Inyoni encane yamanzi (cishe ama-34 cm), inkudlwana kune-grebe encane.
Incazelo yokubonakala kwesitokisi sezintamo ezimnyama
Intamo igobile, uqhwaku olude noluzacile lubheke phezulu phezulu, izidladla ezinezinzwane ezilengayo kanye nomsila we-vestigial mfushane. Amehlo abomvu. Umzimba onsundu omnyama onsundu, ikhanda, intamo. Isisu nezinhlangothi ezi-Orenji noma ezibomvu. Indawo emhlophe e-fluffy anal. Izimpaphe eziphuzi ezihlathini, ngemuva kwamehlo. Impaphe yasebusika ehluke ngokuphelele: umhlane omnyama, intamo nekhanda. Umphimbo okhanyayo ompunga, izinhlangothi nesisu. Izihlathi ezimhlophe.
Ihlala kuphi i-toadstool
Le nyoni ithanda izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi ezinosawoti. Encane ngosayizi, amachibi esikhashana, amancane, avulekile futhi anenani elikhulu lohlaza oluvelile, i-grebe enentamo emnyama isebenzisa ukukhiqiza. Ebusika, uvame ukuvakashela amachibi, iziziba zemifula ngisho nasogwini.
I-grebe enentamo emnyama ihlala emiphakathini esemakoloni engaba namandla ehlobo, futhi ihlala emaqenjini amancane kodwa asondelene ebusika. Amakholoni atholakala futhi emaqenjini okuzalanisa ezinye izinhlobo zezinyoni, ikakhulukazi ama-gulls nama-tern. Emiphakathini enjalo, ama-grebes athola ukuvikelwa okungahlosiwe ezilwaneni ezizingelayo komakhelwane bawo abaqaphile nabanolaka.
Ngabe ihlala kanjani isithupha esinentamo emnyama?
Lolu hlobo lwakha izidleke ezintantayo lapho luzalela khona amaqanda ama-2 kuye kwangama-5. Abazali bathutha amachwane emhlane wabo phakathi nezinsuku zokuqala zokuphila kwabo.
Le nyoni idla izitshalo zasemanzini, izinambuzane ezincane, izibungu zase-amphibian, ama-molluscs nezinhlanzi ezincane. I-grebe enentamo emnyama iphakela ngaphandle kokuntywila, ayilinciphisi ikhanda nentamo yayo ifuna inyamazane emanzini angajulile, futhi ayihambisi ngisho nomlomo wayo emanzini. Ibuye idle nezinhlanzi ezimbalwa kunezinye izinhlobo eziningi futhi iphakela kakhulu izinambuzane.
Lapho i-grebe enentamo emnyama icwila emanzini, icwila kude nendawo yokutshuza.
Le nyoni incane, ayijulile, ihlala izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zamachibi anezimila eziphakeme, futhi izindawo ezinjalo zingakha ngokushesha, ngokwesibonelo, ngenxa yezikhukhula. Amakoloni ezelethi akha ngokushesha, bese eshiya ngokushesha indawo yokwakha izidleke, avele kwezinye izindawo ngesizini ezayo, okwenza le nyoni ingalindeleka maqondana nokukhetha indawo yokuhlala.
Amaqiniso anelukuluku
Igama lesiLatini (i-Podiceps) lisho iqiniso lokuthi izidladla zinamathele emzimbeni ku-anus. Lokhu kulungiswa kwenza kube lula ukudilika, ukuhamba nokuhamba emanzini.
