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El ikati yaseAfrika Sisilwanyana esifana ncam nesasekhaya; Ngapha koko, ukuba bekungekho ngenxa yokuba engoyiki kwaye esoyikeka, wayenokudlula ngokulula komnye wethu. Kodwa oku kunesizathu soku: UFelis silvestris lybica, lolunye lweendidi apho abantu abanoboya abahlala ekhaya bavela khona (UFelis silvestris catus).
Oku kuthetha ukuba ewe, ikati ehlala endle eAfrika yenye yookhokho bomnombo owabelana ngesofa nabantu. Kodwa, zintoni iimpawu zazo?
Imvelaphi kunye neempawu
Ikati yasendle yase-Afrika okanye ikati yasentlango, yenye yeentlobo zokuqala zekati ezifuyiweyo, into eyenzeka kwi-Egypt yaMandulo, malunga neminyaka engama-4000 eyadlulayo. Ihlala kumathafa, amathafa, amahlathi, njl. ukusuka eAfrika nakuMbindi Mpuma.
Umzimba wayo uphakathi kwe-45 kunye ne-75cm ubude, kunye nomsila ophakathi kwama-20 nama-38cm. Umzimba wayo unemisipha kodwa ubuthathaka, kwaye ukhuselwe luthotho lweenwele phakathi kwesanti kunye nokumthubi-ngwevu. Ubunzima buphakathi kwesi-3 nesi-6,5kg.
Indlela yokuphila
Sisilwanyana esidla ebusuku, ezitya kakhulu iimpuku, nakwiintaka, izilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo, izilwanyana eziphila emanzini nasemanzini nezinambuzane xa ingafumani enye into. Njengazo zonke iikati, isondela kwixhoba layo izama ukungaziwa, kwaye xa inemitha ekude iyayihlasela.
Emini ihlala ifihliwe ematyholweni, kwaye ukuba iziva isoyikisiwe iyakudibanisa iinwele zayo ukuze ibonakale inkulu.
Ukuveliswa kwakhona
Ngexesha apho iikati zishushu, iikati ziyazikhangela ukuba zikhwisane, into abanokuyenza amatyeli aliqela ngexesha lasebusuku nasekuseni. Nje ukuba bakhulelwe, baya kuzala phakathi kwe-3 kunye ne-7 njana emva kweentsuku ezingama-56 ukuya kwezingama-69. Amantshontsho azelwe eyimfama kwaye engeva, kwaye aya kuhlala nonina ade abe neminyaka emithandathu enesiqingatha ubudala.
Ekupheleni konyaka, baya kuchuma kwaye bakwazi ukufumana eyabo inzala.
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Siyathemba ukuba ufunde lukhulu ngekati yase-Afrika.