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I-Mystic Aquarium I-Beluga Ukudibanisa Iprogram Inika uxhalelwano oludityanisiweyo neWhales

Idatha: Septemba 1, 2004 | Ukuhlaziywa kokugqibela: Meyi 10, 2015

Ngenye imini, ndabambelela isandla sam emlonyeni womlingo kwaye ndamkhangela ngokusemthethweni ngolwimi. Kwenene.

Ukuba ngumlobi wokuhamba uhlala unomdla. Lapha eNew England, ndabona izibindi zivaliwe, ndimbumbise i- moose baby , ehambele i- llamas , i- lobster ebanjwe, i- Clydesdale ibambelele kwaye ibukele iibhere ze-teddy zifake izibilini zazo kwiimitha ezili-100 ngeyure.

Kodwa ngoku ukuba ndiyifake i-whale yaseBeluga ngolwimi, ndiyenzile ngokwenene.

I-1,100-pound beluga ngokwenene yayibonakala iyonwaba ukuba ulwimi lwakhe lugxininise ngamandla, ngoko xa umqeqeshi wangikhuthaza ukuba ndifikelele isandla sam kwakhona kwakhona kwaye ndikrokrele uphahla lomlomo kaKela ukuze ndibone sisiphi isandi asenzayo, ndivuyiswe kukunika uhambe ... kwaye unonwabe ngakumbi xa uva "u-" squeak "onomnandi kunokuba" into yokugcoba. "

Iiluga ze-beluga, eziyaziwa njengeemhlophe zinyama, zihlanjululwa njengemikhomo epholileyo, emva koko. Ndandinayo ithuba lokuthinta amazinyo kaKela kwaye ndifunde ukuba umntwana wakhe unomdla ngaphezu kokuluma kwakhe ngokwenza "O" ngeminwe yam kwaye ukuvumela i-beluga ukuba ibonise ukuba ziphi ixesha lokugqibela lokupheka kunye ne-squids. Ewe!

Okwangoku, ndiyazi ukuba umele uzibuze: "Kim, yintoni emhlabeni oye wanyuka kwi-tank ene-beluga kwaye, ngokubaluleke ngakumbi, ndingakwenza njani oku, na?"

Ikhasi elilandelayo: I-Mystic Aquarium I-Beluga Ukuhlangana kweNkqubo yoHlolo

I-Mystic Aquarium e-Mystic, eConnecticut, yaqala ukunikela nge-Beluga Encounter Programme ngo-2000. U-Aquarist Kristine Magao, umqeqeshi oholele iqela lethu elinesine kwitanki kunye nomnye wabaqeqeshi ababandakanyekayo ekunikezeni inkqubo kuluntu, bachaze ukuba i-Mystic Aquarium Elinye lezakhiwo ezimbini kweli lizwe elinika iindwendwe ithuba lokuthintela kunye nokusebenzisana ne-belugas. Elinye iWorldWorld eTexas.

"Yona inqobo kakhulu," u-Magao uthe, wongezelela esithi: "Enye yeenjongo zethu eziphambili ekwenzeni le nkqubo ifundisa abantu malunga ne-belugas."

Ukunikezelwa imihla ngemihla ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuOktobha, iiseshoni zeBeluga zokuhlangana ziqala nge-20 minute ye-orientation, apho abathathi-nxaxheba abaxhamli kwiingubo zabo ukuze bahlale befudumele kwaye bomelele ngexesha labo kwiitanki. I-Belugas, engasengozini, ifumaneka kakhulu kwi-Arctic nase-Sub-Arctic amanzi, ukuze ucinge, amanzi esitanki asemacaleni.

Emva kokufunda okufutshane malunga nemikhomo, kunye neengcebiso ezibalulekileyo zokuthi ungagqithisa njani xa unqeni-olujulile kwi-waders ukuze ungagcini kwaye ungene kwinxalenye enzulu yeTanki, kwakuyimfuneko yokuba sihlangabezane noKela, omnye ezine belugas ezihlala kwi-Mystic Aquarium. Zonke zinamaagama ase-Inuit, kunye neKela, efutshane neKelalukak, oku kuthetha ukuba, "umhlophe okhokelayo," yayincinci ngexesha lokutyelela kwam.

Wayebonakala ekhulu kunomphefumlo kum, ngoko andinakucinga ukuba ndingaziva njani ubuso nobuso nge-2.100-pound male whale.

Ngexesha lesigama seyure emanzini, uKela wayebambisana ngokumangalisayo ekuvumela ukuba sithinte umsila wakhe, ekupheleni nasemva, ukujonga ngqo kwindawo yakhe, kunye nokubamba "i-melon" - isakhiwo esinamanqamle, ngentloko yentloko yakhe, eguqula umlo njengoko ekhupha i-repertoire yezandi.

U-Kela wayeyintetho kwaye wayebonakala evuya ukuba neenkampani. UMagao uthe, "U-Kela uthambekele ekubeni ngumlomo; uyazibuyisa." Amaxesha amaninzi omdlalo wempuphu omhlophe kunye neentlobo ezininzi ze-gossipy-ezizwakalayo zatsho ngokucacileyo ngeMagao. "Ndiyayithanda le zi lwanyana endisebenza nazo," kusho umqeqeshi. "Ubumba ubudlelwane nabo."

Iphepha elilandelayo> I-High Fives kunye neeHugs

Ukongeza kwizandla zethu-ekuhloliseni i-whale-anatomy, safumana ithuba lokubona ukuziphatha kukaKela okufana ne-belugas. U-Magao wagxininisa ukuba iminyango ayifundiswa "amaqhinga" kodwa endaweni yoko ifanelekile ukuphendula kwiinkalo ezithile kunye nokuziphatha umntu angayibona kwintlango.

Iqela le-Beluga Iintlanganiso zikhawulelana nabantu abathandathu, kwaye abathathi-nxaxheba kufuneka babe ubuncinane ubunzima beenyawo ezintlanu. Kwakukho abanye abathathu abanye abafazi kwinqanaba lam, kwaye ndiya ku thembeka-sonke sasiya kwintlanganiso yokuqala esondeleyo kunye ne-beluga whale.

UMagao uthe akunqabile umntu obhalisile kwinkqubo yokubuyela ngaphandle ngokupheleleyo, nangona abanye bayenqaba ukuthinta i-whale, kwaye kulungile kakuhle.

Wathi, "Abantu bafudumala ekupheleni kweseshoni," watsho, kwaye kwakulula ukuqonda ukuba kutheni. Uhlobo lukaKela olumnene noludlalayo ngokukhawuleza lwasenza sonke sidibanise ngokuzithemba ngaphaya komgca wesango apho sasimi khona kule nkqubo. Ngamanye ngexesha, sasilandela imiyalelo: yizisa isandla sakho sokunene phezulu ehlombe lakho, uze uyihlawule ngokukhawuleza ngokuhambela phambili phambi komzimba wakho. UKela uphendule ngokunyuka emoyeni kunye nokuphelisa kwakhe ukunikezela ngasinye sihlanu.

Ukuthetha ukuba ukudibana kwam kunye nale nqanawa yolwandle kwakusondelene. Ngethuba imininzi yam ebandayo, iminwe emanzi yayilungele ukuhlaziywa, kwakungekho ukukhathalaza ukuba ngamnye wethu wajika ethuvula izandla zethu kwaye eguqa phambili esinqeni, elindele uKela ukuba akhuphuke ukuze ahambe kakuhle.

Ukuba ungathanda ukufunda okuninzi malunga nezi zilwanyana ezinomdla kwaye mhlawumbi uphakamise kwiitanki ithuba elingenakulibaleka ukuqonda ubukhulu babo obucokisekileyo, cwangcisa ukutyelela kwi-Mystic Aquarium, evulekile unyaka wonke. Ababhenkethi banokuhlala begcina imikhomo kwi-tank yabo yokubonisa. Abo bafuna ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-Beluga Encounter Programme banokubhalisa kwi-site ukuba indawo ikhona, kodwa ukuba unentliziyo yakho isetyenziselwa ukumbamba i-whale, kufuneka wenze ukugcinwa kwangaphambili, ngokukodwa ngexesha lexeshana zasehlotyeni.

Ngomhla ka-2015, intengo yeProgram yeBeluga yokuHlangana neNkqubo kuquka nesithombe sobugcisa bokuhlangana kwakho ngu-$ 165 ngamalungu angewona amalungu kunye ne-$ 155 yamalungu e-Mystic Aquarium. Kufuneka uhlawule isantya sokungeniswa kwamanzi rhoqo ngosuku lokutyelela kwakho.

Iingeniso zingenziwa kwi-intanethi, okanye zifonele nge-860-572-5955, ngaphandle. 520. Ungathengisa isitifiketi sesipho kwiprogram ukuba ungathanda ukunika umntu isipho esingalindelekanga nesingasolekiyo.

I-Mystic Aquarium ifumaneke ngaphandle kwe-I-95 ekuphumeni kwe-90 kwi-Mystic, Connecticut. Sebenzisa le fom ye-intanethi ukucela isiKhokelo samaHlabathi samaHlabathi samaHlabathi samahhala.

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Kela Up Close
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Umsila weWhale
Bond Special

Ikhasi langaphambili: Iprogram ye-Mystic Aquarium ye-Beluga