Penguin

Akekho owazi kahle ukuthi igama elithi “penguin” livelaphi. Igama lesiLatini elithi “penguin” lisho “amafutha”; kodwa futhi ingase ithathwe kwelesi-Welsh elithi "pen gwyn", "ikhanda elimhlophe".

Izici

Anjani amaphengwini?

Nakuba amaphengwini eyizinyoni, awakwazi ukundiza: asebenzisa amaphiko awo ukubhukuda. Openguin banekhanda elincane eligeleza kahle emzimbeni wabo oyisidudla. Ingemuva limbozwe ngokulinganayo ngezimpaphe ezimnyama noma ezimnyama. Isisu siyakhanya noma simhlophe ngombala. Izimpaphe zingaminyene kakhulu: Ngezimpaphe ezingu-30,000, i-emperor penguin inezimpaphe eziminyene kunanoma iyiphi enye inyoni.

Amaphiko ophengwini made futhi ayagobeka. Imisila yawo mifishane. Amanye amaphengwini angakhula aze afike kumamitha ayi-1.20 ubude.

Ahlala kuphi amaphengwini?

Endle, amaphengwini ahlala kuphela eningizimu nenkabazwe. Zitholakala e-Antarctica naseziqhingini ezingasogwini lolwandle. Futhi e-Australia, eNew Zealand, eChile, e-Argentina, naseNingizimu Afrika, naseziqhingini zaseFalkland naseGalapagos. Amaphengwini ahlala kakhulu emanzini futhi athanda imisinga yasolwandle ebandayo. Ngakho-ke bahlala ogwini lwamazwe noma iziqhingi abahlala kuzo.

Ziya ogwini kuphela ukuze zizale noma phakathi neziphepho ezinamandla. Kodwa-ke, ama-penguin ngezinye izikhathi afudukela kude nezwe. Ezinye izinhlobo zezilwane zize zizalela lapho.

Yiziphi izinhlobo zamaphengwini akhona?

Kunezinhlobo ezingu-18 ezahlukene zamaphengwini sezizonke.

Behave

Amaphengwini aphila kanjani?

Amaphengwini achitha isikhathi esiningi emanzini. Ngosizo lwamaphiko azo anamandla, abhukuda ngokushesha emanzini. Amanye amaphengwini angafinyelela isivinini esingafika kumakhilomitha angama-50 ngehora! Ezweni, amaphengwini angakwazi ukuhambahamba kuphela. Lokho kubukeka kabi. Noma kunjalo, bangahamba amabanga amakhulu ngale ndlela. Lapho isiba umqansa kakhulu ukuba ingagwedla, zilala ngezisu futhi zehle umqansi noma ziziqhubele phambili ngezinyawo zazo.

Penguin abangane nezitha

Umbala wawo omnyama nomhlophe uvikela amaphengwini ekuhlaselweni kwezitha emanzini: Ngoba ngaphansi, izitha ezitshuza zijule azikwazi ukuwabona amaphengwini anesisu esimhlophe esibheke esibhakabhakeni. Futhi kusukela phezulu umhlane walo omnyama uxubana nokujula kolwandle.

Ezinye izinhlobo zezimvu zamanzi zidla amaphengwini. Lezi zihlanganisa ikakhulukazi izimvu zamanzi, kodwa namabhubesi olwandle. Ama-skua, ama-petrel amakhulu, izinyoka, namagundane athanda ukweba amaqanda ezimbotsheni noma adle izinyoni ezincane. Amaphengwini nawo asengozini yokushabalala ngabantu: umphumela we-greenhouse ushintsha imisinga yolwandle ebandayo ukuze izingxenye ezithile zogu zilahleke njengendawo yokuhlala.

Azala kanjani amaphengwini?

Ukuziphatha kokuzalanisa kwezinhlobo ezahlukene zamaphengwini kuhluke kakhulu. Amaduna nezinsikazi zivame ukuchitha ubusika ngokwehlukana futhi azihlangani futhi kuze kufike isikhathi sokuzalanisa. Amanye amaphengwini athembekile futhi enza ipheya impilo yonke. Wonke amaphengwini azalela emakoloni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi izilwane eziningi zibuthana endaweni eyodwa futhi zizalele lapho ndawonye. Endabeni yama-emperor penguin, abesilisa bafukamela amaqanda emigoqweni yabo yesisu. Amanye amaphengwini afuna imigede, akhe izidleke noma imigodi.

Lapho amaphuphu esechanyuselwe, ngokuvamile abuthana ohlotsheni “lwenkulisa yepenguin”: Lapho ondliwa yibo bonke abazali ndawonye. Azikho izilwane ezidla umhlaba ezindaweni zokuzalanisa amapenguin ase-Antarctic. Ngakho-ke, ama-penguin awanayo indlela yokuphunyuka evamile. Ngisho nalapho abantu besondela, izilwane azibaleki.

Amaphengwini azingela kanjani?

Amaphengwini kwesinye isikhathi ahamba amakhilomitha ayi-100 emanzini ukuze azingele. Lapho zibona inqwaba yezinhlanzi, zibhukuda zingene phakathi kwazo, zihuquza. Zidla noma yisiphi isilwane esizibambayo. Amaphengwini azama ukubamba izinhlanzi ngemuva. Ikhanda lakhe liya phambili ngesivinini sombani. Lapho idotshwa ngempumelelo, i-king penguin ingadla cishe amakhilogremu angu-30 ezinhlanzi noma iziqoqe ukuze yondle amaphuphu.

Care

Adlani amaphengwini?

Amaphengwini adla izinhlanzi. Ikakhulukazi izinhlanzi ezincane ezifundayo kanye nezingwane. Kodwa amaphengwini amakhulu aphinde abambe izinhlanzi ezinkulu. Ngase-Antarctic, i-krill nayo ikumenyu. Lezi yizinkalankala ezincane ezibhukuda ezindaweni ezinkulu.