UMary Allen
Yinyoni kuphela ebukeka kanje: imilenze emide, intamo ende, uqhwaku olugobile, nezimpaphe ezibomvana ezikhanyayo yizimpawu zeflamingo.
Izici
Abukeka kanjani ama-flamingo?
Iminyaka eminingi, ama-flamingo ayebhekwa njengama-wader. Kwase kuthiwa bahlobene namadada. Okwamanje, ama-flamingo akha ukuhleleka kwawo ekilasini lezinyoni ezinezinhlobo eziyisithupha ezihlukene ezifanayo. I-flamingo enkulu kunazo zonke futhi esabalele kakhulu.
Kuye ngohlobo lwezinhlobo, ama-flamingo akala phakathi kwamasentimitha angu-80 no-130 ukusuka ekugcineni koqhwaku kuya esihlokweni somsila, futhi aze afike kumasentimitha angu-190 ukusuka ekugcineni koqhwaku kuya ezinzwaneni. Isisindo sazo siphakathi kuka-2.5 no-3.5 kilograms. Intamo ende egobile yama-flamingo nemilenze yawo emincane emincane iyamangalisa.
Isici esikhethekile uqhwaku. Ibukeka kabi kakhulu uma iqhathaniswa nomzimba omncane futhi igobile phakathi nendawo. Izimpaphe zazo zinemibala ehlukahlukene ebomvana - kuye ngokuthi zidlani. Ezinye izinhlobo zinezimpaphe ezibomvana kuphela. Izihloko zamaphiko e-Andean flamingo kanye ne-flamingo ebomvu zimnyama. Abesilisa nabesifazane abakwazi ukuhlukaniswa kuzo zonke izinhlobo.
Ahlala kuphi ama-flamingo?
Ama-flamingo angama-globetrotters. Zitholakala eNyakatho naseMpumalanga Afrika, eNingizimu-ntshonalanga nase-Asia Ephakathi, eNingizimu naseMelika Ephakathi, naseNingizimu Yurophu. Kunamakoloni azalela ama-flamingo amakhulu, ikakhulukazi eningizimu yeSpain naseningizimu yeFrance.
Iqoqo elincane lama-flamingo ahlukahlukene liye lahlala ngisho naseZwillbrocker Venn, indawo esemngceleni weJalimane namaDashi. Ngo-1982 izilwane zokuqala eziyishumi nanye zavela lapho. Awekho amanye ama-flamingo emhlabeni ahlala kude le enyakatho. Ama-flamingo ahlala ogwini lwamachibi, ezindaweni ezingenamanzi, nasemachibini lapho amanzi olwandle anosawoti ahlangana khona.
Nokho, zivumelana nezimo kangangokuthi zingahlala nasemachibini anosawoti omningi. I-Andean flamingo kanye ne-James flamingo zihlala eBolivia nasePeru emachibini anosawoti endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angu-4000.
Yiziphi izinhlobo ze-flamingo ezikhona?
Izinhlobo eziyisithupha ze-flamingo ezaziwayo. Abanye ososayensi bakholelwa ukuthi zonke ziyizinhlobo ezincane zezinhlobo ezifanayo. Ngaphezu kwe-flamingo ebomvana, lawa ama-flamingo abomvu (ebizwa nangokuthi i-Cuban flamingo), i-flamingo encane, i-flamingo yaseChile, i-Andean flamingo, ne-James flamingo.
Ama-flamingo athola iminyaka emingaki?
Ama-flamingo, okungenani avalelwe, angaguga kakhulu. I-flamingo endala ehlala esiqiwini yayineminyaka engu-44 ubudala.
Behave
Aphila kanjani ama-flamingo?
Ama-flamingo anobudlelwane kakhulu. Ngezinye izikhathi zihlala ezixukwini ezinkulu zezilwane eziyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa kuya esigidini. Ukuqoqwa okukhulu okunjalo kwenzeka e-Afrika kuphela. Izithombe zemihlambi yamaflamingo eMpumalanga Afrika ziyizithombe ezihlaba umxhwele ezivela ezilwaneni.
Ama-flamingo ahamba ngendlela ebabazekayo emanzini angashoni. Banyakazisa udaka ngezinyawo futhi ngaleyo ndlela bakhiphe izinkalankala ezincane, izikelemu, noma ulwelwe. Bese belokhu befake amakhanda emanzini ukuze bahlunge odakeni namanzi okudla. Uqhwaku olungaphezulu lulala phansi futhi bahlunga ukudla emanzini ngoqhwaku oluminyene olungezansi.
Uqhwaku lufakwe lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-strainer, equkethe amapuleti amahle anezimpondo asebenza njengesisefo. Amanzi amuncwa ngokumpompa ukunyakaza komphimbo nangosizo lolimi bese ecindezelwa kulesi sihluzi.
Amanye ama- flamingo aseningizimu yeFrance ahlala lapho unyaka wonke, kodwa ezinye izilwane zindiza zidlulela eningizimu yeMedithera noma ziye eNtshonalanga Afrika.
Abangane nezitha ze-flamingo
Ama-flamingo azwela kakhulu uma kukhona ukuphazamiseka. Ngakho-ke, lapho besongelwa izikhukhula noma izitha, bawashiya ngokushesha amandla abo noma amaphuphu. Amaqanda namaphuphu ngokuvamile adla ama-seagull nezinyoni ezidla inyama.
Azala kanjani ama-flamingo?
Eningizimu yeYurophu, ama-flamingo azalanisa phakathi kuka-April no-May. Ngenxa yokuthi mancane amagatsha nezinye izidleke zezitshalo endaweni yawo, ama-flamingo akha izigaxa zodaka ezifinyelela kumasentimitha angu-40 ukuphakama. Ngokuvamile zizalela elilodwa, ngezinye izikhathi amaqanda amabili. Abesilisa nabesifazane bayashintshana ngokufukamela.
Amancane achanyuselwa ngemva kwezinsuku ezingama-28 kuya kwezingama-32. Ukubukeka kwazo akukhumbuzi neze okwe-flamingo: imilenze yazo iminyene futhi ibomvu futhi izimpaphe zazo zimpunga ngendlela engabonakali. Ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala, bondliwa ngalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ubisi lwezitshalo, uketshezi olukhiqizwa ezindlala ezisemgudwini wokudla ongaphezulu. Iqukethe amafutha amaningi kanye namaprotheni athile.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili, uqhwaku lwazo lukhule ngokwanele ukuba lukwazi ukusefa ukudla emanzini ngokwawo. Lapho sezinezinsuku ezine ubudala, zisuka esidlekeni okokuqala zilandele abazali bazo. Ama-flamingo andiza cishe ezinsukwini ezingama-78 ubudala. Ama-flamingo anezimpaphe ezibomvana kuphela lapho eseneminyaka emithathu kuya kwemine ubudala. Zizalanisa okokuqala uma sezineminyaka eyisithupha ubudala.
Ama-flamingo axhumana kanjani?
Ukukhala kwama-flamingo kusikhumbuza ukukhala kwamahansi.
Care
Adlani ama-flamingo?
Ama-flamingo akhethekile ngokuhlunga izinkalankala ezincane, izimfanzi ze-brine, izibungu zezinambuzane, ulwelwe, kanye nokutshala imbewu emanzini nge-strainer emlonyeni wazo. Ukudla nakho kunquma umbala wama-flamingo: izimpaphe zawo aziwona pink ngokwemvelo.
Umbala ubangelwa ama-pigments, okuthiwa ama-carotenoid, aqukethwe izimfanzi ezincane ze-brine. Uma lolu hlaka lungekho, i-pink iyafiphala. E-Asia, kukhona ngisho nekoloni elincane le-flamingo elinezimpaphe eziluhlaza okotshani.
Ukuzalaniswa kwama-flamingo
Ama-flamingo avame ukugcinwa ema-zoo. Ngenxa yokuthi zilahlekelwa umbala wazo ngaphandle kokudla kwemvelo, i-carotenoid yokwenziwa yengezwa ekudleni kwazo. Lokhu kugcina izimpaphe zakhe zibomvana ngokugqamile. Akukhona nje thina bantu esikuthanda kangcono lokho, kodwa nama- flamingo ezinsikazi: Athola amaduna anezimpaphe ezibomvana ezigqamile ekhanga kakhulu.