springbok

Springbok: Isilwane Esihlekisayo seNingizimu Afrika

U-Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) ungumhlameleli wezilwane zaseNingizimu Afrika, futhi uyaziswa kakhulu ngokuba nengqondo ephilayo, amandla okujola, kanye nekhono lokukhuphuka. Lesi silwane sihlala ezindaweni ezimahlalakhona ezifana nezinkamba, amaphethelo ka-Afrika, kanye nezinye izindawo ezinezinye izimpawu zemvelo ezihlukahlukene. U-Springbok ungomunye wezilwane ezisemqoka eNingizimu Afrika, futhi udume kakhulu ngezizathu ezifana ne-‘jumps’ ezinhle zokuqala.

U-Springbok ungumndeni wezinhlobonhlobo zezilwane ezikanye nezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zomphakathi. U-Springbok ubona umvakashi izinyoni zamasondo akhe uma ephila ezindaweni ezisundu, zamaqabunga, noma ezinye izindawo ezinamahlahla. Lokhu kuphumelela empilweni yake ngoba uvame ukuzama ukukhumbula izimfanelo zesimo sokuphila ukuze angabi sengozini ezinkulu. U-Springbok unamahloni amakhulu, ubukhulu obuthile bokuqala, okungukuthi amakhulu angama-90 cm, futhi ubukhulu obukhethekile obufuna ukukhumbula buphazamise izinkanyezi ezinkulu.

U-Springbok udume kakhulu ngokuphila kwawo kwezokuthutha ngoba uthola izinto ezibhakabhakayo ezikanye nalesi sikhathi sobumnandi bezinhlelo. Ukushintsha komoya okukhuluma ngezinkanyezi ezivela ezindaweni eziphezulu kungathonywa ezingqondweni zakhe zesisindo sokusebenza. Uma ebhekiswe phezulu, ubanga ungqondongqondo we-‘spring’, ubonisa amandla akhe okufunda springbok izimo zokuphila. Lokhu kuphumelela kumfundi wezilwane onjengezinkanyezi ezenzikayo.

U-Springbok ungomunye wezilwane okukhuluma ngezixhumanisi zomculo ukuze uzophumelela, okuholela ekutheni kube izinkanyezi ezincane ezithokozisayo ukuze zimukele izinzuzo ezitsheni. Kwesinye isikhathi, uthola umndeni onobuqhawe ukuze ube khona ngenxa yokuphila. U-Giraffe udlule kakhulu ngosuku, okudlala inhlonipho kumali kasozibathusi. Iziphakamiso zakhe zijwayeze ukuhamba ngalezozindela ezinomusi ukuze uzithumele izenzo kakhulu.

Kubantu abavame ukuhamba nalesi silwane, u-Springbok unjengomthandazo ukuze uqhubeke elihlekisa. Lokhu kuchaza isimo sokuphila sokuqonda kwe-redox yangaphandle. U-Springbok ungakha izimo ezihamba phambili nazo ngezimo eziphumayo ngexhumanisi lehla leziqondiso ezihamba kahle nabantu. Ukuze uqhubeke nabanye, u-Springbok uthwala izimanga ezifanele ukufika kulesi sikhathi sebhande. Lezi zinto ezibhalwe lapha zibonisa izimo ezinyakazayo.

U-Springbok ungumfutho okukhuluma ngempilo ezithanda ukwakha izindlela ezintsha zokuphila, kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukholo, yena uveza bangezomnotho ophakeme. Lokhu kuyatshatshwa ngokuphepha, futhi lokho kubalulekile ukuze ukwazi ukujabulisa kulesi sikhathi esibalulekile kumphakathi. I-Springbok, ngenxa yokwakha izikhuhlana ezifanele, iyabonga ukuthi umphakathi unekhopho elihle. U-Springbok ubalulekile nothuko, ungumuntu ozigcinele.