Enye yezilwanyana ezinxulumene neendlulamthi yi okapi. Ngamanye amaxesha kubonakala ngathi sisilwanyana esisiphumo solingelo lomntu, kodwa sisilwanyana esivela kusapho lweGiraffidae kwaye sesona sihlobo siphilayo esisondeleyo kwindlulamthi. Sinokubona ukuba ineempawu ezithile kunye neempawu zomzimba ezifanayo nefayibha. Oku kuyenza ibe sisilwanyana esinomdla kakhulu ukusuka kwindawo yebhayiloji kunye nenomdla wokujonga.
Ke ngoko, siza kunikezela eli nqaku ukukuxelela zonke iimpawu, indawo yokuhlala, ukondla nokuzala kwakhona kwe-okapi.
Iimpawu eziphambili
Umxube wezilwanyana phakathi kweqwarhashe nendlulamthi kunzima ukufundisisa kuba unendlela yokuziphatha enqabileyo. Obu bunzima benza ukuba kube nzima ngakumbi ukufumana ulwazi malunga nalo. Ukuba sihlalutya umzimba ngokupheleleyo siyakubona oko zombini Ubume bomzimba njengentloko busikhumbuza indlulamthi. Nangona kunjalo, imilenze nentamo yabo imfutshane kunaleyo yendlulamthi.
Entloko sinokubona ukuba iindlebe ezimbini ezinentshukumo elungileyo zimi njani. Basebenzisa ezi ndlebe ukuze bakwazi ukuzilumkisa kumarhamncwa. Ineempondo ezimbini ezincinane ezigqunywe ziinwele kwaye izazinzulu azifumananga luncedo kuzo. Ayizompondo zisetyenziselwa ukuthandana okanye ukuzikhusela. Umboko wayo womelele kwaye unethambeka elincinci ngasemva elifana neendlulamthi. Uboya bayo bunombala obomvu okanye salmon, imilenze kunye nemilenze apho inemigca emnyama nemhlophe efanisa umbala kunye nombala weqwarhashe.
Isilwanyana esidla utyani, sinolwimi olude kunye noluthandekayo ngombala omnyama. Ulwimi luye lwaqhelaniswa ngendlela yokuba lukwazi ukuthatha amagqabi emithi kunye namatyholo. Ulwimi lude kangangokuba i-Okapi inokucoca iindlebe zayo ngokugqibeleleyo. Ubude bayo buhlala phakathi kwe-2.15 yeemitha kwaye ubunzima bayo bujikeleze i-250 kg.
Nangona idyasi yayo yahluke kwaphela, imbonakalo iyafana naleyo yendlulamthi encinci.
Ukuziphatha kwe-Okapi kunye nokuzala kwakhona
Esi silwanyana ngokubanzi siziphethe sedwa kwaye imisebenzi yaso yasebusuku. Ngamanye amaxesha sinokubona amaqela amancinci ezi zilwanyana ngexesha lokuzala. Imazi inako kuphela ukuzala umntwana omncinci. Ihlala yenzeka ngasekupheleni kwehlobo okanye ekuqaleni kokwindla. Ukukhulelwa kuthatha malunga neenyanga ezili-15. Kuba umama akwazi ukubeleka umntwana omncinci kwaye ixesha lokumitha lide kakhulu, inqanaba lokuzala kwakhona kwezi zilwanyana lincinci.
Iokapis ezincinci azifani kakhulu nemazi eziyondlayo. Oku kuthetha ukuba xa unina wethole esweleka kwamkelwa ngokulula yenye inkazana ebhinqileyo. Olu lolunye uhlengahlengiso olwenziwe sesi silwanyana ngenxa yokucotha kokuphinda sivelise. Ukungabikho kwesihlobo, nawuphina omnye umntu obhinqileyo angasebenza njengomama.
Olona rhamncwa lweOkapi yingwe nomntu. Kokubini umntu nengwe, iokapis ziya kujongana nokufa ukuze zikhusele abancinci. Njengoko kulindelwe, xa benokuncitshiswa kokuzala, kubalulekile ukuba abazali babakhathalele abantwana babo.
Abafazi bafikelela ekuvuthweni ngokwesondo ukusuka kwiminyaka emibini ubudala. Amadoda, nangona kunjalo, kufuneka alinde eminye iminyaka embalwa. Esi silwanyana siphuhlise kakhulu izivamvo zokujoja nokuva. Bazisebenzisa, ngaphezu kwako konke, ukubeka esweni ubukho besilwanyana esirhangqayo kwindawo yazo yokuhlala. Kuba ukutya kwayo kukutya utyani, akufuneki kuva okanye ukujoja ukukhangela ukutya kwayo. Zizilwanyana ezingasebenzisi inkqubo yazo yezwi. Oku kunika uluvo lokuba zizilwanyana ezizizidenge. Ekuphela kwento enokuviwa kwi-okapis ngabancinci xa bebiza oomama babo okanye ngexesha lokuthandana ngaphambi kokumitha.
Ukutya kunye nendawo yokuhlala
Indawo yokuhlala kwezi zalamane zendlulamthi ikwiDemocratic Republic of the Congo, eAfrika. Le ndawo yokuhlala iyaziwa kuba abahlali kwenye indawo kwilizwe lenkululeko. Banokubonakala ekuthinjweni kwezinye iindawo ezininzi kwiplanethi ezinje ngee-zoo kwizixeko ezininzi.
Ezi zilwanyana zihlala kumahlathi ashinyeneyo xa zisendle. La mahlathi avela emantla elizwe laseAfrika kwindawo emalunga nama-244 amawaka eekhilomitha. Ngokungafaniyo nezihlobo zabo iindlulamthi, ezi zilwanyana azihlali kwisavanna. Sesinye sezizathu zokuba ukuvela kwezi zilwanyana kungazenzanga zide njengendlulamthi. Kungenxa yokuba ukukwazi ukuhamba ehlathini ukuze ube mde kakhulu kuya kuba yinto elungeleleneyo kwindaleko.
Inqaku elinomdla kwaye elifanelekileyo kukuba wayefudula ehlala eUganda. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuqhubeka kwabo kwangaphambili, le ndawo yaphela.
Ngokumalunga nokutya kwayo, sele sitshilo ukuba sisilwanyana esanyisayo. Ukutya kwabo kusekelwe kutyani. Ngokukodwa, iyondla amagqabi, amahlumelo neziqu zemithi namatyholo emithi apho bahlala khona. Banokuthatha amasebe athile kwaye babatsale ngenxa yolwimi lwabo olomeleleyo. Banako ukubatsala ukuze bakwazi ukubathobela ukusuka kwiindawo eziphakamileyo. Ngale ndlela banokufumana awona magqabi athambileyo.
Ayisiyiyo kuphela, kumagqabi emithi kunye namatyholo, nangona kokona kutya kuphambili. Baye bathande ukutya izityalo ezifumaneka emahlathini emhlabeni. Izazinzulu zicinga njalo bondla ngaphezu kwe-100 leendidi zezityalo, kunye nezinye iziqhamo kunye nama-mushroom.
U-Okapi usemngciphekweni wokuphela
Okwangoku i-okapis luhlobo olusongelwa okoko ungcoliseko lwabemi luyehla. Kwiminyaka embalwa kakhulu inokuba semngciphekweni wokuphela kwaye iphele kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka.
Phakathi kwezizathu eziphambili u-Okapi asongelwa zezi zilandelayo:
- Imigodi etshabalalisa indawo yayo yendalo
- Ukutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi
- Ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni
- Imeko yongquzulwano ngezixhobo
Ndiyathemba ukuba ngolu lwazi ungafunda ngakumbi nge-Okapi kunye neempawu zayo.