Uyinki osesihlokweni esichaza uhlobo olusha lwenyoka awukomile, futhi usengcupheni yokuqothulwa ngenxa yezimbiwa.
Ithimba lososayensi bezinto eziphilayo eliholwa nguProfessor Brian Fry waseQueensland University (Australia) lithole uhlobo olusha lwe-bandy-bandy (vermicelli) emndenini wezinyoka ezi-aspid edolobheni elincane lezimayini e-Weipa ogwini olusentshonalanga nePeninsula yaseCape York.
USolwazi Fry ukhulume ngokuthi iqembu laba nenhlanhla eyanele yokuthola ngengozi ngenkathi lithola izinyoka zasolwandle ezahluke ngokuphelele.
"UBandy-bandy ubamba izinyoka, ngakho mina noFrick Wonk we-Naturalis Museum nami ngamangala kakhulu lapho sibuya ebusuku sisebenzise izinyoka zasolwandle," kusho uProfessor Fry. "Kamuva, sithole ukuthi [lo muntu] uphume emgodini we-ruble ye-bauxite eyayilinde ukulayisha emkhunjini."
"Ukuhlolwa okwenziwa ngumfundi wami uChantel Durez kukhombisa ukuthi le bandy bandie ingeyohlobo olusha, ngokubukeka nangokwezakhi zofuzo ezihlala ogwini olusempumalanga ye-Australia."
Leli thimba lathola omunye umuntu endaweni yokuhlala eduze kwaseWeipa kanti omunye wabulawa endleleni eseduze kwemayini. Abanye abantu ababili batholakala ekuqoqweni komnyuziyamu, kanye noyedwa esithombeni. Sekukonke, kuyisithupha okuqashelwe okubukwayo endaweni encane.
Ngeshwa, ngokusho kukaprofesa, izinhlobo ezintsha zingaba sengozini yokuqothulwa.
"Ukukhishwa kwe-bauxite kuwumsebenzi ophambili wezomnotho esifundeni, futhi kungashintsha isimo sokuphila kwezitshalo nezilwane zasendaweni," kusho uFry. "Ukubaluleka kokuthola okunjalo kudlula imibhalo esejwayelekile yakho konke okusizungezile, ngoba ubuthi buwumthombo ocebile wezingxube ezingaba wusizo ekwakheni izidakamizwa ezintsha.
“Zonke izinhlobo ezinjalo zingenamanani, futhi kudingeka sizivikele zonke, ngoba ngeke sikwazi ukubikezela ukuthi umuthi omusha oyisimangaliso uzovelaphi.
“Ukutholwa kwalenyoka encane engaqondakali kungolunye uphawu lwenkinga yokuthi kuncane kangakanani esikwaziyo ngokuhlukahluka kwezinto eziphilayo nokuthi kungalahleka okungakanani ngisho nangaphambi kokuba sikuthole.
Ucwaningo nge-bandy bandy evela e-Weipa lushicilelwe ngo Zootaxa (DOI: 11646 / zootaxa.4446.1.1).
Izinyoka ezinsundu nehlosi
Inyoka e-brown ebuye yavela (inyoka ansundu yasempumalanga) uhlobo lwenyoka enobuthi etholakala e-Australia nasePapua New Guinea. Ngokusho kobuthi ubuthi, le nhlobo ithatha indawo yesibili phakathi kwazo zonke izinyoka zomhlaba. Ngenxa yokudla kwayo, okubandakanya iningi lamagundane, inyoka imvamisa ihlala eduze kwamapulazi nezakhiwo zokuhlala, futhi itholakala edolobheni.
Inyoka eyi-Tiger iyinhlobo yenyoka enobuthi esatshalaliswa eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Australia, isiqhingi saseTasmania naseNew Guinea. Enye yezinyoka ezinesihlungu kakhulu emhlabeni, kepha ayifane ibe nolaka.
Uhlobo olusha lwenyoka selusengozini yokuqothulwa.
UDkt Brian Fry wase-University of Queens, osebenza ocwaningweni lwezinyoka ezinobuthi, uthe izolo ngoJulayi 16, ukutholwa kwezinhlobo ezintsha eziyingozi nezibalulekile.
I-Bendy Bendy Snake | Photo: Dailymail.co.uk
Inyoka, eyaziwa ngokuthi yi "bandy bandy," uFry wayithola eduzane nedolobha laseWeipa, enyakatho neQueensland, lapho ehola iqembu lezazi zezinto eziphilayo licinga izinyoka zasolwandle.
Uhlobo olusha luhluka ngokubonakalayo nangokwezakhi zezinyoka ezazaziwa ngaphambili ze-bendy-bendy zogu olusempumalanga lwase-Australia.
IBundy Bundy iyi-nocturnal, inzalo yangaphansi komhlaba, emnyama enamasongo amhlophe, evame ukucasha ngaphansi kwamadwala, iziqu nezingodo.
Ubude obujwayelekile bomuntu buqhamuka kumasentimitha angama-50 kuye kwangama-100. Ingatholakala e-Australia kuphela.
"Le ndawo yezilwane ezifuywayo iyimfihlo futhi ibonakala kuphela ebusuku. Ngakho-ke, samangala kakhulu ukuyithola ntambama.
Ubuthi bayo bunobuthi kakhulu futhi buyabulala kubantu. Izimpawu ezejwayelekile ezibangelwa ukulunywa zibandakanya izinhlungu zasendaweni, ukuvuvukala kwesiza esinamanxeba, ukusonteka kwamalunga, ukuqunjelwa nokuqina kwezitho, ”kusho uBrian Fry.
Inyoka Vermicella parcauda | Photo: Dailymail.co.uk
Iqembu lezazi zezinto eziphilayo likwazile ukuthola abantu abahlanu bohlobo olusha, olwalubizwa ngokuthi yiVermicella parcauda.
Abaphenyi sebevele bakhathazekile ukuthi izimayini ze-bauxite, okuwumthombo ophambili we-aluminium, ogwini olusentshonalanga neCape York Peninsula zingasongela lezi zinhlobo.
Embikweni wabo, ososayensi baphakamise ukuthi kumele kuthathwe izinyathelo eziphuthumayo ukuze kulondolozwe iVermicella parcauda.
“Izimayini zeBauxite zibaluleke kakhulu kwezomnotho esifundeni. Ngeshwa, lokhu kuthinta imvelo kulimaze izitshalo nezilwane zasendaweni, ”kuphawula uBrian Fry.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abacwaningi basikisela ukuthi ubuthi obusha benyoka bungaba nentshisekelo kakhulu kosokhemisi ekwenzeni izidakamizwa ezintsha. Lokhu kufanele futhi kudlale esinqumweni sokugcina iVermicella parcauda.
"Ukutholwa kwalenyoka encane engaqondakali kukhombisa ukuthi kuncane kangakanani esikwaziyo ngokuhlukahluka kwezinto eziphilayo nokuthi kungalahleka okungakanani ngaphambi kokuthi sikubone," uBrian Fry.
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