IHoatzin ingenye yezinyoni ezimangalisa futhi ezimangalisa kakhulu eMhlabeni. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi izilwane zikhipha iphunga elingathandeki, futhi uzipho lukhula ezimpikweni zamachwane. Lolu hlobo lwenyoni endizayo alukhangi nakancane kubazingeli, ngoba inyama yembuzi ayinambitheki nakancane. Indawo eyingqayizivele eshisayo ihlala eNingizimu Melika, engxenyeni esenyakatho ye-Amazon, kanye naseBrazil nasePeru. Amahlathi egalari atholakala ebangeni elifinyelela kumamitha angama-500 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle kubhekwa njengezindawo eziyizintandokazi zezimbuzi.
Incazelo
Inyoni enuka kabi inezimpaphe ezikhanyayo nezinemibala. Izimpaphe ezimfishane, ezicijile nezinde zimila entanyeni. Umsila wesilwane uyindilinga. Amehlo ezimbuzi zezimbuzi abomvu, uqhwaku luyimpunga emnyama noma mnyama. Isici sezilwane wulimi olwakhiwe kahle lwemisipha, olwenza kube lula ukuhambisa ukudla kwezinyoni ngomlomo.
AmaHoatsins akhula aze afike kuma-60 cm ubude, wonke ahluka kusuka ku-700 kuye ku-900 g. Ngemuva kwekhanda kukhona indawo ebonakalayo enamachopho aphuzi. Izinyoni zinekhanda eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nesifuba esikhanyayo esinsundu noma ngokubomvu. Kutholakele ukuthi umuntu omdala akakwazi ukundiza ngaphezu kwamamitha angama-400.
Ukuziphatha kwezilwane nokudla
AmaHoatsin ayizinyoni ezithandekayo. Bathanda ukuhlangana ngamaqembu wabantu abayi-10 kuye kwayi-100. Cishe sonke isikhathi lapho izilwane ziphapheme, zichitha zihleli ezihlahleni noma zihambahamba. Emini, ama-hoatin ayeke ukuhamba ngokuphelele; izinyoni zithanda ukuthamela ilanga ngamaphiko azo asakazekile.
AmaHoatsin akubona abashayeli bezindiza abahamba phambili, kodwa-ke, izinyoni ziyabhukuda futhi zehle kahle. Lapho behamba, abantu bazisiza ngamaphiko, bancike kubo. Isizukulwane esisha sinakekela izingane ngentshiseko.
Ukudla kwezimbuzi kunamaqabunga kakhulu. Izinyoni nazo zingondla ngezithelo kanye namafihlekile. Izilwane zaseTropical zingadla ezinye izinhlobo zezitshalo ezinobuthi. Izimbuzi zithatha amahora angama-24 kuye kwangama-48 ukugaya ukudla.
Ukukhiqiza kabusha
Kakade lapho unyaka owodwa ubudala, izimbuzi zifinyelela ebusheni. Ngesikhathi semvula, izinyoni ziqala ukukhwelana. Ngenkathi yokukhwelana, bonke abantu abadala bahlukana ngababili futhi bakhe izidleke ezihlahleni, amagatsha awo alenga phezu kwamanzi. Insikazi ingabeka amaqanda amabili kuya kwamathathu omthunzi okhanyayo, lapho amabala abomvana noma ansundu abonakala khona. Phakathi nenyanga, bobabili abazali bayashintshana ngokufukamela amatshwele. Izingane zivele zinqunu ngokuphelele. Njengoba izimpaphe zikhula, amatshwele athuthukisa uzipho, olunyamalala ngezinsuku ezingama-70-100 zokuphila. Uma kukhona usongo lwengozi, izingane zigxumela emanzini.
