UMary Allen
Inyamazane iyisilwane esincelisayo. Ungowomndeni wezinyamazane. Ngeke ifuywe njengesilwane esifuywayo noma igcinwe emhlambini. I-moose ihlala enyakatho ekude yeYurophu nase-Asia. Izinhlobo ezifanayo zihlala eCanada nase-Alaska. Nokho, i-elk ayiqhubeki njalo ize iyofika enyakatho njengenyamazane.
Ngobukhulu nesisindo, i-moose ifana nehhashi. Nokho, kunomehluko omncane impela kuye ngezinhlobo ezingaphansi nendawo lapho ama-elk ahlala khona. Uboya buqukethe izinwele ezinde. Inombala onsundu ngokubomvu ukuya kunsundu ngokumnyama, futhi iphinde ibe mpunga icishe ibe mhlophe emilenzeni. Entwasahlobo, ama-moose akhipha uboya bawo obukhulu basebusika.
Isifuba sikhulu kakhulu. Ama-moose anemisipha eqinile emahlombe awo. Umgogodla nawo unamandla entanyeni ukuvumela abesilisa ukuthi bathwale izimpondo zabo ezinzima. Kungaba ngamamitha amabili ububanzi, ubude bombhede ojwayelekile. Abesifazane abazigqoki izimpondo.
I-moose iphila kanjani?
Ama-moose ahlala yedwa, ngakho isilwane ngasinye sivame ukuba sodwa. Bakhetha ukudla izitshalo ezinomsoco, isibonelo, amathiphu amahlumela amasha ezihlahleni nasemaqabungeni. Ama-moose ukuphela kwenyamazane edla izitshalo zasemanzini. Inyamazane ihlale endaweni eyodwa ize idle yonke into, bese iqhubeka.
Uma zifuna ukukhwelana, amaduna ahlangana kuqala. Balwa kalula ukuze babone ukuthi ubani onamandla kunomunye. Kuze kube kamuva, lapho inja ephezulu isiqoqele abesifazane bayo eduze kwayo, kuba khona izimpi ezinonya. Okungukuthi, lapho owesilisa ongaziwa ephikisana ne-harem yonke yenja ephezulu.
Isikhathi sokumitha kwenkomo ye-moose cishe yizinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili. Ngokuvamile uthwala izinyane elilodwa. Amawele ayenzeka njalo nje. I-elk engunina iphelezelwa yizinyane layo lokugcina kuze kube yilapho umntwana ezalwa, ngemva kwalokho alithuse. Ngemva kwemizuzu embalwa izelwe, ingane iyasukuma ilandele unina. Ekuqaleni, iphuza cishe ilitha elilodwa nengxenye yobisi kunina nsuku zonke, kamuva ibe amalitha amathathu ngosuku. Isilwane esincane sisuke sesivuthwe ngokobulili cishe ngonyaka owodwa nengxenye, ngakho singase sizakhele esaso. Endle, i-moose iphila iminyaka engaba ngu-15.
Ekuqaleni, i-moose encane ayikwazi ukubalekela isitha. Ngakho-ke, umama uyayivikela ngokukhahlela inselo enamandla. Izitha zemvelo ze-moose izimpisi, i-lynx, amabhere, ne-wolverine, i-marten ekhethekile. E-Alaska, i-puma izingela nama-moose, eSiberia, iyingwe yaseSiberia. Ngezinye izikhathi ama-moose athwala amagciwane afana nemikhaza noma izibungu. Ingaze imbulale. Nokho, i-moose ayikho engozini.
Umuntu uhlala kanjani ne-moose?
Abantu bebelokhu bezingela i-moose kusukela ngeNkathi Yamatshe. Inyama iyagayeka. Uboya bungasetshenziswa ukuthunga izingubo noma amatende. Amathuluzi angenziwa ngama-antlers namathambo. Ngenxa yalokho, uMose waqothulwa eJalimane ngeNkathi Ephakathi. Namuhla kunezinyamazane ePoland, ezinye zazo ezifudukela eJalimane ngezikhathi ezithile.
E-Alaska, eFinland, naseSweden, izinkulungwane ezimbalwa zama-moose zibulawa izimoto unyaka ngamunye. Kungakho “ukuhlolwa kwe-moose” kwaziwa kakhulu: Imoto ngokuzumayo kufanele ijike emzileni wokuhlola kube sengathi kumi i-moose. Bese bebona ongoti ukuthi imoto iyashibilika noma igiya.