Iqembu lomhlaba wonke lososayensi lithole uhlobo olusha lwefudu olukhulu oluhlala eziqhingini zaseGalapagos. Lokhu kubikwe ocwaningweni olushicilelwe kwiwebhusayithi yemagazini yesayensi i-PLOS One.
Le nhlobo entsha yaqanjwa ngokuthi uChelonoidis donfaustoi ukuhlonipha uFausto Llerena, owayenakekela omele izinhlangano ezingaphansi kwesifufula sendlovu i-Abingdon, uLonely George.
Ukutholwa kwenziwa kusetshenziswa ukuhlaziywa kwe-DNA. Lolu cwaningo, olwaqala ngonyaka ka-2002, lwakhombisa ukuthi abantu ababebhekwa njengohlobo olulodwa bangababili. Kukhona abantu abaphakathi kuka-250 no-300, kusho usosayensi wase-Ecuadorian uWashington Tapia, obambe iqhaza kulolu cwaningo.
Ukuvakasha kweChamber
Ngokunikezwa kweChelonoidis donfaustoi, ingqikithi yezinhlobo eziyi-11 zamadudu amakhulu manje ahlala eGalapagossa. Phambilini bekunezingu-15, kepha izinhlobo ezi-4 zaqothuka. Izimfudu ezinjalo ikakhulukazi zihlala empumalanga yesiqhingi saseSanta Cruz.
NgoJulayi 2015, ngokokuhlola okwenziwe kubafundi bephephabhuku lokuhamba laseMelika, i-Ecuadorian Galapagos Archipelago yaphakamisa isikhundla seziqhingi ezinhle kakhulu nezihehayo kubavakashi emhlabeni.
Iziqhingi zaseGalapagos zingezesifundazwe sase-Ecuador, zidume ngezitshalo nezilwane zazo ezihlukile, kufaka phakathi izimfudu ezinkulu.
Ngo-1835, lesi siqhingi savakashelwa isazi semvelo samaNgisi uCharles Darwin. Ukuqashelwa komhlaba oyingqayizivele waleli kona lomhlaba kugqugquzele isazi semvelo sesiNgisi nesihambi ukuba sithuthukise umbono wokukhethwa kwemvelo nokuvela kwezinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo.
