UMary Allen
I-binyorong, okanye ibhere esable, ngummi ongaqhelekanga ohlala emthini: ekuphela kwesilwanyana esanyisayo kwiLizwe eliDala, sinomsila we-prehensile osivumela ukuba sinyuke ngobuchule.
iimpawu
Zikhangeleka njani izintorong?
Ibhere, ikati, i-marten, okanye inja? Xa uthi krwada nje, awuyazi ngenene ukuba leliphi iqela lesilwanyana onokuthi uhlele kulo binturong. Kodwa isilwanyana esinoboya obudilikiweyo, obubonakala bububuvuvu ekuqaleni, sesosapho lweecivets kwaye ngoko ke silusapho olufana nekati. ngokolandelelwano lwezilwanyana ezidla inyama.
Ngokungafaniyo neekati, iicivets zinempumlo ende, umzimba omde, kunye nemilenze emifutshane. Kusapho lwe-civet, i-Binturong ngoyena mmeli mkhulu wosapho olungaphantsi lwe-palm roller. Ekubeni ikhumbuza i-marten okanye i-raccoon encinci yebhere, ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-marten bear.
Iibinturong zilinganisa i-61 ukuya kwi-96 yeesentimitha ukusuka entloko ukuya ezantsi. Umsila ulinganisa enye i-56 ukuya kwi-89 yeesentimitha. Zinobunzima obususela kwi-9 ukuya kwi-14 yeekhilogram, ezinye zide zibe nobunzima obuziikhilogram ezingama-20. Umsila luphawu oluqhelekileyo lwe binturongs: Yenziwe njengomsila we-prehensile, apho izilwanyana zinokubambelela emasebeni xa zikhwela.
IiBinturong kuphela kwezilwanyana ezanyisayo kwihlabathi elidala - oko kukuthi, eYurophu, eAsia, naseAfrika - ezinomsila onjalo. Uboya babo bude, buncinci, kunye nombala omnyama ongwevu ukuya kumnyama, intloko idla ngokuba khaphukhaphu kancinci. Iindlebe ezimhlophe ezineenwele ezimnyama kunye namabhovu amhlophe empumlweni ziyabetha. Imilenze mifutshane kwaye yomelele. Ukuluma kuncinci kakhulu.
Zihlala phi izintorong?
IiBinturongs zizalelwa kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia ukusuka eIndiya ukuya kwiziqithi zaseIndonesia zaseSumatra, Java, Borneo, nasePalawan. IiBinturong zihlala emahlathini. Bahlala emithini kumahlathi ashinyeneyo ashinyeneyo ashinyeneyo kwilizwe labo lokuzalwa.
Usapho lwecivet lubandakanya malunga nama-70 eentlobo ezahlukeneyo. Uninzi lubhityile kwaye lubuthathaka ngakumbi kune-binturong, ebikade ichazwa njengebhere encinci ngenxa yenkangeleko yayo.
Mingaphi iminyaka intorong?
IiBinturongs zinokuphila ixesha elide: intorong ebanjwayo waziwa ukuba uphile iminyaka engama-25.
Ziphathe
Ziphila njani izintorong?
Akukho nto ingako yaziwayo ngobomi bezintorong endle. Zizilwanyana zasebusuku. Ngenxa yoku, babona kakuhle kakhulu xa kurhatyela, kwaye bayakwazi ukuva kakuhle kunye nengqondo yokujoja. Nangona zisenokubonakala zilivila ekuqaleni, ziqhelene kakuhle nobomi bemithi.
Nangona kunjalo, zihamba ngokucothayo nangabom kumasebe kodwa zinokunyuka ngobuchule nangokukhuselekileyo. Zisebenzisa umsila wazo we-prehensile njengesandla sesihlanu kwaye zisebenzisa iinzipho zazo ukubamba ezinyaweni zazo xa zikhwela. Bakwanobuchule bokuqubha kunye nokuntywila.
Xa zihamba emhlabeni, zinyathela okwebhere ngentende yeenyawo zayo yonke – oku akuqhelekanga kakhulu kwiicivets. Ziphawula ummandla wazo ngokutyibilika ecaleni kwamasebe ngeempundu zazo, ziphawula amasebe ngamavumba asuka kwidlala eliphakathi kwemilenze yawo yangasemva. Bezigobile ezincotsheni zemithi, bachitha imini yonke belele.
Abahlobo kunye neentshaba ze-binturong
Amarhamncwa amakhulu anokuba yingozi kwi binturong.
Zivelisa njani izintorong?
Iibinturong zikhula ngokwesini xa zineminyaka emibini enesiqingatha ubudala. Imazi inako ukufumana amantshontsho kabini ngonyaka. Ixesha lokukhwelana nguMatshi noAprili no-Oktobha noNovemba. Emva kokumitha kweentsuku ezingama-88 ukuya kwezingama-98, ngokuqhelekileyo ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha amantshontsho amathandathu aphantse abe ze azalwe. Okokuqala, ziyancanciswa zize zihlale zifihlwe kuboya bukanina, obuzikhusela kwiintshaba ngokugquma nokugquma. Emva kweeveki ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo, batshintshela ekutyeni okuqinileyo. IiBinturong ngokuqhelekileyo zihlala ngababini kwaye zinyamekela ulutsha kunye.
Zinxibelelana njani izintorong?
Iibinturong ziyakwazi ukufutha kwaye zimeme okwekati.