Ua hōʻike nā luna o ʻApelika Hema i kahi ulia helikopter ma Ianuali 19, 2025, ma muli o kahi penguin ma luna o ka moku.
Ua hana ʻia ka ulia pōpilikia ma hope koke iho o ka haʻalele ʻana o kahi helikopter Robinson R44 Raven II mai Bird Island ma ka moku ʻo Eastern Cape.
I kēia pule, ua kikoʻī ka South Africa Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) i kāna hōʻike i ka penguin i loko o kahi pahu pahu i paʻa ma ka ʻūhā o kahi mea noiʻi. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hemo koke ia mai ka paʻa ʻana o ka mea noiʻi ma hope koke o ka lele ʻana o ka helikopter.
Wahi a ka hōʻike, i ka wā o ka hoʻololi ʻana, ma kahi o 15 mau mika ma luna o ka honua, ua neʻe ka pahu pahu pahu i ka ʻākau a pae i ka lever hoʻokele pitch cyclic pitch o ka mea hoʻokele.
ʻO kēia kuʻi ʻana i hoʻoneʻe koke ʻia ka lever i ka ʻākau, i hopena i ka ʻōwili ikaika ʻana o ka helikopter. ʻAʻole hiki i ka mea hoʻokele ke hoʻihoʻi hou i ka mana i ka manawa, e alakaʻi ana i ka iho wikiwiki a paʻi nā lau rotor i ka honua. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i ka mokulele ka pōʻino nui i ka hanana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka poʻe noho kanaka a me ka penguin i nā ʻeha koʻikoʻi.
Eia hou, ua hōʻike ka hōʻike ʻaʻole lawa ka paʻa no ka penguin no nā kūlana lele, no ka mea ʻaʻole ia he pahu paʻa.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka lele ʻana ʻo ia ke kōkua ʻana i kahi mea noiʻi ma ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi noiʻi holoholona hihiu. I ka pau ʻana o kēia hana, pae ka helikopter ma ka mokupuni, kahi i noi ai ka ʻepekema e lawe i kekahi o nā penguins i Port Elizabeth.
ʻO ka mea hoʻokele, i wehewehe ʻia i loko o ka hōʻike he kāne 35 mau makahiki me ka ʻoi aku o 1,650 mau hola lele a me kahi laikini i loaʻa ma 2021, ua ʻae i ka noi. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka penguin i loko o kahi pahu pahu no ka huakaʻi i ka home. ʻOiai ua hana ka pailaka i kahi loiloi pilikia ma mua o ka lele ʻana, ua hōʻike ka hoʻokolokolo ʻaʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo i nā pilikia hou e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka holoholona ma luna o ka moku.
Ua hōʻike ka hōʻike e pono i nā pailaka ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou i ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia lele.
Ma Malaki, ua hōʻike ʻia ua kau ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe o Pretoria i ka pāpā ʻana no 10 mau makahiki i ka lawaiʻa kalepa ma nā ʻāina ʻeono ma ke kahakai komohana o ʻApelika Hema no ka mālama ʻana i ka penguin ʻApelika.
I ka makahiki 2024, ua koho ka International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) i ka penguin ʻApelika ma ke ʻano he "pilikia nui," e hōʻailona ana ʻo ia ka mea mua o nā ʻano penguin 18 i loaʻa i kēia helu. I ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua emi iho ka heluna kanaka ma ka 97%, e waiho ana ma lalo o 8,000 mau hoa hānau. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli mua i ko lākou ola ʻana ke hoʻomau nei i nā hana lawaiʻa kalepa ma nā kahakai o ʻApelika Hema a me Namibia.