Mary Allen
Muskrat ndi makoswe. Ndi yayikulu kuposa khoswe komanso yaying'ono kuposa nyamakazi. Dzina la muskrat ndi losocheretsa chifukwa biologically si la makoswe koma la voles. Poyambirira, muskrat ankakhala ku North America kokha. Cha m’ma 1900, kalonga wina wa ku Czechoslovakia akuti anachibweretsa kunyumba kuchokera ku ulendo wokasaka. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo yafalikira kumadera ambiri a ku Ulaya ndi ku Asia.
Muskrat wamkulu amalemera pakati pa kilogalamu imodzi ndi ziwiri ndi theka. Mutha kudziwa ndi incisors zake zakuthwa kuti ndi makoswe. Ali ndi mutu wamfupi komanso wokhuthala. Zimawoneka ngati zimalowa m'thupi popanda khosi. Mchira watsala pang'ono kuvula ndi kuphwasuka pambali.
Muskrats amathera nthawi yambiri m'madzi. Ndicho chifukwa chake amangokhala pafupi ndi nyanja ndi mitsinje. Iwo ndi osambira komanso osambira ochita bwino kwambiri. Tsitsi lolimba lomwe limamera ku zala zawo, zomwe zimawapangitsa kuwoneka ngati zopalasa, zimawathandiza kusambira. Muskrat amagwiritsa ntchito miyendo yake yamphamvu ndi yakumbuyo kuyenda m'madzi. Muskrat amatha kugwiritsa ntchito mchira wake kusintha njira.
Nsomba zimadya makamaka makungwa a mitengo ndi zomera za m'madzi kapena zomera zomwe zimamera m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Izi zikuphatikizapo, mwachitsanzo, mabango ndi cattails. Sadya kawirikawiri nsomba, tizilombo, kapena achule.
Monga malo othawirako, ma muskrats amamanga ngalande zamitundu iwiri: Kumbali imodzi, pali ngalande zomwe amakumba pansi pamadzi. Kumbali ina, pali otchedwa Bisamburgen. Izi ndi nyumba zomwe amamanga kuchokera ku mbali za zomera. Akamakumba ngalandezi, nthawi zina amagwetsa mizera kapena madamu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti nyumbazi zikhale zovuta.
Muskrats nthawi zambiri amatenga mimba kawiri pachaka. Mimba imatenga pafupifupi mwezi umodzi ndendende ndipo pali ana anayi kapena asanu ndi anayi. Mwana amalemera pafupifupi magalamu makumi awiri pakubadwa. Amakhala m'nyumba yachifumu ndikumwa mkaka wa amayi awo. Akhoza kuberekanso chaka chotsatira ndipo amafalikira mofulumira kwambiri.
Kuthengo, ma muskrat ochepa amakhala nthawi yayitali kuposa zaka zitatu. Pambuyo pa nthawiyi, minyewa yawo imakhala yofooka kwambiri moti sangathenso kudya. Mbalamezi zimasaka ndi nkhandwe yofiira, kadzidzi, ndi otter. Anthu amasaka muskrat ndi mfuti ndi misampha. Mutha kudya nyama yawo. Ubweya umakhalanso wotchuka kwambiri mumakampani opanga ubweya.