He holoholona kupaianaha ka giraffe, lokomaikaʻi loa, me nā wāwae lahilahi a me ka ʻāʻī kiʻekiʻe. He ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa ʻo ia mai nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe o ka honua holoholona, keu hoʻi i kona kiʻekiʻe, hiki ma mua o ʻelima mau mika... ia holoholona kiʻekiʻe loa i waena o ka poʻe e noho ana ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kona ʻāʻī lōʻihi ka hapalua o ka lōʻihi o ke kino.
Kū aʻe ka hoihoi i nā giraffe i nā keiki ʻelua a me nā mākua, no ke aha ʻo ia e makemake ai i nā wāwae lōʻihi a me ka ʻāʻī. Maliʻa paha e liʻiliʻi nā nīnau inā ʻo nā holoholona me ia ʻāʻī ka mea maʻamau i nā holoholona o kā mākou honua.
Akā he mau hiʻohiʻona ʻano ʻē aʻe ko nā giraffes i ʻokoʻa loa mai nā holoholona ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi ʻehiku mau vertebrae, kūlike i ka helu like o lākou i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe, akā he ʻano kūikawā ko lākou ʻano, elongated loa lākou. Ma muli o kēia, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka ʻāʻī.
Nui ka puʻuwai, no ka mea, ʻo kāna hana ka hoʻolako i nā mea āpau me ke koko, a i mea e piʻi ai ke koko i ka lolo, pono e hāpai ʻia e 2.5 mau mika. Kaomi koko ka ʻelemakule aneane ʻelua manawa ke kiʻekiʻema mua o nā holoholona ʻē aʻe.
Nui pū kekahi nā māmā o kahi giraffe, ma kahi o ʻewalu mau manawa i ʻoi aku i ka makua... ʻO kā lākou hana ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ea ma kahi trachea lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka hanu ma mua o ke kanaka. A liʻiliʻi loa ke poʻo o ka giraffe.
ʻO ka mea hoihoi, hiamoe pinepine nā ʻōpelu i ke kū ʻana, e kau ana ko lākou poʻo i ka croup. I kekahi manawa hiamoe nā zira i ka honua e hoʻomaha ai ko lākou mau wāwae. I ka manawa like, paʻakikī loa iā lākou e ʻimi i kahi no ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi.
Hoʻopili nā kānaka ʻepekema i ke ʻano o ke kino o nā giraffe me ka meaʻai, i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā wana ʻōpio, nā lau a me nā ʻōpuʻu lāʻau. ʻOi loa nā lāʻau. ʻO ia mau meaʻai e ʻae iā ʻoe e ola i nā wahi wela, kahi e nui ai nā holoholona e ʻai ana i ka mauʻu, a i ke kauwela, hoʻopau loa ʻia ka savannah. No laila ua hoʻololi ʻia nā zirepa i nā kūlana maikaʻi.
ʻO ka meaʻai punahele a Giraffe ka acacia.... Hoʻopili ka holoholona i kahi lālā me kona alelo a huki iā ia i kona waha, e ʻohi ana i nā lau a me nā pua. ʻO ke ʻano o ke alelo a me nā lehelehe i hiki ʻole i kahi giraffe ke hōʻino iā lākou i nā lāʻau acacia. Lawe ke kaʻina hana iā ia i ʻumikūmāono a ʻoi paha mau hola i ka lā, a ʻo ka nui o nā meaʻai a hiki i 30 kg. Hoʻokahi hora wale nō ka hiamoe o nā giraffe.
ʻO ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi hoʻi kahi pilikia. ʻO kahi laʻana, e inu wale i ka wai, hoʻolaha kahi giraffe i kona mau wāwae ākea a kūlou. Maʻalahi loa ka pose a hiki i ke giraffe i kēlā mau manawa ke lilo i waiwai i nā mea ʻaihue. Hiki i kahi zira ke hele me ka ʻole o ka wai no hoʻokahi pule holoʻokoʻa, e kinai ana i kona make wai me ka wai i loko o nā lau ʻōpio. Akā ke inu ʻo ia, a laila inu he 38 liters o ka wai.
Mai ka wā o Darwin, manaʻo ʻia ua loaʻa ka ʻāʻī o ka giraffe i kona nui ma muli o ka evolution, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā giraffes i ka wā prehistoric kahi ʻāʻī nani. Wahi a ke kumumanaʻo, i ka wā ua maloʻo, ua ola nā holoholona me ka ʻāʻī lōʻihi, a hoʻoili lākou i kēia hiʻohiʻona i kā lākou keiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Darwin e hiki i kekahi holoholona nunui ʻehā wāwae wāwae ke lilo i giraffe. ʻO kahi ʻōlelo kūpono i loko o ke kuhi o ka evolution evolution. Akā pono nā hōʻike mōʻalihaku e hōʻoia iā ia.
Pono nā ʻepekema a me nā kānaka noiʻi e ʻimi i nā ʻano hoʻololi like ʻole. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa nā koena fossil o nā kūpuna o nā giraffes o kēia lā mai ka poʻe e noho nei i kēia lā. A ʻo nā ʻano hoʻololi mai kahi ʻāʻī pokole i kahi lōʻihi ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēia manawa.
