Kuqhelekile ukuba nomnenga omhlophe obonwe kufutshane neGreat Barrier Reef

IQela loPhando lweSiseko seWhale Pacific

Iqela labaphandi be-Pacific Whale Foundation abafunda iminenga kufutshane neGreat Barrier Reef kunxweme olusempuma yeOstreliya kwaye babone umnenga omhlophe wonke owaziwa ngokuba yiMigaloo ngoLwesine, nge-13 ka-Agasti.

Umnenga omhlophe, othathwa njengowona mnenga udumileyo ehlabathini, wabonwa kwizihlandlo ezibini ezahlukeneyo namhlanje ngabaphandi bePacific Whale Foundation uGreg Kaufman noAnnie Macie.

“Besisazi kakhulu ukuba iMigaloo isenokuba kule ndawo ngenxa yomnxeba esasiwufumene kwiintsuku ezintathu ezidlulileyo malunga nokubonwa okunokwenzeka kunxweme lwaseMission Beach, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-210 kumazantsi ePort Douglas,” utshilo uKaufman. “Ekubeni iminenga ihamba ngomlinganiselo wamaqhina ama-3, sabala ukuba kuya kumthabatha iintsuku ezi-2-3 ukufika kummandla wasePort Douglas.”

Abaphandi babini baqale bafumanisa iMigaloo malunga nemayile enye yolwandle kumntla-ntshona weSnapper Island kunye nesikhokelo sokuntywila / inqanawa ye-snorkel "i-Aristocrat" kodwa emva koko baphulukana nombono womnenga emva kokuba uphume kabini. Baphinda bamfumana malunga ne-4.5 yeemayile zaselwandle kwintshona yeSiqithi sase-Snapper malunga neeyure ezine kamva equbha esinge kwi-Tongue Reef, indawo apho abaphandi beberekhoda iimvumi zomnenga kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo.

“Wayequbha ngokusondeleyo kumgca wotshintsho okhoyo,” utshilo uKaufman. "Wenze ukuntywila kabini njengoko simjongile, nto leyo eyasivumela ukuba sifumane iifoto ezimbini ezichanekileyo zokuchongwa kwakhe."

U-Kaufman waqaphela ukuba amacala aphezulu kunye nasezantsi eempumlo zomsila ziyafana, kwaye akukho iipateni ze-pigmentation kubo.

“Kukho iimpawu ezine ezisivumela ukuba siwuchaze lo mnenga njengeMigaloo,” utshilo uKaufman. “Okokuqala, kukho ukumila okanye ulwandlalo lweMigaloo’s tail flukes; yohlukile kakhulu xa kukho iincam ezincangathi.

“Okwesibini, kukho iphiko lomqolo elibotshelelwe kancinane. Kwaye emva koko kukho intloko engacacanga kancinane,” utshilo uKaufman. “Kwasekuqaleni, siye sabona ukuba iMigaloo ineqhuma kwicala lentloko. Intloko yakhe engamile kakuhle inokunxulunyaniswa nobualbinism bakhe.”

Okokugqibela, yinto yokuba iMigaloo imhlophe yonke. UKaufman uthi: “Ngokokwazi kwethu, nguye kuphela umnenga owaziwayo one-white-humpback emhlabeni.

Umnenga omhlophe-omhlophe uneediatom ezibomvu neziorenji ezikhula kuye. “Iminenga emininzi kulo mmandla inale nto, kodwa ibonakale ngenene kwisikhumba sikaMigaloo esimhlophe,” utshilo uKaufman.

I-Migaloo igqityelwe ukubonwa ngokusemthethweni kule ndawo nge-27 kaJulayi, 2007, kude ne-Undine Reef, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-10 emazantsi kwindawo ebonwayo namhlanje. “Ngokunyaniseka ndibe nephupha phezolo lokuba sizakumbona uMigaloo namhlanje kwaye sinesilumkiso esinamandla kusasa ukuba namhlanje iya kuba yimini esiyakumbona kwakhona,” utshilo uKaufman.

“Ukubona iMigaloo kwandikhuthaza. Ilizwi ebelisoloko lisithi qatha engqondweni yam belimnandi,” utshilo uAnnie Macie, umphandi kwiPacific Whale Foundation. "Kwakungathi ndibona ummangaliso we-8 wehlabathi."

“Phambi nje kokuba ibonakale, wawunokubona impembelelo yehalo kumzimba omhlophe ngokuchasene nolwandle oluluhlaza,” utshilo. "Emva koko umzimba wayo uya kukhanya njengoko uphuma elwandle."

“Lilonke, ibingamava amangalisayo, olona suku lubalaseleyo ebomini bam,” utshilo.

Phambi kokuba abaphandi bahambe, inani leenqanawa zokuntywila / ze-snorkel kwindawo zafika ukuze zijonge ngakumbi.

"Wonke umntu wayelungile ngokulandela umthetho weemitha ezingama-500 malunga neendlela kulo "mnenga ukhethekileyo" utshilo uKaufman. Uye waqaphela ukuba uMigaloo wayesingise kwicala apho yena noMacie beve kucula iminenga ngaphambili
evekini.

UKaufman wayibona iMigaloo malunga neminyaka eli-16 eyadlulayo, ngoxa wayefunda ngeminenga yaseOstreliya.

Usekela-mongameli wePacific Whale Foundation kunye nomphandi uPaul Forestell nguye owathiya igama elithi Migaloo ngo-1992, emva kokubonisana ne-Aboriginal Tribe eHervey Bay. Igama elithi "Migaloo" ligama elifana nelinye elithi "white fella."

I-Pacific Whale Foundation irekhode i-Migaloo ecula kwi-1996, ebonisa ukuba uyindoda. Uvavanyo lweDNA kwiYunivesithi yaseSouthern Cross nayo yaqinisekisa ukuba uyindoda.

I-Pacific Whale Foundation igcina iwebhusayithi enikezelwe kwi-all-white whale-ebizwa ngokuba yi-migaloowhale.org - kwaye iphinda ibonise iMigaloo "kwintsapho" yeminenga kwinkqubo yayo ye-Adopt a Whale.

Lo mnenga ungaqhelekanga wawungumxholo wephepha lenzululwazi elibhalwe ngabaphandi abavela kwi-Pacific Whale Foundation, i-Southern Cross Centre ye-Whale Research, kunye ne-Australian Whale Conservation Society kwi-2001.

Eli phepha lalinomxholo othi “Uqwalaselo lwe-Hypo-Pigmented Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Kwi-East Coast Australia 1991-2000.” Yapapashwa kwiMemoirs of the Queensland Museum (Volume 47 Part 2), the
Iinkqubo zeNkomfa ye-Humpback Whale ka-2000 ebibanjelwe kwimyuziyam.

Ukulungiselela iphepha labo, izazinzulu ziye zaphanda iingxelo ezingaphezu kwama-50 zokubonwa komnenga omhlophe kunxweme olusempuma yeOstreliya ukususela ngowe-1991.

Banike ingxelo yokuba umnenga omhlophe waqala ukubonwa waza wafotwa ngowe-1991 kwiqonga lokuphonononga elisekelwe elunxwemeni e-Byron Bay eNew South Wales. Kunyaka olandelayo, kwaesi silwanyana sinye sabonwa saza safotwa kakhulu eHervey Bay eQueensland. Iindaba zasekuhlaleni zomnenga omhlophe emva koko zanyusa ulwazi lukawonke-wonke ngesi silwanyana, kwaye ingxelo yokubonwa kwayo yonke iminyaka ukusuka ku-1991 ukuya ku-2000 ngaphandle kowe-1997.

Ngowe-1991, unyaka owaqala ngawo ukubonwa lo mnenga, wawumkhulu kakhulu ukuba ungakhula nangona wawungabonakali ukhule ngokupheleleyo, watsho uPaul Hodda, umongameli weAustralian Whale Conservation Society. Oku kucebisa
umnenga wawusele uphakathi kweminyaka emi-3 ukuya kwemi-5 ubudala xa wawubonwa okokuqala. Ngo-2000, abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba i-whale yayineminyaka eyi-11 ubudala, mhlawumbi ineminyaka eyi-12 ukuya kwe-15 ubudala. Ukuziphatha kwayo ekuhambeni kwexesha kubonise ukuba yindoda kwaye mhlawumbi iyindoda esanda kufikelela ekukhuleni kokuzala kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. I-Migaloo icingelwa ukuba ineminyaka engama-21 ukuya kwi-34 ubudala ngoku kwaye ichongwe njengendoda, ngokuziphatha kwayo.

Umzekelo, umnenga omhlophe wabonwa ngo-1993 ukhapha umama/ithole lenkomo, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba isilwanyana siyindoda. Ngo-1998, ngexesha lotyelelo lwayo e-Hervey Bay, kwavakala ukucula-isalathisi esithembeke ngakumbi sokuba yindoda. Ngezo zihlandlo xa abakhi-mkhanya babona ubukhulu bomnenga, umnenga wawukwi-pod yeminenga emibini ngama-40 ekhulwini exesha yaye unamaqela amakhulu eminenga eli-17 ekhulwini lalo xesha. I-humpbacks yamadoda endala idla ngokubonwa kunye neepods ezinjalo kwiindawo zokuzalela zasebusika.

I-Pacific Whale Foundation ineeofisi zentsimi e-Ecuador nase-Australia kunye nekomkhulu eHawaii. I-Pacific Whale Foundation ngumbutho otyunjiweyo wase-US ongenzi nzuzo kwi-IRS ongahlawuleli kwirhafu engama-501 (c) (3) ozinikele ekusindiseni iminenga, amahlengesi, kunye nolwandle ngophando lwaselwandle, imfundo yoluntu kunye nolondolozo. Uphando lwePacific Whale Foundation, iiprojekthi zemfundo, kunye nolondolozo zixhaswa ngemali ngeenzuzo ezivela kwi-Pacific Whale Foundation ye-Eco-Adventure cruise e-Maui, kunye neentengiso zentengiso kunye nenkxaso yamalungu ajikelezayo.
hlabathi.

Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga nePacific Whale Foundation, tyelela www.pacificwhale.org okanye ufowunele 1-800-942-5311.

Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi ngeMigaloo ndwendwela www.migaloowhale.org.