UMary Allen
IiArmadillo liqela lezilwanyana ezanyisayo. Namhlanje kukho iindidi ezingama-21 zeentsapho ezimbini. Ezona zalamane zisondeleyo kubo zii<em>sloth kunye nee<em>anteater. IiArmadillo kuphela kwezilwanyana ezanyisayo ezineqokobhe elenziwe ngamacwecwe amancinci amaninzi. Zenziwe ngesikhumba se-ossified.
Iiarmadillos zifumaneka kuMbindi Merika nakuMzantsi Merika. Kukho uhlobo olunye eMntla Melika. Noko ke, ziya zisanda ngakumbi nangakumbi zisiya ngasemntla. Kukwakho abantu abagcina iiarmadillos njengezilwanyana zasekhaya. Noko ke, zimbalwa iindidi zezinto eziye zaphandwa kakuhle. Phantse akukho nto yaziwayo malunga neentlobo ezininzi zezilwanyana.
I-mole rat yebhanti yeyona incinci: i-15 kuphela ukuya kwi-20 yeesentimitha ubude. Oko kungaphantsi kwerula esikolweni. Inobunzima obumalunga ne-100 grams, ephantse ilingane nebha yetshokolethi. IArmadillo enkulu yeyona inkulu. Inokuba yimitha ubude ukusuka empumlweni ukuya ezimpundwini, kunye nomsila. Inobunzima obufikelela kuma-45 eekhilogram, zonke ezihambelana nenja enkulu.
Ziphila njani iiarmadillos?
Iindidi ezahlukeneyo zihlala ngokwahlukileyo kakhulu. Akulula ke ngoko ukuthetha into esebenza kuzo zonke ii-armadillos. Nantsi eyona nto ibalulekileyo ekufuneka uyazi:
Uninzi lwe-armadillos luhlala kwindawo yomile: kwiintlango, kwii-savannas, nakwii-steppes. Uhlobo ngalunye luhlala kwiiAndes, oko kukuthi ezintabeni. Ezinye iintlobo zihlala kwimigxobhozo okanye nakumahlathi ashinyeneyo. Umhlaba kufuneka ukhululeke kuba zonke iiarmadillos zemba imingxuma, oko kukuthi imingxuma. Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kuyo yonke indawo yokuhlala: ezinye izilwanyana ziziva zikhululekile emhlabeni ombiweyo, kwaye i-armadillo droppings isebenza njengesichumiso apho. Iindidi ezininzi zezilwanyana zikwangena kumngxunya we-armadillo ongenanto.
IiArmadillo zizilwanyana ezihlala zodwa kwaye zidla ngokusebenza ngakumbi ebusuku. Zidibana ubukhulu becala ngexesha lokurula, okt ukukhwelana. Ukukhulelwa kuyahluka kakhulu ngokuxhomekeke kwiintlobo: iinyanga ezimbini ukuya kwezine zokugqibela kwaye kukho enye ukuya kwishumi elinesibini elincinci. Bonke basela ubisi kumama wabo iiveki ezimbalwa. Ulusu lwakho lufana nesikhumba esithambileyo ekuqaleni. Kuphela emva kokuba ziba zizikali ezinzima.
Zonke iindidi zitya izinambuzane. Bakwathanda izilwanyana ezincinci okanye iziqhamo. IiArmadillo zinezivamvo zokujoja ezigqwesileyo. Ziyakwazi ukusebenzisa impumlo yazo ukuze zibone izinambuzane ezifikelela kwiisentimitha ezingama-20 ngaphantsi komhlaba zize zizigrumbe. Ezinye ii-armadillo nazo ziyakwazi ukudada. Ukuze bangatshoni kwisikrweqe sabo esinzima, bampompa umoya owaneleyo esiswini nasemathunjini abo kwangaphambili.
Ngenxa yokuba inyama yawo inencasa, idla ngokuzingelwa. Babengafuni nokuba bembe emasimini. Ukongeza ebantwini, iiarmadillos zikwafuneka zizikhusele kwezinye iintshaba, ezinjengeekati ezinkulu okanye iintaka ezidla inyama. Xa zisoyika, ii<em>armadillos ziyagqobhozela, zishiya iqokobhe elikhuselayo kuphela. Nangona kunjalo, awukhuselwanga ngokupheleleyo, kuba amanye amarhamncwa anokwaphuka ngokulula kwiqokobhe.