UMary Allen
Impungutye yasentlango yeyona incinci kuzo zonke iimpungutye. Ihlala kuphela kwintlango yeSahara, kodwa kuphela apho yome kakhulu. Akayi kwiindawo ezimanzi. Ikwabizwa ngokuba yi "Fennec".
I-fox yasentlango incinci kakhulu: ukusuka kwimpumlo ukuya ekuqaleni komsila, ilinganisa kuphela i-40 centimeters kakhulu. Oku kungaphezulu kancinane kunerula esikolweni. Umsila wayo umalunga neesentimitha ezingama-20 ubude. Iimpungutye zasentlango azinabunzima obungaphezulu kwekhilogram.
Impungutye yasentlango iqhelane kakuhle nobushushu: iindlebe zayo zinkulu kwaye ziyilelwe ukuba ikwazi ukuzipholisa ngazo. Ude abe neenwele eentendeni zonyawo lwakhe. Oku kuthetha ukuba uva ubushushu bomhlaba bungaphantsi kakhulu.
Uboya bumdaka ngokukhanyayo njengesanti yasentlango. Ikhaphukhaphu kancinci apha esiswini. Ngoko ufihliwe ngokupheleleyo. Izintso zakhe zihluza inkunkuma eninzi egazini, kodwa amanzi amancinci kakhulu. Yiyo loo nto impungutye yasentlango ingaze isele nantoni na. Ulwelo kwixhoba layo lanele.
Iphila njani impungutye yasentlango?
Iimpungutye zasentlango ngamarhamncwa. Zikhetha iimpuku ezincinci, ezifana nejerboas okanye iigerbils. Kodwa zikwatya iimpuku, amacikilishe okanye amacikilishe, nawo angamacikilishe amancinane. Bakwathanda iintaka ezincinci kunye namaqanda, kunye neziqhamo kunye neengcambu zezityalo. Ngamanye amaxesha nazo zitya oko zikufumana ebantwini. Amanzi asekutyeni kwabo abanele, ngoko akufuneki basele.
Iimpungutye zasentlango zihlala kwiintsapho ezincinci, njengoko kunjalo ngabantu abaninzi. Bakha imiqolomba ukuze bakhulise abantwana babo. Bakhangela indawo kwisanti ethambileyo. Ukuba umhlaba uqine ngokwaneleyo, baya kwakha imingxuma emininzi.
Iqabane lomzali ekuqaleni konyaka. Ixesha lokumitha lithatha malunga neeveki ezisixhenxe. Imazi idla ngokuzala amantshontsho amabini ukuya kwantlanu. Inkunzi ikhusela intsapho yayo kwaye ikhangelela wonke umntu ukutya. Umama uncancisa amantshontsho akhe ngobisi kangangeeveki ezilishumi. Ukususela kwiveki yesithathu, nabo batya inyama. Abaselula bahlala nabazali babo phantse unyaka. Emva koko baye baziqeshe kwaye banokuzenza batsha ngokwabo.
Iimpungutye zasentlango ziphila malunga neminyaka emithandathu, kodwa ziyakwazi ukuphila ukuya kutsho kwiminyaka elishumi. Iintshaba zabo zendalo ziingcuka noodyakalashe. Impungutye yasentlango inokuzikhusela ngcono kwiintshaba zayo kuba ikhawuleza ngendlela emangalisayo. Uyabaqhatha aze ababaleke.
Olunye utshaba olubalulekileyo yindoda. Abantu bazingela iimpungutye zasentlango kwangexesha leNeolithic Age. Uboya bakhe zisathengiswa unanamhla. Iimpungutye zasentlango nazo zibanjiswa ziphila emigibeni zize zithengiswe njengezilwanyana zasekhaya.