Requiem Sharks

© Johan Boshoff

Dzina ḽa muṱa ḽo ḓoweleyaho

Requiem Sharks

Dzinwe dza muṱa

Black-tip,blue shark, tiger shark,oceanic white-tip,white-tip reef shark na bull shark

Dzina ḽa tshi saitsi

Carcharhinidae

Tshivhumbeo

U swika kha 5m

Ṱhaluso

Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier): Ina muvhili wa muvhala wa gireyi nga nnṱha ano nga a nngwe o rambalalaho u swika kha 5m vhulapfu yo linganelaho ndi 3m.
Black-tip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus): Ningo yo tou tswititi na gulukolo ḽi lapfu ha vha na ḽivhala ḽitsu kha mutshila wa nga nnṱha, na wa nga matungo na wa nga fhasi. Iya swika kha 2,8 m yo linganelaho ndi 1,5m.
Blue shark (Prionace glauca): ndi muvhili mulapfu une uya kokovha fhasi magumoni awo. Na mutshila wa nga fhasi mulapfu.Iya swika kha 4,5 m yo linganelaho ndi 1,5m.
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas): ine ya dovha ya vhidzwa upfi zambezi shark. Na kuvhili kuṱuku kure na muvhili muṱuku, na ningo ya tshipulumbu. Muvhili una muvhala wa buraweni yo dombilelaho. I funesa maḓini avhuḓi.
Oceanic white-tipped shark (Carcharhinus longimanus): ina mutshila wa nga nntha na wa matungo ine ya vha milapfu ya dovha ya vha na ṱhodzi dzine dza vha na muvhala mutshena. Nga murahu ha u vha na muvhala wa buraweni yo yaho kha ntsu.
White-tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus): ndi tsekene, na muvhili mupfufhi, na muvhala wa gireyi. Na mavhala o phaḓalalaho a muvhala wa buraweni o itaho mathoma thoma, ṱhodzi dza mitshila ndi tshena.

Nḓivho yo ḓoweleyaho

Muṱa ndi 12 havha na tshaka dza 50. Maṋo a hone a tou nga lufhanga. shaka dzi na gill ṱhanu. Ina ḽito ḽa tshipere. I lemela u swika kha 900 kg, I ḓivhelwa u vha khombo kha vhathu. Viviparous, ṱhukhu dzi bebiwa dzo hula. Dza tsadzi dzi beba hu tshi fhela minwaha mirahu. Vhana vha 10 - 100 vha ya bebiwa zwi tshi bva kha uri ndi ya lushaka lufhio.

Kuḽele

Dziḽa khovhe, seals, zwiṋoni, khovhe ṱhukhu, squid,turtles na dolphins.

U phaḓaladziwa

Dzi hone hoṱhe hune havha na vhuḓalo ha maḓi.

Zwigwada zwo ḓoweleyaho

Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Black-tip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Oceanic white-tip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
White-tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)