Injani ikati yasendle

Ikati yasendle, apho ikati yasekhaya ivela khona, yenye yezona zinto zincinci zisekhona sinokufumana kumahlathi aseYurophu, eAsia naseAfrika. Ngenxa yobudlelwane bemfuza, inokuphinda ivelise ngezilwanyana ezinoboya ezishiyiweyo.

Masazi ukuba injani ikati yasendle.

Ikati yasendle, egama layo lingokwenzululwazi UFelis silvestris, yitheyibhile encinci enoboya enobunzima obujikeleze i-3kg (iimazi) kunye ne-6kg (eyindoda). Banomzimba owomeleleyo, ongwevu umbala omdaka ngombala kunye nemivimbo ephantse ibe mnyama. Imilenze nomsila zibanzi ngaphezulwana kwezo zezalamane zasekhaya. Idyasi iyatyeba ukuze ikhuseleke kubusika obubandayo. Uhlobo lwesilwanyana lufana kakhulu neekati zasekhaya ezingazange zinxibelelane nabantu; oko kukuthi, Zizimele geqe, zinommandla omninzi kwaye azikho lula.

Ummandla wayo uhlanganisa malunga ne-2km2, kwaye uyakwenza nantoni na ukumkhusela, eshiya umkhondo wakhe ukuze abanye bangabinakungena.

I-bobcat sisilwanyana esihamba sodwa, kodwa ngexesha lokukhwelana iinkunzi zinokuya ezifama zikhangela iqabane. Eminye, xa ikati ikhulelwe, Nguye omele anyamekele amantshontsho wedwa ade afunde ukuzingela nokuzimela (Ngokwesiqhelo, kwiinyanga ezili-9 umama uyahlukana nabo, kuba kuphela emva kwenyanga amalungu abo okuzala aya kugqiba ukukhula). Ngendlela, uyazi ukuba batya ntoni? Ewe kunjalo, njengeekati zasekhaya endle: iimpuku, iintaka, izilwanyana zasemanzini.

Ukulindelwa kobomi kwezi kati zihle malunga 10 iminyaka, kodwa banokufikelela kwi-15. Zizilwanyana ezintle kwaye kunzima ukuzibona, kodwa oku akufuneki kusikhohlise: ngethamsanqa, abakho semngciphekweni wokuphela, kwaye eneneni zikhuselwe yiCITES (INgqungquthela yoRhwebo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kwiZilwanyana nezilwanyana ezisengozini).

Ukuba ukhe wafumana ithuba lokuyibona, ungathandabuzi ukuthatha umfanekiso wayo 🙂.