Iziqithi eziphezulu kwiBahia's Cocoa Coast
João Ramos - Bahiatursa I-Ilhéus, kwi-Coast yeCocoa Coast yaseBahia, likhaya kwelinye lezona ziko ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuphucula izilwanyana zaseMerika: iCentro de Reabilitação Reserva Zoobotânica. Nasi ithuba elimangalisayo lokusondela kulezi zilwanyana ezixhambileyo, ngamehlo azo acacisayo, iindlela ezihamba ngokukhawuleza kunye neMegatherium kude nentsapho yabo.
Ubunzima kwiiMelika, i-sloths ingaba nemilenze emibili, njengaleyo ongayibona kwi-Aviarios del Caribe Sloth Sanctuary eLimon, eCosta Rica , okanye kwizontathu ezintathu (Bradypodidae), njengalezi ziko le-Ilhéus.
Ingcwele iyamkela izilwanyana ezithathwa kubaxhasi, ezifunyenwe zize zanikelwe ngu-Ibama (iBrazil Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources), i-Police Federal, abacimi bomlilo kunye noluntu.
Kwindawo apho i-eucalypt ithathe iipateni ezinkulu zomhlaba apho iAtlantic Rainforest yahluma khona, i-sloth eyayihlala i-sloth ( Bradypus torquatus , okanye preguiça-de-coleira ) ngoku iindidi ezinobungozi.
Iziko elilawulwa yi-biologist uVera Lúcia Oliveira livuselela i-sloped sloths, eyayisetyenziswe ukuba ifike kwiRio de Janeiro kwaye ngoku ibonakala iphela kummandla wonxweme waseBahian phakathi kweSalvador neCanavieiras, kunye ne-slots-throated sloths ( Bradypus variegatus ) .
Kuvulekele kwiindwendwe unyaka wonke, ingcwele (i-centrally central and woods) ihlala kumahektare angama-106. Inxalenye ye-CEPLAC - iKhomishini eLawulayo yokuCwangcisa ukuHlalwa kweCocoa, apho abakhenkethi banokuzonwabisa ngokutyelela i-laboratory. I-CEPLAC ibambe indima ephambili ekuphandeni nasekuphuculweni kwenkcubeko yeCoco kwingingqi, eye yabuyela ngokukhawuleza kwi-infestation yomdaka owonakalisayo ekupheleni kwee-1990.
Ezinye i-sloths azizange zenzele imizamo yokuqala yokuphucula. Bafika kwiimeko ezibuhlungu, ngamathambo aphukile (ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kweenja), ngokungahambi emva kokulahlekelwa ngumama kubazingeli, okanye ukubandezeleka kwefuthe lokuthunjwa.
I-sloths ixinzeleleke kakhulu kwaye ife ngokukhawuleza xa ibanjwe ekuthinjweni, okubangela iindidi ezinobungozi kwimpilo yazo, ingakumbi inkqubo yabo ye-neuroendocrine. Iitoni zabo zitshintsha kwaye izivumelwano zabo zomzimba zibe ibhola, zilahlekelwa ngumdla kwaye zihambe iintsuku ezisibhozo zingadli kunye neentsuku ezilishumi zingabikho. Batshutshiswa xa beza.
Ngaloo nto igxininisekile, bayasabela xa bethupha ngokuhambisa izandla zabo njengokungathi bawabethe kwaye bawubambelele, kodwa ukuba bahlasele, kodwa ngenxa yokuba izihlunu zabo zenzeke kwaye zifuna inkxaso evela kuyo.
Iziko lokuvuselela lisebenza kunye nokubuyiselwa kwezilwanyana zangaphambili ezithunjiweyo ngokuzigcina kwindawo yokubamba inkunzi kunye nemithi yamagatsha, amasebe kunye nemidiya apho bahlala khona.
Izilwanyana ziyala ukutya kwaye zizama ukubalekela, kodwa amaqabunga amasha avela kwimithi edla ngokuqhelekileyo ayondla isondlo sabo. I-sloths ayiphuzi amanzi kwaye afumana ama-fluids avela kumacembe amnandi kunye namahlumela.
Ukutya kwabo kwiziko lokuvuselela kubandakanya amaqabunga kunye namahlumela e-tararanga, gameleira, embaúba, ingá, kunye necocoa, kunye ne-lactobacillus, amanzi ekhukhunathi kunye namavithamini.
Nangona emva kokuba bahlaziywa, i-sloths kufuneka ihambe ngomjikelezo wecala lokufunda kunye nokufunda ngaphambi kokuphindwa kwakhona kwintlango. Ezinye izilwanyana kufuneka zihlale kwindawo yokubuyiselwa ixesha elide ngenxa yokuba zazixhatshazwa kwaye zondlekile.
Ukususela ngo-1992 ukuya ku-2003, i-centre yafumana i-154 maned sloths ( Bradypus torquatus ) kunye nama-slots-brown-slots ama-38 ( Bradypus variegatus ). Kuzo, ii-sloped sloths ezingama-74 kunye nama-23 angama-brown-throated sloths abuyiselwa kwiindawo zokubhuka ze-CEPLAC (i-Reserva Zoobotânica, eyaziwa ngokuthi iMinha, okanye "i-Little Woods", neRervava Biológica Lemos Maia).