Esinye sezilwane ezincelisayo ezihlekisa kakhulu futhi ezinomusa kakhulu yi-marten yamatshe. Elinye igama lesilwane limhlophe. Yile nhlobo yama-martens engabesabi abantu futhi ingesabi ukuba seduze nabantu. Ngokuziphatha nokuziphatha kwayo, i-marten ifana nesikwele, yize iyisihlobo se-pine marten. Isilwane sitholakala epaki, ekamelweni elisophahleni lwendlu, esibayeni lapho kugcinwa khona izinkukhu. Indawo yokuhlala eyi-marten yamatshe ayikaziwa, ngoba isilwane esincelisayo singatholakala cishe kunoma yiliphi izwe.
Incazelo nokuziphatha
Izilwane ezincane zifana nekati elincane ngosayizi. I-marten ingakhula ize ifike ku-56 cm ngesisindo somzimba esingeqile ku-2.5 kg. Ubude bomsila bufinyelela ku-35 cm.Izici zesilwane esincelisayo ziyisifonyo esifushane esingunxantathu, izindlebe ezinkulu zesimo esingajwayelekile, ukuba khona kwesici sokukhanya esifubeni. Umbala ongajwayelekile ubhampa eduze kwezinyawo. Ngokuvamile, lesi silwane sinombala okhanyayo, onsundu ngokukhanyayo. Imilenze nomsila kuvame ukuba mnyama.
I-marten yamatshe ingeyesilwane sasebusuku. Izilwane zikhetha ukuhlala emigodini elahliwe, ngoba azizakheli ngokwazo izindawo zokukhosela. Izilwane ezincelisayo zimboza "ikhaya" lazo ngotshani, izimpaphe kanye nezicucu zendwangu (uma zihlala eduze nemizana). Endle, ama-marten amatshe ahlala emihumeni, emifantwini, izinqwaba zamatshe noma amatshe, izimpande zezihlahla.
Abamhlophe yizilwane ezifuna ukwazi nezikhohlisayo ezithanda ukuhlekisa ngezinja futhi ziziphathe kabi emcimbini.
Ukukhiqiza kabusha
AmaMartens angabodwa. Bayibeka ngokucophelela indawo yabo futhi banolaka kubantu abangenayo. Ekupheleni kwentwasahlobo, inkathi yokukhwelana iyaqala, engahlala kuze kufike ekwindla. Indoda ayikhombisi ukuzwelana, ngakho-ke owesifazane uzithathela konke ukushela. IMartens inekhono elihlukile “lokugcina isidoda”. Okungukuthi, ngemuva kokwenza ucansi, owesifazane kungenzeka angakhulelwa isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisithupha. Ukuzala amawundlu kuhlala inyanga eyodwa kuphela, emva kwalokho kuzalwa izingane ezi-2-4. Umama osemncane wondla izingane zakhe ngobisi izinyanga ezi-2-2.5, kuyilapho izilwane zibuthakathaka kakhulu.
I-Stone Marten Cub
Zingakapheli izinyanga ezi-4-5, abafelokazi abasha baphenduka abantu abazimele, abadala.
Ukudla okunomsoco
I-marten yamatshe iyisilwane esidlayo, ngakho-ke inyama kufanele ihlale ikhona ekudleni. Ukuphathwa kwesilwane ngamaxoxo, amagundane, izinyoni, kanye nezithelo, amantongomane, amajikijolo, izimpande zotshani namaqanda.
