He paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kahi pōpoki a ʻīlio paha me ka ʻole o kahi huelo. He aha ke ʻano o ka hoʻopili ʻia i ka hope o ko lākou kino no nā holoholona?
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i nā māmela āpau e noho ana ma ka honua, ʻaʻohe kuleana o ka hiʻu, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui iā lākou e like me ka laʻana, nā mea kolo a me nā iʻa. Eia nō naʻe, ma ke ʻano he "hoʻohui", ua hele ka huelo i nā māmela mai ko lākou mau kūpuna - nā mea kolo, a iā lākou, mai nā iʻa iʻa e noho ana ma ka honua honua he mau miliona mau makahiki i hala.
He poʻo hoʻokahi a hoʻokahi huelo ko kēlā me kēia holoholona e noho nei ma ka Honua. ʻEhā mau wāwae, ke hele pū ʻole, e like me nā mea kolo, akā naʻe, aia ka huelo a me ke poʻo i hoʻokahi kope hoʻokahi. Maopopo he hoʻokahi poʻo ke poʻo i ke kino holoʻokoʻa, nā hana āpau e pono ai no ka hana nui o ka holoholona i loko ona. Akā no ke aha i hoʻokahi holoholona wale ka holoholona?! He mea waiwai ke hohonu ʻana i ka mōʻaukala e ʻike ai i ke kumu i ʻike ʻia ai nā huelo.
I ka wā mua, ʻo nā kūpuna o nā holoholona āpau e noho ana ma ka honua he mau huelo o nā nui like ʻole. Akā ma hope o ka loli ʻana o nā holoholona i mau kenekulia ma hope, ʻaʻole makemake ka hapanui o lākou i nā huelo, a no kekahi o ka nui o kēia hoʻopili ʻana i ke kino ua emi loa ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa lākou i kahi ʻāpana. ʻOiaʻiʻo no ka mea ʻaʻole i lawe mai ka huelo i kahi pōmaikaʻi i nā holoholona ʻāina he nui i noho i ke one a i ʻole nā ulu lāʻau, a laila "kauoha" ke ʻano e lawe iā lākou mai iā lākou, a e hoʻoliʻiliʻi nui iā lākou. No laila, no ka laʻana, no nā holoholona e hoʻolilo i ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola i ka honua, e like me ka mole a i ʻole ka shrew, keʻakeʻa pinepine ka huelo. Loaʻa iā lākou ia no ke kaulike wale nō.
Akā no nā holoholona e noho ana i nā kumulāʻau, e noho ana i ka honua a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā kino wai, lilo ka huelo i kumu o ke ola. ʻO ka squirrel a me ka mōneka, ʻo nā posum piʻi piʻi lāʻau hoʻi, kaohi i kā lākou huelo e like me ka huila. Ke lele lākou mai kekahi kumulāʻau a i kekahi lāʻau, hoʻohuli lākou i ka "hana" o kā lākou huelo no ka neʻe kūleʻa a me ka hoʻonohonoho pono. No nā jerboas nimble e holo ana i ka honua, aia ka huelo ma ke ʻano he kaulike, a no ka kangaroo e neʻe ana ma kāna mau wāwae lōʻihi ʻelua, inā ʻoe e ʻike, he huelo kaumaha, e like me ke kolu o ka wāwae, kōkua e neʻe ma ka honua.
Me ka iʻa a me ka moa wai, maopopo ka mea āpau. Pono lākou i kahi huelo e ʻauʻau mākaukau i ke kino o ka wai. ʻO ka huelo no nā iʻa nui, nā ʻāpā, nā kohola kohola, he mea nui ka kohola ma ke ʻano he mea lawe. Hoʻohana nā kolo i ko lākou huelo ke makemake lākou e hōʻike i ko lākou poʻe kūʻē he ikaika lākou.
Ua hele lōʻihi nā moʻo, ua aʻo lākou e hoʻohana i ko lākou huelo ma ke ʻano he ruse. E hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā kamaliʻi ua makemake maoli mākou e hopu i kahi moʻo e ka huelo, akā ua "kiola ʻo ia" a holo ʻo ia. A no nā moʻo nānā, ʻo ka huelo he mea kaua "lethal". Hiki iā lākou ke paʻi i ko lākou ʻenemi i mea e lawa ʻole ai ia. A ʻo ka nahesa me ka ʻole o ka huelo, ʻaʻole ia he nahesa iki, ke ʻole kēia ʻāpana o ke kino a hiki ʻole i kahi nahesa, ma ke ʻano nui.
Mahalo wau he aha ka huelo no nā manu? No lākou, hana ka huelo ma ke ʻano he wawahi. No laila e lele nā manu a "lele" i kekahi wahi a i ʻole kekahi mea, inā ʻaʻole ka huelo, e kōkua iā lākou e kaohi i ko lākou wikiwiki, ʻo ia hoʻi ka huhū nui o nā manu i kekahi manawa. Kōkua ka huelo i nā manu e pae kūleʻa. Nānā ʻoe i nā nūnū, noho lākou i ka honua ma hope o ka wehe ākea ʻana i ko lākou huelo a hoʻopaʻa paʻa iā lākou ma lalo o lākou iho. No nā mea lāʻau, i ka laulā, he "noho" ka huelo.
Akā ... i kekahi manawa hoʻolauna ʻia ka huelo i kahi hana e like ʻole me ke kaua, akā ʻo ka mea haʻahaʻa, o kahi ʻano. Ke hana nei ka huelo o nā ruminants he lele lele. E hoʻomanaʻo: ʻo ke kauhale, ke kauwela, kahi pūʻulu bipi hānai āpau, kahi e kipaku aku ai i nā lele kūpilikiʻi a me nā gadflies pinepine mai iā lākou iho. Noho ka gadfly ma ke poʻo o ka lio? Pāleʻa ka lio i kona huelo a pepehi koke i ka mea kolo. No nā lio, ua like ka huelo me kahi peahi, kipaku maikaʻi ʻo ia i nā lele ʻino me ia.
Akā no kā mākou mau holoholona punahele, pōpoki a ʻīlio hoʻi, hana ka huelo ma ke ʻano he mea kamaʻilio. Hoʻomaopopo ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e haʻi ka huelo iā ʻoe e pili ana i kāu ʻīlio. Inā hālāwai kāu ʻīlio me ka huelo kauō, hauʻoli nui ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana iā ʻoe. Akā, inā e holo ana kāna huelo e like me ka pua i nā ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa, no laila ke huhū nei ia, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻopā iā ia. Kuhi kahi huelo i ka mākaukau o ka ʻīlio e hoʻolohe iā ʻoe a hana i nā mea āpau. I kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻoe, i ka hui ʻana me kahi ʻīlio ma ke alanui, mai nānā pono i kāna mau maka, no lākou ʻaʻole ia e ʻae ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i ka huelo, a laila i nā kekona e hiki mai ana e ʻike ʻoe pehea ka ʻīlio e pili ana iā ʻoe.
No kekahi mau holoholona, hoʻokani ka huelo i ka lima. Hoʻohana mau nā mōneka i ko lākou huelo lōʻihi e hopu i kahi lāʻau a huki paha i ka meaʻai kokoke iā lākou. Hoʻopili maʻalahi ʻo ia i kahi lālā me ke kōkua o kāna huelo, a laila, ke ʻike nei i nā hua ma lalo, kau ʻia ma luna o lākou a mālie, e paʻa ana i ka lālā me kāna huelo, ʻohi i ka maiʻa a ʻai iā lākou.
No nā holoholona fluffy, e like me ka ʻalopeke, ʻalopeka arctic a i ʻole leopadi, lawelawe ka huelo i kapa moe no ka pale ʻana mai ka hau ʻino. I ka hoʻoilo hau, nā holoholona me nā huelo fluffy e ʻeli i nā lua, moe i laila a uhi i ko lākou ihu me kahi huelo - kahi kapa. Hoʻohana pū nā ʻalopeke a me nā ʻīlio hae i kā lākou huelo ma ke ʻano he "turn signal". Kōkua nā huelo i nā holoholona e huli i ke ala kūpono. Hana like ka squirrel me ka huelo, akā huli ʻo ia iā ia ke lele aʻe ia mai kahi lāʻau a kahi lāʻau.
ʻIke ʻoe, pono ka hapanui o nā holoholona i kahi huelo, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana me ka ʻole o ia!
