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Inyoni yelwandle (yomlomo osigobho)

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Ukuvela nokwakheka kwazo

Inyoni le ye-Afrika ngenemilenze emide eyisebenzisa ukuthaya nokuphehla amanzi. Ubude obuphakamileko bayo bumasenthimitha amasumi alithoba (90 cm) nofana (36'). Inyoni le ibonakala lula ngomlomayo owakheke ngendlela efana nesigobho. Ekuqoqoselweni kwayo ayikhombisi amatshwayo womlomo osigobho. Iqoqoselwa inomlomo omfitjhana osuke ukhule ubumbeke njenge sigobho. Uthoma ukufana nesigobho nasele izokusukela isidleke. Zombili eduna nesikazi zakheke ngendlela efanako.

Ukudla

Iphila ngokudla iimfesi kanye neenlwanyana ezinganamgogodlha zemanzini ezifana neenkala, iinunwana, kanye namaduba wamanzi.

Ukubekelisana nokuhlangana neduna

Inyoni le ithoma ukuhlangana neduna bezibekelisane ebusika. Isenzwesi sithoma ebusika ukuyokufika ekuthwaseni kwehlobo. Ivamise ukubekelisana nesiqhema sazo ukusuka ngenyanga kaNtaka ukuyela kuKhukhulamungu. Esikazi ibekela amaqanda amathathu ukuya kamahlanu phakathi kwenyanga kaSihlabantangana nofana uMrhayili. Amaqanda wenyoni le avamise ukutshwayeka ngamacatjhazana wombala obomvu, ozotho nofana ohlaza sasibhakabhaka.
Ivamise ukubekelela esidlekeni esakhiwe ngeengojwana nofana ngomqobosi emithini eseduze namanzi, kodwana isidleke sayo singatholakala emqobosini esemidzweleni, hlangana namatje, hlangana neemilo zeeyalweni. Iindlekezi zivamise ukuba seduze namanzi nofana emithini engehla kwamanzi. Ilingaphakathi lesidleke livamise ukundlalwa amakari. Zombili zifukamela amaqanda amalanga angaba masumi amabili nethoba. Ngemva kokuqqosela amadzinyana atlhogonyelwa ngizo zombili amalanga angaba masumi amabili ukuya kamasumi amathathu. Ukusuka lapho athoma ukuphapha ngemva kweemveke ezinye ezine.

Ukuzipha kwazo

Le kuyinyoni enamahloni tle begodu ihlala iyelele khulu. Ivamise ukutholakala ngayinye, kodwana ingatholakala ikhamba ngambili nofana ngomhlambi. Iyinyoni ethule khulu tle, ngaphandle kwalokha nayirorako ngesikhathi ithikamezekileko. Ikhamba ngokuphapha. Iphapha ilule imilenze nentamo, nangokubhula khulu amaphikwayo emoyeni. Ibuthelela ukudla ngokubamba iimfesi lapho amanzi angatjhingeli khulu khona. Ibamba iimfesi ngokuthaya ivulele umlomayo osigobho emahlangothini ngaphakathi kwamanzi. Umlomayo usebenza njenge segere, ukubamba iinmfesi.

Indawo yokuhlala

Ivamise ukuhlala elingaphakathi lamanzi elingatjhingiko. Indawazo yokuhlala ifaka hlangana amaboda wangeqadi kwamanzi, emachibini, ilingaphandle lamanzi, eeyalweni, emabaleni, emidzweleni kanye nalapho amanzi wemilambo ahlukana khona.

Lapho zitholakala khona

Inyoni le itholakala ngokujayelekileko eenarheni ezimbalwa ezise Sewula yeencenye ze-Afrika. Eziye zeenarhezi zifaka hlangana i-Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Sewula Afrika kanye ne-Zimbabwe.

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