UMary Allen
Iikati lusapho lwezilwanyana ezidla inyama kwaye ke ngoko zezezilwanyana ezanyisayo. Zifumaneka kuwo onke amazwekazi ngaphandle kwe-Oceania ne-Antarctica. Baphantse batya inyama kuphela. Kukho iintlobo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo zazo ezibonakala zahluke kakhulu. Kwindalo, kuphela iikati zasendle kunye ne-lynx ezihlala nathi.
Xa sithetha ngekati, sisoloko sithetha ikati yasekhaya. Enyanisweni, zonke iikati zifana neekati zethu zasekhaya. Nangona kunjalo, ikati yasekhaya yayikhuliswe ngokukhethekileyo kwaye iyancipha ngakumbi okanye incinci.
Yintoni eqhelekileyo kwiikati?
Zonke iikati zibukeka kwaye zenze ngokufanayo. Umzimba wabo uthambile, idyasi ithambile ngeenwele ezimfutshane. Intloko incinci ngokunxulumene nomzimba. Nangona kunjalo, amehlo makhulu xa kuthelekiswa nentloko. Abafundi benza umngxuma omxinwa ovuleka kakhulu ebumnyameni. Yiyo loo nto iikati zikwazi ukubona kakuhle nakukukhanya okuphantsi. Amabhovu empumlweni nawo ayabanceda.
Iikati ziva kakuhle kakhulu. Iindlebe zabo zome nkqo kwaye zenziwe tape. Ziyakwazi ukujikelezisa iindlebe zazo ukuze zive kwicala elithile. Iikati zinemvakalelo entle yokungcamla, ngoko ke zingcamla kakuhle kakhulu ngolwimi, kodwa azinuki kakuhle ngeempumlo zazo.
Iikati zinamazinyo anamandla kakhulu. Balunge ngakumbi ekubambeni nasekubulaleni amaxhoba abo ngeenja zabo. Zikwabambelela kwixhoba ngeenzipho zazo. Iikati zineenzwane ezineziphopho ezintlanu kumathupha azo angaphambili kunye nezine kumqolo wazo.
Iikati zinento engaqhelekanga malunga namathambo azo. Abanayo i-collarbones. La mathambo mabini ahamba ukusuka egxalabeni ukuya embindini kwaye aphantse adibane phezulu esifubeni. Abantu ngamanye amaxesha baphula i-collarbones ekwindla. Oku akunakwenzeka ngeekati. Amagxa akho abhetyebhetye ngakumbi ngaphandle kwekhola. Ngoko ke unokutsiba ngokulula nangokutsiba okude.
Uninzi lweekati ziyakwazi ukuxubha. Ungayiva njengengxolo enzulu. Iikati zihlala zixubha xa ziziva ziphilile. Namantshontsho ekati amancinci ayakwenza oku. I-purring iqala emqaleni. Nangona kunjalo, izazinzulu azikayifumani ncam indlela oku kusebenza ngayo.
Iikati ezininzi zizizodwa. Iinkunzi zidibana kuphela nemazi ukuze zikhwelane kwaye zivelise amantshontsho. Kuphela ziingonyama eziphila ngokuqhayisa. Iikati zasekhaya nazo zinokugcinwa kakuhle ngokwamaqela amabhinqa.
Zihlelwa njani iikati?
Kukho iindidi ezintathu zeekati: iikati ezifileyo ezinamazinyo e-saber, iikati ezinkulu, kunye neekati ezincinci. Iikati ezinamazinyo e-saber zaphela ngexesha leStone Age.
Iikati ezinkulu ziquka ingwe, ijaguar, ingonyama, ingwe, nengwe yekhephu. Ngamanye amaxesha ingwe enamafu nayo iqukiwe. Ifana nehlosi kwaye ihlala kumzantsi-mpuma Asia. Ingcali ibona iikati ezinkulu kungekuphela nje ngobukhulu bemizimba yazo kuba akusoloko kuyinyani ngokupheleleyo. Umahluko ophambili lithambo eliphantsi kolwimi elibizwa ngokuba yi "hyoid bone." Iikati ezinkulu nazo zahlukile kwimizila yazo yemfuza.
Iikati ezincinci ziquka i-cheetah, i-cougar, i-lynx, kunye nezinye ezimbalwa. Oku kuquka "Iikati zokwenyani". Wena luhlobo lwakho. Zikwaquka nekati yasendle, ephuma kuyo ikati yasekhaya.
Yeyiphi ikati ephethe eyiphi irekhodi?
Iirekhodi zihlala zigcinwe ngamadoda. Amahlosi akhula elona likhulu. Zimalunga neesentimitha ezingama-200 ubude ukusuka empumlweni ukuya ezantsi kwaye zinobunzima obufikelela kuma-240 eekhilogram zizonke. Balandelwa ngokusondeleyo ziingonyama. Nangona kunjalo, ukulinganisa kunzima. Kuxhomekeke ekubeni uthelekisa ukuba zinjani na izilwanyana ezininzi. Oko kuya kuba yi-avareji. Ungaphinda uthelekise esona silwanyana sikhulu kuhlobo ngalunye okhe wasifumana kunye nezinye. Emva koko uthelekiso lunokwahluka kancinci. Kufana nokuthelekisa abantwana besikolo abavela kwiiklasi ezimbini.
Eyona ikhawulezayo yingwenkala. Iyakwazi ukufikelela malunga ne-100 km/h. Oko kukhawuleza kunokuqhuba kwindlela yelizwe kumazwe amaninzi. Nangona kunjalo, ingwenkala isigcina isantya kuphela ixesha elifutshane kakhulu, kanye phambi kokuba ibambe ixhoba.
Akunakwenzeka ukuthetha ukuba yeyiphi ikati eyomeleleyo. Izingwe, iingonyama, kunye nama-cougars zihlala kwilizwekazi elahlukileyo. Abadibani nakwindalo. Ingonyama nehlo, umzekelo, zihlala kumazwe afanayo. Kodwa abazange bavumele ukuba kufike ukulwa, kodwa baphume endleleni.