UMary Allen
Ama-Meerkats ayizilwane ezincelisayo futhi ayingxenye yezilwane ezidla inyama. Zakha ezazo izinhlobo zezilwane futhi zihlobene nama-martens. Ama-Meerkats ahlala ezindaweni ezomile eningizimu ye-Afrika. Ama-Meerkats ahlala emakoloni ezilwane ezingaba ngu-30 futhi abe nempilo yomndeni eqinile. Bathanda ukugoqana eduze kakhulu.
Ama-Meerkats ancamela ukuhlala e-savannah, kodwa futhi nasezingwadule. Ama- meerkat athola igama lawo ngoba, njengabantu, avame ukuma ngemilenze emibili ukuze abuke indawo yawo. Ama-Meerkats nawo avame ukugcinwa eziqiwini ngoba athandwa kakhulu yizingane kanye nabantu abadala.
I-Meerkat inoboya obumpunga, obunciphile, noma obuthambile obunemigqa evundlile emnyama engabonakali. Banemingcele emnyama ezungeze amehlo, okuthiwa imaski. Ngakho-ke, ama-meerkats abukeka enobuqili.
Ama-meerkats amadala anesisindo esingamagremu angama-700 kuya ku-750, elula kancane kunebhokisi lobisi. Kusukela ekhanda kuya ekuqaleni komsila angaba ngamasentimitha angama-25 ubude. Umsila mfishane nje kancane.
Ihlala kanjani i-meerkat?
Ama-Meerkats yizilwane ezidla ngokuzumayo futhi zithanda ukushona ilanga eduze kwemigodi yazo. Ngokuvamile nabo bamatasa bemba ngaphansi komhlaba. Ukuze uvimbele isihlabathi ekungeneni emiseleni yezindlebe ebucayi lapho imba, ama- meerkat angavala izindlebe zawo.
Emini, ama- meerkat asebenzisa izinzipho zawo eziqinile nezinde ukunwaya umhlabathi efuna ukudla. Zinyakazisa isihlabathi imisila ibheke phezulu. Ukudla kwazo okuyinhloko izinambuzane nezicabucabu, kodwa futhi zidla ofezela nezibankwa. Baphinde baziphakamise lapho befuna ukudla ukuze bahlole ukuthi izilwane ezidla ezinye zicashile yini. Thatha izinyoka, isibonelo. Uma isitha sibonwa, i-meerkat ikhipha isililo esikhulu sokuxwayisa. Ngenxa yalokho, wonke ama-meerkat kuleli koloni abalekela emihubheni yawo engaphansi komhlaba.
Ama-Meerkats angaba mancane kuze kube kathathu ngonyaka. Zikhula esibelethweni sikanina cishe amasonto ayishumi nanye. Awavuli amehlo nezindlebe kuze kube amasonto amabili ngemva kokuzalwa. Zincela ubisi lukanina izinyanga ezimbili. Ngemva konyaka zingaba namaphuphu azo. Ama-Meerkats cishe aneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala.