Umfanekiso-uCaroline Marschner
Los iikoalasEzo zilwanyana zimnandi zivela e-Australia zinexesha elibi kakhulu ngenxa yokunyuka okuqhubekayo kwamaqondo obushushu. Bona, abo bachitha ubomi babo emithini, batshintsha indlela abaziphethe ngayo ukuze bangafi lunxano.
Njengokuba amaqondo obushushu esiya esonyuka, iqela leengcali zebhayoloji kunye noogqirha bezilwanyana bagqiba kwelokuba babeke imithombo yokusela kunye nemithombo yamanzi kufutshane nabo kwaye bayirekhode ngeekhamera zokhuselo. Yiyo loo nto bekwazile ukufumanisa oko beza kusela, into eyatsala umdla wabo.
IiKoalas zizilwanyana bachitha imini emithini, Ukutya amagqabi. Kwaye kuko kanye oku kutya bafumana amanzi abawafunayo; ngenxa yoko kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba neminye imithombo yamanzi. Ke ngoko, xa iingcali zibona ukuba ziye kwimithombo yolwazi abazibekayo ukuze bazanelise, bakhathazeka.
Baqwalasele ukuba beza kusela ebusuku, kuba zizilwanyana zasebusuku, kodwa nasemini. Kodwa Eyona nto yabothusa kakhulu kukuba bayenze ngexesha lasebusika. Ke, ngexesha lasehlotyeni imeko iya isiba mandundu kwaye ibe mandundu ngakumbi.
Ngamaqondo obushushu anyukayo, inani lekoala linokuhla, into ebeka amaziko ase-Australia ukuba alumke, njengoko imithi ilahla amagqabi njengenyathelo lokusinda, oko kuthetha ukuba ezi zilwanyana ziphelelwa kukutya namanzi.
Nangona kunjalo, iingcali zikholelwa ekubeni ukubeka imikhombe yamanzi emithini kunokunceda ikoala ukuba iye phambiliNokuba loo nto ithetha ukuba kuya kufuneka utshintshe indlela oziphethe ngayo.
Le yimarsupial enengxaki enkulu esele ikhona ngenxa ye-chlamydia, isifo esidluliselwa ngesondo esosulela amalungu okuzala e-koala, kodwa namehlo nomqala. Kwezinye iindawo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-90% yabemi bosulelwe yile ntsholongwane. Ukuba songeza ubushushu behlabathi, siyakuqonda ukuba isengozini kangakanani i-koala.