UMary Allen
Iikhangaru ziimarsupials ngoko ke zizilwanyana ezanyisayo. Njengezinye ii<em>marsupial, ngokomzekelo, ii<em>koala, zihlala eOstreliya nakwisiqithi saseNew Guinea. Namhlanje kukho ishumi elinanye elikhulu, amaqela ahlukeneyo eentlobo zekhangaru. Bafumana igama labo kulwimi lwabantu bomthonyama baseOstreliya.
Umzimba wekhangaru mde, unomsila omde, owomeleleyo ekupheleni. Isilwanyana sinokungqiyama kuso xa simile. Xa utsiba, umsila unceda ukugcina ibhalansi. Ikhangaru inokutsiba kakuhle kakhulu ngenxa yemilenze yayo emide neyomeleleyo.
Iikhangaru ezinkulu zidla ngokutya ingca. Bahlala kwindawo ezomileyo kwaye ezikhula kancinci. Yiyo loo nto ibanceda ukuba bakwazi ukugubungela imigama emide ngokutsiba-tsiba kwabo. Ngexesha elifutshane, ikhangaru inokubaleka isantya esifikelela kwiikhilomitha ezingama-50 ngeyure. Ingaba imoto ingaqhuba ngokukhawuleza kangakanani esixekweni?
Ukukhulelwa kwekhangaru kuthatha malunga neeveki ezintathu ukuya kwezintandathu kuphela. Ekuzalweni, itakane lekhangaru linobude obuziisentimitha ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu kuphela kwaye linobunzima obungaphantsi kwegram. Nakuba kunjalo, iyarhubuluza izimele kwingxowa kamama. Apho ibeka umbele emlonyeni ukuze isele ubisi. Ibele ayivumi ukuba ihambe iinyanga ezimbini okanye ezintathu. Ihlala engxoweni malunga nesiqingatha sonyaka ukuya phantse unyaka wonke. Amawele anqabile kakhulu.
Loluphi uhlobo lweekhangaru ezikhoyo?
Xa usiva igama elithi ikhangaru, mhlawumbi ucinga ngeekhangaru ezinkulu njengekhangaru ebomvu. Kodwa eneneni, iikhangaru ziyintsapho kwizilwanyana, eziquka iindidi ezahlukahlukeneyo. I-65 genera yekhangaru eyaziwayo namhlanje, kwaye iindidi ezingama-XNUMX zizonke. Ezine kuzo sele zingasekho.
Ezinye iintlobo ezivela kwi-genus "Macropus" mhlawumbi zaziwa kakhulu namhlanje. Igama lithetha "unyawo olukhulu". Ezi ziquka iikhangaru ezingwevu neekhangaru ezibomvu. Le yokugqibela lolona didi lukhulu lwekhangaru ekhoyo namhlanje.
Uhlobo olukhethekileyo ziikhangaru zomthi. Ezi zilwanyana zihlala emithini, kanye njengokuba ookhokho bekhangaru kusenokwenzeka ukuba babehlala njalo. Basongelwa okanye basengozini ngenxa yokuba abantu badla ngokugawula imithi ekunokuphila kuyo iikhangaru zemithi.
Abantu abaninzi bayazibuza ukuba ngaba ii-wallabies nazo ziikhangaru okanye yinto yazo. Ngokuqinisekileyo iiWallabi ziyinxalenye yosapho lwekhangaru. Igama elithi wallaby lidla ngokusetyenziswa kwiintlobo ezincinci kunye nekhangaru kwiintlobo ezine ezinkulu. Uninzi lweentlobo ze-wallaby zikuhlobo lwe-Macropus, kodwa kukwakho ne-wallaby yomgxobhozo. Luhlobo lwayo.
Kukho nezilwanyana ezinemilenze efana nekhangaru, njengeempuku zekhangaru. Ayizokhangaru ezi, ziimpuku. Kwelinye icala, iikhangaru zazikhe zagqalwa njengekhangaru, kodwa namhlanje zicingelwa ukuba ziyintsapho yazo.
Zithetha ntoni iikhangaru ebantwini?
Abantu bomthonyama babezingela iikhangaru ukuze batye inyama baze balungise uboya. Aba baphambukeli baseYurophu babamba iikhangaru, ingakumbi izilwanyana ezikhulu. Noko ke, kuyingozi ngokukhethekileyo kwiikhangaru, ukuba abantu baseYurophu bazisebenzisela iindawo ezininzi apho iikhangaru bezinokuphila khona. Kodwa asizizo zonke iintlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezisesichengeni sokuphela. Usengazingela ezinye.
Abantu abaninzi baseOstreliya bayazingca ngeekhangaru. Kunye nezinye izilwanyana, sisilwanyana selizwe, umfuziselo welizwe. Ngenxa yokuba iikhangaru zingakwazi ukuhamba ngasemva, zibonwa njengomqondiso wenkqubela, ukuba yonke into iya isiba ngcono.