Kuyang'ana M'mbuyo: Kuphunzira Buluu ndi Moyo Wobiriwira

Wolemba: Alexandra Kirby, Communications Intern, The Ocean Foundation

Nditapita ku Shoals Marine Laboratory pa June 29th, 2014, sindinadziwe zomwe ndikudzipangira ndekha. Ndimachokera kumpoto kwa New York, ndikuchita zambiri pazayankhulidwe ku Cornell University, ndipo ndinganene moona mtima kuti, m'moyo wanga, kuwona minda yotseguka yokhala ndi ng'ombe zodyetsera ndizofala kuposa kuwona zamoyo zam'madzi m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Komabe, ndinadzipeza ndekha Appledore Island, chilumba chachikulu kwambiri pa zilumba zisanu ndi zinayi za m’zisumbu za Isles of Shoals, zomwe zili pamtunda wa makilomita XNUMX kuchokera ku gombe la Maine, kuti aphunzire za nyama zoyamwitsa zam’madzi. Mutha kukhala mukuganiza kuti chifukwa chiyani katswiri wolankhulana wochokera kumpoto kwa New York angakonde kukhala milungu iwiri akuphunzira za nyama zam'madzi. Yankho losavuta nali: Ndayamba kukonda kwambiri nyanja ndipo ndamvetsa kukula kwa kufunika kosamalira nyanja. Ndikudziwa kuti ndili ndi njira zopitira, koma, pang'onopang'ono, ndikuyamba kuphunzira zambiri zachitetezo cha nyanja ndi kulumikizana kwa sayansi.

Ndikupita kunjira komwe ndikupeza ndikuphatikiza chidziwitso changa cha kulumikizana ndi kulemba ndi chikondi changa pazamoyo zam'madzi ndi kasungidwe ka nyanja. Anthu ambiri, mwinanso inuyo munaphatikizidwirako, atha kukayikira kuti munthu ngati ine angakonde bwanji nyanja pamene sindinawone zambiri zamoyo wam'madzi ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana. Chabwino, ndikuuzeni momwe mungachitire. Ndinadzipeza ndikuwerenga mabuku ndi nkhani zokhudza nyanja ndi nyama zam'madzi. Ndinadzipeza ndikufufuza pa intaneti za zochitika zamakono ndi mavuto omwe akukumana ndi nyanja. Ndipo ndinadzipeza ndikugwiritsa ntchito malo ochezera a pa Intaneti kuti ndipeze zambiri kuchokera kuzinthu zopanda phindu zoteteza nyanja, monga The Ocean Foundation, ndi mabungwe aboma, monga NOAA. Ndinalibe mwayi wopita kunyanja yakuthupi kotero ndinaphunzira za izo ndi zinthu zopezeka (zonsezi zitsanzo za kulankhulana kwa sayansi).

Nditayandikira Pulofesa wa Biology ya Cornell Marine Biology ponena za nkhawa yanga yophatikiza kulemba ndi kasungidwe ka nyanja, adanditsimikizira kuti pali njira yolankhulirana zakusunga nyanja. M'malo mwake, adandiuza kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri. Kumva izi kunalimbitsa chikhumbo changa chofuna kulunjika pakulankhulana kasungidwe ka nyanja. Ndinali ndi chidziwitso choyankhulana ndi kulemba pansi pa lamba wanga, koma ndinadziwa kuti ndikufunikira chidziwitso chenicheni cha biology ya m'madzi. Chotero, ndinanyamula zikwama zanga ndi kupita ku Gulf of Maine.

Appledore Island inali yosiyana ndi chilumba chilichonse chomwe ndidapitako kale. Pamwamba pake, zothandiza zake zochepa zinkawoneka zosatukuka komanso zosavuta. Komabe, mutamvetsetsa kuzama kwaukadaulo kuti mukwaniritse chilumba chokhazikika, simungaganize kuti ndizosavuta. Pogwiritsa ntchito magetsi opangidwa ndi mphepo, dzuwa, ndi dizilo, Shoals imapanga magetsi akeake. Kuti titsatire njira yopita ku moyo wokhazikika, makina otsuka madzi oyipa, kugawa madzi abwino ndi amchere, ndi compressor ya SCUBA imasungidwa.

Moyo wokhazikika siwokhawo wowonjezera kwa Shoals. M'malo mwake, ndikuganiza kuti makalasi ali ndi zambiri zoti apereke. Ndinatenga nawo gawo mu kalasi ya Introduction to Marine Mammal Biology yophunzitsidwa ndi Dr. Nadine Lysiak wochokera ku Bungwe la Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Kalasiyo inali ndi cholinga chophunzitsa ophunzira za biology ya nyama zoyamwitsa za m’madzi, makamaka za anamgumi ndi zisindikizo ku Gulf of Maine. Tsiku loyamba, kalasi yonse idachita nawo kafukufuku wowunika zisindikizo zotuwa komanso zapadoko. Tidatha kuwerengera zambiri komanso ma ID azithunzi pawokha titajambula zithunzi za malo okokerako anthu amgululi. Pambuyo pa chochitika ichi, ndinali ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu kwambiri kwa ophunzira onse; ndipo sindinakhumudwe.

M'kalasi (inde, sitinali kunja kuwonera zisindikizo tsiku lonse), tinaphunzira mitu yambiri kuphatikizapo taxonomy ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mitundu, morphological and physiological kusintha kwa moyo wa m'nyanja, kufunafuna zachilengedwe ndi makhalidwe, kubereka, bioacoustics, kuyanjana kwa anthropogenic, ndi kuyang'anira zamoyo zapanyanja zomwe zili pachiwopsezo.

Ndinaphunzira zambiri kuposa mmene ndinkayembekezera zokhudza nyama zoyamwitsa za m’madzi ndi Zisumbu za Shoals. Tinayendera Chilumba cha Smuttynose, ndikusiyiratu nkhani zazikulu zakupha achifwamba komwe kunachitika pachilumbachi posachedwa. Tsiku lotsatira tinayamba ntchito yomaliza opaleshoni ya zeze. Ngakhale kuti mbalame si nyama zoyamwitsa za m’nyanja, ndinaphunzira zambiri kuposa mmene ndinkayembekezera chifukwa cha mbalamezi, chifukwa pachilumbachi munali amayi ambiri oteteza komanso anapiye opusa. Phunziro lofunika kwambiri linali losayandikira kwambiri (Ndinaphunzira movutikira - ndinali nditagwidwa nthawi zambiri ndi amayi achiwawa, komanso odzitchinjiriza kwambiri).

Shoals Marine Laboratory inandipatsa mwayi wapadera wophunzira za nyanja ndi nyama zapamadzi zomwe zimati kwathu. Kukhala pa Appledore kwa milungu iwiri kunanditsegula maso kuti ndikhale ndi moyo watsopano, wolimbikitsidwa ndi chilakolako chofuna kusintha nyanja ndi chilengedwe. Ndili pa Appledore, ndinatha kukhala ndi kafukufuku wowona komanso zochitika zenizeni zakumunda. Ndinaphunzira zambiri zokhudza zinyama za m'nyanja ndi Zisumbu za Shoals ndipo ndinayang'ana m'nyanja zapanyanja, koma ndinapitiriza kuganizira za momwe ndimayankhulirana. Shoals tsopano wandipatsa chiyembekezo chachikulu kuti kulumikizana ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ndi zida zamphamvu zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kufikira anthu onse ndikuwongolera kumvetsetsa kwapanyanja kwapanyanja ndi zovuta zake.

Ndizotetezeka kunena kuti sindinachoke pachilumba cha Appledore opanda kanthu. Ndinachoka ndi ubongo wodzaza ndi chidziwitso chokhudza zinyama zam'madzi, chitsimikizo chakuti kuyankhulana ndi sayansi ya m'nyanja zikhoza kuphatikizidwa, ndipo, ndithudi, zitosi za gull paphewa panga (osachepera mwayi wake!).