UMary Allen
I-pike yeyona ntlanzi inkulu kwaye inamandla amakhulu eYurophu. Yintlanzi edla inyama enomzimba omde kunye nephiko elihlala ngasemva. I-pike ifikelela kwi-1.50 yeemitha ubude. Inentloko ende kunye nomlomo othe tyaba ozele ngamazinyo abukhali. Inobunzima obufikelela kuma-25 eekhilogram. Isisu simhlophe okanye sityheli.
I-pike inokufumaneka phantse kuwo nawaphi na amanzi acocekileyo, ngaphandle kwemilambo emincinci. Iphepha imisinga enamandla kwaye ifumana indawo apho inokuhlala khona kwaye izimele kakuhle kwaye ilalele ixhoba.
IiPike zihlala zifihlwe kakuhle kufutshane nebhanki kwaye zilinde iintlanzi ezincinci ezinje ngeeroaches, rudd, okanye perch. Iindawo ezilungileyo zokuloba zikwiingcongolo, kumasimi enyibiba emanzini, ngaphantsi kweejethi, kwiingcambu ezitshoneyo, okanye phantsi kwemithi ejingayo. I-Pike ilalele ngesantya sombane.
Izala njani ipike?
Iimazi zePike zibizwa ngokuba yiRogner, amadoda akwabizwa ngokuba yiMilchner. Ukususela ngoNovemba iinkunzi zingqinga imimandla yeemazi. Iinkunzi ziya zisiba mbi kwaye zisenokwenzakalana ngokumasikizi.
Amaqanda abizwa ngokuba yi-spawn. Okukhona imazi inzima, kokukhona ikwazi ukuthwala amaqanda angaphezu kwama-40,000 ngekhilogram yobunzima bomzimba wayo. Kuphela kuxa imazi ikhupha amadlozi ayo emzimbeni apho inkunzi yongeza iiseli zamadlozi.
Imibungu iqandusela emva kweeveki ezimbini ukuya kwezine. Baqala ukutya kwi-yolk sac. Kufana nomthubi weqanda lenkukhu. Noko ke, inkoliso yazo ityiwa zezinye iintlanzi ngeli xesha.
Ngokukhawuleza ukuba i-pike encinci malunga neesentimitha ezimbini ubude, izingela iintlanzi ezincinci. Iinkunzi zikhula ngokwesondo xa zimalunga neminyaka emibini ubudala, kunye namabhinqa kwiminyaka emine ubudala.