Ingwenya enkulu ihlala ePhilippines

Ngaphambi kokuba senze isigqibo sokuba iyiphi ingwenya inkulu, makhe sikhethe ukuba zeziphi izilwanyana esizibiza ngokuba yimikhoksi. Iqela leengwenya libandakanya iintsapho ezimbini - iingwenya zangempela kunye neelligators. Ezi zilandelayo azikho iingwenya kwi-classification yolwazi yamkelwe kulo lonke ihlabathi, kodwa ngokubonakala, indlela yokuphila nemikhwa, iingwenya zangempela. Ngamanye amagama, i-jure i-alligators, kunye ne-facto-crocodiles. Uwuphi umehluko phakathi kwababini?

Izilwanyana zihluke kwiingwenya ngeendlela zembobo (ngokubanzi kunye "ezintle"), isakhiwo somhlathi kunye nezixhobo zokutshintshisa ngamatyu. Ngombulelo wokwazi ukususa ityuwa engaphezulu komzimba (iindiki "ezidumileyo"), iingwenya zinekhono, ngokungafani namagqabi, ukuba ziphile nje ngamanzi amancinci, kodwa kunye namanzi amanzi.

Xa sisebenzisana nemigangatho yegama lesiqhelo, siya kuqwalasela ukuba yintoni - ingwenya enkulu. Inkokheli eqhelekileyo ngokwemilinganiselo kwihlabathi ingwenya edibeneyo, eline-intla-mpuma ye-Asia, esenyakatho ye-Australia kunye neziqithi ezininzi kunye neendawo zokugcina ezikhoyo phakathi kwamazwekazi amabini.

Ingwenya enkulu kuninzi yakutshanje yabanjwa ePhilippines ngoSeptemba 2011. Isidalwa esinyunyiweyo, esafumana isitizo seLolong, ngaphambi kokuba ibanjwe emnatha, iphethwe ukuba idle umhlali othile wendawo, kwaye okwesibini alahlekanga ngokusemthethweni. Ingwenya yazingelwa iiveki ezintathu. Okokuqala umgibe wenziwe kuye kumanatha okuloba, kodwa i-reptile eqineleyo yawuqhaqhazela ukuba ibe yintsimbi kwaye yanyuka. Okwesibini abalimi bendawo, abo bahlala eLolong bahlala bephethe imfuyo, benza intambo yensimbi. Ukulwa nesinyithi, ingwenya enkulu kakhulu yayinamandla. Emva kokubanjwa, i-reptile yayilinganiswa kwaye ilinganiswe. Ubude balo babuyi-617 ububanzi, kwaye ubukhulu - itoni enye. Enyanisweni, ekuthinjweni uLolong akazange aphile ixesha elide, kuphela ngonyaka nesiqingatha, waza wafa eneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu (ngokweengcali) iminyaka. Ngeengwenya, ehlala iminyaka eyikhulu, lo lubuqaqawuli obunzima. Ngokutsho kwabasebenzi be-zoo, apho uLolonga waqatshelwa khona ukuba aphile, imbangela yokufa yimozulu epholileyo, ehlala kwisithili ixesha elide.

Iingxowa ezinkulu zabanjwe kwangaphambili. Ingwenya enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, eyabanjwa ngokusemthethweni, yabanjwa eBangal ngasekupheleni kwekhulu leshumi elinesithoba. Kwakuyimitha eyi-9.9 ubude.

Ingwenya enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni (idibene) ngenxa yokukwazi ukuhlala kwamanzi anetyuwa inokukwenza ulwandle olude, ngokubonga ukuba wahlala njani kwiziqithi zase-Asia-mpuma kunye nentshona yase-Australia. Ngenxa yamandla amakhulu kunye neengxaki (le yedwa ingwenya ehlala ihlasela abantu), unobungqina bokutshatyalaliswa kweentlanzi ezingahambi ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo zokuzingela ezisemanzini olwandle!

Umncintiswano osondeleyo yi- Nile ingwenya, efikelela phantse (efanayo, mhlawumbi, encinci). Kwixesha la mandulo, amaYiputa, phantsi kwegama likaSebek, ahlonipha ubukumfanekiso ngomjeka. Ngelo xesha kwakukho abantu abambalwa eMhlabeni, kwaye kwakukho iingwenya ezininzi, ezi zihlambulukanga, ezingenazo iintshaba zendalo, zazikhulu. Ngokwababhali bamandulo, ingwenya enkulu ifikelele ubude beentsimbi ezimashumi mabini (malunga neekhilomitha eziyi-12). Kwixesha elizayo, ubukhulu behla. Isizathu salo, nangona kunjalo, sasiyinto encinci, loo ngwenya yayingahlali kwiminyaka yobudala. Babulawa ngenxa yenyama yokutya kunye nesikhumba esibalulekileyo.