Asusun Kare Shark da National Geographic Society ne suka dauki nauyin wannan aikin.

The small hakori sawfish yana ɗaya daga cikin halittu masu ban mamaki a duniya. Ee, kifi ne, ta yadda duk sharks da haskoki ana ɗaukar kifi. Ba shark ba ne hasashe ne. Kawai, yana da sifa ta musamman wacce ta bambanta ta ko da haskoki. Yana da "gani" - ko a kimiyyance, "rostrum" - an rufe shi da hakora a bangarorin biyu kuma yana fitowa daga gaban jikinsa.

Wannan tsintsiya ya ba shi dama ta musamman. Sawfish ɗin ƙananan haƙori zai yi iyo ta cikin ginshiƙi na ruwa ta hanyar amfani da tashin hankali wanda ke ba shi damar yin ganima. Daga nan za ta zagaya don dauko ganimarta da bakinta - wanda kamar hasashe yake a kasan jikinsa. A gaskiya ma, akwai iyalai uku na sharks da haskoki masu amfani da zato a matsayin kayan farauta. Wannan wayo da ingantaccen kayan aikin kiwon abinci ya samo asali sau uku daban-daban. 

Rostra na sawfish shima ya zama la'ana.

Ba wai kawai abin sha'awa ba ne wanda al'adu daban-daban ke sha'awar shekaru millennia kamar na hauren giwa ko na shark. Rukunan kuma cikin sauƙin kama su. Kamar yadda ba a sani ba kamar yadda sawfish yake, bai dace a matsayin tushen abinci ba. Yana da maƙarƙashiya sosai, yana mai da hakar nama ya zama al'amari marar kyau. Ba a taɓa yin yawa sosai amma yanzu ba kasafai ba a ko'ina cikin kewayon Caribbean, ƙaramin sawfish yana da wuya a samu. Duk da yake akwai wuraren bege (sassan tekun da ke buƙatar kariya saboda namun daji da wuraren zama na cikin ruwa) a Florida Bay kuma mafi kwanan nan a cikin Bahamas, yana da matukar wahala a samu a cikin Tekun Atlantika. 

A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin da ake kira Ƙaddamarwa don Ajiye Sawfish na Caribbean (ISCS), The Ocean Foundation, Shark Advocates International, Da kuma Havenworth Coastal Conservation suna kawo ayyukan shekaru da yawa a cikin Caribbean don taimakawa gano wannan nau'in. Cuba babbar 'yar takara ce don nemo guda, saboda dimbin girmanta da kuma bayanan da suka samu daga masunta da ke da nisan mil 600 na gabar tekun arewacin kasar.

Masana kimiyar Cuba Fabián Pina da Tamara Figueredo sun gudanar da bincike a shekara ta 2011, inda suka tattauna da masunta fiye da ɗari. Sun sami tabbataccen shaida da ke nuna cewa kifin sa na cikin Cuba daga kama bayanai da abubuwan gani na gani. Abokin kungiyar ISCS, Dokta Dean Grubbs na Jami'ar Jihar Florida, ya yi wa kifi da yawa alama a Florida da Bahamas kuma yana zargin cewa Cuba na iya zama wani wurin bege. Bahamas da Cuba sun rabu ne kawai ta hanyar ruwa mai zurfi - a wasu wurare kawai mil 50 kawai. Manya ne kawai aka samu a cikin ruwan Cuban. Don haka, hasashe na kowa shine duk wani kifi da aka samu a Cuba ya yi hijira daga Florida ko Bahamas. 

Ƙoƙarin sanya wa kifi alama harbi ne a cikin duhu.

Musamman a kasar da babu wanda aka rubuta a kimiyance. Abokan hulɗa na TOF da Cuban sun yi imanin cewa ana buƙatar ƙarin bayani kafin a iya gano wani shafi don ƙoƙarin yin balaguron yin alama. A cikin 2019, Fabián da Tamara sun yi hira da masunta da ke tafiya zuwa gabas kamar Baracoa, ƙauyen gabas mai nisa inda Christopher Columbus ya fara sauka a Cuba a cikin 1494. Waɗannan tattaunawar ba wai kawai sun bayyana jerin jerin sunayen masunta da suka tattara tsawon shekaru ba, amma sun taimaka wajen gano inda za a iya yin alama. a yi ƙoƙari. An zaɓi keɓantaccen maɓalli na Cayo Confites a arewa ta tsakiyar Cuba bisa waɗannan tattaunawa da faɗuwar faɗuwar ciyawar teku, mangrove, da yashi - waɗanda ke son kifi. A cikin kalmomin Dr. Grubbs, ana daukar wannan "mazauni na sawfishy".

A watan Janairu, Fabián da Tamara sun shafe kwanaki suna shimfida dogayen layi daga wani jirgin ruwan kamun kifi na katako.

Bayan kwanaki biyar ba su kama kusan komai ba, sai suka koma Havana da kawunansu a kasa. A kan hanyar gida mai nisa, sun sami kira daga wani masunta a Playa Giron a kudancin Cuba, wanda ya nuna musu wani masunta a Cardenas. Cardenas ƙaramin birni ne na Kuba akan Cardenas Bay. Kamar rairayin bakin teku masu yawa a bakin tekun arewa, za a yi la'akari da shi sosai sawfishy.

Lokacin da ya isa Cardenas, mai kamun kifi ya shigar da su cikin gidansa ya nuna musu wani abu da ya ruɗe duk tunaninsu. A hannunsa mai kamun kifi yana riƙe da ɗan ƙaramin rostrum, ƙarami sosai fiye da duk abin da suka gani. Kallonta yake, yana rike da wani matashi. Wani mai kamun kifi ya same shi a cikin 2019 yayin da yake zubar da gidan sa a Cardenas Bay. Abin baƙin ciki, sawfish ya mutu. Amma wannan binciken zai ba da bege na farko cewa Cuba na iya karbar bakuncin mazaunan sawfish. Gaskiyar cewa binciken ya kasance kwanan nan ya kasance mai ban sha'awa. 

Binciken kwayoyin halitta na nama na wannan matashin, da sauran rostra biyar, zai taimaka a hade tare ko sawfish na Cuba baqi ne kawai ko kuma wani bangare na yawan jama'ar gida. Idan na karshen, akwai fatan aiwatar da manufofin kamun kifi don kare wannan nau'in da kuma bin mafarauta ba bisa ka'ida ba. Wannan yana ɗaukar ƙarin dacewa saboda Cuba ba ta ganin sawfish azaman albarkatun kifi. 

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Labarin Sawfish na Cardenas misali ne na abin da ke sa mu son kimiyya.

Yana da jinkirin wasan, amma abin da kamar ƙananan binciken zai iya canza yadda muke tunani. A wannan yanayin, muna bikin mutuwar matashin ray. Amma, wannan hasken zai iya ba da bege ga takwarorinsa. Kimiyya na iya zama tsari mai jinkirin wahala. Koyaya, tattaunawar da masunta ke amsa tambayoyi. Lokacin da Fabián ya kira ni da labarin ya gaya mani, "hay que caminar y coger carretera". A cikin Ingilishi, wannan yana nufin dole ne ku yi tafiya a hankali akan babbar hanya mai sauri. Ma'ana hakuri, juriya da sha'awar da ba ta dawwama za ta share hanyar samun babban abin nema. 

Wannan nemo na farko ne, kuma a ƙarshe har yanzu yana iya nufin kifin na Cuba yawan ƙaura ne. Duk da haka, yana ba da bege cewa sawfish na Cuba zai iya kasancewa mafi kyau fiye da yadda muka yi imani.