No nā iʻa He pūnaewele ia no AB Pūnaewele, hana loea i nā ʻano iʻa like ʻole e like me ka mālama e pono ai. Inā makemake ʻoe e aʻo pehea e mālama pono ai iā lākou, e aʻo mākou iā ʻoe pehea e hana ai i hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā aquarium e like me ka wā ma mua. E haʻo ana ʻoe iā ia?
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui hoʻoponopono o De Peces i kahi kime o ka poʻe iʻa maoli, nāna e hāʻawi mau iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke mālama pono loa iā lākou. Inā makemake ʻoe e hana pū me mākou, hoʻopiha i kēia palapala a e launa mākou me ʻoe.
Ua hāʻawi iaʻu ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻepekema e pili ana i ka ʻepekema i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa o nā holoholona a me kā lākou mālama. ʻO wau kekahi o ka poʻe e manaʻo nei hiki ke mālama ʻia ka iʻa i mau holoholona, ke hāʻawi ʻia lākou i kahi mālama e like ai ko lākou nohona me ko lākou kaiaolaola kūlohelohe, akā me ka ʻole o ke kīnā e ola lākou a ʻimi i ka meaʻai. Kupaianaha ka honua o ka iʻa a me aʻu e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mea āpau e pili ana i ia.
ʻO wau ʻo Colombian, he mea aloha i nā holoholona i ka nui a me nā iʻa i loko. Aloha au i ka ʻike ʻana i nā laha like ʻole, a ke aʻo nei e mālama iā lākou i ka mea hiki a hiki iaʻu a ʻike wau i mea e mālama ai i ke olakino a me ka hauʻoli, ʻoiai ʻo ka iʻa, ʻoiai ka liʻiliʻi, pono e mālama pono.
ʻO ka iʻa kēlā mau mea kupaianaha āu e ʻike ai i ka honua mai kahi kuanaʻike ʻē aʻe a hiki i ke kiko o ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i kā lākou ʻano. He mea hoihoi loa ka honua holoholona e like me ka honua kanaka a hāʻawi ka hapa nui o lākou iā ʻoe i ke aloha, ka hui, ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a ma luna o nā mea āpau a lākou e aʻo ai iā ʻoe no nā manawa he nui hiki iā lākou ke lawe i kou hanu. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole pono kākou e poina i ka iʻa a me kā lākou ʻano, ʻo ia ke kumu no wau ma ʻaneʻi, mākaukau e kaʻana like i kēia honua kupaianaha.
Passionate e pili ana i ka kūlohelohe a me ka honua holoholona, makemake au i ke aʻo ʻana a me ka haʻi ʻana i nā mea hou e pili ana i ka iʻa, nā holoholona i hiki ke heʻe, akā pili pū kekahi. A inā ʻike ʻoe pehea e mālama ai iā lākou, e maikaʻi nō kāu iʻa no ke ola.
Ua makemake au i ka iʻa no ka manawa lōʻihi. Inā wela a anuanu paha, ʻono a paʻakai paha, loaʻa iā lākou āpau nā ʻano a me ke ʻano o ka mea aʻu e ʻike hoihoi. ʻO ka haʻi ʻana i nā mea āpau aʻu e ʻike ai e pili ana i ka iʻa kahi mea aʻu e hauʻoli loa ai.
Makemake au e snorkel a ʻauʻau i ke kai ke loaʻa ʻole nā jellyfish. Ma waena o kaʻu poʻe kai aloha punahele he manō, nani lākou! A ʻoi aku ka make i ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka niu!
Nui koʻu hauʻoli i ke kākau ʻana e pili ana i nā holoholona a hoihoi loa wau e pili ana i ka honua o ka iʻa, ka mea e alakaʻi iaʻu i ka noiʻi a makemake e kaʻana like i kaʻu ʻike e pili ana iā lākou.
Ua hānau ʻia au ma 1981 a aloha au i nā holoholona, ʻo ia hoʻi ka iʻa. Aloha au i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea āpau e pili ana iā lākou, ʻaʻole wale pehea e mālama ai iā lākou iho, akā pehea pū kekahi e like me kā lākou ʻano. He hoihoi loa lākou, a me ka mālama liʻiliʻi hiki iā lākou ke hauʻoli maoli.
