Manatee: Letšoao le Khopotso

Ocean Foundation e keteka Khoeli ea Lianyesi tsa Marine ka Hlakola. Florida, Pulungoana ke Khoeli ea Tlhokomeliso ea Manatee ka mabaka a utloahalang. Ke nako ea selemo eo ka eona li-manatee li qalang ho sesa ho ea metsing a futhumetseng ’me li kotsing e khōlō ea ho otloa ke batho ba tsamaeang ka likepe hobane ho sa tsotellehe boholo ba tsona bo boholo, ho thata ho li bona ntle le haeba u li sheba ka hloko.

Joalokaha Florida Wildlife Commission e re, “Leetong la ’ona la selemo le selemo, li-manatee, ho kopanyelletsa le bo-’mè le manamane a tsona, li sesa haufi le linōka tse ngata tsa Florida, likou le libaka tse lebōpong la leoatle ho ea batla mocheso o futhumetseng, o tsitsitseng haholoanyane o fumanoang lilibeng tsa metsi a hloekileng, likanale tse entsoeng ke batho le moo ho phallang matla a feme. Ho fapana le li-dolphin le liphoofolo tse ling tse anyesang tsa metsing, li-manatee ha li na lefuba la sebele le li sireletsang metsing a ka tlaase ho likhato tse 68 tsa Fahrenheit, kahoo li tlameha ho fumana metsi a futhumetseng nakong ea ho falla ha tsona e le hore li pholohe serame sa mariha.”

Bongata ba rona re ke ke ra angoa ke lithibelo tsa nako ea selemo tsa Florida tse qalang ho sebetsa ka la 15 Pulungoana, lithibelo tse etselitsoeng ho sireletsa manatee. Leha ho le joalo, li-manatee ke letšoao la sohle seo re tobaneng le sona ho ntlafatsa kamano ea batho le leoatle, 'me se etsang hore li-manatee li be le bophelo bo botle li etsa hore maoatle a be le bophelo bo botle.  

Li-manatee ke liphoofolo tse jang limela, ho bolelang hore li itšetlehile ka makhulo a leoatle a phetseng hantle le limela tse ling tsa metsing bakeng sa lijo tsa tsona. Makhulo a atlehileng a joang a leoatle a hloka sedimentation e fokolang, metsi a hloekileng a hloekileng, le tšitiso e fokolang ea mesebetsi ea batho. Maqeba a propeller a tsoang sebakeng se sa lebelloang a hloka ho lokisoa ka potlako ho qoba khoholeho ea mobu le kotsi e eketsehileng libakeng tsena tse nang le li-seahorses, litlhapi tsa bacha, le mefuta e meng ea mefuta e meng bonyane karolo ea bophelo ba tsona.  

Mona ho The Ocean Foundation re sebelitse le bo-rasaense le ba bang ho utloisisa le ho sireletsa li-manatee le libaka tsa bolulo tseo li itšetlehileng ka tsona Florida, Cuba, le libakeng tse ling. Ka lenaneo la rona la SeaGrass Grow, re fana ka monyetla oa ho thusa ho lokisa makhulo a leoatle le ho felisa khabone ka nako e le 'ngoe. Ka morero oa rona oa Marine Mammal Initiative, re lumella sechaba sa habo rona ho kopana ho tšehetsa mananeo a sebetsang hantle ka ho fetisisa a liphoofolo tsa leoatleng ao re ka a fumanang.