UMary Allen
I-muskrat iyigundane. Inkulu kunegundane futhi incane kune-beaver. Igama elithi muskrat liyadukisa ngandlela thize ngoba ngokwesayensi yezinto eziphilayo akulona elamagundane kodwa lingama-voles. Ekuqaleni, i-muskrat yayihlala eNyakatho Melika kuphela. Cishe ngonyaka ka-1900, inkosana yaseCzech kuthiwa yabuya nayo ekhaya iphuma ohambweni lokuyozingela. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi liye lasakazekela ezindaweni eziningi eYurophu nase-Asia.
I-muskrat endala inesisindo esiphakathi kwekhilogremu eyodwa nambili nengxenye. Ungabona ngama-incisors akhe abukhali ukuthi uyigundane. Unekhanda elifushane nelijiyile. Kubukeka sengathi ingena emzimbeni ngaphandle kwentamo. Umsila cishe ungenalutho futhi uyisicaba eceleni.
Ama-muskrats achitha isikhathi esiningi emanzini. Yingakho behlala eduze kwamachibi nemifula kuphela. Bangababhukudi abasezingeni eliphezulu nabatshuzi. Izinwele eziqinile ezikhula ezinzwaneni zabo, ezibenza babukeke njengama-paddles, zibasiza ukuba babhukude. I-muskrat isebenzisa imilenze yayo eqinile nezinyawo zangemuva ukuhamba emanzini. I-muskrat ingasebenzisa umsila wayo ukushintsha isiqondiso.
Ama-muskrats adla ikakhulukazi amagxolo esihlahla kanye nezitshalo zasemanzini noma izitshalo ezimila ogwini. Lezi zihlanganisa, isibonelo, umhlanga kanye cattails. Abavamile ukudla izinhlanzi, izinambuzane, noma amaxoxo.
Njengendawo yokuhlehla, ama-muskrats akha izinhlobo ezimbili zemigodi: Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunemigudu abayimba ngaphansi komhlaba emanzini. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kukhona okuthiwa yiBisamburgn. Lezi izindawo zokuhlala ezakha ngezingxenye zezitshalo. Lapho bemba imigudu, ngezinye izikhathi bacekela phansi amadikhi noma amadamu, okubangela izinkinga kulezi zakhiwo.
Ama-muskrats ngokuvamile akhulelwa kabili ngonyaka. Ukukhulelwa kuthatha cishe inyanga eyodwa ncamashi futhi kukhona abasha abane kuya kwabayisishiyagalolunye. Ingane inesisindo esingamagremu angamashumi amabili lapho izalwa. Bahlala enqabeni yokuhlala futhi baphuze ubisi lukanina. Bangazikhiqiza kabusha ngonyaka olandelayo futhi ngenxa yalokho basakazeka ngokushesha okukhulu.
Endle, ama-muskrat ambalwa aphila isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka emithathu. Ngemva kwalesi sikhathi, ama-molars azo ngokuvamile aguge kangangokuthi awasakwazi ukudla. Ama-muskrat azingelwa impungushe ebomvu, isikhova sokhozi, ne-otter. Abantu bazingela i-muskrat ngezibhamu nezicupho. Ungadla inyama yazo. Uboya bubuye budume kakhulu embonini yoboya.