Isihlahla sosizi - imikhonzo evela e-Afrika eshisayo

Azikho izitshalo eplanethi yethu, eziningi zazo ezihamba phambili ezimangalisa ngobuhle bazo noma ezingavamile. Abameleli abakhulukazi abatholakalayo emazweni ashisayo, njengoba ukuntuleka njalo komswakama kuthinta ukubukeka kwabo. Esiqhingini saseMadagascar, naseningizimu ye-Afrika sikhula umuthi wokusikisa okuthiwa i-kigelia. Abantu baseYurophu bamhlangabeza kuphela ngekhulu le-XIX futhi bamangala kakhulu ngalokho abakubonayo.

Isihlahla sinombukiso othakazelisayo kakhulu. Ngaphansi komqhele ogcwele amawele amakhulu aqinile anezithelo ezinkulu kuze kufike ku-50 cm ubude futhi kufike ku-20 cm. Ziyinto enjengamasikisi amakhulu, ngakho isitshalo sabizwa ngokuthi - umuthi wokusikisa. Isithombe seGelieli sidukisa, ngoba kungase kubonakale ukuthi izithelo zayo ziyadliwa. Yiqiniso, ezinye izizwe zase-Afrika zisebenzisa imbewu yesitshalo ngesikhathi sokuzila ngesikhathi sokuzila, kodwa zizisebenzise ngokwabo, ngoba ziyingozi kakhulu futhi, uma zilungiswe kahle, zingabulala umuntu.

Izithelo zomuthi zinzima kakhulu, ngakho-ke ukuze ufike embewu, kufanele usebenzise i-hatchet noma ubone. Izakhamuzi zendawo ziye zajwayela ukusebenzisa emithini yemithi izingxenye ezihlukahlukene zomuthi, isibonelo, amagxolo asetshenziselwa ukulungisa umuthi ovimbela ukutholakala komdlavuza wesikhumba. Ngezilwane, umuthi we-sausage uphephe ngokuphelele futhi usebenziseke. Ama-parrots ahlwanyelwe imbewu, izibungu kanye nezigungqwana zikwazi ukudla kanzima, njengesihlahla, izithelo, nama-antelopes kanye nezintandane ngokuthokoza zisika izimbali namaqabunga.

Lesi sitshalo sishintshe ngokuphelele impilo e-Afrika eshisayo. Lapho kuqala isomiso esinzima, umuthi wokusikisa ushiya amaqabunga ukugcina umswakama. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, izimbali ezinhle zombala obomvu zivela esihlahleni, zihluma ebusuku kuphela futhi zimile ekuseni. Awukhipha iphunga elimnandi kakhulu, kodwa liheha amalulwane amancane nezinyoni ze-nectari ezivundisa izimbali. Ngenkathi yemvula isitshalo sikhula, sihlanganise namahlamvu amancane.

Ngokwemvelo, lesi sihlahla sikhula sibe ngu-12 m ukuphakama, kanti ububanzi bomqhele walo bufinyelela ku-9 m. IsiGelia sibhekisela ezitshalweni ezilodwa, ngakho-ke izihlahla zezinye izilwane zingakhula eduze kwayo. Iphindaphinda kuphela ngembewu, njengoba izithelo zinzima kakhulu, ngezinye izikhathi imbewu ihluma ngqo kuwo. Umuthi we-sausage ungabhekwa ngokucophelela ngezitshalo zangaphandle, ngakho-ke utshalwa emasimini ase-botanical, ezindlini zokugcina izithombo ngisho nasezikhungweni zasemadolobheni.

Ukungahloniphi kukaGelieli nokukhula okusheshayo kwenza lesi sitshalo sithandwa kakhulu. Imithi yokulala ayiyikukhula njengemibandela yemvelo, ikhophi encane yesihlobo sayo sase-Afrika kuphela. Kodwa uma kunesidingo, ngokunakekelwa kahle, emva kweminyaka emithathu kuya kwine, i-kigelia izofinyelela ubukhulu bomuthi omdala.

I-Kigelia iyoba umhlobiso omuhle kakhulu kunoma yikuphi ukushisa okushisayo, futhi kule ndawo kuyofaka ama-exotics futhi idale isimo esikhethekile. Uma ubheka lesi sihlahla esimangalisayo, ubona i-Afrika eshisayo nombala wayo ohlukile, indawo enhle nezilwane. Kodwa, okubaluleke nakakhulu, lesi sitshalo asungulwe hhayi kuphela ezindaweni ezishisayo, kodwa futhi ezimweni zethu, sikwazi ukumelana nanoma yikuphi ukushisa ngisho neqhwa elincane.