Mary Allen
Ndi hump pamutu pake ndi khosi lopindika ngati la chinsalu, tsekwe wa hump ndi woimira bwino wamtundu wake. Koma chiyambi chawo chimawapangitsanso kukhala mtundu wapadera wa atsekwe.
Tsekwe wosalankhula ndi wosiyana ndi mitundu ina ya atsekwe. Ndilo lokhalo lomwe silitsika kuchokera ku greylag goose koma ndi mtundu woweta wa tsekwe wakuthengo (Anser cygnoides). Ngakhale kuti khosi lake limapindika ngati chiswazi, n’zosakayikitsa kuti tsekwe wosalankhulayo alibe makolo akale. Komabe, mbiri yeniyeni ya chiyambi chake sichingadziwike.
Monga momwe Horst Schmidt akulembera m'buku la «Gross-und Wassergeflügel», zikuganiziridwa kuti atsekwe osalankhula akhala akusamalidwa ndi anthu kwa zaka mazana angapo. Chiyambi chawo amakhulupirira kuti ndi China kapena Japan. Palinso maumboni ochokera m'zaka za m'ma 15 pomwe atsekwe akuluakulu oyera okhala ndi zikopa ndi khungu lapakhosi ankasungidwa ku India, monga momwe Schmidt akulemberanso m'buku lake. Atsekwewo anafalikira kuchokera kum’mawa kupita kumadzulo kudutsa Perisiya mpaka ku Russia. Ku Germany, kutchulidwa koyamba kunachitika zaka pafupifupi 250 zapitazo, pamene atsekwe okhala ndi zinsupa zakuda zowoneka bwino adafotokozedwa koyamba. Ku Switzerland, mtundu wa nkhuku wakhala ukuwoneka paziwonetsero za nkhuku za dziko kwa zaka 83. Iwo anali ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu kwambiri mu 1982 ndi nyama 21 ku National ku Bern.
Njira Yochokera ku Asia ndi Africa
Poyamba, tsekwe wosalankhula ankadziwika ndi mayina osiyanasiyana monga tsekwe, lipenga, kapena tsekwe waku China. Palinso anecdote yosangalatsa m'buku la Schmidt. Purezidenti woyamba wa USA, George Washington, adaperekedwa ndi atsekwe osalankhula. Kenako Bwanamkubwa Morris anapereka mphatso kwa atsekwe ndi nkhumba kwa Purezidenti ndikuzitumiza kuchokera ku China kupita ku United States, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti atsekwe osalankhula afalikire ku North America.
Mtundu wachiwiri wa mtunduwo unatuluka mu Africa. Ndi mchimwene wake wamkulu wa tsekwe wodziwika bwino. Goose wamkulu wosalankhula wa ku Africa amalemera ma kilogalamu 7 mpaka 8, pomwe tsekwe wosalankhula amalemera makilogramu 4 mpaka 5.
Komabe, mitundu iwiriyi ili ndi mitundu yofanana ya mitundu ya nthengazo. Amawetedwa mumitundu yotuwa-bulauni ndi yoyera. Atsekwe a ku Africa osalankhula anafika ku America kuchokera ku Madagascar kenako ku Ulaya. Amachokeranso kwa tsekwe wamba ndipo amafanana ndi tsekwe wosalankhula m’mbali zambiri. Kusiyanitsa koonekeratu ndi mame otchulidwa mwamphamvu, omwe amapezeka ngati khola la khungu kapena kathumba kakang'ono pansi pa mmero. Chimodzi mwa makhalidwe a tsekwe ndi mame aŵiri pamimba, omwe amatha kutchulidwa kwambiri akakalamba. Mame amodzi kapenanso kusowa kwa mame angaonedwe kuti ndi vuto pa mpikisano wa kukongola.
Atsekwewo ali chilili komanso khosi lake limakhala lopindika ngati kansalu, atsekwe osalankhula amadzionetsa ngati zolengedwa zokongola pakati pa mitundu yawo. Thupi lolimba kapena khosi lalifupi, lalifupi limakwiyitsidwa. Chithunzi chowondacho chimapangidwa ndi choyimira chapakati-chapamwamba ndi mapiko aatali ndi aakulu omwe ali pafupi ndi thupi. Makamaka ndi nyama zazing'ono, si zachilendo kuti mapiko akuluakulu amapendekera kunja pakukula kwa nthenga. Katswiri womasulira mawu amatchula mapikowa ngati mapiko opendekeka. Amapanga pamene ma quills amakula kuchokera ku primaries ndipo, odzazidwa ndi magazi, amazungulira kunja pansi pa kulemera kwake.
Mawu Akuluakulu ndi Mabampu Akuda
M'buku lake, Schmidt akufotokoza zachinyengo cha oweta akale. Sitoko ya mayi wina inakokedwa pamutu ndi thunthu la atsekwewa ndipo mutu ndi miyendo zinatulutsidwa potsegula. Chifukwa cha masitonkeni, mapikowo adakhala pafupi ndi thupi ndipo samapindikanso kunja. Njirayi imanenedwa kuti ndi yopambana kwambiri kuposa kugwira mapiko pamodzi ndi mphira kapena tepi. Koma akatswiri amasiyana maganizo. Ena amalimbikitsa kuvala masitonkeni, ena amatsutsa kugwiritsa ntchito nyama zotere. M'malo mwake, amalangiza kupha atsekwe oterewa pa Tsiku la Martin mu November.
Ndi mawu a lipenga, atsekwe osalankhula amatha kumveka kwa mwiniwake. Hump yapamphumi yakuda imawonekera ngati mawonekedwe. Izi zimakhala zofooka mu tsekwe kusiyana ndi gander. Makamaka nyama zakale, hump ya hemispherical imakula kukula. Mu mtundu woyera, mlomo ndi hump si zakuda, koma zofiira-chikasu mumtundu. Nyama zoyera nthawi zambiri zimakhala zamphamvu kuposa zotuwa.
Mtundu wa nthenga wa imvi-bulauni umasonyeza mzera wakuda wakuda pakhosi lakumbuyo mpaka mapewa. Malo oima kutsogolo ndi pachifuwa chapamwamba ndi zotuwa zotuwa. Kuwonjezera pa mlomo wakuda, pali maso oderapo, miyendo yokha imawala mofiira lalanje. Imvi-buluu imadziwika ngati kukhudza kwamtundu wachitatu. Madera amtundu wa bulauni amakutidwa ndi nthenga za buluu kapena imvi. Komabe, mtundu uwu wamtunduwu sunawonekere ku Switzerland.