Kutarisa Kumashure: Kudzidza Kwebhuruu uye Kurarama Kwegirini

Na: Alexandra Kirby, Communications Intern, The Ocean Foundation

Pandakaenda kuShoals Marine Laboratory musi waJune 29th, 2014, ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti ndaipindwa nei. Ini ndinobva kumusoro kweNew York, ndiri kuita zvekukurukurirana paCornell University, uye ndinogona kutaura chokwadi kuti, muhupenyu hwangu, kuona minda yakavhurika ine mhou dzinofura kwakajairika pane kuona hupenyu hwemugungwa negungwa. Kunyange zvakadaro, ndakazviona ndakananga Appledore Island, chikurusa chezvitsuwa zvipfumbamwe zviri muIsles of Shoals archipelago, makiromita matanhatu kubva kumhenderekedzo yeMaine, kuti udzidze nezvemhuka dzomugungwa. Unogona kunge uchinetseka kuti sei mukuru wekutaurirana kubva kumusoro kweNew York angafarira kupedza mavhiki maviri achidzidza nezvemhuka dzemugungwa. Zvakanaka, heino mhinduro iri nyore: Ndasvika pakuda gungwa uye ndasvika pakunzwisisa ukuru hwekukosha kwekuchengetedza makungwa. Ndinoziva kuti ndine nzira dzekuenda nadzo, asi, zvishoma nezvishoma, ndiri kutanga kudzidza zvakawanda nezvekuchengetedza gungwa uye kutaurirana nesainzi.

Ndiri kudzika munzira yandiri kuzviwana ndichibatanidza ruzivo rwangu rwekutaurirana nekunyora nerudo rwangu rwehupenyu hwemugungwa nekuchengetedza gungwa. Vanhu vazhinji, pamwe kunyangwe iwe pachako wakabatanidzwa, vanogona kubvunza kuti munhu akaita seni angada sei gungwa ini ndisati ndaratidzwa zvinhu zvakawanda zvehupenyu hwemugungwa uye zviitiko. Zvakanaka, ndinogona kukuudza kuti sei. Ndakazviwana ndava kuverenga mabhuku uye zvinyorwa pamusoro pegungwa nemhuka dzomugungwa. Ndakazviona ndichitsvaga paInternet nezvezviitiko zvazvino uye matambudziko akatarisana negungwa. Uye ini ndakazviona ndichishandisa social media kuti nditore ruzivo kubva kumakungwa ekuchengetedza zvisingabatsiri, seThe Ocean Foundation, uye masangano ehurumende, seNOAA. Ndakanga ndisingakwanisi kuwana gungwa renyama saka ndakadzidza pamusoro payo nezviwanikwa zvinowanikwa (zvose zviri mienzaniso yekukurukurirana kwesayenzi).

Mushure mekusvika kuna Cornell Marine Biology Purofesa nezve kushushikana kwangu kusanganisa kunyora nekuchengetedza gungwa, akandivimbisa kuti zvechokwadi pane niche yekutaurirana nezvekuchengetedza gungwa. Kutaura zvazviri, akandiudza kuti inodiwa zvikuru. Kunzwa izvi kwakasimbisa chishuwo changu chekunangana nekukurukurirana kwekuchengetedza gungwa. Ndakanga ndiine ruzivo rwekutaura nekunyora pasi pebhandi rangu, asi ndaiziva kuti ndaida ruzivo rwechokwadi rwebhaibheri yegungwa. Saka, ndakarongedza mabhegi angu ndokuenda kuGulf of Maine.

Appledore Island yakanga isina kufanana nechitsuwa chipi nechipi chandati ndambosvika. Nechepamusoro, zvigadzirwa zvayo zvishoma zvairatidza kusakura uye zviri nyore. Nekudaro, pawakasvika pakunzwisisa kudzika kwetekinoroji kuti uwane chitsuwa chakagadzikana, haungafunge kuti zviri nyore. Nekushandisa simba rinogadzirwa nemhepo, solar, uye dhiziri, Shoals inogadzira magetsi ayo. Kutevera nzira yakananga kumararamiro akasimba, masisitimu ekuchenesa mvura yetsvina, kugovera mvura yakachena uye yemunyu, uye SCUBA compressor inochengetwa.

Mararamiro akasimba handiwo ega ekuwedzera kune Shoals. Muchokwadi, ndinofunga makirasi ane zvakatowanda zvekupa. Ndakatora chikamu mukirasi yeIntroduction to Marine Mammal Biology inodzidziswa naDr. Nadine Lysiak kubva ku Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Kirasi ine chinangwa chekudzidzisa vadzidzi nezve biology yemhuka dzemugungwa, vachitarisa mawhale uye zvisimbiso muGulf yeMaine. Zuva rekutanga chairo, kirasi yese yakatora chikamu muongororo yekuongorora zvidhindo zve grey uye pachiteshi. Isu takakwanisa kuverengera kuwanda uye mafoto ID zvisimbiso zvega mushure mekutora mifananidzo yenzvimbo dzekuburitsa koloni. Mushure mechiitiko ichi, ndaive netarisiro huru kune vamwe vese vekirasi; uye handina kunyadziswa.

Mukirasi (hongu, takanga tisiri kunze tichiona zvisimbiso zuva rose), takabata nyaya dzakasiyana-siyana dzinosanganisira taxonomy uye marudzi akasiyana-siyana, morphological and physiological adaptations for life in the gungwa, foraging ecology and behavior, kuberekana, bioacoustics, kupindirana kweanthropogenic, uye manejimendi ezvipuka zvemugungwa zvinotyisidzirwa.

Ndakadzidza zvakawanda kupfuura zvandaitarisira nezvemhuka dzomugungwa neZvitsuwa zveShoals. Takashanya Smuttynose Island, uye akasiya nengano huru pamusoro pemhondi dzemakororo dzakaitika pachitsuwa nguva pfupi yapfuura. Zuva rakatevera racho chairo takaita basa rokupedzisa chirongwa che harp seal necropsy. Uye kunyange zvazvo shiri dzisiri mhuka dzomugungwa, ndakadzidza zvakawanda kupfuura zvandaitarisira nezveguro, sezvo paiva nemadzimai akawanda anodzivirira uye nhiyo dzakaomarara dzaidzungaira pachitsuwa chacho. Chidzidzo chakanyanya kukosha chaive chekusamboswedera pedyo (Ndakadzidza nenzira yakaoma - ndakaputirwa kakawanda nevane hasha, uye vanodzivirira zvakanyanya, vanaamai).

Shoals Marine Laboratory yakandipa mukana unoshamisa wokudzidza nezvegungwa uye mhuka dzomugungwa dzinoshamisa dzinoti kumusha. Kugara paAppledore kwemavhiki maviri kwakavhura maziso angu kune imwe nzira yekurarama, yakakurudzirwa nechido chekuvandudza gungwa uye nharaunda. Ndichiri paAppledore, ndakakwanisa kuona tsvakiridzo yechokwadi uye ruzivo chairwo rwemumunda. Ndakadzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pemhuka dzemugungwa uye Isles of Shoals uye ini ndakatarisa kune imwe nyika yegungwa, asi ndakaramba ndichifunga shure kumidzi yangu yekukurukurirana. Shoals ikozvino yandipa tariro huru yekuti kutaurirana nesocial media zvishandiso zvine simba zvinogona kushandiswa kusvika kune veruzhinji nekuvandudza manzwisisiro everuzhinji pamusoro pegungwa nematambudziko aro.

Zvakachengeteka kutaura kuti handina kusiya Appledore Island isina chinhu. Ndakasiya nehuropi huzere neruzivo pamusoro pezvikara zvemugungwa, chivimbiso chekuti kutaurirana uye sainzi yemugungwa inogona kusanganiswa, uye, hongu, madonhwe egull pafudzi rangu (zvishoma rombo rakanaka!).