UMary Allen
I-apex predator, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-predator ephezulu, sisilwanyana esiphezulu setsheyini lokutya, ngaphandle kwamarhamncwa endalo aso.
Sesiphi isilwanyana esona sitshaba?
Ekugqibeleni, intaka edla inyama ayiyi kudliwa nasiphi na esinye isilwanyana. Sisiphelo somthengi okanye i-apex predator yekhonkco lethu lokutya.
Yintoni eyenza iPredator ebukhali?
Uthatha indima ekhethekileyo ekuboniseni ukuziphatha kokuzingela okwahlukileyo kwaye aqhelane nokusingqongileyo (ukuzingela ukunyamezela, ukuzingela), uzingela ngabanye okanye ngamaqela kwaye asebenzise izixhobo (imikhonto, izibhamu, imipu, iitrawlers).
Ngaba abantu balirhamncwa eliphambili?
Abantu bakwazi kuphela ukukhusela indima yabo phakathi kwezilwanyana eziphezulu ezifana neebhere, iikati ezinkulu kunye neengcuka ngokuphuhliswa kwezixhobo zokuzingela.
Zeziphi izilwanyana ezizingelayo?
Abaphangi bokwenyani okanye abaphangi babonakaliswa yinyaniso yokuba bahlala bebulala amaxhoba abo, ngokuqhelekileyo ngokukhawuleza emva kokuhlaselwa. Batya inani elikhulu lezinto ezidliwayo ngexesha lobomi babo. Ezi ziquka iingonyama kunye neebhere ezisemhlabeni, iminenga ye-baleen elwandle kunye nezigcawu.
Uzibiza ngokuthini izilwanyana ezingenazo iintshaba?
Imikhombe ayidli imifuno kwaye itya kakhulu amagqabi kunye namasetyana. Izilwanyana zinobunzima obufikelela kwiitoni ezintathu kwaye ziphile iminyaka engama-40. Imikhombe ayiboni kakuhle kodwa iyakwazi ukujoja kunye nokuva kakuhle. Baye - ngaphandle kwabantu - abanazo iintshaba.
Ngaba zizilwanyana ezitya utyani?
Ngokwale nkcazo, izilwanyana ezidla utyani azizozingela. Oku kuhambelana nenkcazo yehlabathi jikelele "yezilwanyana zokwenyani" okanye "amarhamncwa".
Yintoni i-apex predator?
Irhamncwa eliphezu kwekhonkco lokutya elingadlulwa naso nasiphi na esinye isilwanyana. Ichwebakazi likwanezinye zezona ndawo zixineneyo kakhulu ehlabathini ezibizwa ngokuba zii-apex predators, ookrebe, ii-groupers, kunye neejack abangenazo izilwanyana ezizingelayo zendalo. zabo kodwa inani labo liye lancitshiswa kwezinye iindawo ngabalobi.
Ithini inamba yokuqala?
Ngethamsanqa, ingonyama lirhamncwa elikhulu, nto leyo ethetha ukuba inokuzingela izilwanyana ezininzi kwindawo yayo. Kananjalo ayinakuzingelwa zizilwanyana kwindawo ehlala kuyo. Yiloo nto eyenza 'ukumkani wehlathi. Ngokumalunga nezilwanyana ezibangela ukufa kwabantu, ingonyama mhlawumbi lelona rhamncwa liyingozi kakhulu.
Ngaba abantu banalo irhamncwa?
Abantu abajongwa njengezilwanyana ezizingelayo kuba ukutya kwabo kuqhelekile, nangona amanqanaba etrophic abantu enyuka ngokutya inyama.
Yintoni eyenza umntu abe lirhamncwa?
"Abantu mhlawumbi bahlukile phakathi kwamarhamncwa aphezulu ekukwazini ukuphembelela i-ecosystem ngokunciphisa ngokuthe ngqo i-carnivore enkulu, i-mesopredator kunye ne-herbivore kwaye ngokuchaphazela ukuziphatha kwabo ngokudala indawo yoloyiko kuwo omathathu amanqanaba etrophic," ubhala uDorresteijn et al. (2015: 6).