UMary Allen
Amabele lusapho lwezilwanyana. Zintaka eziculayo. Bahlala kulo lonke elaseYurophu, kuMntla Merika, inxalenye enkulu yeAsia, nakumazantsi eAfrika. Apha eYurophu, ziphakathi kwezona ntaka ziqhelekileyo ziculayo. Kukho iindidi ezingama-51 kwihlabathi jikelele. Iintlobo ze-14 zihlala eYurophu, kwaye eSwitzerland zintlanu kuphela. Ngoko ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba amabele anokuba ngabahlobo kwindawo ethile.
Amabele ziintaka ezincinci. Ukusuka entloko ukuya emazantsi entsiba zomsila, zivela kuphela ngaphezu kweesentimitha ezilishumi. Zikwalula kakhulu, malunga ne-10 ukuya kwi-20 grams. Ngoko ke kuthatha malunga namabele amahlanu ukuya kwelishumi ukukala iterethi yetshokolethi.
Aphila njani amabele?
Amabele afana nemithi. Ezinye iintlobo zetiti zinokunyuka kakuhle, umzekelo, ititi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Kwakhona bafumana inxalenye enkulu yokutya kwabo emithini. Ikakhulu kukho izinambuzane kunye nemibungu kunye nembewu. Ngokuxhomekeke kwiintlobo zetiti, badla ngokutya enye okanye enye. Kodwa bakwathanda ukuzinceda kwizinto abazinikwa ngabantu ukuba batye.
Uninzi lweentlobo zeetiti zihlala kwindawo enye unyaka wonke. Kodwa ezinye ziintaka ezifudukayo. Ukuze zifukamele amaqanda azo, zidla ngokukhangela umngxuma ongenanto, ngokomzekelo, owomthi wenkuni. Emva koko bawapakishe ngokwentando yawo. Kulapho zibeka khona amaqanda zize ziwafukamele.
Amabele aneentshaba ezininzi. Ii<em>Martens, ii<em>squirrels, kunye neekati zasekhaya zithanda ukutya amaqanda okanye iintaka ezincinci. Kodwa neentaka ezidla inyama njengokhetshe okanye i-kestrel zihlala zibetha. Iintaka ezininzi ezincinci ziyafa kunyaka wokuqala. Kwanabo sele bekwazi ukubhabha, inye kuphela kwezine eziya kuzalisa ngokwazo kunyaka ozayo.
Abantu bakwahlasela amabele. Iya isanda nangakumbi imithi yeziqhamo efanelekileyo ethi shwaka kumhlaba. Nangona kunjalo, abantu abaninzi bakwanceda ama-tits ngokufaka ii-brooders kunye nokususa iindlwane rhoqo ebusika ukuze ama-tits akwazi ukuzala kwakhona. Ungawaxhasa amabele ngokutya okufanelekileyo. Ngoko abasongelwa.
Zeziphi ezona ntlobo zetiti ezibalulekileyo kwilizwe lethu?
EYurophu, i-tit enkulu yenye yezona ntlobo zentaka zixhaphakileyo. ESwitzerland, lolona hlobo luxhaphakileyo lwetiti. Kukho malunga nesiqingatha sesigidi sezilwanyana zayo. Ngokuqhelekileyo bahlala kwindawo enye. Ngamabele asemantla kuphela afudukela emazantsi ebusika. Amabele azalana kanye okanye kabini ehlotyeni. Ngalo lonke ixesha imazi izalela amaqanda ama-6 ukuya kwali-12. Kufuneka ifukamele amaqanda malunga neeveki ezimbini. Kuba engazange awabeke onke amaqanda ngaxeshanye, akaqanduselwa ngaxeshanye.
Ititi eblue lolona hlobo lwesibini luxhaphakileyo lwetiti eSwitzerland. Uhlala kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Amabele aluhlaza ngabona bakhweli abalungileyo. Ziphuma emasebeni ziye kutsho kwelona setyana zilungileyo kwaye zinokujinga zijonge phezulu ukuze zichokoze imbewu. Oku zikwenza kakhulu ngexesha lokuzala. Kungenjalo, ubukhulu becala batya izinambuzane. Banolunye utshaba olukhethekileyo: i-tit enkulu ikhudlwana kwaye yomelele kwaye ihlala ixhwila eyona mingxuma ilungileyo yokuzalela.
I-crested tit yolona hlobo lwesithathu oluxhaphakileyo eSwitzerland. Ukwahlala kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Yafumana igama layo kwiintsiba zentloko yayo. Itya kakhulu kwi-arthropods, okt izinambuzane, i-millipedes, oononkala kunye nee-arachnids. Ekupheleni kwehlobo, ubukhulu becala imbewu yongezwa. Ngelixa iititi ezinkulu neziluhlaza zikhetha ukuhlala kumahlathi ashinyeneyo, i-crested tit ikwaziva ikhululekile kakhulu kumahlathi e-coniferous. Imazi ibeka amaqanda ambalwa, malunga nesine ukuya kwisibhozo. Ukuba isibini siphulukana nenani elikhulu lamantshontsho aqanduselwayo, aya kuzala okwesibini kwakwelo hlobo.