Indlovu yasendle kunye namabamba aphukileyo

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Iindlovu ezingamadoda zodwa ngendalo, zigxothiwe emhlambini xa zifikisa. Oku kubizwa ngokuba 'kukusasazeka ngokwendalo' kwaye sisixhobo esiguqukele kwithuba leminyaka emininzi ukuthintela (a) ukuzala kunye nezihlobo kunye (b) nokhuphiswano nezihlobo. Emva koko baphila ubomi bokuhambahamba, ngamanye amaxesha bedibana nezinye iindlovu zeenkomo eziphezulu 'ukuze bafunde iintambo' zokusinda kwaye ekugqibeleni bakulungele ukubanga ezabo iimazi ngokuzala.

Enye efikelela ekukhuleni ngokupheleleyo kweendlovu zeenkomo, ngakumbi iindidi zaseAsia, zeza kwilizwe ekuthiwa yi "musth", apho umnqweno wokukhwelana uhamba ukuya kugqithiso kwaye baba ndlongondlongo.

Ngexesha le-musth, abesilisa bakhukuliswa ngamanzi ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10 kangange testosterone njengesiqhelo. Banamadlala okwexeshana adumbileyo: ukudumba okukhulu kune-grapefruit ethe nca ngasemva kwamehlo abo. Baye babe ndlongondlongo kakhulu kwaye bakhuphe into eqhubekayo yokuqhuba komchamo owenza umkhondo wevumba njengoko behamba. Umphandi wendlovu odumileyo uCynthia Moss uyibiza ngokuba "luhlobo lwenguqu yeJekyll kunye neHyde".

Uqhubeka athi: “I-Musth luhlobo lwentengiso ethembekileyo yokufumaneka kwendoda ngokwesini kunye nemeko. Kwabasetyhini, inkunzi ye-musth ithi, 'Ndikwimeko entle kakhulu, ndiphilile ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo, kwaye ndingakunika ithole elisempilweni eliza kuzuza njengelifa lemfuza elungileyo, impilo yam kunye nobomi obude.' Kwezinye iinkunzi zeenkomo, i-musth iyazibhengeza, 'Ndikwimeko entle kakhulu. Ndizalisa iihormoni ezinoburhalarhume, kwaye ndiza kukubulala xa undicela umngeni. ' Ngamanye amaxesha amadoda alwa ade aye kufa. ”

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Iindlovu eziyindoda kunye namabamba

Kwiindidi zaseAsia zeendlovu (elephas maximus) kuphela yindoda enamabamba ngelixa ikwiindidi zaseAfrika (loxodonta) zombini inkunzi nemazi zinamabamba. Kwimeko ye-Sri Lankan sub species (elephas maximus maximus) zimbalwa kakhulu iinkunzi ezineempondo eziqikelelwa kwi-6% -7% kuphela yendlovu yasendle (Jayewardene, J.-1994). Nangona kunjalo ngokobalo lweendlovu olwenziwa ngo-2011 liSebe loLondolozo lwasendle laseSri Lanka, yi-2% kuphela yabemi bebonke.

Amabamba aguqulwe ngenene kwindlovu ephezulu yomhlathi. I-dentine kwi-tusk yaziwa njengendlovu kwaye icandelo layo elinqamlezileyo liqukethe iipateni ezinqamlezileyo, ezaziwa ngokuba "kukujika kweinjini," ezenza iindawo ezimile njengedayimani. Uninzi lwebamba linokubonwa ngaphandle; okuseleyo kusekwe kwisikayi. Ubuncinane isinye kwisithathu sebamba eliqulathe umgubo, kwaye ezinye zinemithambo-luvo eyolulela kwincam. Njengabantu, abaqhelekileyo ekunene okanye ekhohlo, iindlovu zihlala zilungile- okanye ngasekhohlo. Ibamba eliphambili, elibizwa ngokuba yi-master tusk, lihlala liphele kakhulu, njengoko lifutshane ngengcebiso ejikelezayo. Amabamba ayaqhubeka nokukhula ngexesha lokuphila kwendlovu.

Amabamba asebenza ngeenjongo ezininzi. Zisetyenziselwa ukumba amanzi, ityuwa neengcambu; ukumakisha okanye ukumakisha imithi; kunye nokuhambisa imithi kunye namasebe xa ususa indlela. Xa kusilwa, zisetyenziselwa ukuhlasela nokukhusela, kunye nokukhusela umboko.

Amabamba endlovu abonakala emangalisa kwaye enobungangamsha kwindlovu kodwa ngaxeshanye sisiqalekiso. Kusisiqalekiso kuba ukunyoluka komntu ngeempondo zendlovu kukhokelele ekubulaweni kwamakhulu amawaka ezilwanyana ezibalaseleyo.

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Iiconic tuskers zaseSri Lanka

Ngokunokwenzeka ngenxa yokuba zimbalwa iindlovu zendoda zaseSri Lanka ezinamabamba, ukubona itusker endle yinto enomdla kakhulu, kwaye amava afunwayo. Ngenxa yoko, abantu abaninzi kwezinye zeepaki zasendle baye baba ziimpawu ezithandwayo.

Ezinye zeepaki zibonakala ngathi zineziganeko eziphezulu zeetuskers kunezinye. Izizathu zoku azikacaci kodwa inokuba kukho indawo ekuhlalwa kuyo enempilo kwindawo ethile. I-Kala-Wewe kunye ne-Yala National Parks ngokuqinisekileyo zinokuxhaphaka okukhulu kwamabamba, ngelixa indlovu yasendle eninzi ye-Uda Walawe National park inembalwa kakhulu.

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UGemunu odumileyo waseYala Fame

Alithandabuzeki elokuba kwithuba elidlulileyo itusker egama lingu 'Gemunu' iye yaba yenye yeendlovu ezaziwayo kwindawo yase Yala National Park ibhloko ye-1, ikakhulu ngenxa yokuthanda kwakhe okungaqhelekanga.

Ungumfana osemncinci kwinqanaba lakhe lokuqala, mhlawumbi malunga neminyaka engama-25 + ubudala, ohlala ehamba kwiBlock 1 ye-Yala National Park. Ukwaziwa kukaGemunu kungenxa yokuba uye waqhela ukudlala ijee kunye nokukhangela ukutya kwizinto zeendwendwe. Kuyabonakala ukuba oku kuye kwavela (ngokweengxelo ezingaqinisekiswanga) zokuba wondliwe ngeentsuku zakhe zobutsha kwizakhiwo zetempile yaseSithulpahuwa.

Emva koko abaqhubi bejee kunye nabaqhubi be-safari bamrhwebeshile ngokuthwala iziqwenga kunye nokunye ukutya ezandleni zabo, ukuze abathengi babo bafumane 'ukonwaba okongezelelekileyo' kokuba indlovu ibeke umboko wayo ngaphakathi kwejeep nakubo bonke. Le yinyani eyaziwayo, kwaye kukho iiklip zevidiyo kwiYou Tube ezibonisa ngokucacileyo abaqhubi beSafari bebambe isandla sabo ngokutya kwaye bekhuthaza uGemunu ukuba asondele.

Ngoku oku kunokunika ukonwaba okongezelelekileyo kubakhenkethi bokubamba indlovu yasendle, kodwa igcwele ingozi enkulu. Kuyinyani, ukuza kuthi ga kulo mhla uGemunu akakaze enzakalise okanye ahlasele nabani na, kodwa kwabo bazi indlela yokuziphatha kwendlovu eli lixesha lokuqhushumba elindele ukuphuma. Kuya kuthatha kuphela undwendwe oloyikisayo ukuba lwenze intshukumo engeyiyo, eya kuyicaphukisa indlovu kwaye emva koko ibangele umonakalo omkhulu, ibangele umonakalo kwiijeep kwanobomi.

Ke, uGemunu uye waba yinto 'edumileyo' eYala, nangona iyinto ethandabuzekayo.

Iindlovu zizilwanyana ezikrelekrele kakhulu kwaye ke zinokufunda iindlela ezithile zokuziphatha ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, ngakumbi ukuba zinika ukomelela okuqinisekileyo. Yiyo loo nto iindlovu, nokuba zikhulile, zinokudanjiswa kwaye zifundiswe ukwenza imiyalelo eyahlukeneyo kwaye zenze 'ubuqili'.

Kwimeko kaGemunu kukuqiniswa okuqinisekileyo kokufumana iititi ezimnandi ezivela 'kugqogqo' lwakhe kwizithuthi olumenze waqhela lo mkhwa.

Kwabothusa ke xa kwaqala ukuvela iindaba zokuba uGemunu wophule elinye lamabamba akhe ngengxabano nenye indlovu.

Njengoko kubonisiwe ngaphambili xa kumnyhadala weendlovu zeenkomo ezindala ziyakwazi ukuzimela kwaye ngamanye amaxesha zide zilwe ukuze ziphakamise enye inkunzi. Akwaziwa nokuba uGemunu wayekwimisipha xa isenzeka le nto, njengoko ulwazi luchanekile. Enye inguqulelo yayikukuba wayekwimpikiswano kunye nezinye iituskers ezimbini, ezibizwa ngokuba nguSando (itusker evela kwiBhloko ye-11) kunye nePerakum.

Kwimeko kaGemunu njengoko kubonakala ukuba onke amabamba aqhekekile engcanjini uqobo, engashiyi nxalenye eseleyo yempundu.

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Amabamba aqhekekileyo

Amabamba aqhekekileyo aqhelekanga kwiindlovu, ezinokuphulukana nazo kungekuphela kukungqubana namanye amadoda, kodwa naphakathi kokuhamba kwendalo, njengokumba, ukumba amanzi, kunye nokususa ixolo emithini.

Xa amabamba eqhekeka kwingcambu uqobo (njengakwimeko yeGemunu) ukopha kunokubakho ukuba i-pulp ivezwe, kwaye kunokubakho ingozi yosulelo lwesibini. Okwangoku, uGemunu ubonakala eqhuba kakuhle emva kokophula ibamba lakhe, ebuyela kwi-antics yakhe kunye neejee.

Ugqirha wezilwanyana ophezulu weKhaya lokuThutha iNdlovu e-Uda Walawe undiqinisekisile ukuba iGemunu kufuneka ibekwe iliso elibukhali ukubona ukuba akukho sifo na. Kukwakho nemizekelo eliqela apho amabamba endlovu aphulwe, kodwa ubunzima bendlovu emva koko buye bafakwa kwimingxunya yempuphu, nto leyo ibangele ukuba umgubo uvalwe ngokwemvelo ngaphandle kwendalo.

Ngoku xa amabamba ngokusisiseko ingama-incisors endlovu kunomdla ukuqaphela ukuba ukuba ibamba alophulwanga kwingcambu yalo, ibamba iya kuqhubeka nokukhula.

Owona mzekelo udumileyo wale meko yayikukusweleka kuka-'Walawe Raja '(owayeguqulelwe ngokukhululekileyo njengo-'Kumkani wase-Uda Walawe') umbhali 'awayemazi kakuhle' ngethuba eqhuba uphando eUda Walawe National Park.

IRaja yayiyeyona ndawo ibalulekileyo yokubonisa, eyona tusker iphambili kubomi bayo, owayehlala esiya epakini. URaja wayehlala ebonwa ngexesha lembalela, ukusukela ngeyeKhala ukuya ku-Okthobha unyaka nonyaka, xa wabonakala ngesiquphe, ukuchitha iinyanga ezintathu ukuya kwezine epakini. Rhoqo, wayeku-musth, kwaye wayechitha ixesha lakhe elininzi ekhangela abantu ababhinqileyo abamkelayo emhlambini. Ngexesha lokulinganisa lonyaka akukho mntu wayesazi apho anyamalale khona. Ngawo onke amathuba, wazulazula ephuma kwicala elingasentla lepaki esiya eBalangoda naseHambegamuwa. Wayehlala ethwala ukwenzakala kwiindawo awayezenzela kuzo ngaphandle kwepaki, awayeyiphatha ngocoselelo ugqirha wezilwanyana.

Wayeyinkwenkwezi yefilimu yezilwanyana zasendle ye-BBC 'iTusker yokugqibela', kwaye waboniswa kwiMbali yezeNdalo yaseNew Zealand kwimveliso yefilimu ethi 'Phakathi kwamaHlabathi amabini', edlalwa kwiChannel Discovery

Ekupheleni konyaka ka-2010 xa uRaja wanyamalala ngesiquphe, mna nonyana wam, uDimitri, sakhangela esi silwanyana siphakamileyo, sixhaswe ngabanqweneli abaninzi kunye nabaxhasi. Ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezintathu sikhangele ngaphandle kwemimandla esemantla mpuma yepaki, silanda umkhondo wokubonwa okunokwenzeka. Yayingumsebenzi ophazamisayo kwaye zazininzi ii-alarms ezingezizo, kunye nethemba eliphakanyisiweyo ngamanye amaxesha, kuphela ukuba lichithwe emhlabeni kungekudala emva koko.

Ngentliziyo enzima sayeka ukukhangela kwasekuqaleni kuka-2011 kwaye sagqiba kwelokuba iRaja enobungangamsha yayingasekho. URaja akazange abonwe kwakhona.

Okona kunika umdla ngexesha lika Raja 'lokulawula' kwepaki yayikukuba waphula ibamba lakhe lasekhohlo malunga no-2005. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo nakwimeko kaGemunu, ibamba ayizange iphule kwingcambu kodwa phakathi, ishiya isiphunzi siphuma. Emva kweminyaka embalwa saqaphela ukuba yayikhula kancinci kancinci. Ngokwenene yayiyinto emangalisayo, endandingazi ngayo ngelo xesha, kwaye kwafuneka ndifumane ubungqina kwiingcali ezininzi zeendlovu kwihlabathi liphela.

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