01 ngo-06
Iinqununu Ezinkulu: Ukuzisa i-Afrika ye-Safari yeLungelo
Ukuba uceba i-safari yase-Afrika, uya kuqonda ukuba igama elithi 'Big Five' linye yeendlela eziqhelekileyo zokuthengisa ezorhwebo. Iindawo zokugcina iimidlalo ezibamba i-Big Five ziza kusebenzisa le nyaniso njengendawo yazo enkulu yokuthengisa-kodwa ithetha ntoni? Kwiindawo zokugcina umdlalo kunye neepaki zikazwelonke ze -Afrika yaseMzantsi Afrika , i-Big Five imelela i-safari yasebukhosini-ingonyama yaseAfrika, ingwe yaseAfrika, indlovu yaseAfrika, i-bhotile yaseKapa kunye nehhino (ebomhlophe okanye emnyama).
Ibinzana liqale liqulunqwe ngabazingeli bamantombazana abasaqalayo abaqaphela ukuba ezi zizilwanyana zazingezona zilwanyana ezinzima kakhulu kwaye zinobungozi ukuzingela ngeenyawo. Oku kwabenza kwaba yimpumelelo enkulu, ngoko ke, i-Big Five. Namhlanje, ibinzana lize limele ukubonakala kweyona ndlela efunyenwe yintambama-nangona, ngokwenene, le nto yinto yokukhetha. Ezinye zezona zizilwanyana zase-Afrika ezinobungozi, ezintle okanye ezinobungozi zingabonakali kwiluhlu olukhulu lwe-Five ezinjenge- cheetah , inja yasendle yaseAfrika, iirafu kunye nemvubu .
02 we-06
Afrika Indlovu
Indlovu yaseAfrika (i- Loxodonta africana ) yinyama enkulu kunazo zonke kunye nezilwanyana emhlabeni jikelele, kunye nomntu omkhulu kunesidingo esilinganiselwe kwiitoni ezingama-10 / 22,000. Zifumaneka kumazwe angama-37 ase-Sahara kwaye ziyakwazi ukuhlala kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuhlala, ukusuka kwiindawo ezinxweme ezinqongileyo ukuya kwiindawo eziqithileyo.
Iindlovu zaseAfrika zixhomekeke kakhulu kwiindawo ezihlala kuzo, zivela kwikhumba labo elincinci (elizikhusela ezivayeni ezibukhali zentlambo) kwiindlebe zabo ezinkulu (eziza kusasaza ukushisa nokulawula ubushushu bomzimba). Zingadla ama-gallons ama-50 zamanzi kunye nama-375 weepounds zemifuno imihla ngemihla.
Izindlovu zizilwanyana zentlalo. Bahlala kumaqela aholwa ngamatriki aqhelekileyo anamaqela angaphezu kwe-100 kwaye abonxibelelwano basebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba ngeefrikansi ezihamba ngeekhilomitha ezininzi. Amathole amakhwenkwe ahlala rhoqo kunye neenkomo ebomini babo, ngelixa abesilisa abancinci behamba beya kuba ngamaqela obhedu kwaye ekugqibeleni bavelise izilwanyana zabo.
Ngama-1970 kunye nama-80, ukufuna kwehlabathi kwendlovu kwikhokelela ekunciphiseni okukhulu kwenani leendlovu. Ukuvinjelwa kuzo zonke iindlovu zorhwebo kuye kwabanceda ukuzinzisa abantu ukuya kumawaka angama-600,000 kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, kodwa ukuzingela kuseyona mbambano enkulu kwiindawo zaseAfrika apho kukho ukunganyaniseki kwezombusazwe. Ngaloo ndlela, indlovu yaseAfrika ibhaliwe njenge-Vulnerable kwi-IUCN Red List.
Kuphi Ukubona Iindlovu: I- Park yeChobe , iBotswana; I-Addo Elephant National Park , eMzantsi Afrika; IHwange National Park , eZimbabwe; ISouth Luangwa National Park, eZambia.
03 we-06
Afrika
Iyingonyama yaseAfrika (i- Panthera leo ) yikosi engabonakaliyo ye-subvan Sahara kwaye iyinkampani yesibini enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Nangona ngezinye iingonyama zizingela ngemini, zihlala zisebenza kakhulu ebusuku ngenxa yeso sihlandlo esininzi sosuku lwama-safari. Iingonyama zikwazi ukulala ukuya kwiiyure ezingama-20 ngosuku.
Ngokungafani nezinye iikati, iingonyama zizilwanyana zentlalo. Bahlala kwiimpawu eziqhelekileyo eziquka enye (okanye ngamanye amaxesha) amadoda, amabhinqa amaninzi, kunye neebhokhwe zabo. Iingonyama zivame ukwenza i-graft hard when it comes to hunting, ihlala isebenza kunye ukuze ihlise ixhoba elikhulu. Zibazingeli abazithengayo, besebenzisa umbala wabo we-tawny njenge-camouflage esebenzayo.
Kwinyama, iingonyama zihlala zifikelela kwiminyaka engama-14 ubudala, nangona iindwendwe ezininzi zifumana izinga eliphezulu lokufa kweebhubhu, ngelixa abantu besifa bahlala beswele ukukhusela indawo yabo. Iingonyama zebhinqa ziyakwazi ukuvumelanisa ukuzalwa kwamabhokhwe abo ukuze bancede baxhasane. Ii-cubs zizalwe ngeempawu ze-rosette eziphelelwa ixesha.
Iingonyama zinezilwanyana ezimbalwa zendalo, nangona ibhokhwe ihlala iphanga iibhokhwe. Ukuqikelelwa, umntu ngumntu osisongelo esikhulu. Amasiko okuzingela emveli, abazingeli bamageyimu amakhulu kunye nokulahlekelwa kwemimandla emikhulu baye bafaka isandla ekunciphiseni iingonyama eAfrika, kwaye ngokunjalo, ingonyama ikwahlulwa njengeNgcembeko kwiLuhlu oluLomvu lwe-IUCN.
Kuphi ukujonga iNdenge: iKgalagadi Transfrontier Park, eMzantsi Afrika; Okavango Delta , eBotswana; Indawo yaseMasai Mara , eKenya, indawo yokuLondolozwa kweNgorongoro, eTanzania.
04 we-06
Afrika
Ingwe yaseAfrika (i- Panthera pardus ) iyona nto inzima kakhulu kwizilwanyana ezi-Big Five. Ngokuqhelekileyo zihlaziye kwaye zize zitshathwe ebusuku, iingwe zichitha iiyure zentsuku zifihliwe kwimbono. Baye baphumelele kakhulu, bebesebenzisa imithi ukuba bajonge ixhoba baze bagcine abatsha ababulala abafana neengonyama kunye ne-hyena. Ukuba ukhangele ingwe, khumbula ukujonga phezulu.
IiLopards zixutywe ngokugqithiseleyo ngeentlobo zamnyama, okanye i-rosettes. Zinemihlaba emininzi kwaye ayisoloko ehlala kwindawo efanayo kwimihla embalwa. Amadoda athatyathwa kakhulu ngaphezu kwamabhinqa aze amake ubukho bawo ngokuvota nokushiya amanqaku. Bomelele kwaye banokuthi bathabathe amaxhoba amakhulu kunabo.
Ubuqili babo bokuzingela buxhomekeke ekusebenzeni kwabo kwiimitha ezili-35 / iiekhilomitha ezili-56 ngeyure. Bangakwazi ukuxhuma ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezili-10/3 iimitha emoyeni kwaye bahamba kakuhle. Ii-Leopards zisasazwa kulo lonke elase-Afrika ephantsi kwe-Sahara kwaye enye yeentlobo zemidlalo ezimbalwa ezitholakala ngaphandle kweepaki.
Amabala asemhlophe kwintonga yemisila yawo kunye neendlebe zabo zenza ukuba oomama babonakale kwiibhokhwe zabo kwintsimi ende. Njengaye nezinye iintlobo ezininzi ze-Big Five, iingwebe zisongelwa ngabantu. Iifama zase-Encroaching ziye zanciphisa indawo yazo, ngelixa amafama esoloko ebadubula ukuba ayeke ukubulala imfuyo yabo. Zibhalwe njengeziNgcipheko kwiLuhlu oluLomvu lwe-IUCN.
Kuphi ukujonga i-Leopard: Londolozi Game Reserve, eMzantsi Afrika; I-Moremi Game Reserve, eBotswana; ISouth Luangwa National Park , Zambia; Samburu National Reserve, eKenya.
05 ka 06
Cape Buffalo
I-buffalo yaseCape (i- syncerus caffer ) ifumaneka kwiindawo zokugcina amanzi ezizityebi zamanzi kunye neepaki zikazwelonke kulo lonke elase-Afrika ephantsi kwe-Sahara. Kukho iintlobo ezine zeentlobo ze-Cape buffalo, enkulu kunazo zonke ezona zibonakala ngokubanzi kwi-East nase-Afrika ye-Afrika.
I-buffalo yaseKapa ziyizidalwa ezinamandla kwaye ziyaziwa ngokuba yizilwanyana eziyingozi kakhulu e-Afrika. Bahlala bebuhlungu, ngokukodwa xa besongelwa, kwaye baxhotywe ngesethi edibeneyo yeempondo eziphilileyo. Ibhokhwe yomntu inokulinganisa ubuninzi obuyi-920 kilogram / ii-2,010.
Naphezu kwegama labo elibi, i-buffalo inokuthula kunye nabanye, ngamanye amaxesha ibuthana kwiindawo ezihlambulukileyo kwiinkomo zabantu abangaphezu kwewaka. Bakhusela amalungu abo abuthathaka, ngokuqhelekileyo bakwenza isangqa ekhuselayo malunga nezilwanyana ezigulayo okanye ezincinci xa zihlaselwa ziingonyama.
I-buffalo yaseCape kufuneka iphuze imihla ngemihla kwaye iyafumaneka rhoqo kufuphi namanzi. Ziyadla zide, ziqingqiweyo neengca, kwaye ngenxa yoko ayikwazi ukuhlala entlango. I-Cape buffalo iyaqhubeka ibe enye yezilwanyana ezinokufunwa emva kwezilwanyana zabazingeli bamageyimu amakhulu, kwaye zithinteka kakhulu kwizifo zeenkomo zasekhaya ezifana ne-rinderpest kunye nesifo sofuba sesifuba.
Kuphi ukubona i-Cape Buffalo: i- Kruger National Park, eMzantsi Afrika; I-Chobe National Park, Botswana; I-Katavi National Park, eTanzania; I-Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia.
06 we-06
I-White neNtsundu yamaRhin
Kukho iintlobo ezimbini zeebhanki eAfrika: ibhokhwe emnyama ( iDiceros bicornis ) kunye nehhino emhlophe ( Ceratotherium simum ). Bobabini basemngciphekweni wokupheliswa ngenxa yobhubhane lobundlobongela obangelwa yimpondo ye-rhino kumazwe aseAsia. Kuqikelelwa ukuba kukho i-rhino ebomnyama engama-5 000 kunye ne-20,000 ibhino emhlophe eyashiya endle.
Kakade, ezintathu iintlobo zeehmnyama ezimnyama ziye zaxelwa ukuba ziphela, ngeli xesha i-rhinino emantla emantla sele iphelile kwintlango. Abalondolozi basebenza ngokungazimeli ukukhusela iintlobo zeentlobo eziseleyo, kodwa ikusasa labo lide likhuselekile. Ibhokhwe ebomnyama iboniswe njengeCandelo eliMngcipheko kwiLuhlu oluLomvu lwe-IUCN.
Naphezu kwamagama abo, akukho mmahluko phakathi kombala omnyama kunye nomnxeba omhlophe. Indlela elula yokuxelela iintlobo ezihlukeneyo kukujonga kwimilomo yabo-i-rhino emnyama ibonakaliswe kwaye i-prehensile, ngelixa i-rhino emhlophe iyicala kwaye iyanzi. Igama lesiDatshi elithi "ububanzi" lithetha ngokuthi "wijd", kwaye kukuchazwa kakubi kweli gama elinika igama lomnxeba omhlophe igama layo.
Ama-rhinos amaninzi ahlala yodwa kwaye awaziwa ngokuba nomsindo, ngelixa ama-rhinos amhlophe ahlala ebabini. Iinqununu ezimnyama zikhetha indawo zentlango kunye neendawo ezikhulayo kunye nezikhangeli zeerbivorous; ngelixa i-rhinos ezimhlophe zidla kwiindawo ezivulekileyo. Kucingelwa ukuba i-rhinos iye yajikeleza iindawo zaseAfrika iminyaka eyi-50 yezigidi.
Kuphi ukujonga iRhinino: Ipaki yeSizwe e-Etosha , eNamibia; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, eMzantsi Afrika; Lewa Widlife Conservancy, eKenya; UMkomazi National Park, eTanzania
I-Article ihlaziywe nguJessica Macdonald