Zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvehutachiwana hwehozhwa hunosvika makumi matatu nenhanhatu hunogonawo kubata vanhu.
Hozhwa hombe dzemuAfrica dzinosvika masendimita makumi maviri pakureba dziri kusangana nemhomho semhuka dzinovaraidza muEurope, asi masayendisiti eSwiss anoyambira nezve kubereka, DPA yakashuma.
Mhuka dzinogona kuva nenjodzi kuvanhu, semuenzaniso nekutakura utachiona hwemapapu kubva kumakonzo. Izvi zvinogona kukonzera meningitis muvanhu, rinoshuma kudaro chikwata chemasayendisiti kubva kuYunivhesiti yeLausanne mupepanhau resainzi Parasites & Vectors.
Zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvehutachiwana hwehozhwa hunosvika makumi matatu nenhanhatu hunogonawo kubata vanhu. Pakati pezvipenyu zvakakurumbira zve terrariums mahombe makuru eAfrica emarudzi Lissachatina fulica uye Achatina achatina.
"Social network yakazara nemifananidzo yevanhu vanoisa mhuka paganda ravo kana muromo," akadaro muongorori Cleo Bertelsmeier, akatorwa mune imwe yunivhesiti.
Anodzidzisa kuInstitute of Ecology uye Evolution kuFaculty of Biology and Medicine. Vanhu vanotenda kuti hozhwa yakanakira ganda. Nekudaro, izvi zvinotakura njodzi yekutapurirana hutachiona.
Bertelsmeier nevamwe vake vakaongorora mafoto pasocial media kuti vaone kuti hozhwa huru dzakapararira sei semhuka dzinovaraidza.
Vanhu vakawanda havazivi nezvengozi “yavari kuzviisa vamene kana kuti vana vavo pakubata hozhwa, somuenzaniso pavanodziisa pachiso,” anodaro munyori biyake Jerome Gippe.
Vatsvakurudzi vanonyevera kuti kana kutengeswa kwezvipfuyo kuchikura, “kuchaita kuti pave nemikana yakawanda yokusuma uye kupararira kweutachiona hunokuvadza kuvanhu nedzimwe mhuka.”
Hozhwa dzemuAfrica dzinokara uye dzinoberekana nekukurumidza. Sangano reInternational Union for Conservation of Nature rakazvibatanidza murunyorwa rwayo rwezvipuka zvine ngozi uye rinozvitsanangura sezvipembenene, inoyeuchidza DPA.
