Iigrafu zomzimba - okapi

Ngegama elithi "iigrafes ezincinci", ingcamango ibeka ngokuzenzekelayo umfanekiso womntu owaziwayo ukususela ebuntwaneni, kuphela kwikopi encinane. Nangona kunjalo, inyaniso ayiyona into efanayo. Ngaphandle, lesi silwanyana esinqabileyo asifaneli sifane nesihlobo sayo eside. Liliphi igama leendwendwe elithambileyo ngokwenene? Uhlala phi? Ngaphantsi kweliphi imeko le nto yayidalwa?

Indawo yaseOkapi

Kwimeko yendalo i-okapi ihlala kuphela kwindawo enye kwiplanethi yethu - kwingingqi esenyakatho-mpuma yeDemocratic Republic of Congo. Ingingqi yamanzi, ephakathi kwamachibi amakhulu amathathu, eninzi nehlathi elingenakunqandwa.

Apha kwezi ndawo zasendle kwaye zifihla iigrafes ezincinci. Inyaniso yokuba babekho indawo efanelekileyo yokuphila okuzolileyo yezilwanyana kuboniswa kukuba bayaziwa kwisayensi kuphela ngo-1901. Kwaye iindaba zenze uvakalelo lwangempela kwiindidi zeengcali.

Ukufunyanwa kwezilwanyana ezintsha

Ukukhankanywa kokuqala kwesilwanyana esingaziwa kwincwadi yakhe kwachazwa ngokukhawuleza ngu-GM Stanley, umphandi waseAfrika. Le nto inomdla kakhulu uHarry Johnston, owayengumbonisi wase-Uganda. Ulwazi malunga ne-okapi (eli libizo lamagama asekuhlaleni ama-aborigines-pygmies) lingaqokelelwa kuphela ngedata. Kwaye ngokoqobo ngokwelizwi.

Okokuqala uJohnston wathola iibhola zeebhola ze-okapi. Emva koko wakwazi ukubona iingubo ezimbini kunye nekhanda elinamandla. Emva kokufumana ikopi yekrele le-okapi, uJohnston waqaphela ngokukhawuleza ukuba lesi silwanyana sihlobo esiseduze nesirafu. Wathumela yonke idatha eLondon. Kukho iintlobo ezitsha zifumana igama elisemthethweni-okapi Johnston.

Inhlanganisela engaqhelekanga

Iigrafti ezinamabala okapi zibukeka zihle kakhulu, kodwa kunzima ukuyigxotha ingcamango yokuba le yintsebenziswano engaqinisekanga yezilwanyana ezahlukeneyo. Ukusuka kwi-croup ukuya emkhatsini wemilenze yeenyawo, banombala ofanayo ne-zebra. Amaphetshana afanayo kunye nxalenye ephezulu yemilenze yangaphambili. Ngezantsi, zonke izitho zomzimba zinezimhlophe ngokugqibeleleyo, kodwa kwisiseko seentonga kunebhola elimnyama.

Ubume bomzimba bubukeka ngakumbi njenge-antelope, kodwa ubukhulu be-okapi enehashe. Iindlebe zikhulu kwaye zide, kwaye izimpondo ziphantse zingabonakali. Kodwa iilwimi zamathambo ezincinci ziyakwazi ukuncintisana nakwi-anteater. Kude kakhulu ukuba isilwanyana sihlambulule amehlo abo kunye neendlebe zombini ngaphakathi nangaphandle.

Ulwimi e-okapi luluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, njengenja ye Chow Chow ukuzalwa okanye kwirafu. Ngalesi sitho esinamathele kunye neselula, baqhekeza ngokukhawuleza amahlamvu amathenda emithini.

Mi sebenzi

Kuze kube ngoku, asazi nto malunga nemikhwa yobomi bezilwanyana kwindawo yendalo. Ngokwenene, zonke iimbono zenziwa ngabantu abathunjiweyo.

Bondla i-okapi amahlamvu kunye namahlumela amancinane emithi. Kwaye izityuli kunye neeriti eziyimfuneko zikhishwa ngqo kwiidongwe, ezidliwa kunye nokutya kwezityalo.

Kuze kube kutshanje, kwakucatshulwa ukuba i-okapis iyabusuku. Nangona kunjalo, oku akunjalo. Zilula nje ezi zilwanyana ezinamahloni ziqaphele, kwaye akunakwenzeka ukuba zikhubeke kuzo ngelixa. U-Okapi unentetho evelele kakhulu. Ngenxa yoko, izidalwa, kunye nomntu, akulula ukuzibamba ngokungazi.

Isitrafti esinesigxina, ogama layo lingavamile ukuba sive, singaphila ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu ekuthunjweni.

Ukukhulelwa kwabasetyhini kuthatha ngaphezu konyaka-malunga neenyanga ezili-15. Ukuzalwa kwe-okapi, iikona ezikude zide. Iintsana zondla ubisi ezintandathu.

UOkapi ukhetha indlela yokuphila eyedwa. Inommandla ophawulwe, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo kwenzeka ukuba iindawo zokudlisa abantu abaninzi zingaphelelwa. Kwakhona, kunzima ukunyamezela utshintsho kwiindawo zokuhlala, ngoko azinakabonakali kwii-zoos.