ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻoluʻolu loa āu e lohe ai i ka pane ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he mea ʻai ʻoe: "Akā pono nā kānaka e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo!" E kiʻi koke i kēia, ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo. ʻAʻole nā kānaka kino e like me nā pōpoki, ʻaʻole lākou he omnivores e like me ka bea a me ka puaʻa.
Inā manaʻo maoli ʻoe he pono ke ʻai i ka ʻiʻo, hele i waho i ke kula, lele i ke kua o ka bipi a nahu iā ia. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻeha i kahi holoholona me kou mau niho a me kou manamana lima. A i ʻole e lawe i ka moa make a hoʻāʻo e nau; ʻAʻole kūpono ko mākou mau niho i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo maka. He mau herbivores maoli mākou, akā, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e like mākou me nā bipi, me nā ʻōpū nui e hoʻopau i ka lā a pau i ka nau ʻana i ka mauʻu. ʻO nā pipi nā mea ʻai, herbivores, a ʻai i nā mea kanu āpau e like me nā nati, nā ʻanoʻano, nā aʻa, nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo, nā hua, a me nā hua.
Pehea wau e ʻike ai i kēia mau mea a pau? Ua nui ka noiʻi ʻana i ka mea e ʻai ai nā monkey. ʻO nā Gorillas nā meaʻai meaʻai. ʻO David Reid, he kauka koʻikoʻi a he kākāʻōlelo mua i ka Hui ʻOlumepika Pelekania, ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokolohua liʻiliʻi. Ma kahi hōʻikeʻike olakino, hōʻike ʻo ia i ʻelua kiʻi, ʻo kekahi e hōʻike ana i ka ʻōpū o ke kanaka a ʻo kekahi e hōʻike ana i ka ʻōpū o kahi gorilla. Ua noi ʻo ia i kāna mau hoa hana e nānā i kēia mau kiʻi a haʻi mai. Ua manaʻo nā kauka a pau e noho ana ma laila ʻo nā kiʻi o loko o nā kānaka a ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke hoʻoholo i kahi o ka ʻōpū o ka gorila.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 98% o kā mākou mau genes like me nā chimpanzees, a ʻo kēlā me kēia malihini mai waho e hoʻāʻo nei e ʻike i ke ʻano o ko mākou ʻano holoholona e hoʻoholo koke i ko mākou ʻano like me nā chimpanzees. ʻO lākou ko mākou ʻohana pili loa, akā he aha nā mea weliweli a mākou e hana ai iā lākou i loko o nā labs. No ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o kā mākou meaʻai maoli, pono ʻoe e nānā i ka mea e ʻai ai nā primates, kokoke lākou i nā vegans. ʻAi kekahi i kekahi ʻiʻo ma ke ʻano o nā nalo a me nā ʻōpala, akā he hapa liʻiliʻi wale nō kēia o kā lākou ʻai.
ʻO Jane Goodall, ʻepekema, noho ʻo ia ma ka ululāʻau me nā chimpanzees a hana i ka noiʻi no ʻumi makahiki. Ua nānā ʻo ia i kā lākou ʻai a me ka nui o ka meaʻai e pono ai lākou. Eia naʻe, ua hauʻoli kekahi hui o ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo he "pono ka poʻe e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo" i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hana ʻia e David Atenboer, kahi mea ʻike kūlohelohe, kahi i ʻimi ai kahi hui o nā gorillas i nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi. Ua ʻōlelo lākou he hōʻike kēia i ka ʻai maoli mākou.
ʻAʻohe wehewehe no ka ʻano o kēia pūʻulu chimpanzees, akā ʻokoʻa paha lākou. ʻAʻole ʻimi nā chimpanzees i ka ʻiʻo, ʻaʻole lākou ʻai i nā rana a i nā moʻo a i ʻole nā holoholona liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe. Akā, ʻai ʻia nā ʻōpala a me nā chimpanzee no ko lākou ʻono ʻono. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka mea e ʻai ai ka holoholona ma ka nānā ʻana i ke kumukānāwai o kona kino. ʻO nā niho monkey, e like me kā mākou, ua hoʻololi ʻia no ka nahu a me ka nau. Ke neʻe nei ko mākou ʻāʻī mai kēlā ʻaoʻao a i kēia ʻaoʻao e maʻalahi i kēia kaʻina hana. Hōʻike kēia mau hiʻohiʻona āpau i ko mākou waha i hoʻololi ʻia no ka nau ʻana i nā meaʻai paʻakikī, mea kanu, nā meaʻai fibrous.
Ma muli o ka paʻakikī o ia ʻai ʻana, hoʻomaka ke kaʻina o ka ʻai ʻana i ka wā e komo ai ka meaʻai i ka waha a hui pū me ka kohu. A laila hele mālie ka nui o ka nau ʻana ma ka esophagus i komo nā meaʻai a pau. ʻOkoʻa ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā ʻāwae o nā mea ʻai, e like me nā pōpoki. He mau maiuu ko ka popoki no ka hopu ana i kana mea ai, a me na niho oi, me ka palahalaha ole. Hiki i nā ʻāwae ke neʻe i luna a i lalo, a ʻai ka holoholona i nā ʻāpana nui. ʻAʻole pono ia mau holoholona i kahi puke kuke no ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka meaʻai.
E noʻonoʻo i ka hopena o kahi ʻāpana ʻiʻo inā waiho ʻoe iā ia e waiho ana ma ka windowsill i ka lā lā. E hoʻomaka koke ana e pala a hoʻopuka i nā mea ʻawaʻawa. Hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana like i loko o ke kino, no laila e hoʻopau koke nā ʻōpala i ka ʻōpala. ʻOi aku ka lohi o ka ʻai ʻana o ke kanaka no ka mea he 12 manawa ka lōʻihi o ko mākou kino. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe ʻai ʻai i ka maʻi maʻi ʻaʻai ma mua o nā mea ʻai meaʻai.
Ua hoʻomaka nā kānaka e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo i kekahi manawa o ka mōʻaukala, akā no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe o ka honua a hiki i ke kenekulia i hala, he ʻai kakaikahi ka ʻiʻo a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ʻai i ka ʻiʻo ʻekolu a ʻehā paha manawa o ka makahiki, maʻamau i nā hoʻolauleʻa hoʻomana nui. A ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Honua II i hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo i loko o ia ʻano nui - ʻo ia hoʻi ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu i lilo ai ka maʻi puʻuwai a me ke kanesa i mea maʻamau o nā maʻi make a pau i ʻike ʻia. ʻO kēlā me kēia, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā kumu ʻōlelo a ka poʻe ʻai ʻai i mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i kā lākou ʻai.
A ʻo ka manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole loa "pono mākou e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo", No hoi.