Oshaka nemisebe yezinsuku ezingama-31

Umculi uJen Richards, usezifela ngempilo yasolwandle isikhathi eside njengoba esekhumbula. Ngenhlanhla, sibe nethuba lokuxoxa naye futhi sikhulume ngephrojekthi yakhe yakamuva neqhubekayo, Oshaka nemisebe yezinsuku ezingama-31. UJen uziphonsele inselelo yokuthi abonise uhlobo oluhlukile lukashaka noma imisebe nsuku zonke kuyo yonke inyanga kaJulayi ukuze aqoqe imali yokongiwa kwemvelo. Uzoba indali sikhiphe lezi zingcezu zobuciko eziyingqayizivele futhi sinikele ngayo yonke inzuzo kwelinye lamaphrojekthi esiwathandayo, I-Shark Advocates International. 

Ake siqale ngobuciko bakho. Uqale nini ukuba nentshisekelo kwezobuciko? Futhi kungani ugxila ezilwaneni zasendle, ikakhulukazi izilwane zasolwandle?

Kuzwakala kuyi-cliche, kodwa benginentshisekelo kwezobuciko kusukela ngikhumbula! Ezinye zezinkumbulo zami zakuqala zihlanganisa ukudweba ama-dinosaurs kukho konke engangikuthola. Bengilokhu nginesithakazelo esikhulu emvelweni, ngakho lapho ngifunda okwengeziwe ngezilwane kulapho ngafuna khona ukuzidweba. Ngangineminyaka eyisishiyagalombili lapho ngibona i-orca ngokokuqala ngqá futhi wonke engawadweba iminyaka ngemva kwalokho - uxolo, ama-dinosaurs! Ngangisanda kuba nelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi ngezilwane kangangokuthi ngangifuna ukuzidweba ukuze ngibonise abanye abantu; Bengifuna bonke abanye babone ukuthi babemangalisa kangakanani.

Ukutholaphi ugqozi lwakho? Ingabe unayo imidiya oyintandokazi?

Ngithola ugqozi njalo ezilwaneni ngokwazo - kangangokuthi kuba nezinsuku lapho ngingakwazi khona ukuthola ukuthi yini engifuna ukuyipenda kuqala. Kusukela ngimncane bengilokhu ngingumbheki oshisekayo wanoma yini nayo yonke into evela ku-BBC Natural History Unit, okungenze ngakwazi ukubona izinhlobo eziningi zezilwane nezindawo ezizungezile emhlabeni wonke kusukela edolobheni lakithi elincane elingasolwandle iTorquay, eNgilandi. USir David Attenborough usengenye yezikhuthazo zami ezinkulu. Indawo engiyithandayo ama-acrylics ngoba ngikujabulela ngempela ukuguquguquka kwawo, kodwa ngingumdwebi omkhulu, futhi.

Iyiphi indima kanye/noma umthelela onomuzwa wokuthi ubuciko bunabo ekongiweni kwemvelo?

Sekuphele cishe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili manje ngisebenza ngobungcweti emfundweni yezemvelo nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic, okungivumele ukuthi ngifundise umphakathi ngezilwane (enye into engizifela ngayo), futhi ngibe nethuba lokuhlangana nezidalwa ezimangalisayo. Funda kuphela. Ukwazi ukuzazi izilwane ngazinye nobuntu bazo, kanye nokuzibonela mathupha imizamo yocwaningo nokongiwa kwemvelo, kukhuthaza ngokungapheli.

Abaculi ababili engibathandayo uDavid Shepherd noRobert Bateman, bobabili abasebenzise ubuciko babo obumangalisayo ukuze bafinyelele abantu, futhi ngikujabulela kakhulu lokho. Ngizizwa ngihlonipheke kakhulu ngokubona umsebenzi wami udlala indima efanayo; ngoba ngithanda ukuveza ezinye izinhlobo “ezingaqondakali” engiye ngathola ukuthi abantu abalandela ubuciko bami bangitshele ukuthi ngibagqugquzele ukuthi bathole okwengeziwe ngaleso silwane – futhi ngiyakuthanda lokho! Enye yezinto engizikhonzile engingayenza ngomsebenzi wami wobuciko ukusabalalisa ukuqwashisa ngezinkinga ezithile, njengezindawo ezivikelekile zamahlengethwa aseMaui kanye nenhlekelele yokuhlasela oshaka eNtshonalanga ye-Australia nokuxhuma izivakashi ngezindlela ezingasiza ngazo ngokuqhubekayo. Ngiphinde ngaba umsekeli osemthethweni womkhankaso we-Shark Saver okhaliphile othi “Shark Stanley” osize ukubona izinhlobo eziningi zoshaka nemisebe zengezwa ekuvikelweni kwe-CITES. Ukwengeza, ngithanda ukufaka isandla ngqo kwezokongiwa kwemvelo ngokubamba iqhaza emicimbini ekhethekile. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ngiqedele umdwebo wobhejane omnyama we-Bowling for Rhinos fundraiser e-Los Angeles futhi ngizokwenza okufanayo nangomcimbi wangomhla zingama-22 kuJulayi eGeorgia (yomibili le micimbi yenziwa i-American Association of Zoo Keepers kanye no-100% wemali etholiwe. ukukhuliswa kuya ekongiweni kobhejane kanye nezingulule e-Afrika).

Manje inselele yezinsuku ezingama-31. Kungani oshaka nemisebe? Uke waba nakho okusondelene kakhulu noshaka noma umsebe?

Oshaka bebelokhu bekhethekile kimina. Lapho iNational Marine Aquarium ivulwa ePlymouth, e-UK ngo-1998 ngangidonsela abazali bami lapho ngawo wonke amathuba futhi ngihlatshwe oshaka be-sandbar kanye noshaka bama-blacktip. Kwakukhona nje okuthile okwakumangalisa ngokubukeka kwazo kanye nendlela ezazinyakaza ngayo; Ngangimangele. Ngokushesha ngaba ummeli wabo mina, ngigxuma ngawo wonke amathuba ukuze ngilungise othile mayelana nokungaqondi kahle okuhlobene noshaka (into engingazange ngikhule kuyo). Yize kunentshisekelo yomphakathi eningi ngoshaka njengamanje kunangaphambili kwengake ngakubona, ngisanomuzwa wokuthi kusekude lapho maqondana nokulungisa isithunzi sabo esibi. Futhi imisebe ayitholi ngisho nokubheka! Kunezinhlobo eziningi zezilwane okufanele ngifunde ngazo futhi ngithokozele ukuthi ngizizwa sengathi nginesibopho sokusiza abantu bafunde - futhi ubuciko bungangisiza ngenze lokho.

Ngomsebenzi wami wokufundisa ngemvelo ngibe nelungelo lokuzwa oshaka abaningana kanye nemisebe eduze. Okuhlangenwe nakho engikhumbuleka kakhulu kwaba ngenkathi ngibona ushaka wasendle ngenkathi ngenza uhambo oluncane lwe-eco-tour emanzini asekhaya eningizimu ye-Devon. Ngajabula kakhulu ukubona oyedwa mathupha ngakhubeka esitebhini sensimbi esikebheni ngase ngindiza, kodwa ngaqhubeka nokuthatha izithombe ezimbalwa ezilufifi. Ukulimala kwakufanelekile! Ngiphinde ngacwila endaweni ye-aquarium enoshaka omkhomo, imisebe ye-manta, oshaka be-sand tiger nezinye izinhlobo ezimbalwa zezilwane, futhi ngibe nokhozi olunamachashaza oluxhaswe ngesandla nemisebe yenkomo. Imigomo yami yokugcina ihlanganisa ukubona oshaka be-whale olwandle oluvulekile kanye nokutshuza nge-oceanic whitetips - kodwa empeleni, noma yiliphi ithuba lokubona ushaka noma imisebe mathupha kuyiphupho elifezekile. Kunzima ngendlela emangalisayo kimina ukuthi ngiyinciphise ibe uhlobo oluyintandokazi - ivame ukuba yinoma yini engiyibukayo njengamanje! Kodwa bengilokhu nginendawo ethambile yoshaka abaluhlaza, i-oceanic whitetips, oshaka be-whale, nama-wobbegong, kanye nemisebe ye-manta nemisebe emincane kadeveli.

Kungani ukhethe iShark Advocates International? Futhi yini ekushukumisele ukuba wenze le phrojekthi ethile?

Ngiqale ngathola Abameli bakaShaka ku-Twitter; Ngilandela ososayensi abaningi basolwandle kanye nezinhlangano zokongiwa kwemvelo lapho ngakho bekungenakugwemeka. Ngikuthakasela kakhulu ukugxila kwe-SAI kunqubomgomo yokongiwa kwemvelo nokuba yizwi loshaka nemisebe lapho kubaluleke kakhulu: emithethweni naseziqondisweni okufanele zibavikele esikhathini eside.

Bengilokhu ngingumsekeli wezinhlangano eziningi eminyakeni edlule kodwa ngiyaqala ngqa ukudala nokwenza inselele ukuze ngisekele injongo ethile. Bengicabanga isikhathi eside ngokwenza okuthile kubhulogi yami yobuciko phakathi Neviki Loshaka ukuze ngigubhe izinhlobo “ezingabonakali kahle” okungenzeka ukuthi bezingeke zithole isikhathi esiphambili, kodwa ukucindezela uthando lwami loshaka lube yizinsuku eziyisikhombisa bekungeke kwenzeke. Ngabe sengicabanga ukuthi kaningi kangakanani ngidweba oshaka ngokujwayelekile, futhi ngacabanga kimina “Ngibheja ukuthi ngingadweba owodwa usuku ngalunye lwenyanga.” Ngokushesha okukhulu lokho kwaphenduka umqondo wokuzibekela umgomo wangempela wezinhlobo ezihlukene ezingu-31, bese ngidayisa lezo endalini ukuze ngisekele i-SAI. Inyanga kaJulayi njalo iyinyanga enhle koshaka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngakho ngiyethemba ukuthi imizamo yami izosiza ukwakha isasasa kwezinye zalezi zilwane futhi ngiqoqe izimali zokuzilwela. Oshaka kanye Imisebe for 31 Days wazalwa!

Ingabe ulindele izinselele? Futhi yini othemba ukuyizuza ngale phrojekthi?

Isithiyo esikhulu ngale nselele siza nokukhetha izinhlobo ezizogqanyiswa kwasekuqaleni. Ngize ngenza nohlu olusabambekayo ekupheleni kukaJuni nalolo engangifuna ngempela ukuzenza, kodwa ngilokhu ngicabanga okwengeziwe engingakwengeza! Ngiphinde ngenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ngishiya izindawo zivuliwe ukuze abantu basikisele abangathanda ukuzibona - bazobe bebhida kwezangempela, phela, futhi kuyangijabulisa ukubona ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo oluthandwa yiwo wonke umuntu. Impela “nginezinto zakudala ezinhle ezihleliwe, njengoshaka omhlophe kanye noshaka omkhomo, kodwa futhi ngibheke ngabomvu ukuveza lezo ezifana ne-dogfish prickly kanye ne-longcomb sawfish. Lokhu futhi kuyinselele ejabulisayo kimina njengeciko - kuyangikhuthaza ngempela ukuba nomsebenzi okumele uwuqede usuku ngalunye kanye nethuba lokuhlola izitayela nezinsiza ezengeziwe. Ngiphinde ngijabulele ukudweba nokudweba izinhlobo engingakaze ngizame ukuzenza ngaphambili. Ucezu ngalunye kuze kube manje luhluke kancane futhi ngihlose ukukuphatha njalo inyanga yonke. Ngezinye izinsuku ngiyazi ukuthi ngizoba nesikhathi sokwenza umdwebo noma umsebenzi wepensela kuphela, futhi ngezinye izinsuku ngibeke eceleni ukuze ngigxile emdwebeni. Uma nje ngingakwazi ukunamathela ekuzinikeleni kwami ​​kohlobo oluthile ngosuku ngizobe ngifezile umgomo wami okungenani! Okugxilwe kuyo ngempela wukwenza abantu abaningi bazibandakanye nomsebenzi we-SAI kanye nendlela abangasiza ngayo oshaka nemisebe noma ngabe bakuphi emhlabeni. Uma indlela abakwenza ngayo lokho iwukuthola ubuciko bami futhi ngibuthande ngokwanele ukusekela injongo, khona-ke ngizojabula kakhulu!

Futhi uzokwenzenjani ngokulandelayo? Ngoba sinesithakazelo ngempela!

Hhayi-ke, ngiyazi ukuthi ngizoqhubeka ngidweba oshaka nemisebe! Empeleni ngizokwethula uchungechunge lwezincwadi zokufaka imibala ezifundisayo ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Ngike ngawakha amakhasi ombala ngaphambilini njenge-tie-ins emicimbini efana ne-International Whale Shark Day futhi ibe yinhle kakhulu. Kunezingane eziningi kakhulu ezinentshisekelo emhlabeni wemvelo - ikakhulukazi izilwane zasolwandle - ngale kwezinhlobo ezijwayelekile ezitholakala kulezi zinhlobo zemikhiqizo (hhayi ukuthi kukhona okungalungile ngoshaka abamhlophe noma amahlengethwa e-bottlenose!), futhi ngingathanda ukudala into yokugubha lelo lukuluku. Mhlawumbe leyo ntombazanyana efaka imibala esithombeni engisidwebile se-cuttlefish ebabazekayo izokhula ibe isazi semfundo ephakeme. Futhi ngokwemvelo… kuzoba noshaka kanye ne-ray-centric!

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