I-Raccoon: Okufanele Ukwazi

I-raccoon iyisilwane esincelisayo. Izinhlobo ezivame kakhulu zihlala eNyakatho Melika futhi zibizwa nangokuthi i-North American Raccoon. Kukhona futhi i-crab raccoon eNingizimu Melika kanye ne-Cozumel raccoon esiqhingini esisodwa ngaphandle kweMexico. Bendawonye bakha uhlobo lwama-raccoon.

Lesi sihloko sikhuluma kuphela ngokuvame kakhulu, i-raccoon yaseNyakatho Melika, eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-raccoon". Kusukela ekhaleni kuye phansi lingaba amasentimitha angamashumi amane kuya kwamashumi ayisikhombisa ubude. Unesisindo esingamakhilogremu amane kuya kwayisishiyagalolunye. Lokhu kuhambisana nenja ephakathi nendawo.

Uboya bayo bumpunga, kwesinye isikhathi bulula, kwesinye isikhathi bumnyama. Okujwayelekile kuye umbala omnyama ozungeze amehlo akhe. Ungathi ugqoke isifihla-buso esimnyama. Izindlebe eziyindilinga zilula kancane. I-raccoon inomsila omude.

Kusukela ekhulwini lama-20, i-raccoon iye yadabuka eYurophu, eCaucasus naseJapane. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi abantu bamlethe lapho bevela eMelika. Lapho waphunyuka ezivalekile noma walahlwa. Eduzane ne-Edersee esifundazweni saseJalimane i-Hesse, manje seziningi kakhulu kangangokuthi kufanele zizingelwe. Baxosha ezinye zezilwane zomdabu.

I-raccoon iphila kanjani?

I-raccoon ihlobene ne-marten. Naye uphila njengabo: uyisilwane esizingelayo. I-raccoon ithanda ukudla izinambuzane, izikelemu namabhungane entwasahlobo, nezithelo ezengeziwe, amajikijolo namantongomane ekwindla. Kodwa kukhona nezinhlanzi, amaxoxo, amaxoxo namasalamusi. Nokho, kunzima ukubamba izinyoni namagundane.

I-raccoon ikhetha ukuhlala emahlathini aluhlaza naxubile. Kodwa futhi uyathanda ukungena emadolobheni ngoba angathola ukudla okuningi khona, isibonelo emigqomeni kadoti.

I-raccoon ilala emini. Ukhetha imigede yezihlahla ze-oki ezindala. Uma ikude kakhulu nendawo yayo yokulala, ingaphumula nasenkwalini, endaweni yokukhuhla, noma emgodini wamambila. Enyakatho nayo iyalala.

Kuhwalala nasebusuku iyaphila ngempela. Akaboni kahle, ngakho uzwa yonke into ngezidladla zakhe zangaphambili nezindevu ekhaleni lakhe. Abesilisa nabesifazane bahamba ngamaqembu amancane ahlukene. Bahlangana ukuze bashade kuphela.

Ekuthunjweni, ama-raccoon asejwayele okuthile okukhethekile angakwenzi emvelweni: ageza ukudla kwawo. Emvelweni, bazwa ukudla kwabo ngokucophelela futhi bahlubule konke okungekona okwakho, isibonelo, izingcezu ezincane zokhuni. Ososayensi abakwazi ukuchaza ukuthi kungani begeza ukudla kwabo lapho bevalelwe. Okucacayo nje ukuthi i-raccoon yathola igama layo kuyo.

Ekuthunjweni, ama-raccoon aphila iminyaka engamashumi amabili. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, endle, ziphila iminyaka emithathu kuphela. Izimbangela eziphambili zokufa yizingozi zomgwaqo nokuzingela.

I-raccoon izala kanjani?

Ama-raccoon ahlangana ngoFebhuwari ukuze abelethe entwasahlobo. Isikhathi sokukhulelwa sithatha amasonto ayisishiyagalolunye. Insikazi ivamise ukuzala amazinyane amathathu. Babizwa ngokuthi “imidlwane” njengezinja.

Imidlwane ayiboni lapho izalwa futhi inokukhanya esikhumbeni sayo. Isisindo sazo singamagremu angamashumi ayisikhombisa, hhayi ngisho nesigaxa sikashokoledi. Ekuqaleni, ziphila ngobisi lukanina kuphela.

Ngemva kwamasonto amabili ziba nesisindo esingangekhilogremu. Bese bephuma okokuqala emgedeni wabo nonina nezingane zakwabo. Basaludinga ubisi lukanina izinyanga ezimbili. Ekwindla, umndeni uyahlukana.

Ezinsikazi ezisencane sezingakwazi kakade ukukhulelwa ekupheleni kobusika bokuqala, amaduna ngokuvamile kamuva. Ezinsikazi ngokuvamile zihlala eduze komama bazo. Abesilisa baya kude. Ngale ndlela, imvelo ivimbela izilwane ukuba zande phakathi kwezihlobo, njengoba lokhu kungaholela ezifweni.