Kwilizwekazi laseMelika kuhlala uhlobo lwesilwanyana esifana nekati esinayo ekhaya kodwa, ngokungafaniyo noboya bethu, sengozini yokuphela: Ikati yeAndean.
Esi silwanyana esihlala kwimimandla yeentaba zeAndes, ukuba ndingatsho, yenye yeekati ezincinci ezithandekayo emhlabeni. Makhe sive ukuba bunjani ubomi bakho.
Injani ikati yeAndes?
Umlinganiswa wethu ophambili, ogama lakhe lezenzululwazi I-Leopardus jacobitus, Sisilwanyana esinobunzima obuphakathi kwe-4 ne-7 kilos kwaye sinokulinganisa phakathi kwe-60 kunye ne-80 yeesentimitha (kunye nomsila olinganisa i-35cm). Ukuphakama kumadoda malunga ne-35cm. Umzimba wayo womelele kwaye ukhuselwe yingubo yeenwele ezinde ezinepateni yeendawo ezimdaka ngombala ezibomvu okanye ezibomvu (amanqaku, imitya okanye imivumbo) kwilothe okanye kumbala ongwevu.
Ubuso buyafana nobo UFelis catus: irhangqiwe, ineendlebe ezinkulu ezingoonxantathu. Amehlo abo ajikeleze kwaye alinganiswe kakuhle nomzimba wonke.
Baziphethe njani?
Abo banethuba lokuyibona bayavuma ukuba ikati yaseAndes ayihlali ibonisa uloyiko kubukho babantu. Nangona kunjalo, iyazinyusa iinwele kumqolo wayo xa idibana nempungutye ekhwankqisayo, mhlawumbi kuba ikhuphisana ne-trophic.
Kutheni sisilwanyana esisengozini?
Ngaphandle kwento yokuba itya iimpuku neentaka ezincinci, kwaye nangona ihlala kwimimandla eneentaba, kukho inkolelo kwiiAndes zokuthi ukuyibulala kuzisa ithamsanqa. Yintoni egqithisile, ulusu lwayo lusetyenziswa kwiminyhadala nakwiminyhadala yesiko.
Ngaphandle kokuba kwenziwe into ukuyithintela, ikati yaseAndes ayinakubona ukukhanya kwenkulungwane yama-XNUMX.