Mary Allen
Armadillos ndi gulu la nyama zoyamwitsa. Masiku ano pali mitundu 21 yomwe ili m'mabanja awiri. Achibale awo apafupi kwambiri ndi kanyamaka ndi kanyamaka. Kanyamaka ndi nyama zokhazo zomwe zimakhala ndi chigoba chopangidwa ndi timagulu tating'ono tambiri. Amapangidwa ndi khungu la ossified.
Armadillos amapezeka ku Central America ndi South America. Pali mtundu umodzi ku North America. Komabe, iwo akufalikira mowonjezereka chakumpoto. Palinso anthu omwe amasunga armadillos ngati ziweto. Komabe, ndi mitundu yochepa chabe imene yafufuzidwa bwino. Pafupifupi palibe chomwe chimadziwika ponena za zamoyo zambiri.
Khoswe wokhala ndi lamba ndiye wocheperako: amangotalika masentimita 15 mpaka 20. Ndizo zochepa kuposa olamulira kusukulu. Imalemera pafupifupi magalamu 100, omwe ndi ofanana ndi chokoleti. Kakakuona wamkulu ndiye wamkulu kwambiri. Itha kukhala kutalika kwa mita kuchokera pamphuno kupita kumatako, kuphatikiza mchira. Imatha kulemera ma kilogalamu 45, zonse zomwe zimagwirizana ndi galu wamkulu.
Kodi armadillos amakhala bwanji?
Mitundu yosiyanasiyana imakhala yosiyana kwambiri. Choncho sikophweka kunena chinachake chimene chikukhudza armadillos onse. Nachi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chomwe muyenera kudziwa:
Armadillos ambiri amakhala komwe kuli kouma: m'zipululu, ma savanna, ndi ma steppes. Mitundu yamtundu uliwonse imakhala kumapiri a Andes, mwachitsanzo, m'mapiri. Mitundu ina imakhala m’madambo kapena m’nkhalango yamvula. Nthaka iyenera kukhala yotayirira chifukwa armadillos onse amakumba dzenje, mwachitsanzo. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri pa malo onse okhala: nyama zina zimamasuka ku nthaka yokumbidwa, ndipo zitosi za armadillo zimakhala ngati feteleza pamenepo. Mitundu yambiri ya nyama imasamukiranso kumalo opanda kanthu a armadillo.
Armadillos ndi nyama zokhala paokha ndipo zimakonda kuchita zambiri usiku. Amakumana makamaka panyengo ya rutting, mwachitsanzo, kukwatirana. Mimba imasiyana kwambiri malinga ndi mitundu: miyezi iwiri kapena inayi yotsiriza ndipo pali mwana mmodzi mpaka khumi ndi awiri. Onse amamwa mkaka wa amayi awo kwa milungu ingapo. Khungu lanu limakhala ngati chikopa chofewa poyamba. Pokhapokha pambuyo pake amakhala mamba olimba.
Mitundu yonse imadya tizilombo. Amakondanso tizilombo tating'onoting'ono kapena zipatso. Armadillos ali ndi fungo labwino kwambiri. Amatha kugwiritsa ntchito mphuno zawo kuti azindikire tizilombo tomwe timafika masentimita 20 pansi pa nthaka kenako n’kuzikumba. Mphaka wina amathanso kusambira. Kuti asamire m’zida zawo zolemera, amapopa mpweya wokwanira m’mimba ndi m’matumbo awo zisanachitike.
Chifukwa nyama yawo imakoma, nthawi zambiri amasaka. Sanafunenso kuti azikumba minda. Kuwonjezera pa anthu, armadillos ayeneranso kudziteteza kwa adani ena, monga amphaka akuluakulu kapena mbalame zodya nyama. Akachita mantha, armadillos amabowola mkati, ndikusiya chigoba chake choteteza chokha. Komabe, simuli otetezedwa kwathunthu, chifukwa adani ena amatha kuthyola chipolopolocho mosavuta.