I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lawe ʻia ka honua e kahi maʻi selfie maoli. He mea paʻakikī ke loaʻa i kahi kanaka makemake ʻole e kiʻi i kahi pana mua e kāhāhā i kāna mau hoaaloha a i ʻole, inā ʻoe laki, ʻo ka pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa.
I kekahi manawa i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka nā poʻomanaʻo ma nā nūpepa Australia e piha i nā hōʻike o nā poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i ka wā e hoʻāʻo nei e lawe i kahi selfie oiai e hānai ana i nā kangaroo hihiu. Makemake ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou kipa ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi - akā loaʻa lākou ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
Ua wehewehe kekahi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā holoholona "ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu" e "hoʻouka kaua i nā kānaka." Akā ʻo "nani a ʻoluʻolu" ka wehewehe kūpono no kahi kangaroo? ʻO nā huaʻōlelo a pau i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e wehewehe i kahi holoholona teritorial me nā maiuu nui a me ka manaʻo makuahine ikaika, ʻo "cuddly" ʻaʻole ia ka huaʻōlelo mua ma ka papa inoa.
Ua wehewehe ʻia kēlā mau hanana me he mea lā ʻo nā holoholona hihiu ka hewa, akā ʻo ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka hewa o ka poʻe i hoʻokokoke loa i nā holoholona a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka meaʻai. Hiki paha ke hoʻopiʻi i kahi kangaroo, i maʻa i ka poʻe e hāʻawi iā ia i kāloti, i ka lele ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi?
Ke hōʻike nei ka nui o nā hihia he mea maʻamau ka selfies me nā holoholona hihiu a he pilikia maoli i nā kānaka. Ma Inia, ua hoʻopau kekahi i ka pōʻino i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai kekahi kanaka e lawe i ka selfie me ka bea, huli aʻe i kona kua i hope, a ua make loa ʻo ia i nā maiuu o ka bea. ʻO ka zoo ma India i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kiʻi maikaʻi loa i piʻi ma luna o ka pā a pepehi ʻia e kahi tiger. A ʻo nā macaques lōʻihi lōʻihi ma Uluwatu Temple ma Balinese, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pōʻino, ua maʻa i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hānai nā kānaka iā lākou e hopu i kahi manawa no ke kiʻi hui, hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻi i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke loaʻa iā lākou ka meaʻai.
Ma 2016, ua paʻi ʻia ka magazine Travel Medicine no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi:
"E hōʻalo i ka lawe ʻana i ka selfies ma kahi kiʻekiʻe, ma ke alahaka, ma kahi kokoke i nā alanui, i ka wā hekili, ma nā hanana haʻuki a kokoke i nā holoholona hihiu."
ʻAʻole pilikia wale ka pilina me nā holoholona hihiu - ʻaʻole maikaʻi no nā holoholona. I ka loiloi ʻia ʻana o ke ʻano o nā kangaroos, ka mea i koi ʻia e launa pinepine me nā kānaka, ua ʻike ʻia e hiki i ka poʻe e hoʻokokoke ana iā lākou ke hoʻopilikia iā lākou, a hiki i ka hele ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi ke hoʻokuke aku i nā kangaroo mai ka hānai ʻana, ka hānau ʻana a me nā wahi hoʻomaha.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia kekahi mau holoholona hihiu i ka nani a me ke aloha, mai haʻalele i kou poʻo a manaʻo e hauʻoli lākou e launa pū me mākou no ke kāmela. Pono mākou e mahalo i ka ʻano a me ka ʻāina o nā holoholona hihiu i mea e pale aku ai i ka ʻeha a noho pū me lākou.
No laila, i ka manawa aʻe e laki ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi holoholona i ka nahele, e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi i mea hoʻomanaʻo - akā mai kahi mamao palekana. A e nīnau iā ʻoe iho inā pono ʻoe i loko o kēlā kiʻi pū kekahi.