Intshayelelo: IiPuffins kunye neendlela zazo zemihla ngemihla
Iipuffin zintaka zolwandle ezincinci ezizezosapho lweAlcidae. Zaziwa ngemilomo yazo emibalabala, etshintsha umbala ngexesha lokuzala. Iipuffin zifumaneka kuMntla weAtlantiki nakuLwandlekazi lweArctic, yaye zichitha ixesha elininzi lobomi bazo elwandle. Noko ke, ngexesha lokuzala, zifika elunxwemeni ukuze zizakhele iindlwane zize zikhulise amantshontsho azo.
Iipuffins zinenkqubo yemihla ngemihla ejikeleza ekufumaneni ukutya, ukukhathalela amantshontsho azo, kunye nokuphepha amarhamncwa. Basebenza ngamaxesha athile osuku, kwaye banendlela yokuziphatha ethile ehambelana nesigaba ngasinye somjikelo wabo wobomi. Ukuqonda izinto ezenziwa mihla le zeepuffins kunokusinceda sizixabise ezi ntaka zibangel’ umdla size sizikhusele ekuphazamisekeni kwabantu nakwezinye izisongelo.
Iindawo zokuhlala zePuffin: Apho zihlala khona kunye neNest
Iipuffin zihlala kumathanga amatye okanye iziqithi ezikufuphi nolwandle. Zikhetha iindawo ezizalela kuzo ezigqunywe zizityalo, ezizikhusela kumoya namarhamncwa. Iipuffins zomba imingxuma okanye zisebenzisa iintanda zendalo ezisematyeni ukwakha iindlwane zazo. Zibuyela kwindawo enye yokuzalela unyaka nonyaka, kwaye zinokusebenzisa umngxuma omnye ngamaxesha amaninzi okuzala kwazo.
Iikoloni zePuffin zikwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi, kubandakanya iIceland, iNorway, iGreenland, iCanada, kunye neUnited Kingdom. Eminye imimandla iyafikeleleka kubakhenkethi, abakwaziyo ukujonga ezi ntaka bekude. Nangona kunjalo, ukuphazamiseka komntu kunokuphazamisa umjikelo wokuzala kwee-puffins, ngoko kubalulekile ukulandela izikhokelo zokujonga izilwanyana zasendle ezinenkathalo.