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Ngu-Angel Braestrup, uSihlalo weBhodi yabaCebisi kwi-Ocean Foundation

Ngomhla woku-1 kuJuni yayiluSuku lomnenga. Usuku lokuhlonipha ezi zidalwa zibalaseleyo ezijikeleza kuzo zonke iilwandle zehlabathi-ezinosuku lwazo ngoJuni 8.

Inkoliso yenu iyazi ukuba iminenga inendima ebalulekileyo elwandle—iyinxalenye yothungelwano oluntsonkothileyo olubumba inkqubo yokuxhasa ubomi kwisijikelezi-langa sethu. Ehlabathini elinemithombo eyahlukeneyo yeprotheyini efumanekayo kubantu abaninzi, ukuzingela okuqhubekayo korhwebo lweminenga kubonakala, njengoko abantwana bam benokuthi, ngoko kwinkulungwane edlulileyo. I “Gcina Iminenga” I-slogan yayilawula iminyaka yam yobutsha kwaye iphulo elide liye laphumelela. I-International Whaling Commission yakuvala ukurhweba kweminenga ngowe-1982—uloyiso olwabhiyozelwa ngamawaka ehlabathini lonke. Kuphela ngabo baxhomekeke kwiminenga—abazingeli bokuziphilisa—abakhuselwayo yaye basenjalo nanamhlanje—logama nje inyama nezinye iimveliso zingathunyelwa kwamanye amazwe okanye zingathengiswa. Njengamanyathelo amaninzi alungileyo ukuya phambili kulondolozo, kuthathe iinzame ezidityanisiweyo zezazinzulu ezizinikeleyo, amatshantliziyo, kunye nabanye abathandi bomnenga ukulwa iinzame zokuphakamisa ukumiswa kwentlanganiso ye-IWC minyaka le.

Ke, akumangalisi ukuba isibhengezo sase-Iceland sokuba izakuphinda iqalise ukuloba iminenga kulo nyaka yahlangatyezwana nayo. mbhikisho. Uqhanqalazo olunjalo ludibene nomongameli wase-Iceland ePortland, eMaine, kwiveki ephelileyo ngethemba lokuba i-Iceland iya kuphinda isithathele ingqalelo isigqibo sayo.

NjengoSihlalo weBhodi yabaCebisi kwi-Ocean Foundation, ndiye ndafumana ithuba lokudibana nabanye oososayensi abanomdla kakhulu kunye nabanye abakhankasi kwihlabathi. Ngamanye amaxesha ndide ndiphume emanzini ukuze ndibabone, njengamawaka abanye abantu ababukele bemangalisiwe.

Xa izazinzulu zaselwandle ziqokelelana ukuze zithethe ngezilwanyana, kuthatha umzuzu ukubamba ijografi yazo. Ngapha koko, abathethi malunga nonxweme lwaseCalifornia, bathetha ngeMpuma yePasifiki kunye neCalifornia Bight, loo ndawo etyebileyo yolwandle phakathi kwePoint Conception kunye neSan Diego. Kwaye izazinzulu zomnenga zigxile kwinkulisa kunye neendawo zokutya ezixhasa iintlobo ezifudukayo ezizilandelayo ixesha lonyaka.

Abaqhubi bewotshi yomnenga nabo benza njalo. Iincopho zamaxesha onyaka ezinceda ekuqinisekiseni uhambo oluyimpumelelo sisonka kunye nebhotolo yabo. KwiGlacier Bay, i-microphone iwiswa phezu kwebhodi ukuze imamele iminenga. I-humpbacks ayiculi apho (ishiya oko kubusika eHawaii) kodwa icula ngokuqhubekayo. Ukuhamba ngephenyane elithe cwaka umamele iminenga esitya ngaphantsi kwakho ngamava omlingo kwaye xa igqobhoza, ukugxalathelana kwamanzi kunye nokuchaphaza okulandelayo kuvakala kumawa anamatye.

Iintloko, ii-belugas, ii-humpback nezingwevu—ndiye ndasikelelwa ngokuzibona zonke. Amathuba okubafumana ngexesha elifanelekileyo maninzi. Unokuyibona iminenga eluhlaza kunye namantshontsho ayo enandipha uxolo lweLoreto National Marine Park eBaja California, eMexico. Okanye ubone iminenga enqabileyo (eyaziwa ngolo hlobo ngenxa yokuba yayiyiminenga ekufanele ibulawe) yoNxweme lweAtlantiki olusentshona—izama ukuphila njengohlobo oluthile. Iminenga engama-50 engwevu, njengoko sithanda ukuthetha.

Kakade ke, naluphi na uhambo lokubukela iminenga lunokujika lube lusuku nje oluhle emanzini—akukho zidalwa zitsibayo elwandle, akukho sivukuvuku sintywila njengoko sintywila, amaza angapheliyo kunye nesithunzi ngamaxesha athile esibangela ukuba wonk’ ubani akhawuleze ukuya kwelinye. icala lomkhombe ngelize.

Oku, kucingelwa ukuba, akunakuze kube yinyani kwi-orcas yeStrait yaseSan Juan de Fuca, okanye iifjords zeNkosana uWilliam Sound, okanye iindawo ezingwevu neziluhlaza zeGlacier Bay okanye kumntla-ntshona weAtlantiki engekachukunyiswa. Ndiye ndeva ukuba ngexesha elifanelekileyo lonyaka, kwiindawo ezininzi ehlabathini lonke, zininzi ii<em>orcas, iimpawu zazo eziphawulekayo namaphiko abengezelayo abonakala kumgama ongamakhulu eemitha—iindumba zasekhaya, abantu abangaziwayo abadlulayo, abahamba ngenqanawa. iipakethe zengcuka zamadoda angatshatanga zityhutyha indlela yazo kwizikolo zeentlanzi kunye neentini.

Iminenga emibini etya izilwanyana ezincancisayo “edlulayo” ifotwe kwicala elingasezantsi leSiqithi i-Unimak, kwimpuma yeZiqithi zeAleutian, eAlaska. ifoto nguRobert Pittman, NOAA.

Kodwa kum, ayikaze ibe mnyama namhlophe. Andinakukuxelela ukuba kangaphi ndisiva, “Bebelapha inyanga yonke! Okanye osoloko eluncedo, “Bekufanele ukuba ulapha izolo.” Ndicinga ukuba ukuba bendinokutyelela ipaki yemidlalo, umzala kaShamu ebenosuku lwempilo yengqondo.

Nangona kunjalo, ndiyakholelwa kwi-orcas. Bamele ukuba balapho ukuba abantu abaninzi bababonile, akunjalo? Yaye njengazo zonke ii<em>cetaceans — iminenga, amahlengesi nee<em>porpoise — akuyomfuneko ukuba sizibone ukuze sikholelwe ukuba zibalulekile kulwandlekazi olusempilweni njengezikolo zasemenhaden, iingqaqa ezinyakazelayo, nonxweme lwe<em>mangrove — kwaye, kunjalo, bonke abantu abasebenza nzima ukuze ikamva ulwandle esempilweni.

Ndiyathemba ukuba ube noSuku Lomnenga onoyolo, u-Orcas (naphi na apho ukhoyo) kunye ne-toast kubazalwana bakho.