UMary Allen
I-arctic fox yimpungutye encinci. Uhlala emantla akude, kwiArctic, apho kukho amatyholo kuphela kwaye kungekho mithi. Le yi tundra. I-arctic fox ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-arctic fox.
I-arctic fox incinci: ukusuka empumlweni ukuya ezimpundwini, ilinganisa kuphela malunga nama-30 ukuya kuma-60 eesentimitha. Oko kufana nomphathi omnye okanye ababini esikolweni. Ukususela entendeni yeenyawo ukuya kutsho emqolo, imalunga neesentimitha ezingama-30 kuphela. Umsila wayo onamatyholo umde kancinane.
I-arctic fox iqhelene kakuhle kakhulu nengqele: asikho esinye isilwanyana esinoboya obungqingqwa njengaso. Ude abe neenwele eentendeni zonyawo lwakhe. Ngenxa yokuba iindlebe, umlomo kunye nemilenze mifutshane, ilahlekelwa bubushushu obuncinane.
Uboya buyakhanya esiswini ehlotyeni, amanye amdaka. Ngenxa yokuba ngoko akukho khephu kwi-tundra, ifihliwe ngokugqibeleleyo. Ebusika uboya bayo bumhlophe. Ayibonakali kakuhle ekhephini.
Iphila njani impungutye yaseArctic?
Iimpungutye zeArctic zizidla kunye neomnivores. Bathanda olona hlobo lukhethekileyo lweempuku, ezizezi, iilemmings. Ngeempumlo zabo ezintle, bajoja iilemmings ekhephini baze bazigrumbe ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba bangakwazi ukusaba. Ngamanye amaxesha babamba nomvundla we-arctic. Noko ke, zikwatya iintaka ezizalela kwiindlwane zazo, kwakunye namaqanda namantshontsho. Zikwatya i-carrion, okt iindawo ezifileyo ezishiywe ziibhere ezimhlophe okanye iingcuka ze-arctic. Isenokuba ziintsalela zeentlanzi. Ukuba kuyimfuneko, zikwatya izinambuzane, amaqunube, kwanenkunkuma yezinye izilwanyana.
Bakha imiqolomba ukuze bakhulise abantwana babo. Ukwenza oku, bakhangela indawo engakhenkcezileyo, okt apho kungekho permafrost. Bemba amatonela aneendawo zokungena ezisibhozo kumhlaba oyisanti okanye oluvunduvundu. Imingxunya enjalo ingasetyenziswa ziimpungutye ezahlukeneyo zeArctic iminyaka eliqela.
Iimpungutye ze-Arctic zi-monogamous, oku kuthetha ukuba zihlala kunye njengesibini ubomi bonke. Bazala amantshontsho abo entwasahlobo. Phantse emva kweenyanga ezimbini, imazi izala amantshontsho amathathu ukuya kwalithoba. Oko kuxhomekeke kakhulu ekufumanekeni kokutya nakwimozulu. Aba bantwana baziimfama, bazizithulu yaye abanamazinyo. Amantshontsho ahlala kumqolo wokubeleka kangangeeveki ezine aze asele ubisi lukanina kangangeeveki ezintandathu. Inkunzi, njengoko uyise ebizwa njalo, inceda ekukhuliseni amantshontsho. Noko ke, ekwindla, abazali bayabagatya abantwana babo. Emva koko kufuneka bazibonele ngokwabo ukuba badlula njani ebusika. Abo basindileyo banako ukuzala entwasahlobo.
Uninzi lweempungutye ze-arctic zihlala malunga neminyaka emine ubudala. Iintshaba zabo zendalo yingcuka ye-arctic kunye nebhere elimhlophe. Noko ke, ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu, ziya zisanda iimpungutye ezibomvu zingena emantla. Zinkulu kwaye ngoko zinamandla kuneempungutye ze-arctic. Iimpungutye ezibomvu ke ngoko zisongela kakhulu iimpungutye ze-arctic.
Esona sifo sibi kakhulu kwiimpungutye ze-arctic ngumgada. Badla ngokufa ngayo. Basenokugula ngenxa yeentsholongwane okanye izifunxi-gazi. I-tapeworm ye-fox ihlala kwizitho zokwetyisa.
Olunye utshaba olubalulekileyo yindoda. Ingakumbi ngenkulungwane ye-19 nasekuqaleni kweyama-20, amaEskimo ayezingela iimpungutye zaseArctic. Uboya babo obushinyeneyo obumhlophe babunokuthengiswa okanye buthengiswe ngokulula. Ngenxa yoko, kusekho iimpungutye ezimbalwa kakhulu ze-arctic eScandinavia naseIceland. Kwezinye iindawo, ziye zaphindaphindeka kwakhona. Okwangoku, abasongelwa ngokubhanga. Noko ke, ziphakathi kwezilwanyana ezichatshazelwa kakhulu kukutshintsha kwemozulu.