UMary Allen
Iharpy (Harpia harpyja) yintaka enkulu kakhulu eyakhiwe ngamandla. Olu hlobo luhlala kumahlathi ashinyeneyo akuMbindi noMzantsi Merika, luhlala “kwiingxilimbela zasehlathini” eziphakamileyo phezu kwecanopy, kwaye lutya kakhulu ama-sloth neenkawu.
Ukhozi lufumaneka ikakhulu eMzantsi Melika, kumazwe afana neBrazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, kunye nomntla-mpuma weArgentina. Uhlobo lukwafumaneka kwiindawo zaseMexico nakuMbindi Merika, nangona abantu bebancinci kakhulu.
Zihlala phi iihapu?
Kuthatha iminyaka emithandathu ukuya kwesibhozo ukuba intshontsho ngokwalo likhule ngokwesondo. Ukhozi alufane lubonwe endle. Ihlala kumahlathi ashinyeneyo nakumahlathi ashinyeneyo akuMbindi noMzantsi Merika.
Iyingozi kangakanani ihadi?
Kodwa oko kuyingozi kakhulu kwiihadi,” ulumkisa ngelitshoyo uKrist. Bakhawuleza kakhulu, bebetha ngamandla amakhulu kwaye ngaphandle kwesilumkiso. Ukuzithemba okukhulu, ukuziphatha okundlongondlongo apho ezi ntaka zingamaxhoba zikhusela ummandla wazo nazo zineziphumo kubagcini.
Ungazibona phi iihadi?
Kwimizi yogcino-zilwanyana yaseYurophu, iiharpies okwangoku zinokubonwa kuphela eTierpark Berlin nakwiFrench Zoo Beauval, ukongeza ekugcinweni kwiZoo yaseNuremberg. Ngowama-2002, uhadi lokugqibela lwaqanduselwa kuMyezo Wezilwanyana waseNuremberg. Ibhinqa lisahlala eNuremberg namhlanje.
Ingakanani eyona harpy inkulu ehlabathini?
Ngaphandle kokuba yenye yeentaka ezinkulu ezitya inyama emhlabeni, i-harpy inokugqalwa njengeyona ntaka inamandla. Amaphiko e-harpy afikelela kwiimitha ezimbini kwaye iimazi, ezinzima kunenkunzi, zinobunzima beekhilos ezilithoba.
Ngaba uhadi lukhozi?
Kwiikhilogram ezisithoba, iharpy lolona didi lunzima lukhoyo namhlanje. Umhlali wamahlathi, ubomi bakhe bufana nobokhetshe kunokhozi lwegolide. Ngokungafaniyo nokhetshe, nangona kunjalo, iintaka azikho phezulu kwimenyu, kodwa i-sloth kunye neenkawu.
Yeyiphi eyona ntaka iyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni?
IiHarpies zezona ntaka zinamandla emhlabeni. Amandla ezinzipho zawo makhulu kangangokuba abambe abulale amaxhoba ngamandla angaphezu kwama-50 eekhilogram.
Yiyiphi intaka efanekisela ukufa?
Ngenxa yokuphila kwaso ebusuku, isikhova sasigqalwa njengentaka yelabafileyo, intaka yesijwili nentaka yokufa. Ukubonakala kwawo kwakuthetha imfazwe, indlala, izifo nokufa.
Zingaphi iihadi ezishiyekileyo?
Ezo iintaka ezizithobileyo nezinomzimba wentaka edla inyama, namaphiko entaka nentloko yenkazana yeza nobubi, yeba abantwana nokutya. Ngobude obungaphezu kwemitha enye, ukhozi lwaseMzantsi Melika lwe harpy lwenye yeentaka ezinkulu ezitya inyama emhlabeni. Kuqikelelwa ukuba kusekho iikopi ezingama-50,000 XNUMX ezishiyekileyo.
Yeyiphi eyona ntaka yomeleleyo emhlabeni?
I-harpy yenye yeentaka ezinkulu ezidliwayo emhlabeni kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo yeyona ntaka yomelele ngokwasemzimbeni. Umzimba womelele kakhulu, amaphiko mafutshane kwaye abanzi kakhulu, ngelixa umsila umde.
Yintoni ebulala ukhozi?
Ukugawulwa kwamahlathi kunye nokudutyulwa zezona zigrogriso zimbini ekusindeni kweHarpy Eagles.
Mangaphi amaxhalanga asele emhlabeni?
Olunye uphononongo lubonisa ukuba bangaphantsi kwama-50,000 abantu abaseleyo endle. Ukulahleka okuqhubekayo kunye nokuthotywa kwe-Amazon yaseBrazil ekuphuhlisweni kwabantu kunokubeka uhlobo phantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu kuluhlu oluphambili.
Lunqabile kangakanani ukhozi?
Ukhozi lugqalwa lusengozini enkulu eMexico nakuMbindi Merika, apho luye lwacinywa kuluhlu lwalo lwangaphambili; eMexico, yayidla ngokufunyanwa kude ngasentla njenge Veracruz, kodwa namhlanje mhlawumbi kwenzeka kuphela Chiapas e Selva Zoque.
Yintoni etyiwa lukhozi?
Ukhozi lweHarpy (ukumkani wehlathi lemvula) luphezulu kwikhonkco lokutya kunye neAnaconda (ukumkani wemigxobhozo namachibi) kunye neJaguar (ukumkani wehlathi eliphantsi). Ayinawo amarhamncwa endalo.
Loluphi olona khozi lunamandla?
I-Harpy Eagles zezona khozi zinamandla ehlabathini ezinobunzima be-9 kgs (19.8 lbs.) Ezinamaphiko alinganisa i-2 yeemitha (6.5 iinyawo). Iimpiko zazo zimfutshane kakhulu kunezinye iintaka ezinkulu kuba kufuneka zihambe kwiindawo ezinamahlathi amaninzi.
Ngaba ukhozi lunokumbamba umntu?
Ukhozi luyazi ukuba abantu banokuba yingozi, kodwa ngakumbi, boyika ukuba abantu bakhulu kakhulu kunabo. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, iinkozi azikhe zizame ukufunqula umntu. Babeza kufuna amandla aphuma kweli hlabathi ukuze baphakamise umntu ophakathi onobunzima obumalunga neekhilogram ezili-150.
Yeyiphi eyona ntaka yomeleleyo?
Ukhozi luthabatha iwonga lokuba yeyona ntaka inamandla ehlabathini. Nangona ingelolona likhulu kolu ludwe, ukhozi oluyi<em>harpy lungqina ukuba lukufanelekele ukuwongwa ngamandla, isantya, nobuchule balo.
Yeyiphi intaka enkulu ehlabathini?
Eyona ntaka inkulu kuzo zonke ezisemhlabeni, ngobukhulu nangobunzima, ngokungathandabuzekiyo yinciniba. Ezi ntaka ze-behemoth zikhula ukuya kwi-9 iinyawo (2.7 yeemitha) ubude kwaye zinobunzima obufikelela kwi-287 pounds (130 kilograms), ngokutsho kweSan Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (ivula kwithebhu entsha).
Yiyiphi intaka enokuphakamisa umntu?
Iintsipho zabo zinde kuneenzipho zebhere elibomvu (ngaphezulu kwee-intshi ezintlanu), kwaye ukubamba kwayo kunokugqobhoza ukakayi lomntu ngokulula. Zitya kakhulu kwiinkawu kunye ne-sloth, zithwala izilwanyana ze-20 pounds nangaphezulu.