Kune marudzi eshiri anodarika 11,000 XNUMX pasi rose uye imwe chete ndiyo isina muswe. Unoziva here kuti ndiani?
kiwi
Zita rechiLatin reshiri iyi ndiApteryx, zvinoreva kuti "isina mapapiro". Kwakabva izwi iri kubva muchiGiriki chekare, apo vara rekutanga "a" rinoreva "kushomeka" uye mamwe ezwi rinoreva "bapiro". Zita rokuti "kiwi" rinobva mumutauro weMaori, kune kumusha kwakabva shiri.
Kiwi ndiyo yega genus mumhuri yeLepidoptera muhurongwa Kiwipodidae. Inogoverwa chete munharaunda yeNew Zealand. Iro genus rinosanganisira huwandu hwemarudzi mashanu emarudzi, ose ari pangozi yekutsakatika. Kunyange zvazvo vachidana kiwi "shiri isina mapapiro", izvi hazvisi izvo chaizvo. Mapapiro e kiwi haapo zvachose, asi akashandura kumararamiro epasi. Iyo kiwi ine chimiro chechimiro cheminhenga yayo, vhudzi ravo rakabatana ne "hoko" uye rinomiririra chimiro chakaoma chinobvumira shiri kubhururuka kana kushambira, kuchengetedza simba rayo zvakanyanya sezvinobvira.
Kiwi iri mungozi
Kune chete shiri dzinosvika 68,000 dzekiwi dzasara munyika. Gore negore nhamba yavo inoderera ne2% pagore. Nokudaro, New Zealand yakagamuchira chirongwa chekuwedzera nhamba yemhando iyi inogara munharaunda yayo. Muna 2017, hurumende yeNew Zealand yakatora chirongwa cheKiwi Recovery Plan 2017-2027, chinangwa chiri chekuwedzera huwandu hweshiri kusvika ku100,000 mumakore gumi nemashanu. Munyika, shiri iyi inonzi chiratidzo chenyika.
Kiwi shiri inoita sei?
Iyo kiwi saizi yehuku yemumba, inogona kusvika kusvika masendimita makumi matanhatu pakureba, pakureba inopfuura 65 cm. Huremu hwavo hunosiyana kubva pa45 kusvika pa1 kg, neavhareji yeshiri inorema 9 kg. Kiwi ine muviri wakaita sepear uye musoro mudiki une mutsipa wakakura. Maziso eshiri zvakare madiki, asingadariki 3 mm mudhayamita. Mukuwedzera, kiwi ine maziso asina kunaka kupfuura shiri dzose. Muromo we kiwi wakananga - wakareba kwazvo, wakaonda uye unonzwa. Muvarume, inosvika 8 mm, uye muvakadzi - kusvika 105 mm. Kiwi ndiyo chete shiri ine mhino isiri pasi, asi pamuromo wemuromo.
Mapapiro eKiwi akagumburwa uye anenge 5 cm kureba. Pakupera kwemapapiro vane mbambo duku uye yakanyatsovanzwa pasi pemakushe emvere. Kutsoka, shiri iyi ine zvigunwe zvitatu kumberi uye chimwe chakadzokera shure, semamwe marudzi ose. Zvigunwe zvinopera mune nzara dzakapinza. Kiwi inomhanya zvakanyanya, kunyange nekukurumidza kupfuura munhu.
Mufananidzo: Smithsonian's National Zoo uye Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC
