UMary Allen
Onogwaja izilwane ezincelisayo. Njengonogwaja, onogwaja nabo bangabomndeni onogwaja. Ngokwesayensi, onogwaja nonogwaja kunzima ukuhlukanisa. Nokho, ngathi, kulula: eYurophu, unogwaja onsundu kuphela ohlala, e-Alps naseScandinavia futhi unogwaja wasezintabeni. Abanye onogwaja basendle.
Ngaphandle kweYurophu, onogwaja bebelokhu behlala eNyakatho Melika, e-Asia nase-Afrika. Namuhla nabo bahlala eNingizimu Melika nase-Australia ngoba abantu babayisa khona. Unogwaja wase-arctic ungahlala kusukela ezindaweni ezisenyakatho kuya eduze ne-arctic.
Onogwaja abansundu babonakala kalula ngezindlebe zabo ezinde. Uboya bazo buphuzi ngokunsundu emhlane futhi bumhlophe eziswini. Umsila wakhe omfushane omnyama nomhlophe. Ngemilenze yawo yangemuva emide, ayashesha kakhulu futhi angagxuma aye phezulu. Bayakwazi nokuhogela nokubona kahle kakhulu. Bahlala ezindaweni ezivulekile, okungukuthi emahlathini agqagqene, ezimfundeni nasemasimini. Ezindaweni ezinkulu ezivulekile, uthango, izihlahlana, nezihlahla ezincane kubalulekile ukuze zizizwe zikhululekile.
Baphila kanjani onogwaja?
Onogwaja bahlala bodwa. Ngokuvamile ziphuma futhi cishe kuhwalala nasebusuku. Zidla utshani, amaqabunga, izimpande, nezinhlamvu, okuyizinhlamvu zazo zonke izinhlobo. Ebusika zidla namagxolo ezihlahla.
Onogwaja abawakhi imihume. Babheka imigodi enhlabathini ebizwa ngokuthi “Sassen”. Lokho kuvela esenzweni hlala - wahlala. Ngokufanelekile, la maphedi ambozwe uhlaza, okwenza indawo enhle yokucasha. Izitha zabo izimpungushe, izimpisi, amakati endle, ama-lynx, nezinyoni ezidla inyama njengezikhova, oklebe, ophithi, nokhozi, noklebe. Abazingeli nabo bayathanda ukudubula unogwaja ngezikhathi ezithile.
Uma kwenzeka behlaselwa, onogwaja bazongena ephaketheni labo futhi banethemba lokuthi ngeke batholakale. Umbala wabo wokufihla okunsundu nawo uyabasiza. Uma lokho kungasizi, bayabaleka. Bangakwazi ukufinyelela isivinini esingafika kumakhilomitha angama-70 ngehora, ngokushesha njengehhashi lomjaho elikahle kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, izitha zibamba ikakhulukazi izilwane ezincane.
Bazala kanjani onogwaja?
Onogwaja baseYurophu bahlangana kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-Okthoba. Ukukhulelwa kuthatha cishe amasonto ayisithupha kuphela. Umama uvamise ukuthwala isilwane esincane kuya kwezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha. Ngemva kwamasonto ayisithupha, umntwana uzozalwa. Okukhethekile ngonogwaja abansundu ukuthi bangaphinde bakhulelwe ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa. Umama okhulelwe ube esethwala izilwane ezincane ezineminyaka ehlukene. Owesifazane uzala kuze kube kathathu ngonyaka. Kuthiwa iphosa kuze kube kathathu.
Izingane ezisanda kuzalwa sezinoboya. Ziyakwazi ukubonakala futhi zinesisindo esingaba yi-100 kuya ku-150 amagremu. Lokho kuningi noma kuncane kakhulu kunebha likashokoledi. Bangakwazi ukugijima ngokushesha, yingakho bebizwa ngokuthi "precocial". Bachitha usuku lonke bebodwa, kodwa bahlala beseduze. Umama ubavakashela kabili ngosuku futhi abanikeze ubisi ukuze baphuze. Ngakho bayamunywa.
Unogwaja onsundu wanda ngokushesha okukhulu, kodwa inani labantu bawo lisengozini lapha. Lokhu kuvela kwezolimo, phakathi kokunye, eziphikisana nezindawo ezihlala onogwaja. Unogwaja udinga izihlahla kanye nezindawo ezingcolile. Ngeke iphile futhi yande ensimini enkulu kakolweni. Ubuthi obusetshenziswa abalimi abaningi nabo bugulisa onogwaja. Imigwaqo ingenye ingozi enkulu konogwaja: izilwane eziningi zigijinyiswa yizimoto. Onogwaja bangaphila iminyaka eyi-12, kodwa cishe ingxenye yonogwaja ayiphili isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka.