I kēia lā e hāʻawi i kahi wili i nā ʻano o holoholona e kamaʻilio maʻamau ai, a e ʻōlelo i kēia lā i kahi ʻano pāpaʻi manaʻo nani loa. ʻAʻole nele nā kumu, ʻoiai ke ʻike ʻoe ia e ʻike ʻoe ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻano hoihoi a nani hoʻi a mākou e ʻike ai.
Ka pāpaʻi Yeti pūʻiwa ka poʻe ʻike iā ia. Ma luna o nā mea āpau, no kona ʻano. E hoʻomaka ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kekahi o kāna mau hiʻohiʻona maʻamau. A ʻo ia ka noho ʻana o ka pāpaʻi Yeti ma ka hema o ka Moana Pākīpika, ma kahi o kahi o 2.300 mau mika ka hohonu.
ʻO ka mea e kahaha loa ai kāna helehelena, e like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai. A ʻo ia ka mea i uhi ʻia e nā lole i like me ka hulu silika keʻokeʻo. Eia hou, ʻo kona nui ma kahi o 15 kenimika ka lōʻihi, no laila hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo he pāpaʻi ia me ka nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui hoihoi.
Nā ʻano o ka Kiwa hirsuta hoihoi loa lākou. Noho ia i ka hohonu o ka Pākīpika, kahi e loaʻa ai nā wai e hoʻopōʻino i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike ai, ʻo nā māiʻuʻu o ka pāpaʻi, he bacteria hoʻomaʻa ia e pale aku ai i ka ʻona ʻana, a laila hāʻawi ʻia ia i nā keu ʻokoʻa.
Inā mākou i noʻonoʻo i kāu hānai, hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo aʻe he ʻano kai ia. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua hōʻoia ʻia kahi noiʻi hou e ʻike ʻia ka nohona e noho ai ʻo ia me ka ʻole o ka malamalama, kahi e hōʻoia ai i kekahi o kāna ʻano hoihoi loa: he makapō.
ʻIke nui mākou e pili ana i ka pāpaʻi Yeti. Akā he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō naʻe he nui ka poʻe me ka ʻike ʻole ʻole. I kēia ala, e pono ia e hoʻokolokolo i mea hou aku i mea e mōakāka ai nā mea pohihihi a puni iā ia. ʻOiai, ke manaʻo nei mākou he ʻano hoihoi loa ia.
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