UMary Allen
Ingwe yekhephu yeyosapho lwekati. Yeyona incinci kwaye ikhaphukhaphu ikati enkulu. Ingwe yekhephu ayilohlosi elikhethekileyo, nokuba igama lingacebisa. Uludidi olwahlukileyo. Ikwahlala phezulu ezintabeni kunehlosi.
Uboya bayo bungwevu okanye bumdaka kancinci unamachokoza amnyama. Oku kwenza ukuba ingabonakali kakuhle ekhephuni nasematyeni. Uboya bayo buxinene kakhulu kwaye bubonelela ngokhuseleko olubalaseleyo kwingqele. Iinwele zikhula naseentendeni zeenyawo zakhe. Amathupha makhulu ngakumbi. Utshona kancinci ekhephini ngokungathi unxibe izihlangu zekhephu.
Amahlosi ekhephu ahlala kwiintaba zeHimalaya nakwiindawo ezingqongileyo. Kukho ikhephu elininzi kunye namatye, kodwa kunye ne-scrubland kunye namahlathi e-coniferous. Ezinye zazo zihlala phezulu kakhulu, ukuya kuthi ga kwiimitha ezingama-6,000 XNUMX ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle. Umntu kufuneka aziqeqeshe kancinci ukuze akwazi ukunyamezela ngenxa yomoya obhityileyo phaya phezulu.
Ziphila njani izingwe zekhephu?
Iingwe zekhephu zikwazi kakhulu ukukhwela phezu kwamatye. Zikwalawula imitsi emide kakhulu, umzekelo xa kufuneka boyise intanda esematyeni. Kodwa kukho into enye abangenakuyenza: ukugquma. Intamo yakhe ayinakuyenza loo nto. Oku kwakhona kwahlula ngokucacileyo kwiingwe.
Amahlosi ekhephu ahlala yedwa. Ingwe yekhephu ifuna indawo enkulu ngokwayo, kuxhomekeke ekubeni zingaphi izilwanyana ezizingelayo. Ngokomzekelo, zazithathu kuphela izingwe zekhephu ezinokungena kwindawo elingana nelizwe laseLuxembourg. Baphawula intsimi yabo ngenkunkuma, imikrwelo, nevumba elikhethekileyo.
Kwakukade kucingwa ukuba amahlosi ekhephu ayethanda ukuba ngaphandle nasebusuku. Namhlanje siyazi ukuba basoloko bezingela emini, kwaye naphakathi kwexesha, okt ngorhatya. Bakhangela umqolomba wamatye ukuze balale okanye baphumle. Ukuba bahlala bephumla kwindawo enye, umaleko othambileyo, ofudumeleyo weenwele zabo wenza apho njengomandlalo.
Amahlosi ekhephu azingela iibhokhwe neegusha zasendle, i-ibex, iimarmots nemivundla. Kodwa phakathi kwawo kukho amaxhama, amaxhama, amabhadi, iintaka, nezinye izilwanyana. Noko ke, kufuphi nabantu, bathimba izimvu neebhokhwe, iiyaki, iidonki, amahashe neenkomo. Phakathi, nangona kunjalo, zikwathanda iinxalenye zezityalo, ngakumbi amasetyana asuka kumatyholo athile.
Iinkunzi nemazi zidibana kuphela ukukhwelana phakathi kukaJanuwari noMatshi. Oku kohlukile kwiikati ezinkulu kuba ezinye azikhethi ixesha lonyaka elithile. Ukuze bafumane omnye komnye, babeka iimpawu ezingakumbi zevumba baze babizane.
Imazi ilungele ukukhwelana isithuba esingangeveki kuphela. Amathole akhe uwafunqula ngesisu kangangeenyanga ezintathu. Idla ngokuzala amantshontsho amabini okanye amathathu. Ngamnye unobunzima obumalunga ne-450 grams, malunga nobunzima obufanayo neebhari ezine ukuya ezintlanu zetshokolethi. Ekuqaleni, basela ubisi kumama wabo.
Ngaba izingwe zekhephu zisengozini?
Iintshaba zendalo ezibaluleke kakhulu zeengwe zekhephu ziingcuka, kwaye kwiindawo ezithile kunye neengwe. Balwelana ukutya. Ingwe ekhephu ngamanye amaxesha ifumana umgada okanye ihlaselwe zizifunxi-gazi. Ezi zizilwanyana ezincinci ezinokuzalela eboyeni okanye kwindlela yokwetyisa.
Noko ke, olona tshaba lubi yindoda. Abazingeli ngokungekho mthethweni bafuna ukubamba izikhumba baze bazithengise. Unokufumana imali eninzi ngamathambo. Zijongwa njengamayeza alungileyo eTshayina. Abalimi nabo ngamanye amaxesha badubula amahlosi ekhephu ukukhusela izilwanyana zabo.
Ngoko ke, inani leengwe zekhephu lawa ngokukhawuleza. Emva koko bakhuselwe kwaye baphindaphinda kancinane kwakhona. Namhlanje kukho malunga nama-5,000 ukuya kuma-6,000 amahlosi ekhephu kwakhona. Oko kusengaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-100 eyadlulayo. Izingwe zekhephu azikho sichengeni, kodwa zidweliswe njenge "Vulnerable". Ngoko usesengozini.