Mary Allen
Iyo killer whale ndiyo yakakura kwazvo mhando dzema dolphin munyika uye, senge ma dolphin ese, ndeye cetacean. Inonziwo orca kana killer whale. Nyeredzi dzakapa mhondi whale zita rekuti “whale whale” nekuti inoratidzika sehutsinye kana mhondi whale ichidzingirira mhuka yayo.
Mhodzi dzinouraya dzinosvika mamita gumi kureba uye dzinowanzorema matani akati wandei. Toni i1000 kilograms, sekurema kunoita mota diki. Vanogona kurarama makore anosvika makumi mapfumbamwe. Iyo dorsal fin yemhondi whale inogona kunge yakareba mamita maviri, inotaridzika kunge bakatwa, uye zvakare inovapa zita ravo. Nekuda kweruvara rwawo dema nechena, mawhale anouraya ari nyore kuona. Vane musana dema, dumbu jena, uye kavara jena kuseri kweziso rimwe nerimwe.
Killer whale akagoverwa pasirese, asi mazhinji anogara mumvura inotonhorera muNorth Pacific, uye North Atlantic, uye polar makungwa muArctic neAntarctic. MuEurope, hove dzinouraya dzinonyanya kuwanda kubva kumahombekombe eNorway, uye mashoma emawhale aya anowanikwawo muGungwa reBaltic uye kumaodzanyemba kweNorth Sea.
Ko mhondi whale dzinorarama sei?
Mhodzi dzinouraya dzinowanzofamba dziri mumapoka, dzichifamba nokumhanya kwemakiromita 10 kusvika ku20 paawa. Izvo zvinomhanya sebhasikoro rinononoka. Vanopedza yakawanda yenguva yavo vari pedyo nemahombekombe.
Nyevedzi yemhondi inopedza inopfuura hafu yezuva ichitsvaga chikafu. Semuurayi whale, inonyanya kudya hove, mhuka dzemugungwa dzakadai sezvisimbiso, kana shiri dzegungwa dzakadai sepenguin. Mumapoka, mhondi whale inovhimawo mamwe mawhale, ayo akawanda ari ma dolphin, kureva madiki whale. Killer whale haawanzorwisa vanhu.
Hazvina zvakawanda zvinozivikanwa nezve kubereka. Mhou dzeKiller whale dzinokura pabonde pazera remakore matanhatu kusvika gumi. Mimba inotora gore kusvika kune rimwe nehafu. Pakuzvarwa, mhuru yewhale inouraya yakareba mamita maviri uye inorema makirogiramu mazana maviri. Inoyamwa mukaka kubva kuna mai vayo kwegore kana maviri. Zvisinei, iri kutodya zvokudya zvikukutu panguva iyi.
Kubva pakuzvarwa kusvika kune imwe nguva zvinogona kutora makore maviri kusvika gumi nemana. Mhou inonzi killer whale inogona kubereka vana vashanu kana matanhatu muhupenyu hwayo. Zvisinei, inenge hafu yavo inofa vasati vava vaduku ivo pachavo.