Kunkuru yan amshi ne na abokantaka waɗanda suka dogara da teku, ba kawai don neman abinci ba har ma don haɓaka. Koyaya, binciken da WWF yayi ya bayyana hakan karuwar yanayin zafi na tekun da ke fuskantar arewacin yankin Great Barrier Reef a gabashin Ostiraliya yana ba da gudummawa ga raguwar yawan kunkuru kore Ostiraliya.
Dalilin? Yanayin zafin jiki na kwayayen: mafi girma shine, yawancin mata zasu kasance, kuma wannan shine ainihin abin da ke faruwa.
Akwai kusan kunkuru 200.000 na kiwo mata, amma akwai ƙananan maza da yawa. Kuma duk saboda karuwar yanayin zafin da ake alakantawa da canjin yanayi. Masana kimiyya sun kama korayen kunkuru a arewacin Queensland (Ostiraliya) don gano jinsinsu da inda suka sauka, kuma sun yi gwajin kwayoyin halitta da na ilimin halittar jiki. Don haka, sun samu labarin cewa kaso 86,8% na mafi yawan mazaunan kore na kunkuru mata ne, yayin da a gefen rairayin bakin teku na kudanci, wanda ya fi sanyi, yawan mata yana tsakanin 65 da 69%.
Babban abin damuwa shine halin da ake ciki kamar bai canza ba cikin gajeren lokaci. A cewar Dr. Michael Jensen, daya daga cikin marubutan binciken, Koren kunkuru a arewacin Great Barrier Reef yana samar da mata da yawa fiye da na maza sama da shekaru ashirin, ta yadda wannan yawan zai iya kashe kansa saboda sauyin da yanayin ke fuskanta.
Wannan binciken yana da matukar mahimmanci, tunda yana ba mu damar fahimtar yadda tasirin zafin rana yake shafar koren kunkuru na Australiya, kuma gabaɗaya ga waɗanda ke cikin duniya duka. Masana kimiyya na iya aiwatar da shirye-shiryen kiwo don ceton su, amma aƙalla ba za mu ga sun mutu ba.
Kuna iya karanta karatun a nan.
Barka dai, ina son yin tsokaci cewa kunkuru ba su da yawa kamar amphibians, amma dabbobi masu jan ciki ne.