ʻO ka ʻelepani ka holoholona ʻāina nui loa ma ka Honua. ʻOiai kona nui nui, maʻalahi ka maʻalahi o kēia pilikua ʻApelika a loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻike kiʻekiʻe. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻelepani ʻEpelika mai ka wā kahiko e lawe i nā ukana kaumaha a like me nā holoholona kaua i ka wā o nā kaua. Hoʻomaopopo maʻalahi lākou i nā kauoha a maikaʻi loa no ke aʻo ʻana. I ka nahelehele, ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻenemi, a ʻo nā liona a me nā buʻa nui ʻaʻole lākou e ʻaʻa e hoʻouka i nā mākua.
Ka wehewehe o ka ʻelepani ʻApelika
Elepani ʻApelika - mammal ʻāina nui loa ma ka honua. ʻOi aku ka nui ma mua o ka elepani ʻAsia a hiki i 4.5-5 mau mika i ka nui a kaupaona ma kahi o 7-7.5 mau tona. Akā he mau pilikua maoli nō hoʻi: ʻo ka ʻelepani ʻApelika nui loa i ʻike ʻia he 12 mau tona, a ʻo ka lōʻihi o kona kino ma kahi o 7 mau mika.
ʻAʻole like me nā ʻohana ʻĀkia, aia nā pū o ka ʻelepani ʻApelika i nā kāne a me nā wahine. ʻO nā tusks nui loa i loaʻa ma mua o 4 mau mika ka lōʻihi a he 230 kg kona kaumaha. Hoʻohana ʻia ko lākou ʻelepani i mea kaua no ke pale aku i nā mea ʻino. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe ʻenemi kūlohelohe o ia mau holoholona nunui, aia kekahi mau manawa ke hoʻouka nā liona pōloli i nā pilikua mehameha, ʻelemakule a nāwaliwali hoʻi. Eia kekahi, me ke kōkua o nā tusks, ʻeli nā elepani i ka lepo a ʻili i ka ʻili mai nā kumu lāʻau.
Loaʻa i nā ʻelepani kahi mea hana maʻamau ʻole e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā holoholona ʻē aʻe - he kumu lōʻihi lōʻihi kēia. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia i ka wā o ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka lehelehe luna a me ka ihu. Hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia kāna mau holoholona e ʻoki i ka mauʻu, ʻohiʻohi wai me kāna kōkua a hāpai iā ia e aloha i nā ʻohana. Hoihoi ka ʻenehana o kēlā. pehea e inu ai nā ʻelepani i ka wai ma kahi lua e hoʻoinu. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole inu ʻo ia i loko o ka pahu, akā huki ʻo ia i ka wai i loko, a laila kuhikuhi iā ia i loko o kona waha a ninini iā ia i waho. Hāʻawi kēia i nā ʻelepani i ka momona e pono ai lākou.
Ma waena o nā mea hoihoi e pili ana i kēia mau pilikua, pono e hoʻomaopopo he hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ko lākou kumu ma ke ʻano he pahu hanu. Aia kekahi mau hihia i ka hanu ʻana i loko o ka pahu i ka wā i hoʻokomo ʻia ai i lalo o ka wai. ʻO kekahi mea hoihoi nō hoʻi ka hiki i nā ʻelepa ke "lohe me ko lākou mau wāwae". Ma waho aʻe o nā mea maʻamau o ka hoʻolohe ʻana, he mau wahi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi kā lākou ma nā kapuwaʻi o ko lākou mau wāwae, me ke kōkua e hiki ai iā lākou ke lohe i nā haʻalulu o ka lepo a hoʻoholo i kahi a lākou e hele mai nei.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai he ʻeleʻele loa ko lākou ʻili, lahilahi loa ia a hiki i ka ʻelepani ke manaʻo ke noho kahi pepeke nui ma luna ona. Eia kekahi, ua aʻo nā ʻelepani i ka pakele maikaʻi mai ka lā ʻo ʻApelika lā e ʻā ana, e kāpīpī ʻana i ke one ma luna o lākou iho, kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i ke kino mai ka lā ʻā.
Lōʻihi ka makahiki o nā ʻelepani ʻApelika. ola lākou ma ka awelika 50-70 mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine. Noho lākou i nā kau o 12-16 mau kānaka, akā ma mua, e like me ka poʻe huakaʻi a me nā kānaka noiʻi, ua ʻoi aku ka nui a hiki i ka 150 o nā holoholona. ʻO ka poʻo o ka pūʻulu he wahine wahine kahiko ia, ʻo ia hoʻi, he matriarchy ka ʻelepani.
Hoihoi ia! Makaʻu maoli ka ʻelepani i ka nalo meli. Ma muli o ko lākouʻili lahilahi, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ka nui o ka pilikia. Aia kekahi mau hihia ke hoʻololi nā ʻelepani i ko lākou ala neʻe ma muli o ka nui o ka likelika o ka hālāwai ʻana me nā nalo ʻāhiu.
He holoholona pilikanaka ka ʻelepani a ʻano laha ʻole ka poʻe mehameha i waena o lākou. Hoʻomaopopo nā lālā o ka ohana i kekahi i kekahi, kōkua i nā hoahānau ʻeha, a pale pū i nā keiki inā pilikia. He kakaikahi nā hakakā ma waena o nā lālā kau. Ua ulu maikaʻi ka ʻelepani i ke ʻano o ka pilau a me ka hoʻolohe ʻana, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ko lākou mau maka, he hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi hoʻi kā lākou a hiki ke hoʻomanaʻo i kā lākou lawehala no kekahi manawa lōʻihi.
Aia kekahi kaʻao laha hiki ʻole i nā ʻelepani ke ʻauʻau ma muli o ko lākou kaumaha a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻano. He ʻauʻau kai maikaʻi maoli lākou a hiki ke ʻauʻau i kahi lōʻihi i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wahi ʻai.
Kahi noho, nā wahi noho
Ma mua, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ʻelepani ʻApelika ma waena o ʻApelika. I kēia manawa, me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka lāhui a me ka lawaiʻa ʻana, ua emi nui ko lākou wahi noho. Noho ka hapa nui o nā elepani i nā pāka aupuni o Kenya, Tanzania a me Kongo. I ka wā maloʻo, huakaʻi lākou i mau haneli mau kilomita e ʻimi ai i ka wai a me ka meaʻai. Ma waho o nā pāka aupuni, loaʻa lākou i ka nāhelehele ma Namibia, Senegal, Zimbabwe a me Kongo.
I kēia manawa, ke emi wikiwiki nei ka nohona o nā ʻelepani ʻApelika ma muli o ka nui o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻāina no ke kūkulu ʻana a me nā pono mahiʻai. I kekahi mau wahi noho maʻamau, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka elepani ʻApelika. Ma muli o ka waiwai o ka niho ʻelepani, ʻaʻole noho maikaʻi nā ʻelepani, lilo pinepine lākou i poʻe lawaiʻa. ʻO ka ʻenemi nui a hoʻokahi wale nō o nā ʻelepani ke kāne.
ʻO nā kaʻao nui e pili ana i nā ʻelepani ka mea i kanu ʻia e lākou nā mea i make i kekahi mau wahi. Ua hoʻolimalima nui ka ʻepekema i ka hana a me ka manawa, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi wahi kūikawā kahi e hoʻopili ʻia ai nā kino a me nā koena o nā holoholona. ʻAʻohe maoli kēlā mau wahi.
Mea ʻai. ʻO ka papaʻai o ka elepani ʻApelika
He ʻona maoli ʻole nā ʻelepani ʻApelika, hiki i nā kāne makua ke ʻai a hiki i ka 150 kilokika o nā mea kanu mea kanu i kēlā me kēia lā, nā wahine ma kahi o 100. Lawe iā lākou he 16-18 mau hola i ka lā e loaʻa ai ka meaʻai, ke koena o ka manawa a lākou e ʻimi ai, lawe 2-3 mau hola. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā holoholona hiamoe liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua.
Aia kahi hoʻokaealoha nui nā ʻelepani ʻApelika i ka peanuts a hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa no ka ʻimi ʻana iā lākou, akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. ʻOiai, ʻaʻohe mea a nā ʻelepani e kūʻē i kēlā ʻano ʻono, a i ka lawe pio ʻana ua ʻai lākou i ka ʻai. Akā nō naʻe, i ke ʻano kūlohelohe ʻole ʻia ia.
ʻO ka mauʻu a me nā wana o nā lāʻau ʻōpio kā lākou meaʻai nui; ʻai ʻia nā hua me he mea ʻono lā. Me kā lākou momona, hōʻino lākou i ka ʻāina mahiʻai, hoʻoweliweli nā mahiʻai iā lākou, no ka mea, pāpā ʻia ka pepehi ʻana i nā ʻelepani a pale ʻia lākou e ke kānāwai. Hoʻolilo kēia mau pilikua o ʻApelika i ka hapa nui o ka lā e ʻimi nei i ka meaʻai. E kuapo loa nā Cubs e kanu i ka meaʻai a hiki i ʻekolu mau makahiki, a ma mua o ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū o ka makuahine. Ma hope o 1.5-2 mau makahiki, hoʻomaka lākou e loaʻa nā meaʻai a nā mākua a me ka waiū umauma. Hoʻohana lākou i ka nui o ka wai, ma kahi o 180-230 liters i kēlā me kēia lā.
Mote ʻelua ʻ stateslelo ʻia ʻo nā kāne kāne i haʻalele i ka bipi i lilo i poʻe pepehi kanaka. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i nā hihia hōʻeha a nā ʻelepani i nā kānaka ke hiki, akā ʻaʻole pili kēia i kahi ʻano hana pilikino o kēia mau holoholona.
ʻO ka kaʻao e makaʻu ana nā ʻelepani i ka ʻiole a me ka ʻiole, ʻoiai lākou e ʻūlū i ko lākou mau wāwae, noho pū kekahi me ke kaʻao. ʻOiai, ʻaʻole makaʻu ka ʻelepani i kēlā meheu, akā ʻaʻohe o lākou aloha nui iā lākou.
E heluhelu hoʻi ma kā mākou pūnaewele: nā liona ʻApelika
Hoʻohua a me nā keiki
Hana ʻia ka paulele ʻana i nā ʻelepani i nā ʻano like ʻole, kaukaʻi ʻia i nā kūlana nohona, ma 14-18 mau makahiki - i nā kāne, i nā wahine ʻaʻole ia i hala ma mua o 10-16 mau makahiki. I ka hōʻea ʻana i kēia makahiki, mākaukau nā ʻelepani e hana hou. I ka wā o ka pachip o ka wahine, kū pinepine nā hakakā ma waena o nā kāne a loaʻa i ka mea lanakila ke kuleana e male me ka wahine. He kakaikahi nā hakakā ma waena o nā ʻelepani a ʻo kēia wale nō paha ke kumu o ka hakakā. I kekahi mau hihia, noho maluhia kēia mau pilikua.
He lōʻihi loa ka hāpai ʻana o ka Elephant - 22 mahina... ʻAʻohe manawa moena e like me ia; hiki i nā ʻelepani ke hoʻohua i loko o ka makahiki. Hānau ʻia hoʻokahi cub, i nā manawa kakaikahi - ʻelua. Kōkua nā elepani wahine ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like, pale i ka ʻelepani makuahine a me kāna keiki mai nā pilikia kūpono. ʻO ke kaupaona o kahi keiki elepani pēpē hou ma lalo o 100 kilokilo. Ma hope o ʻelua a ʻekolu paha mau hola, ua mākaukau ke keiki ʻelepani e kū i luna a hāhai mau i kona makuahine, e paʻa ana i kona huelo me kāna kumu.
Nā ʻano ʻelepani ʻEpelika
I kēia manawa, ʻike ka ʻepekema i 2 mau ʻano ʻelepani e noho nei i ʻApelika: savannah a me ka ulu lāʻau. Noho ka ʻelepani ululāʻau i nā wahi ākea o ka pāpū; ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka ʻelepani nahele, ʻeleʻele i ke kala a he mau ʻano hana kona i ka hopena o ke kumu. Ua pālahalaha nui kēia ʻano ma loko o ʻApelika. ʻO ia ka ʻelepani ululāʻau i manaʻo ʻia he ʻApelika, e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei. I ka nahelehele, ʻaʻohe pili iki kēia mau ʻano ʻelua.
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻelepani ululāʻau, hina ke kala a noho i nā ulu lāʻau tropika o ʻApelika. Ma waho o kā lākou nui, ʻokoʻa lākou i ke ʻano o nā ā, i loko ona he ʻiki a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka savanna. Eia kekahi, ʻehā mau manamana wāwae o nā ʻelepani nahele ma ko lākou mau wāwae hope, ʻoiai ʻelima nā savannah. ʻO nā ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe āpau, e like me nā nīnū liʻiliʻi a me nā pepeiao liʻiliʻi, no ka mea maʻalahi iā lākou e hele ma waena o nā mānoanoa tropical tropical.
Wahi a kekahi moʻolelo kaʻao e pili ana i nā ʻelepani ʻo lākou wale nō nā holoholona i hiki ʻole ke lele, akā ʻaʻole. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke lele, ʻaʻohe mea e pono ai kēia, akā ʻaʻole kū hoʻokahi nā ʻelepani i kēia hihia, ʻo nā holoholona pū kekahi me nā hippos, nā rhino a me nā sloths.
