NaNgirozi Braestrup, Sachigaro weBoard of Advisors yeThe Ocean Foundation

1 Chikumi raive Zuva reWhale. Zuva rekukudza izvi zvisikwa zvakanakisa zvinofamba-famba mumakungwa ese epasi-ane zuva razvo musi wa8 Chikumi.

Vazhinji venyu munoziva kuti mawhale anoita basa rinokosha mumakungwa—iwo chikamu uye chikamu chedandemutande rakaoma kunzwisisa rinoumba gadziriro yokutsigira upenyu hwepasi redu. Munyika ine mapuroteni akasiyana-siyana anowanikwa kune vanhu vazhinji, kuenderera mberi kwekuvhima kwezvokutengeserana kwemawhale kunoratidzika, sezvaizotaurwa nevana vangu, saka zana remakore rapfuura. The “Save the Whales” sirogani yakatonga makore angu ehudiki uye mushandirapamwe wakareba wakasangana nekubudirira. International Whaling Commission yakarambidza kubatwa hove zvokutengeserana muna 1982—rukundo rwakapembererwa nezviuru kupota nyika. Avo bedzi vanotsamira pa<em>whale—vavhimi vokuraramira—ndivo vakadzivirirwa uye vachiri kudaro nhasi—chero bedzi nyama yacho nemimwe michina isingatengeswi kana kutengeswa. Kufanana nematanho akawanda akanaka ekumberi mukuchengetedza, zvakatora kuedza kwakabatana kwemasayendisiti akazvipira, vatsigiri, uye vamwe vanoda whale kurwisa kuedza kusimudza kumisa kumusangano weIWC gore rega rega.

Nekudaro, hazvishamise kuti chiziviso cheIceland chekuti ichatangazve kushambadzira whaling gore rino chakasangana nayo. zvinopikisa. Kuratidzira kwakadaro kwakasangana nemutungamiri weIceland muPortland, Maine, svondo rapfuura netarisiro yekuti Iceland yaizofunga zvakare danho rayo.

Sachigaro weBoard of Advisors yeThe Ocean Foundation, ndakave nemukana wekusangana nemamwe masayendisiti ane shungu dzewhale uye vamwe vanoita mushandirapamwe munyika. Dzimwe nguva ndinotobuda pamusoro pemvura kuti ndivaone, sezviuru zvevamwe vanhu vanotarisa vachishamisika.

Kana masayendisiti emugungwa anoungana kuti ataure nezvemhuka, zvinotora miniti kuti vabatane neiyo geography. Mushure mezvose, havatauri nezvemahombekombe eCalifornia, vanotaura nezveEastern Pacific neCalifornia Bight, iyo nzvimbo yakapfuma yegungwa pakati pePoint Conception neSan Diego. Uye masayendisiti ewhale anotarisisa nzvimbo dzinochengeterwa vana uye nzvimbo dzekudyisa dzinotsigira mhuka dzinotama dzavanotevera mwaka nemwaka.

Whale watch operators vanoitawo zvakare. Makwikwi emwaka anobatsira kuona kuti rwendo rwakabudirira ndechingwa chavo nebhata. MuGlacier Bay, maikorofoni inodonhedzwa pamusoro kuti iteerere mawhale. Humpbacks haiimbi ipapo (vanosiya izvo zvechando muHawaii) asi vanoramba vachiimba. Kukukurwa uri muigwa chinyararire uchiteerera mawhale ari kudya pasi pako chiitiko chemashiripiti uye kana apwanya, kumhanya kwemvura uye kuyerera kunotevera kunonzwika kubva pamawere ane matombo.

Misoro, mabeluga, humpback, uye grey - ndakakomborerwa kuti ndakazviona zvose. Mikana yekuvawana mumwaka wakakodzera yakawanda. Unogona kuona hove dzeblue whale nevana vadzo vachinakidzwa nerunyararo rweLoreto National Marine Park muBaja California, Mexico. Kana kuti ona maright whales asingawanzoitiki (anozivikanwa saakadaro nemhaka yokuti akanga ari ma<em>whale akakodzera kuuraya) okumadokero kweAtlantic Coast—achitamburira kurarama semhuka. Iwo 50 whales egrey, sezvatinoda kutaura.

Chokwadika, rwendo rupi norupi rwokuona whale runogona kuva zuva rakanaka pamvura—pasina zvisikwa zvinosvetuka kubva mugungwa, pasina kupfapfaidza kwemvura inopisa sezvainonyura, kungova masaisai asingagumi uye mumvuri unopota uchiita kuti munhu wose amhanyire kune imwe. parutivi rwechikepe pasina.

Izvi, sezvinofungidzirwa, hazvisi zvechokwadi nezve orcas yeStrait yeSan Juan de Fuca, kana mafjords ePrince William Sound, kana grey uye girini nharaunda dzeGlacier Bay kana kunyange kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweAtlantic isina kubatwa. Ndakanzwa kuti panguva yakakodzera yegore, munzvimbo dzakawanda pasi rose, maruva akawanda, mavara awo anoshamisa uye zvimbi zvadzo zvinopenya zvinooneka nemazana emayadhi kubva—mapodhi okumba, vaenzi vanoshanya vanopfuura namo, kufamba nechikepe. mawolf packs evarume vasina varume varikurovera muzvikoro zvehove nemaseal.

Mhuka mbiri dzinodya “nguva pfupi” dzinouraya mhuka dzakatorwa mifananidzo dziri kumaodzanyemba kweUnimak Island, kumabvazuva kweAleutian Islands, Alaska. mufananidzo naRobert Pittman, NOAA.

Asi kwandiri, haina kumbobvira yakasviba uye chena. Handikwanisi kukuudza kuti kangani pandakanzwa, “Vanga vari pano mwedzi wose! Kana kuti inogara ichibatsira, "Waifanira kunge uri pano nezuro." Ndinofunga kuti dai ndakashanyira nzvimbo inochengeterwa vanhu mimhanzi, muzukuru waShamu anenge aine zuva reutano hwepfungwa.

Asi, ndinotenda mune orcas. Vanofanira kunge vari kunze uko kana vanhu vazhinji vakavaona, handiti? Uye sema<em>cetaceans ose — ma<em>whale, ma<em>dolphin, nema<em>porpoise — hatifaniri kuaona kuti atende kuti anokosha kugungwa rine utano sezvakaita zvikoro zve<em>menhaden, ma<em>reef akazara, uye mangrove coast — uye, hongu, vanhu vese vanoshanda nesimba nekuda kweramangwana regungwa rine hutano.

Ndinovimba makava neZuva Rokufara Whale, Orcas (chero kwaunenge uri) uye toast kuhama dzako.