UMary Allen
IiGeckos ngamacikilishe athile kwaye ke zizilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo. Benza usapho lweentlobo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo. Zifumaneka kulo lonke ihlabathi ukuba nje kubanda kakhulu apho, umzekelo malunga neMeditera, kodwa nakwiitropiki. Bathanda ihlathi elinemvula kunye neentlango kunye ne-savannahs.
Ezinye iintlobo zikhula kuphela malunga neesentimitha ezimbini ngobukhulu, ngelixa ezinye zikhula ukuya kumashumi amane eesentimitha. Iintlobo ezinkulu ziphelile. Oonqinishe banamaxolo eluswini lwabo. Ubukhulu becala buluhlaza ukuya kumdaka. Nangona kunjalo, ezinye zinemibalabala.
IiGeckos zitya izinambuzane. Ezi ziquka iimpukane, iqakamba, neentethe. Nangona kunjalo, iigeckos ezinkulu zikwatya oonomadudwane okanye iimpuku ezifana neempuku. Ngamanye amaxesha iziqhamo ezivuthiweyo nazo zibandakanyiwe. Zigcina amanqatha emisileni yazo njengempahla. Ukuba uyazibamba, ziyakuyeka imisila zibaleke. Umsila ke ukhula umva.
Iindidi ezininzi zivuka emini kwaye zilala ebusuku, njengoko kunokubonwa kubafundi bazo abajikelezayo. Zimbalwa kakhulu iintlobo ezenza ngokuchaseneyo, zinemilo eqingqiweyo. Babona ngcono amaxesha angama-300 kunabantu abasebumnyameni.
Imazi izalela amaqanda ize iwayeke aqanduselwe elangeni. Izilwanyana ezincinci zizimele ngoko nangoko emva kokuqanduselwa. Endle, oonqinishe banokuphila iminyaka engamashumi amabini.
Kwenzeka njani ukuba oonqinishe banyuke kakuhle kangaka?
I-Geckos inokohlulwa ibe ngamaqela amabini ngokusekelwe kwiinzwane zabo: I-clawed geckos ineenzipho, efana neentaka. Oku kubavumela ukuba babambelele kumasebe kakuhle kakhulu kwaye banyuke kwaye behle.
I-Lamella geckos ineenwele ezincinci ngaphakathi kweenzwane zazo ezinokubonwa kuphela phantsi kwe-microscope enamandla kakhulu. Njengoko zinyuka, ezi nwele zibambeka kwimingxuma emincinane ekhoyo kuyo yonke into, nkqu neglasi. Yiyo loo nto benokujinga phantsi phantsi kwepaneli.
Ukufuma okuncinci kuyabanceda. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba umphezulu womhlaba umanzi, ii-slats aziyi kuphinda zibambelele. Nangona iinyawo zimanzi ngenxa yokufuma okuninzi, i-geckos ikufumanisa kunzima ukunyuka.