I-Zoo Miami ibone esinye sezenzakalo ezingavamile kakhulu emhlabeni wezilwane eminyakeni yamuva nje: UGoliath, ufudu lwaseGalapagos olusanda kuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-135, usebe ngubaba okokuqala. Lokhu kuzalwa kugujwa ngoSuku Lobaba kanye nosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, okuphawula ingqophamlando yomlando we-zoo kanye nokulondolozwa kwezinhlobo ezisengozini yokuqothulwa.
Lesi senzakalo sidale injabulo phakathi kwabanakekeli nochwepheshe, njengoba kungesona nje kuphela ukuzalwa kokuqala kukaGoliyati, kodwa futhi kungokokuqala ngqa ufudu lwaseGalapagos luzalwa eZoo Miami. Kuyinto engavamile ngempela yemvelo ebaluleke kakhulu kuyo yonke indawo yezilwane.
Irekhodi lesikhathi eside elingangena emlandweni
UGoliath udonsele ukunaka emhlabeni wonke ngoba, ngokusho kwamarekhodi, ubaba osemncane kangaka akakaze abonwe ngaphambili kulolu hlobo noma phakathi kwezilwane ezikhungweni zezilwane. I-Zoo Miami isivele ithumele amadokhumenti ku-Guinness World Records ukuze uGoliath aqashelwe "njengobaba omdala kunabo bonke abake baba khona okokuqala," kanye nomlingani wakhe, uSweet Pea, oneminyaka ephakathi kuka-85 no-100, okwenza impilo yabo yonke ibe ngaphezu kweminyaka engamakhulu amabili.
Indaba yokuphila kukaGoliath iyamangaza: wazalelwa eSiqhingini saseSanta Cruz eGalapagos ekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, wadluliselwa eBronx Zoo eNew York ngo-1929 futhi kamuva wafika eMiami ngo-1981. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, wahlala nezinsikazi eziningana ngaphandle kokuzala inzalo kwaze kwaba yilesi sikhathi esilindelwe isikhathi eside, esiza ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu ezelwe.
Inkukhu yachanyuselwa ngomhlaka-4 Juni , kusukela eqoqweni lamaqanda ayisishiyagalombili abekwe yi-Sweet Pea ngomhlaka-27 Januwari. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-128 zokufukamela , iqanda elilodwa kuphela elakhula ngempumelelo, okubonisa ukuthi iphuphu ngalinye elisha liyimpumelelo ebalulekile ekulondolozweni kwezinhlobo zezilwane.
Uphawu lokongiwa kwemvelo nesayensi
Ukuzalwa kwenzalo kaGoliath noSweet Pea kubaluleke kakhulu, hhayi nje ngenxa yokuguga kwabazali babo, kodwa futhi ngoba izimfudu zaseGalápagos zibhekwa njengenye yezinhlobo eziphila isikhathi eside kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inani lazo liye lehla kakhulu ngenxa yemisebenzi yabantu kanye nokungeniswa kwezinhlobo ezihlaselayo eziqhingini.
Njengamanje, kulinganiselwa ukuthi phakathi kuka-15.000 no-17.000 ofudu lwaseGalapagos lusinda endle. Lezi zibalo ziphansi kakhulu kunezingaphezu kuka-250.000 okwakucatshangwa ukuthi zazihlala kule siqhingi ngaphambi kwekhulu lama-20. Ngakho-ke, konke ukuzalwa, ngisho nasekuthunjweni, kubalulekile ekulondolozweni nasekuzaleni okulawulwayo.
Ochwepheshe baveza ukuthi, endaweni yabo yemvelo, amaphuphu alezi zimfudu azimele kusukela ekuqaleni: uma eseqandusele, awatholi ukunakekelwa kwabazali . Ngakho-ke, umntwana osanda kuzalwa uthuthelwe endaweni ehlukile, okuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka nokukhula kwakhe endaweni ephephile.
I-Goliath ne-Sweet Pea zisabonakala emphakathini futhi sezibe amanxusa angempela kokubili kumaphrojekthi okulondolozwa kwemvelo kanye nokubaluleka kokubekezela nokuphikelela emsebenzini wesayensi nowezilwane. Lezi zindaba ziphinde zivume imizamo yezinhlelo zokuzalanisa nokubuyisela kabusha ezisebenze amashumi eminyaka ukubuyisa inani lalezi zilwane ezihuquzelayo eseziphile isikhathi eside.
Indaba kaGoliyati, ebonisa imizamo engaphezu kwekhulu yehlulekile yokuthola ubaba, iye yathatha izinkulungwane zabantu futhi ihlanganyela nemizamo yamazwe ngamazwe yokuqwashisa ngesidingo sokuvikela izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo. Lesi sibonelo, ekugcineni, siyisifundo ngokubaluleka kokuphikelela ekongiweni kwemvelo kanye nenani eliyingqayizivele layo yonke impilo ezalwa ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kwesayensi.
