ʻO nā koholā o nā pōpoki he huluhulu kūikawā loa ʻaʻole ma laila ma ke alo wale. Ma mua loa o ka lilo ʻana i hiʻohiʻona hiʻona, he kuleana ko ka ʻumiʻumi no nā pōpoki. No laila ʻaʻole lākou i lauoho lauoho maʻalahi. ʻO ke kino sensory maoli, me ka ʻole o kāna whiskers e hoʻohoka ʻia kāu pōpoki.

ʻO ka whiskers, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo vibrissae, he lauoho lōʻihi a ʻoʻoleʻa e pili ana i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka ihu i ka pae o ka lehelehe luna. Aia kekahi ma luna o nā maka, e like me nā kuʻemaka, akā ma ke kua hoʻi o nā wāwae mua a ma ka pae o nā papalina. ʻAʻole wale nā ​​whiskers i nā pōpoki, loaʻa pū kekahi lākou i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e like me nā ʻīlio a me nā lio.

I haku ʻia o keratin, like ko lākou ʻano me ko nā lauoho e hana ana i ka pālule o ka pōpoki. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka vibrissae a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lauoho. Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻopili ʻia lākou i kahi hohonu loa ma mua o nā lauoho ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohui ʻia, i kekahi mau laha o nā pōpoki, e like me ka Devon Rex no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ka whiskers akā wili iki.

Ma ka laulaha, he 24 mau koholā ka nui o nā pōpoki, ua māhele like ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi 12 ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao a pāhola ma luna o kekahi mau lālani. Akā hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka helu o ka vibrissae mai ka pōpoki a i ka pōpoki. He kūlana koʻikoʻi ko kēia mau lauoho e ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he receptor tactile. No laila, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohālikelike i ka vibrissae i nā pads o ko mākou mau manamana lima mahalo i loaʻa iā mākou ke ʻano o ka hoʻopā. Hāʻawi nā koholā o ka pōpoki iā lākou i ke ʻano maoli. No laila, he mea nui lākou.

Pili nā koholā o ka pōpoki i nā hunaola nerve. Hiki iā lākou ke lawe i ka ʻike i ka lolo, e pili ana i ko lākou kaiapuni. Hoʻohui ʻia, pili pū lākou i nā hunaola mākala e ʻae iā lākou e neʻe maʻalahi.

ʻAe ka vibrissae o ka pōpoki iā ia i nā ʻano hana like ʻole. Ma waena o lākou hiki iā mākou ke kuhikuhi i ka mea aʻe.

E neʻe

Loaʻa i kēia mau kohō kahi lālā proprioception ma ko lākou hopena e ʻae ana iā lākou e loiloi i kahi mamao. ʻAe, ʻae ka vibrissae i ka lolo e ʻike i ka nui o ka pōpoki a pēlā e helu ai inā hiki ke hele i kahi a i ʻole. ʻO kēia ke kumu e hiki ai i nā pōpoki ke hele ma waena o nā ala ʻololī e ʻike nei ʻaʻole lākou e paʻa ma laila. Mahalo i kēia, hiki iā lākou ke lele i ka ʻike i ka mamao o kā lākou maikaʻi. ʻO ka hope, mahalo ia i kāna whiskers i ʻike ka pōpoki i ka hāʻule ʻana i kona wāwae i ka manawa kūpono.

E ʻike i kāu puni

E like me kahi radar, hāʻawi ka vibrissae iā ia e hopu i kona kaiapuni i ke ao a me ka pō. Hoʻomaopopo koke ʻia kahi hoʻololi hoʻokahi i kāna mau wahi. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻae ʻo vibrissae i ka pōpoki e ʻike i ke ʻaoʻao o ka makani mahalo i nā haʻalulu o ka ea. No laila, he mea pono loa na lākou e alualu a ʻike i kahi e hoʻonohonoho ai iā lākou iho e like me ka makani i ʻole e ʻike ʻia e kā lākou mea pio. I ka pō, mahalo i kāna whiskers, hiki i ka pōpoki ke neʻe a puni ʻole me ke keʻakeʻa ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea a puni iā ​​ia. Mahalo iā lākou, hiki i ka pōpoki ke ʻike pū i ka mea pio i ka pouli me ka nānā ʻole ʻana me kona mau maka. Eia hou, ke ʻike hewa nei ka pōpoki i kahi kokoke, ʻae ʻia kāna whiskers e ʻike i nā mea āpau e pili ana iā ia. I kēia ala, no ka laʻana, ʻae lākou iā ia e pale i kona mau maka ke hoʻokokoke kekahi mea iā lākou, e like me nā maka maka.

Hoʻokaʻaʻike

ʻO ke orientation o ka whiskers kahi ala maikaʻi loa e ʻike ai i ke ʻano o kāu pōpoki. No laila, hiki iā mākou ke nānā i nā ʻano hanana aʻe:

• whiskers pololei a neʻe ʻole: hoʻomaha ka pōpoki;
• pālahalaha nā ʻāwī i mua: hoihoi ka pōpoki, pāʻani a ʻimi ʻimi paha;
• ʻO ka whiskers i hope a kaomi ʻia i nā papalina: makaʻu ka pōpoki, pīhoihoi.

Eia nō naʻe, mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo i ke kūlana o ka whiskers wale nō ʻaʻole e ʻae iā ʻoe e ʻike pono i ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o kāu pōpoki. Pono maoli ia e nānā iā ia ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa a nānā i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o kona kino (ke kūlana o nā pepeiao, ka huelo, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe).

E akahele, he mea nui loa ʻaʻole e ʻokiʻoki i ka whiskers o kāu pōpoki. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he mea ʻino loa kēia no kona noho maikaʻi ʻana no ka mea me ka ʻole o kā lākou whiskers e huikau loa ana nā pōpoki. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻoweliweli iā lākou. Ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā kuleana kumu a pau o ka ʻumiʻumi, maopopo iā mākou ka waiwai o ia mau mea.

Eia nō naʻe, inā e ʻoki hewa ʻole ʻia kekahi mau ʻumiʻumi, mai makaʻu. E like me nā lauoho ʻē aʻe, ulu lākou i hope ma hope. Akā pono ʻoe e akahele me kāu pōpoki a nānā iā ia no ka mea hiki iā ia ke disorient no kekahi mau lā.

No laila ʻaʻohe mālama e mālama ʻia i nā ʻumiʻumi. E like me nā lauoho o ke kapa, hāʻule lākou i waho a ulu maoli i kūlohelohe. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopā iā ia.