Ava Williams
Iminenke iyashesha kunalokho umuntu angacabanga, ukuvala kalula imitha ngehora. Yilokho abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yase-Exeter abakutholile lapho belandelela iminenke yasengadini engu-450 besebenzisa ama-LED nopende we-UV. Ngokunjalo, ama-mollusk nawo athanda ukusebenzisa uhlobo oluthile lwe-slime trail slipstream. Iqiniso lokuthi iminenke ihamba ngokushesha inobubi bayo: i isikelemu Angiostrongylus vasorum, a i-parasite esongela ukuphila ezinja, uhamba nabo. EGreat Britain, ngenxa yeminyaka ecebile ngeminenke, isivele yasakazeka isuka ekhaya labokhokho bayo eningizimu iya eScotland.
Iminenke emzileni
Ithimba eliholwa isazi semvelo u-Dave Hodgeson ngokokuqala ngqá liqophe ngokunembile umsebenzi weminenke yasebusuku lisebenzisa amalambu e-LED anamathiselwe emhlane wezilwane kanye nokuqoshwa okudlula isikhathi. Baphinde basebenzisa imibala ye-UV ukuze benze amathrekhi ezilwane ezihuquzelayo abonakale. "Imiphumela ikhombisa ukuthi iminenke ihamba ibanga elingamamitha angama-25 emahoreni angama-24," kusho uHodgeson. Lolu cwaningo lwamahora angu-72 luphinde lwasikhanyisela endleleni izilwane ezihlola ngayo indawo ezizungezile, lapho eziphephela khona, kanye nendlela ezihamba ngayo.
“Sithole ukuthi iminenke ihamba ngama-convoy, ifana ne-piggyback odongeni lweminye iminenke,” kusho isazi semvelo. Isizathu salokhu silula. Ngakho-ke uma i-mollusk ilandela umkhondo okhona, ifana nokushelela, uHodgeson ucashunwe yi-BBC ethi. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umnenke wonga amandla, futhi okungenzeka ukuthi uwonga kakhulu. Ngokwezilinganiso, amaphesenti angu-30 kuya kwangu-40 ezidingo zamandla ezilwane ezihuquzelayo abangelwa ukukhiqizwa kwe-slime.
Izimuncagazi ziyathuthwa
Imiphumela yafakwa embikweni we-“Slime Watch” womkhankaso waseBrithani Qaphela I-Lungworm. Lokhu kufuna ukunakwa ukuthi i-parasite yenja i-Angiostrongylus vasorum ingasakazeka ngokushesha kangakanani ngeminenke. Izinja zingayigwinya kalula ngisho nama-slugs amancane kakhulu atholakala kumathoyizi noma kuma-puddles, isibonelo. Ama-parasite abe esehlasela amaphaphu futhi, kuye ngobunzima bokutheleleka, izimpawu zisukela ukukhwehlela, ukopha, ukuhlanza, kanye nesifo sohudo kuze kufike ekuhlulekeni kokujikeleza kwegazi. Uma kukhona izinsolo zokuthi inja itheleleke nge-lungworm, udokotela wezilwane kufanele abonane ngokushesha - khona-ke lesi sifo singelashwa kalula.
I-parasite, eyenzeka ngokuyinhloko eFrance, eDenmark naseNgilandi, isisakazeke kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva, hhayi eGreat Britain kuphela. U-Dieter Barutzki ovela eFreiburg Veterinary Laboratory washicilela ucwaningo ngo-2010, ngokusho ukuthi lolu hlobo lwamalungworm manje selusabalele, ikakhulukazi eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeJalimane. Nakuleli zwe, iminenke iyindawo ebalulekile emaphakathi futhi ngaleyo ndlela ibeka engcupheni yokutheleleka kumngane omkhulu womuntu.