UMary Allen
Irakhoni sisilwanyana esanyisayo. Ezona ntlobo zixhaphakileyo zihlala kuMntla Melika kwaye ikwabizwa ngokuba yiRaccoon yaseMntla Melika. Kukwakho noononkala eMzantsi Melika kunye neCozumel raccoon kwisiqithi esinye kude neMexico. Xa bebonke benza uhlobo lweerakuni.
Eli nqaku lijongene kuphela neyona ixhaphakileyo, i-raccoon yaseMntla Melika, eyaziwa ngokuba yi "raccoon". Ukusuka empumlweni ukuya ezantsi malunga neesentimitha ezingamashumi amane ukuya kumashumi asixhenxe ubude. Unobunzima obuphakathi kweekhilogram ezine ukuya kwezilithoba. Oku kuhambelana nenja ephakathi.
Uboya bayo bungwevu, ngamanye amaxesha bukhaphukhaphu, ngamanye amaxesha bubemnyama. Okuqhelekileyo kuye ngumbala omnyama ojikeleze amehlo akhe. Ungathi unxibe imaski yamehlo amnyama. Iindlebe ezingqukuva zikhaphukhaphu kancinci. I-raccoon inomsila omde.
Ukususela ngenkulungwane yama-20, iraccoon iye yazalelwa eYurophu, eCaucasus naseJapan. Kungenxa yokuba abantu beze naye apho bevela eMelika. Apho waqhwesha kwiindawo ezivaliweyo okanye washiywa. Ngokungqonge i-Edersee kwiphondo laseJamani iHesse, ngoku zininzi kakhulu kangangokuba kufuneka zizingelwe. Bagxotha ezinye zezilwanyana zalapha.
Iphila njani irakhoni?
I-raccoon inxulumene ne-marten. Naye uphila njengabo: ulirhamncwa. I-raccoon ithanda ukutya izinambuzane, iintshulube kunye namabhungane entwasahlobo, kunye neziqhamo ezininzi, amajikijolo kunye namandongomane ekwindla. Kodwa kukwakho neentlanzi, amasele, amaxoxo neesalamande. Noko ke, kunzima ukubamba iintaka neempuku.
I-raccoon ikhetha ukuhlala kumahlathi anqabileyo kunye adibeneyo. Kodwa uyakuthanda nokungena ezidolophini kuba unokufumana ukutya okuninzi apho, umzekelo kwiitoti zenkunkuma.
I-raccoon ilala emini. Ukhetha imiqolomba kwimithi emidala ye-oki. Ukuba ikude kakhulu kwindawo yayo yokulala, isenokuphumla ekwarini, kwindawo ekukhuhla kuyo okanye emhadini weembila. Emantla nayo iyafukama.
Ngorhatya nasebusuku iyaphila ngokwenene. Akaboni kakuhle, ngoko uva yonke into ngamathupha akhe angaphambili namabhovu ajikeleze impumlo yakhe. Iinkunzi neemazi zihamba ngokwamaqela amancinane ahlukeneyo. Badibana kuphela ukutshatana.
Ekuthinjweni, iiraccoon ziqhele into ekhethekileyo ezingayenziyo kwindalo: zihlamba ukutya kwazo. Kwindalo, baziva ukutya kwabo ngononophelo kwaye bahlube yonke into engeyiyo, umzekelo, iinkuni ezincinci. Izazinzulu azikwazi ukuchaza ukuba kutheni zihlamba ukutya kwazo ekuthinjweni. Ekuphela kwento ecacileyo kukuba i-raccoon yafumana igama layo kuyo.
Ekuthinjweni, iiraccoons ziphila ukuya kutsho kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini. Endle, kwelinye icala, baphila iminyaka emithathu kuphela. Abona nobangela baphambili bokufa ziingozi zendlela nokuzingela.
Ingaba iraku lizala njani?
IiRaccoon zikhwelana ngoFebruwari ukuzala entwasahlobo. Ixesha lokumitha lithatha iiveki ezisithoba. Imazi idla ngokuzala amantshontsho amathathu. Babizwa ngokuba “ngamantshontsho” njengezinja.
Imibundlwana ayiboni xa izalwa kwaye inokukhanya esikhumbeni sayo. Banobunzima obumalunga namashumi asixhenxe eegram, hayi netshokholethi eninzi. Ekuqaleni, baphila ngobisi lukanina kuphela.
Emva kweeveki ezimbini zinobunzima obumalunga nekhilogram. Emva koko bawushiya umqolomba wabo okokuqala nonina kunye nabantakwabo. Basafuna ubisi lukanina kangangeenyanga ezimbini. Ekwindla, intsapho iyahlukana.
Iimazi ezisencinci ziyakwazi ukuba sele zikhulelwe ekupheleni kobusika bokuqala, iinkunzi zivame ukukhulelwa kamva. Iimazi zihlala kufutshane noonina bazo. Iinkunzi zihambela kude. Ngale ndlela, indalo ithintela ukuba izilwanyana zingaphindaphindi phakathi kwezalamane, njengoko oku kunokukhokelela kwizifo.