I-ermine iyisilwane esihle ngokumangalisayo futhi esinobuhle, omele umndeni we-weasel. Abesilisa abadala bafinyelela kubude obungamasentimitha angama-38, kanti ubude bomsila bungaba ngamasentimitha ayi-12. Imilenze ye-ermine mifushane, intamo yinde, kanti isifonyo sinesimo esingunxantathu ngezindlebe ezincane eziyindilinga. Abesilisa abadala be-ermine banesisindo esifinyelela ku-260 amagremu. Umbala we-ermine uncike kwisizini. Ehlobo, umbala ubomvu ngokunsundu, kanti isisu simhlophe noma siphuzi kancane. Ebusika, ama-ermine aba mhlophe ngombala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mbala ujwayelekile ezifundeni lapho iqhwa lilele khona okungenani izinsuku ezingamashumi amane ngonyaka. Kuphela ichopho lomsila we-ermine elingashintshi umbala walo - lihlala limnyama njalo. Abesifazane be-ermine bayisigamu sobukhulu besilisa.
Kuze kube manje, ososayensi bahlukanisa izinhlobo ezingaphansi kwamashumi amabili nesithupha zalesi silwane esincelisayo, kuye ngombala woboya ebusika nasehlobo, ubukhulu bomuntu omdala.
Indawo yokuhlala
I-Stoat isakazeke kakhulu ezwenikazi lase-Eurasia (ezindaweni ezipholile, ze-arctic nezingaphansi komhlaba). Ngokuvamile kutholakala emazweni aseScandinavia, ezintabeni zasePyrenees nase-Alps. I-ermine itholakala e-Afghanistan, eMongolia. Ububanzi budlulela ezifundeni ezisenyakatho-mpumalanga yeChina nasezifundeni ezisenyakatho neJapan.
I-ermine itholakala eCanada, ezifundeni ezisenyakatho ye-United States, naseGreenland. ERussia, lesi silwane singatholakala eSiberia, nase-Arkhangelsk, eMurmansk naseVologda, eKomi naseKarelia, nasensimini yeNenets Autonomous Okrug.
Chofoza ukukhulisa imephu
ENew Zealand, yangeniswa ngenhloso yokulawula inani lonogwaja, kepha ukuzala okungalawuleki kwenza i-ermine yaba isilokazane esincane.
Okudlayo
Ukudla okuyinhloko kufaka amagundane angadluli i-ermine ngosayizi (ulwelwesi, ama-chipmunks, amagundane amanzi, ama-pikas, ama-hamsters). Isitobha sifica inyamazane emihosheni, nasebusika ngaphansi kweqhwa.
I-ermine yabantu abadala ngokulula okumangazayo izingela onogwaja, abakhule kaningana futhi abasindayo kunayo. I-ermine ifaka phakathi nezinyoni ezinkulu kakhulu, ezinjenge-hazel grouse, ama-grouse ezinkuni kanye nama-partridges. Kudliwa namaqanda abo. Lesi silwane sizingela izinhlanzi ngamehlo, nezinambuzane nezibankwa ngosizo lokuzwa kwaso okubukhali.
Uma kungekho ukudla okwanele, i-ermine ngeke ibukele phansi udoti, futhi ngokukhululeka okumangazayo yeba kubantu izinqolobane zezinhlanzi nenyama ezilungiselelwe ubusika. Kepha ukugcwala kokudla kuphoqa i-ermine ukuthi izingele izinqolobane engakwazi ukugaya.
Izitha zemvelo
Yize iqiniso lokuthi i-ermine ingeyokuhleleka kwezilwane ezincelisayo, lezi zilwane zinezitha eziningi zemvelo. Lezi yizimpungushe ezibomvu nezimpunga, imbila yaseMelika, imartens ne-ilk (i-fisher marten). Izinyoni ezidla inyama nazo zisongela i-ermine.
Impungushe yisitha semvelo se-ermine
Futhi, izitha ze-ermine ziyikati ezifuywayo. Izilwane eziningi zibulawa ama-parasites - ama-annelids, athwalwa ngezinsimbi.
Amaqiniso Athandekayo
- Isithombe se-ermine singatholakala ezinqabeni zasendulo eFrance, ngokwesibonelo eBlois. Futhi, i-ermine kwakuyisibonakaliso sika-Anne waseBreton, indodakazi kaClaude waseFrance.
- Komunye wemidwebo edume kakhulu kaLeonardo Da Vinci, "Portrait of a Lady with an Ermine", uCecelia Gellerani uphethe i-ermine emhlophe njengeqhwa ezandleni zakhe.
- Izitaki ngabakhi abampofu kakhulu. Abazi ukuthi bangazakhela kanjani izimbobo, ngakho-ke bahlala ezimbotsheni ezenziwe ngamagundane.
