Mawu a M'munsi

[Bokosi/Zithunzi patsamba 23]

Zinyama za M’mapiri

Mkango wa m’phiri, womwe umatchedwanso puma, umapezeka kwenikweni m’mapiri, monga momwe dzina lakelo likusonyezera, makamaka mapiri a Rockies ndi Andes. Mofanana ndi zinyama zina zikuluzikulu zodya zinyama zinzawo, pang’ono ndi pang’ono mkango umenewu wayamba kukhala m’malo ovuta kufikako chifukwa choti anthu awononga malo ake okhala.

Nyama yotchedwa panda wofiira imakhala kumapiri a Himalaya okha basi, (monga m’phiri la Everest). Ngakhale kuti imakhala kutali choncho, nyama imeneyi ili pangozi chifukwa choti nkhalango za nsungwi zomwe imadya zawonongedwa.

[Mawu a Chithunzi]

Cortesía del Zoo de la Casa de Campo, Madrid

Zimbalangondo zabulawuni kale zinkapezeka zambirimbiri ku Ulaya, Asia, ndi kumpoto kwa America. Ku Ulaya tsopano zimangopezeka m’madera ochepa okha a m’mapiri, ngakhale kuti zimapezeka zochulukirapo ku mapiri a Rockies ku Canada, ku Alaska, ndi ku Siberia. Ku United States, pa zaka handiredi zapitazi nyama zimenezi zasakazidwa koopsa moti panopo zatsala pang’ono kutheratu.

Chiwombankhanga chagolide ndiye mbalame yochititsa chidwi kwambiri yomwe imauluka pamwamba pa mapiri a kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi. Koma n’zomvetsa chisoni kuti ku Ulaya mbalame zimenezi, zomwe zimapezeka ziwiriziwiri, zangotsala zosakwana 5,000 chifukwa kale anthu ankadana nazo ndiponso ankazipha kwambiri.

Kuti nyama yotchedwa panda wamkulu “ikhalebe ndi moyo, ikudalira zinthu zitatu zofunika kwambiri,” anatero munthu wina woteteza zachilengedwe wa ku China dzina lake Tang Xiyang. Zinthu zimenezi ndizo “mapiri ataliatali ndi zidikha zozama, nkhalango zowirira za nsungwi, ndi mitsinje ya madzi ambiri.” Malinga ndi kafukufuku wina, nyama za mtundu umenewu zomwe zikadali m’tchire tsopano zilipo zosakwana 1,600.