Eminyakeni yamuva nje, sekuyimfashini kakhulu ukugcina izilwane ezingaphandle njengezilwane ezifuywayo. Ama-Iguana nezinhlwathi zihlala emakhaya ethu. Ungesabi, uze uthenge nezicabucabu ezinobuthi, amaxoxo nezinyoka.
Kanye noheshe, ohlangothini, futhi bekuyithuba lezikhova zendlu. Banjani. Kubonakala sengathi inyoni yasendle, yasebusuku. Kumele simazi kangcono.
Izici nendawo yokuhlala
Izikhova zasendlini bangabomndeni wesikhova. Izinhlobo zazo zinama-subspecies amaningana ahluka kancane komunye nomunye. Lawa ama-Upland Owls, uSparrow. Izikhova Zika-Elf Nogwaja.
Ziyizinyoni ezidla inyama. Kepha bahlukile ezihlotsheni zabo ngoba azikho izimpaphe ezivelayo ekhanda labo, ezifana kakhulu nezindlebe. Futhi acishe abe yingxenye yobukhulu besikhova.
Abamele abakhulu kakhulu balezi zinyoni ngesisindo, hhayi ngaphezu kwama-gram angamakhulu amathathu. Ubude bomzimba wayo bungamashumi amabili nanhlanu, amasentimitha angamashumi amathathu. Abesifazane nabesilisa bacishe balingane ngosayizi, izintokazi zikhudlwana kancane.
Umbala wezimpaphe zakhe muhle kakhulu. Insundu ngombala ompunga. Ekhanda nasemuva imbozwe ngamabala amhlophe. Futhi isifuba nomzimba kuphansi, ngemivimbo emhlophe mpunga emhlophe.
Izithombe ze-Owl khombisa ukuthi ikhanda lincane kakhulu uma liqhathaniswa nabamele uhlobo lwalo. Inesimo esiyindilinga, isicabalele ngaphambili. Ngokumelene nalesi sizinda, amehlo akhe aphuzi, anabafundi abamnyama, abonakala emakhulu kakhulu.
Umlomo uqine ngosayizi ophakathi nendawo, kungaba ophuzi ongcolile noma onsundu ngokukhanyayo kakhulu. Ikhanda eligeleza ngokungabonakali emzimbeni. Amehlo we-Owl, awazi ukuthi uzoqalaza kanjani. Ubona kuphela okuphambi kwakhe.
Ngakho-ke, ubunjalo bomama ohlakaniphile unikeze izinyoni intamo enjalo, ethi ngaphandle kwezinkinga iphendukele ezinhlangothini ezihlukile, ngamazinga ayikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. Futhi umbono wesikhova, i-hyperopia ephelele. Ubona igundane elincane kude ngamakhulu amamitha.
Futhi akasoze aqaphela ukuthi kwenzekani ngaphansi kwekhala lakhe uqobo. Umzimba wakhe muhle, ugoqwe ngokulingana, amaphiko amasentimitha ayi-15 asongwe ngasemsileni. Umsila ngokwawo mncane.
Futhi maqondana nesizinda saso, kubonakala sengathi isikhova sinamaphiko amakhulu kakhulu. Imilenze yale nyoni mincane, ayifushane, futhi igcwele izimpaphe ezinzwaneni. Uzipho lude futhi luqinile ukuze zikwazi ukubamba inyamazane.
Le nyoni ihlala, mhlawumbe, emhlabeni wonke, ngaphandle kwezigxobo ezisenyakatho naseningizimu. Kuzo zonke izingxenye zeYurophu, ungazithola nakanjani. Futhi, amazwe ase-Asia yikhaya labo, kufaka phakathi.
IMelika ne-Afrika, yonke indawo lapho isikhova sahlala khona. Ugwema amahlathi nezihlathi. Futhi ukuhlala endaweni lapho izindawo ezisemaqeleni, uphahla lwezindlu, uphahla lwezakhiwo ezishiyiwe futhi nasemathuneni kuphumelela ukuthola ikhaya.
Kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, kungani kunenkolelo yokuthi ukubona noma ukuzwa isikhova sasekhaya kuyinhlekelele. Futhi ukukhala kwakhe, okufana nokuncinza okungazelelwe, kuhlukile. Kwabesilisa, abesifazane namachwane, imisindo yezwi yehlukile. Noma kunjalo, yimuphi umonakalo ongenziwa yile nyoni engenangozi?
Isikhova uqobo asimjabulisi lowo muntu. Abantu abakholelwa kuzo zonke izinkolelo-ze bayabethusa, babaxoshe ekhaya. Futhi lapho ihlangane, inyoni iqala ukubuyela emuva, inikine ikhanda nomsila ezinhlangothini. Sengathi ufuna indlela yokubaleka. Bese ngokungazelelwe, sisuka endaweni ethile, sisuke sindiza. Akukho kungqubuzana.
Kepha isikhova sasekhaya ku ekhaya izimongubani owathambisa inyoni enjalo. Ngakho-ke bakhombisa ukuthukuthela kwabo besebenzisa uzipho noqhwaku lwabo. Kudingeka zikhuliswe nsuku zonke, kepha ngokucophelela, ukuze zingabalimazi ngokokuziphatha.
Uhlamvu nendlela yokuphila
Isikhova sasekhaya, ngokwemvelo yaso, siyisakhamuzi sasebusuku. Iyasebenza kusihlwa, ubusuku bonke nasekuseni ekuseni. Futhi uphumula usuku lonke, ecashe endaweni ethile, esidlekeni sakhe. Bona, njengomthetho, abazakhi izidleke ngokwabo. Bamane bathole indawo efanele, futhi okungenani, basebenzise amakhambi namahlumela ukwenza okombhede.
Izikhova zasekhaya zikhetha indawo yazo yokuhlala, ikakhulukazi, ezindaweni zasemakhaya ezithulele, ezindaweni ezisezindaweni zasemadolobheni. Edolobheni elikhulu ungambona, kepha kuyaqabukela.
Indawo ekahle ekhaya amapulazi, izibaya ezizalela izinkomo. Kunezilwane eziningi, ngokulandelana, kukhona okusanhlamvu okuningi kokudla kwazo, okusho ukuthi kunamagundane amaningi namagundane adla izikhova.
Uma le nyoni ithatha isinqumo sokuzakhela isidleke endlini, kungcono ngaphansi kombhede noma ophahleni. Njengoba usola umakhelwane omusha endlini yakho, ungabheka ubukhona bakhe ngendle nangezinyathelo ezinamasentimitha amahlanu kusuka ezinqeni zakhe.
Emvelweni wemvelo, izinyoni zakha izidleke zemithi, umsele wamatshe, ezinye zingagibela ngisho nasendlini yezinyoni. Futhi, isikhova sasekhaya, umthandi wesimo sezulu esifudumele. Ezindaweni ezimbozwe uqweqwe lweqhwa, kunzima kubo ukuzingela.
Ukudla kwesikhova
Isikhova sasekhaya siyazingela siphakele ukudla kusuka kusihlwa kuze kube sekuseni. Kuyaqabukela kakhulu, kususwe emini. Inyoni ingahlala isikhathi eside endaweni ethile egatsheni lesihlahla, ophahleni lwendlu, izingele ukudla okuzayo. Lapho-ke, sebebonile ukuthi kungaba negundane, ixoxo noma isibankwa, abanye baze bahlasele namagundane.
Zihlala phezu kwesisulu isikhathi eside, zikhethe umzuzu ofanele wokuhlasela. Uma kuvela elinye igundane, le nyoni izomane ilishaye indiva. Ngokuqinisekile wagxila kulokho okwakudliwa kuqala. Amaphuphu amancane, asebekhulile adla ngenjabulo ezinambuzaneni ezahlukahlukene.
Ukudla okuncane, isikhova sigwinya siphelele futhi ngokuphelele. Yebo, uma ukuzingelwa ngababili, okuvame ukwenzeka, bese kubanjwa igundane noma i-marten, inyamazane enjalo ayikwazi ukuphakanyiselwa emoyeni. Izinyoni zizomhudulela esidlekeni sazo.
Uma izikhova sezizinze endle, zaphuma zaya kozingela, zizingela amagundane namajerboas. Ngeke nje badle isilwane esimpofu, kepha futhi bazohlala emgodini wabo.
Abalimi abaningi abanandaba ngisho nokubona amalungu omndeni anjalo. Ngoba bazi ngokweqiniso, manje ngeke esaba khona amagundane ezindlini zabo. Nanti ikati elinamaphiko elinamaphiko. Futhi, lezi zinyoni, ngesikhathi sonke esifudumele, zizilungiselela ukudla kwazo ebusika. Qoqa ukuhlinzekwa emigqonyeni etholakala emigodini yezihlahla.
Ukuzala kanye nesikhathi sokuphila kwesikhova sasekhaya
Ngokuqala kwentwasahlobo, izinyoni ziba nemizwa yokuzala. Owesilisa, esezitholele intokazi yenhliziyo, futhi lokhu kukunye nabo impilo yakhe yonke, uqala ukudlala ngothando. Uyazigqaja, uyadansa.
Uma uMadame engesona isigebengu, umnumzane uya kozingela ukuze ondle owesifazane okhethiwe kamuva. Lapho konke ukudlala ngothando sekuphele ngempumelelo, futhi inqubo yokukhwelana isiphelile, insikazi izalela amaqanda.
Kungaba khona abathathu, mhlawumbe abayisithupha. Ngaphansi nje kwenyanga, umama okhulelwe ufukamela amaqanda, kwakheke izinga lokushisa elidingekayo ukuze akhule. "Umlingani" ngalesi sikhathi akasuki kude "nomkakhe", kepha umondla ngokucophelela.
Uma izikhova zasekhaya zisekuthunjweni, lapho zingaphansi kokucindezelwa ngeke zikhiqize. Kuyadingeka ukudala izimo ezinjalo kuzo ukuze izinyoni zikhethe ngazimbili zazo.
Amachwane azalwa emancane kakhulu. Isisindo sabo asikho ngaphezu kwamagremu ayishumi. Ihlanganiswe ngokukhanya okulula futhi iyimpumputhe ngokuphelele. Amehlo amaphuphu azovuleka ngesonto lesibili lokuphila. Njengoba ngalesi sikhathi besebumnyameni ngokuphelele.
Inyanga yonke, abazali bazokondla izingane zabo ngokoqobo. Futhi lezo, ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane zizofinyelela usayizi womuntu omdala. Ngalesi sikhathi, bazokwazi ukundiza, bazingele, futhi balungele impilo ezimele.
Ngoba ngejubane, abazali babo bazobashiya unomphela. Amachwane azohlala ndawonye aze azitholele umlingani futhi andizele ebudaleni. Izikhova ziphila kuze kube yiminyaka eyishumi.
Ngalesi sikhathi, zingazala amaphuphu angamashumi amabili noma ngaphezulu. Lezi zinyoni zibhekwa njengezibaluleke kakhulu phakathi kwezinyoni ezidla inyama. Ngoba balwa namagundane amancane, ngokulingana nabantu.
Uma othile enquma ukuthola isilwane esinjalo, khumbula izikhova zasekhaya, ekhaya thanda uthando kakhulu. Futhi uma, enkambisweni yezemfundo, umemeza noma ngandlela thile ucasula lowo obamba igundane, angagula, andize noma afe.
Futhi naphezu kwakho konke okulula ukugcina isikhova, azinkulu, azikhonkothi, azisabalalisi uboya, azinuki. Noma kunjalo, badinga izindleko ezihambisanayo. Njengoba kufanele babe nokudla okunempilo nezimo zokuphila eziseduze ngangokunokwenzeka nemvelo.
Abantu baqale ukuthenga ngokuya ngokwanda kwalezi zinyoni, futhi amanani azo anyuke kaningi. Thenga isikhova sasekhaya, hhayi inkinga manje. Kunezikhangiso eziningi ezithengiswayo ku-World Wide Web. Futhi, emakhaya abalimi, bazonikeza izeluleko ngokunakekelwa nokunakekelwa kwabo.
Amanani vula ekhaya izikhova ezahlukahlukene. Kukhona izikhangiso lapho inyoni inikezwa khona ngezinkulungwane eziyisihlanu, futhi kukhona nama-ruble ayizinkulungwane ezingama-20. Kepha ngasizathu simbe, ngenxa yezizathu ezingaziwa, inani lalezi zinyoni lehliswe kakhulu. EBelarus, izikhova ezifuywayo zibhalwe kuRed Book.
