Mary Allen
Gwape amapanga banja lalikulu mkati mwa nyama zoyamwitsa. Tanthauzo la dzina lachilatini "Cervidae" ndi "antler bearer". Agwape onse akuluakulu ali ndi nyanga. Mbalame ndizosiyana nazo chifukwa zazikazi zilinso ndi nyanga. Mbawala zonse zimadya zomera, makamaka udzu, masamba, moss, ndi mphukira zazing'ono za conifers.
Pali mitundu yopitilira 50 ya agwape padziko lapansi. Mbawala zofiira, gwape, gwape, mphalapala, ndi nswala ndi za banja limeneli ndipo zimapezekanso ku Ulaya. Agwape amapezekanso ku Asia, komanso ku North America ndi South America. Ngakhale mu Afirika, kuli mtundu umodzi wa nswala, umenewo ndi Mbawala ya Barbary. Aliyense amene amatchula nswala mu dziko lolankhula Chijeremani nthawi zambiri amatanthauza nswala wofiira, koma izi sizolondola.
Mbawala yaikulu komanso yolemera kwambiri ndi mphalapala. Chaching'ono kwambiri ndi pudu wakumwera. Imakhala kumapiri a ku South America ndipo ndi yaikulu ngati galu wamng’ono kapena wapakatikati.
Nanga bwanji nyanga?
Antlers ndi chizindikiro cha nswala. Nyanga zinapangidwa ndi mafupa ndipo zimakhala ndi nthambi. Asamasokonezedwe ndi nyanga. Chifukwa nyanga zimakhala ndi kondomu yopangidwa ndi fupa mkati mwake ndipo imakhala ndi nyanga kunja, mwachitsanzo, khungu lakufa. Komanso nyanga zilibe nthambi. Nthawi zambiri amakhala owongoka kapena ozungulira pang'ono. Nyanga zimakhalabe moyo wonse, monga momwe zimakhalira ndi ng’ombe, mbuzi, nkhosa, ndi nyama zina zambiri.
Mbawala zazing'ono sizikhala ndi nyanga. Sanakhwime mokwanira kuti akhale ndi ana. Mbawala zazikulu zimataya mphalapala zikakwerana. Magazi ake adulidwa. Kenako imafa ndikukulanso. Izi zingayambe nthawi yomweyo kapena masabata angapo. Mulimonsemo, ziyenera kuchitidwa mwamsanga, chifukwa pasanathe chaka mbawala yamphongo idzafunanso nyanga zawo kuti zipikisane ndi zazikazi zabwino kwambiri.