Blog yevaenzi, yakatumirwa naDebbie Greenberg

Ichi chinyorwa chakatanga kubuda pawebhusaiti yaPlaya Viva. Playa Viva ishamwari dzeHomwe mukati meThe Ocean Foundation uye inotungamirwa naDavid Leventhal.

Vhiki rimwe rapfuura ndakaita rombo rakanaka rekuperekedza nhengo dzeLa Tortuga Viva turtle nzvimbo inoera pane imwe yehusiku yavo yekutenderera pamhenderekedzo yegungwa pedyo nePlaya Viva nekumhiri. Vanotsvaka matendere ekamba dzomugungwa kuti vadzivirire mazai kubva kuvavhimi zvisiri pamutemo nemhuka dzinodya dzimwe mhuka nokuaendesa kunzvimbo yadzinochengeterwa kuti achengetedzwe kusvikira achechenywa uye asunungurwa.

Zvaifadza zvikuru kuona basa rinoitwa nevazvipiri venzvimbo iyi uye kunzwisisa zviri nani kushanda nesimba kwavanoita manheru ega ega uye mangwanani-ngwanani (imwe patrol inobva 10pm kusvika pakati peusiku uye imwe inotanga na4 am) Nyeredzi pamusoro pegungwa. zvaishamisa sezvataisvetuka nemotokari yeboka racho inofamba-famba. Elias, mukuru weTortuga Viva uye mutungamiri wangu wehusiku, akatsanangura nzira yekutsvaga turtle tracks nematendere. Hatina rombo rakanaka, kunyange zvakadaro: takawana matendere maviri, asi zvinosuruvarisa kuti mhondi dzevanhu dzakanga dzatirova uye mazai akanga aenda. Takaonawo kamba nhatu dzakafa panzvimbo dzakasiyana pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, zvichida dzakanyura mugungwa nemambure evabati vehove.

Zvese hazvina kurasika, takanga tine rombo rakanaka nekuti patakazodzokera kunzvimbo yekuchengeterwa vana pakati pehusiku dendere rakanga richichochonywa, uye ndakanyatsoona vana vekamba vachikwira nemujecha! Elias zvinyoro nyoro akatanga kufambisa jecha padivi ndokunyatsounganidza turuti twakawanda twaOlive Ridley kuti asunungurwe achidzokera munyanza.

Vhiki imwe gare gare, apo isu vazvipiri veWWOOF takasvika paPlaya Viva kubasa na6:30 am takaudzwa neboka rePlaya Viva kuti kamba yaive pamhenderekedzo yegungwa pamberi pehotera. Takamhanyira pell-mell kujecha, tichitsvaga makamera edu, tichitya kutadza kuona; rombo rakanaka kwatiri kamba yaisanyanya kufamba, saka takakwanisa kuiona ichinyura mugungwa. Yakanga iri turtle hombe (inenge 3-4 tsoka kureba) uye zvinozoitika kuti isu takanga tine rombo rakanaka nekuti yaive isingawanzo shamisa Black turtle, inonzi "Prieta" neveko (chelonia agassizii).

Vazvipiri venzvimbo yekamba vaivepo, vakamirira kuti adzokere kugungwa asati adzivirira mazai ake nekuachengetedza kubva kune zvikara munzvimbo tsvene. Zvaifadza zvikuru kuona makwara aakanga aita achikwira kumahombekombe, matendere maviri enhema aakanga agadzira (sezviri pachena nzira yekuzvidzivirira pazvikara) uye nzira dzake dzichidzika. Vazvipiri vaivapo vakanzvera jecha zvinyoronyoro netsvimbo refu, vachiedza kuwana dendere rechokwadi, asi vaityira kuti vangangokuvadza mazai. Mumwe akadzokera kudhorobha kunotora dzimwe nhengo mbiri dzeTortuga Viva mumwe wacho akasara pano kuti atarise nzvimbo uye akarinda dendere kuti risapindire. Akatsanangura kuti kunyange zvazvo vakanga vava negore vachishanda paronda, vakanga vasati vambowana dendere rePrieta. Pakangosvika vakuru vepatrol Elias naHector, vakabva vaziva pekutarisisa, ndokutanga kuchera. Hector murefu uye ane maoko marefu, asi akachera pasi kusvika anyatsozendamira mugomba asati awana mazai. Akatanga kuvarera, vaviri kana vatatu panguva imwe; dzaive dzakatenderera uye dzinenge saizi yemabhora makuru egorofu. 81 mazai ose!

Panguva ino vakanga vaine vateereri vevose vakazvipira veWWOOF, mushandi wePlaya Viva akanga aburutsa foshoro kuti abatsire kana zvichidiwa, uye vaenzi vakawanda vePlaya Viva. Mazai akaiswa mumasaga maviri ndokuendwa nawo kunzvimbo inochengeterwa kamba, uye isu takavatevera tichiona basa rose rekuchengetedza mazai kuti azvarwe. Kamwe mazai akavigwa zvakachengeteka mudendere ravo idzva, rakagadzirwa nevanhu rakadzika 65 cm, takapiwa rwendo rwekudzokera kuPlaya Viva.

Iyo Black turtle iri panjodzi huru; rombo rakanaka kuti ave nevazvipiri varipo kuti vachengetedze mazai ake, uye rombo rakanaka kwatiri kuti taona mhuka isingawanzo kutsakatika.

Nezve Shamwari dzeLa Tortuga Viva: Kukona yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwePlaya Viva, hotera yeboutique yakagadzikana, vashandi vese vanozvipira, vanosanganisirwa nenhengo dzenharaunda yeJuluchuca, vakagadzira nzvimbo yeturtle. Ava vabati vehove uye varimi vakaziva kukuvadzwa kuri kuitwa kune vagari veko uye vakasarudza kuita mutsauko. Boka iri rakatora zita rekuti “La Tortuga Viva” kana kuti “The Living Turtle” uye rakawana kudzidziswa kubva kuMexican Department for the Protection of Endangered Species. Kuti mupe ndapota tinya pano.