Ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e noho ana kekahi pūʻali koa ʻokoʻa ʻo Bagheera Kipling. He nalu lele kēia, ʻo ia, e like me ka hui holoʻokoʻa, he mau maka makaʻala nui a he hiki ke lele. Akā, loaʻa iā ia kahi hiʻohiʻona e kū ai ʻo ia mai ka 40000 ʻano o nā spiders - aneane ʻo ia i mea ʻai meaʻai.
ʻAneʻane he poʻe ʻāwīwī a pau. Hiki iā lākou ke hahai me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole, akā i ka hopena e omo lākou a pau i nā ʻōpū o loko liquefied o ka mea i pepehi ʻia. Inā lākou e ʻai i nā mea kanu, he mea kakaʻikahi, aneane pōʻino. Hiki i kekahi ke inu i ka nectar i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻohui i kā lākou ʻai ʻiʻo. ʻO kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe i komo i ka pollen i ka wā e hana hou ana i kā lākou pūnaewele.
Akā ʻo Kipling's Bagheera kahi ʻokoʻa. Ua ʻike ʻo Christopher Meehan o ke Kulanui ʻo Villanova e hoʻohana nā spiders i ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻanuʻu a me ka acacia. Hoʻohana nā lāʻau ʻAcacia i nā ʻanuʻu ma ke ʻano he pale a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka malu i loko o nā kākalaioa a me nā ulu ʻono ma ko lākou mau lau i kapa ʻia ʻo Belt corpuscles. Ua aʻo nā ʻeke ʻeke a Kipling e ʻaihue i kēia mau mea ʻono mai nā ʻanuʻu, a ma muli o ka hopena, ua lilo lākou i mau mea ʻai wale nō (kokoke).
Ua noho ʻo Mian i ʻehiku makahiki e nānā ana i nā spider a pehea e loaʻa ai ka meaʻai. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia e ʻaneʻane e ʻike ʻia nā spider ma nā acacia kahi e noho ai nā ʻanuʻu, no ka mea, e ulu ana nā corpuscles Belt ma nā acacia wale nō i mua o nā ʻanuʻu.
Ma Mekiko, ʻo nā kino Belt ka 91% o ka ʻai a ka spider, a ma Costa Rica, 60%. ʻAʻole pinepine lākou e inu i ka nectar, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, ka ʻai ʻana i nā larvae ant, nā nalo, a me nā lālā o kā lākou ʻano ponoʻī.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo Meehan i kāna mau hopena ma ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano kemika o ke kino o ka spider. Nānā ʻo ia i ka ratio o ʻelua isotopes o ka nitrogen: N-15 a me N-14. ʻO ka poʻe e ʻai ana i nā mea kanu he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o N-15 ma mua o ka poʻe ʻai ʻiʻo, a he 5% ka liʻiliʻi o ke kino o Bagheera Kipling i kēia isotope ma mua o nā manu lele lele. Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Meehan i nā pae o ʻelua isotopes kalapona, C-13 a me C-12. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i loko o ke kino o kahi spider meaʻai a me nā kino Belt, ʻaneʻane like ka ratio, kahi mea maʻamau no nā holoholona a me kā lākou meaʻai.
He mea pono ka ʻai ʻana i nā keiki bipi kāʻei, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi. ʻO ka mea mua, aia ka pilikia o nā ʻenekona kiaʻi. ʻO ka hoʻolālā a Bagheera Kipling he aihue a me ka hoʻokele. Hana ʻo ia i nā pūnana ma ka piko o nā lau kahiko, kahi e hele ʻole ai nā ʻanuʻu. Peʻe ikaika nā spiders mai ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i nā mākaʻi. Inā ʻoki ʻia, hoʻohana lākou i kā lākou mau wāwae ikaika e hana i kahi lele lōʻihi. I kekahi manawa hoʻohana lākou i ka pūnaewele, e kau ana i ka lewa a hala ka pilikia. Ua kākau ʻo Meehan i kekahi mau hoʻolālā, ʻo ia nā mea a pau e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka naʻauao maikaʻi i kaulana ai nā spider lele.
ʻOiai ke hoʻokō nei ʻo Kipling's Bagheera e pakele i ka mākaʻikaʻi, aia nō ka pilikia. ʻO nā kino kāʻei he waiwai nui i ka fiber, a ʻo nā spiders, ma ke kumumanaʻo, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō me ia. ʻAʻole hiki i nā spiders ke nahu i ka meaʻai, ʻeli lākou i kā lākou mea i hōʻeha ʻia ma waho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai ʻawaʻawa a me ka ʻōpū, a laila "inu" i nā koena wai. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka fiber mea kanu, a ʻaʻole naʻe mākou i ʻike pehea e lawelawe ai ʻo Kipling's Bagheera.
Ma keʻano laulā, pono ia. ʻO ke kāʻei kāʻei kahi kumu mākaukau o ka meaʻai i loaʻa i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka meaʻai a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ua pōmaikaʻi ʻo Kipling's Bagheeras. I kēia lā hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma nā wahi āpau ma Latin America, kahi e "hui pū ai" me nā acacias.