Dodo: Into omawuyazi

I-Dodo, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiDronte, luhlobo lwentaka olungasekhoyo. UDodos wayehlala kwisiqithi saseMauritius, esikwimpuma yeAfrika. Babezalana namahobe. Zingumzekelo wangaphambili weentlobo zezilwanyana ezaziwayo ezathi zabhanga ngenxa yempazamo yabantu.

Oomatiloshe bama-Arabhu namaPhuthukezi babenexesha elide betyelela esi siqithi. Kodwa yayingamaDatshi kuphela ahlala apho ngokusisigxina, ukususela ngo-1638. Into esiyaziyo ngeDodo namhlanje ivela ikakhulu kumaDatshi.

Ekubeni iidodo zazingakwazi ukubhabha, kwakulula kakhulu ukuzibamba. Namhlanje kuthiwa idodo yatshabalala malunga no-1690. Kangangexesha elide, uhlobo lweentaka lwalityalwa. Kodwa ngenkulungwane ye-19, idodo yaphinda yaduma, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba yavela kwincwadi yabantwana.

Zazikhangeleka njani iidodo?

Namhlanje akulula kangako ukufumanisa ukuba iidodo zazikhangeleka njani. Kusele amathambo ambalwa kuphela nomlomo omnye. Kwimizobo evela ngaphambili, izilwanyana zihlala zibukeka ngokwahlukileyo. Abaninzi abaculi abazange babone i-dodo ngokwabo kodwa babeyazi kuphela kwiingxelo.

Akukho mvisiswano malunga nokuba iidodo zazinzima kangakanani. Kwakukade kucingelwa ukuba zinzima kakhulu, malunga neekhilogram ezingama-20. Oku kungenxa yemizobo yeedodoli ezizityileyo zahlutha. Namhlanje kucingelwa ukuba iidodo ezininzi kwindalo zazinobunzima obuyisiqingatha kuphela. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba zazingekho ngqiqweni kwaye zicotha njengoko zazisoloko zichazwa.

Idodo lakhula malunga neemitha ezintathu ubude. Iintsiba zedodo zazimdaka-ngwevu okanye zibhlowu-ngwevu. Amaphiko mafutshane, umlomo umde kwaye ugobile. IiDodos zaziphila ngeziqhamo eziwileyo mhlawumbi nakumandongomane, imbewu, kunye neengcambu.

Zaphela njani yaye nini kanye kanye ezi ntaka?

Kangangexesha elide, kwakukholelwa ukuba oomatiloshe babamba inani elikhulu leedodo. Ngoko ngebabenayo inyama yokuhamba ngolwandle. Nangona kunjalo, oku akuthethi ukuba isilwanyana siphelile. Ngokomzekelo, kwakukho inqaba, inqaba yamaDatshi. Akukho mathambo edodo afunyenweyo kwinkunkuma yale nqaba.

Enyanisweni, amaDatshi eza nezilwanyana ezininzi, ezinjengezinja, iinkawu, iihagu neebhokhwe. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba idodo yaphela ngenxa yezi zilwanyana. Ezi zilwanyana kunye neempuku mhlawumbi zatya iidodos ezincinci kunye namaqanda. Ukongezelela, abantu bagawula imithi. Ngenxa yoko, iidodo zaphulukana nenxalenye yendawo yazo yokuhlala.

I-dodos yokugqibela yabonwa ngo-1669, ubuncinane kukho ingxelo yayo. Emva koko, kwakukho ezinye iingxelo zeedodos, nangona zingenakuthenjwa. Kukholelwa ukuba idodo yokugqibela yasweleka malunga ne-1690.

Kwakutheni ukuze idodo idume?

I-Alice e-Wonderland yapapashwa ngo-1865. I-dodo ibonakala ngokufutshane kuyo. Umbhali uLewis Carroll eneneni wayenoDodgeson njengegama lakhe lokugqibela. Wathintitha, ngoko ke walithatha igama elithi dodo njengendlela ethile yokubhekisela kwifani yakhe.

I-Dodos nayo yavela kwezinye iincwadi kwaye kamva kwiifilimu. Unokuzibona ngomlomo wazo oshinyeneyo. Mhlawumbi ukuthandwa kwabo kubangelwa kukuba babejongwa njengabantu abalungileyo nabangenangqondo, nto leyo eyayibenza bathandeke.

Namhlanje unokubona i-dodo kwisambatho seengalo zeRiphabhlikhi yaseMauritius. I-dodo ikwaluphawu lweJersey Zoo ngenxa yomdla wayo kwizilwanyana ezisengozini yokuphela. Ngolwimi lwesiDatshi kunye nesiRashiya, "dodo" ligama lomntu osisiyatha.