Mary Allen
Saint Bernard ndi mtundu waukulu wa galu. Amadziwika ndi mtundu wake wa malaya abulauni ndi oyera. Agalu aamuna ndi aatali pakati pa 70 ndi 90 centimita ndipo amatha kulemera makilogilamu 75 mpaka 85. Zazikazi ndizochepa pang'ono komanso zopepuka.
Ngakhale kuti ndi wamkulu kwambiri, Saint Bernard ndi galu wochezeka, wodekha. Koma kuti akhale wosangalala amafunika kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Muyeneranso kuchita naye kanthu. Choncho, nthawi zambiri amakhala kumidzi komwe amakhala pafamu ndipo amakhala ndi malo ambiri.
Saint Bernards amachokera ku Switzerland ndipo ndi galu wadziko lonselo. Anapeza dzina lawo ku nyumba ya amonke pa Großer Sankt Bernhard, malo opita ku Alps. Amadziwika kuti adapulumutsa kale anthu m'mapiri kuti asafe chifukwa cha chigumukire. Kuphulika kumachitika pamene chipale chofewa chimayamba kutsetsereka. Anthu akhoza kubanika ndi kuzizira mpaka kufa mmenemo.
Agalu opulumutsa amagwiritsidwabe ntchito masiku ano. Koma si St. Bernards, koma mitundu ina. Sikuti amangotumizidwa m’mabwinja komanso m’nyumba zogwa. Ndicho chifukwa chake agalu ang'onoang'ono ali ndi mwayi. Palibe choloweza m'malo mwa mphuno yanu yomva chisoni. Masiku ano, palinso zida zamakono zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito pofufuza. Agalu ndi ukadaulo zimathandizirana bwino.
Kodi pali nkhani ziti za Saint Bernards?
Atawatumiza, agaluwo akuti adavala mbiya yaing'ono m'khosi mwawo momwe munali mowa kwa anthu opulumutsidwa. Koma nkhani yokhala ndi mbiya mwina idangopangidwa. Mgolo wotero ukhoza kulepheretsa galuyo. Komanso, anthu hypothermic sayenera kumwa mowa konse.
Bernard wa St. Bernard wotchedwa Barry anadziŵika kwambiri monga galu wa chiphalaphala. Pafupifupi zaka 200 zapitazo ankakhala ndi amonke ku Great St. Bernard ndipo akuti anapulumutsa anthu 40 ku imfa. Winanso wodziwika bwino wa St. Bernard amawonekera mu filimu A Galu Wotchedwa Beethoven.