Mary Allen
Mphutsi yochedwa ndi buluzi. Pakati pa Ulaya, ndi imodzi mwa zokwawa zofala kwambiri. Anthu ambiri amasokoneza ndi njoka: nyongolotsi yapang'onopang'ono ilibe miyendo ndipo thupi limawoneka ngati njoka. Kusiyana kwakukulu ndikuti mchira wa mbozi wochedwa ukhoza kuthyoka popanda kuvulaza.
Ngakhale ndi dzina lake, nyongolotsi yochedwa imatha kuwona bwino kwambiri. Zinyamazo ndi zautali pafupifupi 50 centimita. Ali ndi mamba pamwamba pa thupi. Amapangidwa ndi zinthu zofanana ndi zikhadabo zathu kapena nyanga za ng'ombe. Mtundu wake ndi wofiira-bulauni ndipo umawoneka ngati mkuwa.
Slowworms amakhala ku Ulaya konse kupatula madera akummwera ndi kumpoto kwenikweni. Amafika pamalo okwera mamita 2,400 pamwamba pa nyanja. Amakhala m'malo onse owuma ndi amvula kupatula madambo ndi madzi. M'nyengo yozizira amagwera m'malo ozizira, nthawi zambiri pamodzi ndi nyama zingapo.
Kodi ma blindworms amakhala bwanji?
Slowworms makamaka amadya slugs, earthworms, ndi mbozi zopanda tsitsi, komanso ziwala, kafadala, nsabwe za m'masamba, nyerere, ndi akangaude ang'onoang'ono. Slowworms amakondedwa kwambiri ndi alimi ndi olima maluwa.
Slowworms ali ndi adani ambiri: shrews, achule wamba ndi abuluzi amadya nyama zazing'ono. Njoka zosiyanasiyana, komanso nkhandwe, akalulu, akalulu, nkhumba zakutchire, makoswe, akadzidzi, ndi mbalame zosiyanasiyana zodya nyama zimakonda kudya mphutsi zazikulu. Amphaka, agalu, ndi nkhuku nazonso zimawathamangitsa.
Zimatenga pafupifupi milungu 12 kuchokera pamene kukwerana mpaka kubadwa. Kenako yaikazi imabala ana pafupifupi khumi. Zili zazitali pafupifupi masentimita khumi koma zikadali mu chigoba cha dzira. Koma amazemba m’menemo nthawi yomweyo. Ayenera kukhala ndi moyo zaka 3-5 asanakhwime.
Mphutsi zochedwa slowworms nthawi zina zimaphedwa ndi anthu chifukwa choopa njoka. Buluzi amatetezedwa m'mayiko olankhula Chijeremani: simungamuvutitse, kumugwira kapena kumupha. Mdani wawo wamkulu ndi ulimi wamakono chifukwa nyongolotsi yapang'onopang'ono imataya malo ake okhalamo. Mphutsi zambiri zimaferanso pamsewu. Komabe, sizikuwopsezedwa ndi kutha.