Ijuba

Sinembali ende, eqhelekileyo kunye namahobe: asebenza njengamahobe athwala iminyaka engaphezu kwama-2000.

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Akhangeleka njani amahobe?

Amajuba abukeka ahluke kakhulu ngokuxhomekeke kuhlobo: anokuba mhlophe okanye abe mdaka, kodwa anokuba nepateni. Ezinye zinemibala ngenene okanye zinentsiba ezigobileyo zokuhombisa. Uninzi lwamahobe asekhaya angwevu. Amaphiko kunye nomsila zimnyama kwaye iintsiba entanyeni zimenyezelayo buluhlaza ukuya violet.

Njengookhokho bawo basendle, amahobe asematyeni, amahobe afuywayo amalunga neesentimitha ezingama-33 ubude kwaye anobunzima obungama-300 grams. Ubude bamaphiko buziisentimitha ezingama-63. Umsila ulinganisa malunga neesentimitha ezilishumi elinanye.

Ahlala phi amahobe?

Amahobe asendle ahlala kumbindi nasemazantsi Yurophu, eAsia Minor ukunqumla uArabhiya ukuya eIndiya, nakuMntla nakwiNtshona Afrika. Amahobe afuywayo asasazeke kulo lonke ihlabathi kunye nabantu kwaye namhlanje ahlala phantse kuzo zonke izixeko ezikhulu eYurophu, eMelika naseAsia.

Amahobe asematyeni ahlala ikakhulu ematyeni akunxweme lolwandle nakwiziqithi. Kodwa zikwafumaneka nakwimimandla enamatye phakathi emhlabeni nakwiintlango. Amajuba asebenzisa i-niches kunye neengqikelelo ezindlwini zethu njengeendawo zamatye endalo. Yiyo loo nto befumana iindawo zokuhlala ezininzi ezifanelekileyo ezidolophini. Abafane bahlale emithini.

Zeziphi iindidi zamahobe akhoyo?

Kukho malunga ne-14 subspecies ye-rock pigeon, kunye ne-140 yeendidi zamahobe afuywayo ezifuywe ngabathandi bamahobe. Ezinye zezi ntlobo zixabiseke kakhulu. Ukuzala kwamahobe kwaqala kwangenkulungwane yesine yeXesha Eliqhelekileyo eYiputa.

Iba neminyaka emingaphi amahobe?

Amahobe afuywayo anokuba neminyaka eyi-15 ukuya kuma-20 ubudala. Njengamahobe athwalayo, anokwenza “inkonzo” yawo malunga neminyaka elishumi.

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Aphila njani amahobe?

Amahobe anobuchule bokubhabha. Zibhabha ngesantya esingaphezu kwe-185 km/h. Ihobe elithweleyo linokuhamba iikhilomitha ezingama-800 ukuya kwi-1000 ngosuku. Amahobe anokubhabha imigama emide ngaphandle kokuqhwabaza amaphiko awo kuba ayakwazi ukubhabha emoyeni. Kodwa ziyakwazi nokuhamba ngokukhawuleza emhlabeni.

Njengamahobe asematyeni, amahobe afuywayo azizilwanyana ezihlala rhoqo. Bachitha ubusuku emiqolombeni nakwimingxuma. Amahobe ajongwa njengeentaka ezinomdla kakhulu kwaye kuthiwa akrelekrele njengamahlungulu. Bahlola zonke izinto ezingaqhelekanga ngemilomo yabo. Amahobe afuywayo akapheleli nje indima ekhethekileyo kuthi bantu kuba egqalwa njengomqondiso woxolo kodwa ngenxa yokuba esebenza njengamahobe athwala iindaba nemiyalezo. Amahobe athunyelwa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ngabanini bawo. Ukusuka apho banokubuyela ekhaya.

Ukuba kuyimfuneko, umqulu omncinane onomyalezo uncanyathiselwe emlenzeni wakhe. Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, akukacaci ngokupheleleyo ukuba amahobe anokuyifumana njani indlela yokubuyela kwilizwe lawo kumakhulu okanye amawaka eekhilomitha. Noko ke, kuyaziwa ukuba aziqhelanga kancinci ngokuma kwelanga nangakumbi ngemagnethi yomhlaba ngoncedo lwamalungu akhethekileyo. Ngenxa yokuba le magnethi yahluke kancinane kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi yaye itshintsha ngokwejografi, amahobe anokusebenzisa wona ukuze aziqhelanise nawo.

Amahobe athwala afanelekileyo aqeqeshwa ngokoqobo ngabafuyi bawo ukufumana indlela yokubuyela ekhaya. Kwananjengezilwanyana ezincinci kwiminyaka emithathu ukuya kwezine ubudala, zithathwa ngemoto kwindawo engaziwayo kwaye, emva kwekhefu, kufuneka zibhabhe zibuyela ekhaya zisuka apho.

Ngale ndlela, amavukuthu ngokuthe ngcembe afunda indlela yokubuyela kwidolophu yakowabo imigama ethe kratya. Amahobe ngabafuyi bekoloni ngokwendalo. Esi sisizathu sokuba bazame ukufumana indlela yabo ebuyela kwindawo yabo yesiqhelo yokuhlala kunye neqabane labo.

Abahlobo kunye neentshaba zamahobe

Iintshaba zendalo zamahobe ziintaka ezidla inyama. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba amahobe ebaleka ngeendlela ezichuliweyo zokubhabha, maxa wambi anokubabaleka abo bawasukelayo. Nangona kunjalo, amahobe ethu asekhaya aneentshaba ezimbalwa ezixekweni, ezinje ngookhetshe, oongqatyana, okanye ookhetshe. Ngenxa yesi sizathu - kwaye ngenxa yokuba zondliwa ngabantu - zinokuzala kakhulu.

Amahobe azala njani?

Njengookhokho bawo basendle, amahobe asematyeni, amahobe afuywayo athanda ukwakha iindlwane zawo emiqolombeni nakwimingxuma. Ezidolophini, ke ngoko, zidla ngokuzala kungqameko nakwiifestile, kwiinqaba, kumabhodlo, nakwimingxuma eseludongeni.

Ekubeni amahobe ekwazi ukumelana nokufuma nedrafti, adla ngokwakha iindlwane zawo kwicala elingasempuma nasemazantsi esakhiwo, ekhuselekile emoyeni nakwimozulu. Nangona kunjalo, iindlwane zabo azikho ubugcisa obukhethekileyo: amahobe avele aphose amasebe ambalwa kunye namasetyana kunye ngendlela engafanelekanga kwaye abeke amaqanda emngxunyeni ophakathi.

Isithethe sokukhwelana kwamajuba asekhaya siqhelekile. Kubonakala ngathi zicoca imiqolo neempiko ngokungxama ngemilomo yazo yaye zikrwempana entloko neentamo. Ekugqibeleni, imazi ifaka umlomo wayo kwinkunzi, ngokungathi ifunzwa njengehobe. Emva koko ukukhwelana kwenzeka.

Ihobe eliyimazi lidla ngokubeka amaqanda amabini, ngalinye linobunzima obuziigram ezili-17. Ifakwe kunye. Inkunzi iqandusela ukusuka kusasa ukuya emva kwemini, imazi iqandusela emva kwemini nasebusuku.