Amahlosi

Ehlabathini kukho iindidi ezininzi zeekati ezineempawu ezikhethekileyo. Omnye wabo owaziwa kakhulu ngu ingwe. Inye ye iikati ezincinci, kodwa zibukhali kakhulu kwaye zidla inyama. Inxulumene neengonyama, iipanther, amahlosi kunye nezinye. Yeyohlobo lwe-Phantera kwaye iphuma kusapho lwe-felid. Ikwaziwa nangegama le-brown panther.

Kweli nqaku siza kukuxelela zonke iimpawu, indawo yokuhlala, ukuzala kunye nezinye izinto zehlosi.

Ziziphi iimpawu zehlosi?

Ingwe ziikati ezinokwakheka kwamathambo omelele kakhulu. Ngokuqhelekileyo, iinkunzi zinkulu kwaye zinzima kunemazi. Ngelixa ubunzima kumadoda buhlala bujikeleza phakathi kwe-31 kunye ne-91 yeekhilo, kwabasetyhini idla ngokuba phakathi kwe-22 kunye ne-60 yeekhilo. Umsila wayo ungaphantse ube mde njengomzimba wayo wonke. Inobude obuphakathi kwe-91 kunye ne-166 yeesentimitha kunye nomsila phakathi kwe-60 kunye ne-110 yeesentimitha.

Olunye uphawu oluphambili olubonakalayo lwamahlosi kukuba anamabala amdaka emizimbeni yawo. La mabala ahluka ngobukhulu omnye komnye kwaye aziwa ngokuba ziirosettes. Ulusu lwengwe luthambile kakhulu kwaye imilenze yayo idla ngokuba mincinane xa ithelekiswa neyezinye iikati.

Esinye sezona zakhono zibalulekileyo kubomi bayo kunye nophuhliso kukuba inokufikelela kwisantya esifikelela kuma-36 eemayile ngeyure ngexesha elifutshane kakhulu. Ngamanye amaxesha kufuneka iyeke ukubamba ixhoba njengoko ingakwazi ukugcina esi santya ixesha elide. Inemihlathi eyomeleleyo kangangokuba iyakwazi ukukhwela emthini ibambe ixhoba emlonyeni. Xa betsibela phambili bayakwazi ukufikelela kwiimitha ezi-6 zomgama.

Zizilwanyana ezifuna isixa esikhulu samanzi kwaye zisela rhoqo kakhulu ukuze zihlale zimanzi kakuhle ngamaxesha onke. Nangona kungabonakali, bayakwazi ukuqubha. Idla ngokuba sisilwanyana esinamandla esihlala sisebenza imini yonke. Iimazi zihlala kunye namantshontsho azo kwaye zihamba ziyokuzingela amaxesha amaninzi ngemini.

Luhlobo olukwaziyo ukuziqhelanisa lula nokusingqongileyo. Oku kwenza kube lula ukuphuhlisa kwiimeko ezilungileyo phantsi kweemeko ezahlukeneyo zokusingqongileyo. Kukho amahlosi ane-melanism. Le yi-pigmentation emnyama yengubo kunye nesikhumba. Isiphumo sale pigmentation kukuba, malunga ne-6% yabantu beengwe, banombala omnyama kwaye baziwa ngokuba yi-panther emnyama.

Kukwakho nabo banoboya obumhlophe obaziwa ngokuba Snow Leopard. Esi silwanyana sihlala kwiindawo eziphakathi kwe-2000 kunye ne-6000 yeemitha ngaphezu kolwandle kwiindawo zeentaba zaseSiberia, eMongolia, eIndiya, e-Uzbekistan, eNepal, eMongolia okanye ePakistan. Isemngciphekweni wokuphela.
Ihlosi lidla ngokubhidaniswa nejaguar. Umahluko omkhulu kukuba ijaguar inkulu ngobukhulu kwaye inentloko engqukuva. Noko ke, amehlo neendlebe zabo zincinane.

Iphi indawo yehlosi?

Uluhlu lwengwe lunwenwela kuyo yonke i-ikhosistim ye iisavannas, amahlathi, iintaba kunye namadlelo engca aseAsia naseAfrika. Ezo ndawo apho kukho amaxhoba okukwazi ukuzingela, amanzi kunye nommandla omkhulu kunokuphuhliswa kwiimeko ezilungileyo. Ezi kati zifuna iindawo zokuzifihla kunye nokothusa amaxhoba azo. Njengoko sele sichazile ngaphambili, inokulungelelaniswa ngokulula kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo. Ukwenzela bonaInokufumaneka lula kweminye imimandla efana neRashiya, iMalaysia, neKorea, phakathi kwezinye.

Into enomdla ngehlosi kukuba likhetha ukurhoxa kwaye liphephe ungquzulwano ukuze lingonzakali. Amadoda alwa rhoqo xa imimandla yawo isongelwa. Idla ngokuba ngamadabi anegazi apho omnye wabo babini wonzakele kakhulu. Yena modus operandi yehlosi xa lihlasela elinye iqela kukutshica. Iyisebenzisa njengendlela yokuhlasela ukothusa imbangi. Ophulukene nomlo uya kuma phantsi angasondeli okanye alwele loo ndawo.

Ngamanye amaxesha iimazi ezincinci zinokusondela ukuze zikhothe ihlosi elonzakeleyo, nangona zikwenza oko kuphela njengembonakaliso yothando kunye nomanyano.

Litya njani ihlosi?

Ukutya kwengwe kukutya ngokungqongqo. Idla ngokuba lirhamncwa elilungileyo kwaye amaxhoba ayo athandwayo ziinyamakazi, phakathi kwazo sifumana iinyamakazi, iiimpala, amaqwarhashe, amanqu, amabhadi nezinye. Nangona zingekho rhoqo, zinokutya izirhubuluzi, iinkawu ezincinci kunye nezinye izinambuzane. Xa ukutya kunqongophele lithuba elilungileyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba ithatha ithuba lemeko yelinye ixhoba. Umzekelo woku kukuba Idla ngokuba amaxhoba kwiingwenkala nakwiingcuka.

Umsebenzi wabo omkhulu wokuzingela uya kuba sebusuku. Zikhetha ukuba zithintele ezinye izilwanyana ukuba zingabi amaxhoba azo. Nangona emini bekhuthele, abaninzi babo zilala phantsi komthunzi wezityalo ezipholileyo okanye kumasebe emithi. Zinengqiqo enkulu yokubona kunye nokuva okuzivumela ukuba zicokiseke kakhulu xa kuziwa ekubhaqeni ixhoba labo.

Nangona isenokubonakala iphambene, umsebenzi wokuzingela wehlosi ithanda uluntu lwezilwanyana ezitya utyani ngokubamba kwazo. Oku kungenxa yokuba ezi ntlobo zezilwanyana zidla ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwiindawo eziluhlaza kwaye zingabangela ukuncipha kwazo ngokukhawuleza. Le yindlela ikhonkco lokutya elilawulwa ngayo.

Ukuveliswa kwakhona

I-Courtship yinkqubo yokuqala yokuzala yale feline. Xa imazi ishushu, inkqubo ehlala iintsuku ezisi-7 amaxesha amaninzi ngonyaka, Idla ngokuhamba phambi kwenkunzi isenza iintshukumo ngomsila wayo. Ukukhulelwa komntu omtsha kuthatha phakathi kweentsuku ezingama-90 kunye ne-105 apho phakathi kwe-1 kunye ne-6 injana entsha iya kuzalwa. Ukuba imazi iphulukene namantshontsho ayo, iya kuphinda ingene ebushushwini.

Ubudala bokuba amabhinqa angafumani amantshontsho asusela kwiminyaka esi-8. Amahlosi amatsha amancinci anobunzima bekhilogram enye kuphela ekuzalweni. Amehlo abo aya kuvalwa iintsuku ezisixhenxe, ukuze angabi nakuzikhusela kumarhamncwa. Kulapho uMama enendima ebalulekileyo yokunyamekela nokukhusela umntwana wakhe. Zidla ngokuzifihla emiqolombeni, ematyholweni nasemingxunyeni.

Kwiintsuku nje ezili-15, iinjana zifunda ukuhamba kwaye umama uyeka ukuncancisa emva kweenyanga ezi-3. Ngeenyanga ezingama-20 kuphela zobomi sele bezimele ngokupheleleyo.

Ndiyathemba ukuba ngolu lwazi unokufunda ngakumbi malunga nehlosi kunye nendlela yalo yokuphila.