Manatees: Chiratidzo uye Chiyeuchidzo

Iyo Ocean Foundation inopemberera Marine Mammal Mwedzi muna Kukadzi. MuFlorida, Mbudzi iManatee Awareness Mwedzi nechikonzero chakanaka. Inguva yegore apo ma<em>manatee anotanga kushambira achienda kumvura inodziya uye ari mungozi huru yokurohwa navafambisi vezvikepe nemhaka yokuti pasinei zvapo noukuru hwawo hworupo, anonetsa kuona kunze kwokunge wanyatsoatarira.

Sezvo Florida Wildlife Commission inoti, “Parwendo rwadzo rwegore negore, mhashu, kusanganisira vanaamai nemhuru dzavo, vanoshambira vachitevedza nzizi dzakawanda dzeFlorida, mabheji uye nzvimbo dziri mumhenderekedzo yegungwa vachitsvaka tembiricha inodziya, yakatsiga zvikuru inowanwa muzvitubu zvemvura yakachena, migero yakagadzirwa nevanhu uye panobuda magwenzi emagetsi. Kusiyana nema<em>dolphin nedzimwe mhuka dzomugungwa, mhuka dze<em>manatee hadzina blubber dzechokwadi dzokudzidzivirira kubva mumvura dziri pasi pe 68 degrees Fahrenheit, saka dzinofanira kuwana mvura inodziya padzinenge dzichitama kuti dzirarame muchando.”

Vazhinji vedu hatisi kuzokanganiswa neFlorida mwaka wezvikepe zvirambidzo zvinotanga kushanda munaNovember 15, zvirambidzo zvakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza manatee. Asi, manatee chiratidzo chezvose zvatinotarisana nazvo mukuvandudza hukama hwevanhu kugungwa, uye izvo zvinogadzira manatee ane hutano zvinogadzira makungwa ane hutano.  

Manatees imhuka dzinodya, zvichireva kuti dzinotsamira pauswa hwegungwa hune hutano uye zvimwe zvinomera zvemumvura pakudya. Huswa hwemugungwa huri kukura hunoda kuderedzwa kwakadzikira, mvura yakachena yakachena, uye kukanganiswa kudiki kubva kumabasa evanhu. Mavanga epropeller kubva kune tsaona grounding anofanirwa kugadziriswa nekukurumidza kudzivirira kukukurwa uye kuwedzera kukuvadza kune idzi nzvimbo dzinogara seahorses, pwere hove, uye ruzhinji rwemamwe marudzi kweinenge chikamu chehupenyu hwavo.  

Pano paThe Ocean Foundation takashanda nemasainzi nevamwe kuti tinzwisise nekudzivirira manatee nenzvimbo dzavanovimba nadzo muFlorida, muCuba, nekumwewo. Kuburikidza nechirongwa chedu cheSeaGrass Kukura, tinopa mukana wekubatsira kugadzirisa uswa hwemugungwa uye kugadzirisa kabhoni yavo panguva imwe chete. Kuburikidza neMarine Mammal Initiative yedu, tinobvumira nharaunda yedu kuti iuye pamwe chete kuti titsigire zvirongwa zvezvipuka zvemugungwa zvinonyanya kushanda zvatingawana.