Mary Allen
Dodo, inonziwo Dronte, ishiri yakatsakatika. VaDodos vaigara pachitsuwa cheMauritius, chiri kumabvazuva kweAfrica. Dzakanga dzine ukama nenjiva. Iwo muenzaniso wekutanga werudzi rwemhuka dzinozivikanwa dzakatsakatika kuburikidza nekukanganisa kwevanhu.
Vafambisi vengarava vechiArab nevechiPutukezi vakanga vashanyira chitsuwa chacho kwenguva refu. Asi vakanga vari vaDutch bedzi vaigara ikoko zvachose, kubvira muna 1638. Zvatichiri kuziva nezvevaDodo nhasi zvinobva zvikurukuru kuvaDutch.
Sezvo madodo aisakwanisa kubhururuka, kuabata kwaive nyore. Nhasi zvinonzi dodo rakatsakatika kuma 1690. Kwenguva refu, rudzi rweshiri rwakakanganwika. Asi muzana remakore rechi19, dhodhi rakatanga mukurumbira zvakare, muchidimbu nokuti rakanga rabuda mubhuku revana.
Madofo aive akaita sei?
Nhasi hazvisi nyore kuti uzive kuti madhodhi akaita sei. Kwasara mapfupa mashoma uye muromo mumwe chete. Mumifananidzo kubva pakutanga, mhuka dzinowanzoita zvakasiyana. Vazhinji maartist vaive vasati vamboona dhodhi ivo pachavo asi vaingozviziva kubva mumishumo.
Hapana kuwirirana pakurema kwakaita madhodhi. Zvaimbofungidzirwa kuti dzairema zvikuru, dzakapoteredza 20 kilograms. Izvi zvinokonzerwa nemadhirowa enhapwa dzemadhodhi dzaive dzakadya nhoko dzezvironda. Nhasi kunofungidzirwa kuti dhodhi zhinji muzvarirwo zvimwe dzaingorema nehafu chete. Vangave vasina kunyatsojeka uye vanononoka sezvavaiwanzotsanangurwa.
Dhudo rakakura kuita mamita matatu kureba. Minhenga yedhodho yaive yebrown-grey kana yeblue-grey. Mapapiro aive mapfupi, muromo wakareba uye wakakombama. MaDodo airarama nemuchero wakadonha uye pamwewo nenzungu, mhodzi, nemidzi.
Shiri idzi dzakatsakatika sei uye rini chaizvo?
Kwenguva refu, zvaidavirwa kuti vafambisi vezvikepe vakabata nhamba huru dzedodos. Saka vangadai vaine nyama yekufamba mugungwa. Zvisinei, izvi hazvirevi kuti mhuka yakatsakatika. Somuenzaniso, paiva nenhare, nhare yevaDutch. Hapana mapfupa edhodo akawanikwa mumarara enhare.
Kutaura idi, vaDutch vakauya nemhuka dzakawanda, dzakadai sembwa, tsoko, nguruve, uye mbudzi. Zvinokwanisika kuti dhodho rakapera nekuda kwemhuka idzi. Mhuka nemakonzo aya pamwe aidya madhodhi nemazai. Uyezve, vanhu vanotema miti. Somugumisiro, madhodhi akarasikirwa nechikamu chenzvimbo yaaigara.
Madodo ekupedzisira akaonekwa muna 1669, zvirinani pane chirevo chazvo. Mushure meizvozvo, pakanga paine mamwe mishumo yedodos, kunyangwe isiri yakavimbika. Zvinotendwa kuti wekupedzisira dodo akafa kuma1690.
Sei dhodho rakava nemukurumbira?
Alice muWonderland rakabudiswa muna 1865. Dodo rinoonekwa muchidimbu mariri. Munyori Lewis Carroll aive aine Dodgeson sezita rake rekupedzisira. Akakakama, saka akabva atora izwi rekuti dodo seimwe nzira yekureva zita rake rekupedzisira.
Dodos akaonekwawo mune mamwe mabhuku uye gare gare mumafirimu. Unogona kuvaziva nemuromo wakakora. Zvichida mukurumbira wavo unobva pakuti vaionekwa sevanhu vakanaka uye vakaoma musoro, izvo zvakaita kuti vadiwe.
Nhasi unogona kuona dodo mune jasi remaoko reRepublic of Mauritius. Iyo dodo zvakare chiratidzo cheJersey Zoo nekuda kwekufarira kwayo mhuka dziri kutyisidzirwa nekutsakatika. Mumutauro wechiDutch uyewo muchiRussia, "dodo" ishoko kune benzi.