē iā ia e paʻa i ka hiʻu o ka makua i ka neʻe ʻana.
Mea ʻai a me nā mea inu
ʻO kekahi o nā hana nui o ke kumu ka unuhi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka wai. Me ke kōkua o kēia koʻokoʻo, ʻimi a holoholona ka holoholona no kēia mau huahana waiwai.
Mea ʻai
ʻOkoʻa ka ʻelepani mai nā māmela ʻē aʻe i ʻai ʻo ia i ka meaʻai me kona ihu, kahi e loaʻa ai iā ia... Pili ka papaʻai o kēia holoholona i ke ʻano o ka ʻelepani. ʻOiai he mammal ka ʻelepani, hānai nui ia i nā mea kanu, nā lau a me nā hua.
Makemake nā ʻelepani ʻĀnia e ʻai i nā lau i unuhi ʻia mai nā kumu lāʻau a me nā aʻa o nā kumulāʻau i huki ʻia, ʻoiai nā ʻelepani ʻEpelika e makemake i ka mauʻu. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, makemake lākou i nā mea ʻai i huki ʻia mai kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka kiʻekiʻe ʻole ma mua o ʻelua mau mika, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hiki ʻana i ka ʻelepani ke kiʻekiʻe aʻe a piʻi aʻe hoʻi i kona mau wāwae hope inā pono ke pio.
Hoihoi ia! Eia kekahi, hiki ke hoʻololi i nā makemake o ka elephant ma muli o ke kau a me ke anilā.
I kēlā me kēia lā, koi ʻia kēia mau holoholona e hele i kahi mamao loa e ʻike i ka meaʻai, ʻoiai e ʻai ka ʻelepani makua i kahi mau 250 kilokika o ka meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā no kahi mokuʻāina maʻamau. Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke lawe i 19 mau hola i ka lā no ka proboscis.
A inā ʻaʻohe lawa ka ʻai o ka elepani, a laila hiki ke ʻai i ka ʻāha i haehae ʻia mai ka lāʻau mai, a laila hōʻino nui ʻia ke kūlohelohe, no ka mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻihoʻi i ia mau lāʻau. Akā hiki i nā ʻelepani ʻApelika ke hoʻolaha aku i nā ʻano mea kanu he ʻokoʻa. Ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻōnaehana digestive, loaʻa ʻole i ka ʻelepani ka digestibility maikaʻi loa o ka meaʻai, a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolilo i nā ʻanoʻano i ʻai ʻia i nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
Inu
ʻO ka maʻamau, huki ka holoholona i ka wai mai kāna kumu a miki iā ia i ka nui o 150 liters i kēlā me kēia lā. I kahi maloʻo, i mea e kinai ai i ko lākou make wai, hiki i nā ʻelepani me kā lākou mau niho ke ʻeli i nā lua a hiki i hoʻokahi mika ka hohonu i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka wai o ka honua a inu, e ʻūlū nei me kā lākou kumu.
Hoihoi ia! Hiki i ke kumu o ka pahu ke loaʻa ma kahi o 8 liters o ka wai i ka manawa.
Hōʻiliʻili nā mākua i ka wai i loko o ka pahu a hānai iā ia i loko o kā lākou waha.
Ka palekana mai nā ʻenemi
I ka nahelehele, i ka hoʻohui i nā tusks, hoʻohana pū ka ʻelepani i kāna kumu no ka pale. Ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ka meaola, hiki i ka holoholona ke hōʻike i nā pā o kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, a ʻo ka nui o nā mākala i ka pahu e hāʻawi iā ia i ka ikaika nui. ʻO ke kaupaona o ke kolo e lilo ia i mea kaua maikaʻi loa: i ke kanaka makua, hiki i ka 140 kg, a hiki i ka pā o kēlā ʻano ikaika ke pale aku i ka hoʻouka kaua o kahi mea ʻino weliweli.
Palapala
ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā ʻepekema i hōʻoia i ka hiki i nā ʻelepani ke kamaʻilio me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pono hana, he kuleana nui ko ka pahu i ke kamaʻilio ʻana o kēia mau holoholona. ʻO ka pinepine, ʻo ia ke kamaʻilio penei:
- aloha - aloha aku nā ʻelepani i kekahi me ke kōkua o ko lākou pahu;
- kokua hope.
Hoʻohana pū nā elepani wahine i nā pahu e kamaʻilio me kā lākou keiki. ʻOiai ʻo ka hele ʻana o ka ʻelepani liʻiliʻi me ka ʻilihune, pono ʻo ia e neʻe, a kōkua kona makuahine iā ia i kēia. Ke paʻa nei i kā lākou mau pahu, neʻe iki ka makuahine a me ka cub, ma muli o ke aʻo a ka mea hope e hele wāwae.
Eia kekahi, hiki i nā mākua ke hoʻohana i ke kumu e hoʻopaʻi i nā keiki hewa. I ka manawa like, ʻoiai, ʻaʻole hoʻokomo nā ʻelepani i ko lākou ikaika āpau i ka hahau, akā palu iki i nā keiki. No ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma waena o nā ʻelepani, makemake kēia mau holoholona e hoʻopā kekahi i kekahi me kā lākou pahu, hahau i nā "interlocutors" ma nā kua a hōʻike i ko lākou nānā i kēlā me kēia ʻano hiki.
Kumu me he okana manaʻo
Kōkua nā Nostril ma ke kumu i ka holoholona e ʻaʻala maikaʻi i ka meaʻai... Ua alakaʻi ʻia nā ʻepekema i nā noiʻi i hōʻike ʻia e hiki i kahi ʻelepani ke koho koke ma waena o nā ipu ʻelua, ua hoʻopiha ʻia kekahi o ia mau mea i ka meaʻai, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ʻano o ka pilau.
ʻAe ʻo Smell i ka ʻelepani i:
- e ʻike i ka waiwai o kekahi ʻelepani ʻē aʻe i kāu pono a i ʻole holoholona a haʻi;
- e ʻike i kāu pēpē (no nā makuahine ʻelepani);
- hopu ʻala ma kahi mamao o kekahi mau kilomita.
Mahalo i nā mea loaʻa he 40,000 i loko o ke kumu, koʻikoʻi loa ka manaʻo o ka ʻelepani.
Kōkua hiki ʻole ke pani ʻia
Ke kaupaona nei i nā hana a pau o ke kumu, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoholo ʻaʻole hiki i ka ʻelepani ke ola me ka ʻole o kēia meaola. ʻAe ia i ka holoholona e hanu, ʻai a inu, pale iā ia iho mai nā ʻenemi, kamaʻilio me kāna ʻano ponoʻī, lawe a neʻe i nā kaupaona. Inā neʻe ka ʻelepani i kahi ʻāina kamaʻāina ʻole, āna i manaʻo ai he weliweli, e hoʻāʻo pū ʻia ke ala me kāna kumu. Ke hoʻomaopopo ka holoholona he palekana ka heʻe ʻana, kau ʻo ia i kona wāwae i ka wahi i kaha ʻia a hoʻomau i ka neʻe.
E hoihoi pū kekahi:
- Ehia na kaumaha o ka ʻelepani
- He aha nā ʻelepani e ʻai ai
- Pehea ka hiamoe ʻana o nā ʻelepani
- Ehia mau makahiki e ola ai nā ʻelepani
Mālama wale kēia ʻōhua i ka ihu o ka elepani, nā lehelehe, nā lima a me nā mea e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka wai. He paʻakikī loa ke aʻo ʻana e hoʻohana pololei i ka pahu, a aʻo nā ʻelepani liʻiliʻi i kēia mea no nā makahiki ʻelua o ke ola.
