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NguBen Scheelk, uMdidiyeli Wohlelo, I-Ocean Foundation
Ukuvolontiya nge-SEE Turtles e-Costa Rica - Ingxenye II

Ukube bekunesonto lofudu. Kuyavunywa, izimfudu zasolwandle zingase zingagqugquzeli ingxube efanayo yokwesaba nokumangala njengomakhelwane bazo be-elasmobranch enamazinyo ensingo, futhi umcabango wompophoma wamanzi ushanela inqwaba yezimfudu ze-jellyfish-slurping, ezidla utshani basolwandle ungase ungabi isizathu esinamandla sokukhuphuka. i-chainsaw-defense efaneleka i-movie ye-B-cheesiest, lezi zilwane ezihuquzelayo zasendulo ziphakathi kwezidalwa ezesabekayo ezihlala olwandle futhi ngokuqinisekile zifanelwe isonto le-TV yesikhathi sokuqala. Kodwa, naphezu kokuthi izimfudu zasolwandle zaziseduze ukuze zibone ukukhuphuka nokuwa kwama-dinosaurs, futhi ziye zabonisa ikhono elimangalisayo lokuzivumelanisa nolwandle olushintshayo, ukwehla okumangalisayo kwezimfudu zasolwandle ngekhulu lama-20 kwabeka ukusinda kwazo okuqhubekayo embuzweni ongathi sína.

Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi imizamo ebalulekile yomhlaba wonke kula mashumi ambalwa eminyaka adlule ibonakala isiza ekulweni nokubuyisa izimfudu zasolwandle onqenqemeni lokuqothulwa. Umuzwa wethemba eligodliwe ngekusasa lalezi zidalwa eziyinqaba wagcwala ezingxoxweni eziningi ebesinazo lapho siya e-Playa Blanca e-Osa Peninsula yaseCosta Rica ukuyovolontiya izinsuku ezimbili no. KAKHULU (Izimfudu Zasolwandle zaseLatin American) ngokubambisana ne Ukusakaza, othole usizo lwe-The Ocean Foundation.

Ngokusebenza e-Golfo Dulce, indawo eyingqayizivele yezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ethathwa njengenye yama-fjord amathathu kuphela asezindaweni ezishisayo emhlabeni, abacwaningi be-LAST benza ucwaningo oluhlelekile nolwenziwa ngokucophelela ngenani labantu bezimfudu zasolwandle ezidla kule ndawo. Ngosizo lweqembu elijikelezayo lamavolontiya avela emhlabeni wonke, i-LAST, njengenqwaba yezinhlangano ezisebenza kulo lonke elase-Central America, iqoqa idatha mayelana nempilo, ukuziphatha, nezinsongo ezibhekene nezimfudu zasolwandle esifundeni. Ithemba liwukuthi lolu lwazi olubalulekile luzonikeza abalondolozi bemvelo kanye nabenzi bezinqubomgomo ngolwazi lokuthuthukisa amasu okuqinisekisa ukusinda isikhathi eside kwalesi sidalwa esihlukile nesiphila ngaphambili.

Umsebenzi esibambe iqhaza kuwo ungaba inselele ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo, futhi udinga inhlanganisela yochwepheshe yamandla nomusa. Ngemva kokubamba izimfudu zasolwandle phesheya kwezilwandle ngenetha, uchungechunge lwemisebenzi ehlelwe ngokucophelela iyenzeka ukuze kuqoqwe idatha ngenkathi kwenziwa umzamo ohlangene wokunciphisa ukucindezeleka nokuphazamiseka okulimazayo esilwaneni.

Uma ukhushulelwa esikebheni, ithawula elimanzi libekwa phezu kwekhanda likafudu ukuze lisize ukulithulisa. Ufudu lube selubuyiselwa ogwini eqenjini elilinde ngabomvu lamavolontiya afaka amagilavu ​​e-latex namathuluzi avalelwe. Izinyathelo ezilandelayo—ezichazwe ngokuningiliziwe phakathi neseshini yokuqondisa ngaphambi kwenkundla kanye nencwadi yokufundisa—ihilela ukuthwala ufudu uluyise ogwini lapho kuthathwa khona uchungechunge lwezilinganiso, okuhlanganisa nobukhulu be-carapace yalo (umhlane noma ingxenye engemuva yegobolondo), i-plastron (uhlangothi oluphansi lwegobolondo), nezitho zalo zocansi.

Bese, indawo ephikweni layo ihlanzwa kahle ngaphambi kokuthi kunamathiselwe ithegi yensimbi ukusiza ukuyilandelela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Nakuba amathegi eyizitembu zokurekhoda ezilula ezingaqoqi noma ezingadluliseli idatha, ikhodi ekumaki ivumela abacwaningi ukwazi ukuthi ufudu lwalumakwe kuphi ukuze uma kungenzeka luphinde luthathwe, kuqhathaniswe mayelana nokukhula kwalo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi nokuthi kuphi. sekuyi. Izimfudu ezimbalwa esizithumbile zase zinamathegi, noma zinobufakazi bokumakwa esikhathini esedlule, okuhlanganisa nofudu olukhulu oluluhlaza—olunye lwezibonelo eziyinselele kakhulu okufanele luhambe luphume esikebheni—olwalunophawu olubonisa ukuthi luvele luphelele. indlela esuka eziQhingini zaseGalapagos, ngaphezu kwamamayela angu-800. Ekugcineni, ukuze izimfudu zimakwe ngokokuqala ngqá, isicucu esincane sikhishwa ngokucophelela ukuze kuhlaziywe izakhi zofuzo kamuva.

Konke lokhu kusebenza, ngaphansi kwezimo ezikahle, kwenzeka ngaphansi kwemizuzu eyishumi ukunciphisa ukucindezeleka esilwaneni. Kunjalo, ukuqondisa ufudu olukhulu kuthatha abantu abambalwa, futhi akukho ngaphandle kwengozi ethile kumavolontiya. Ngemva kokubona ufudu oluluhlaza lwekarate luqopha ivolontiya elikhazimulayo, kuyacaca ukuthi ukubhukuda izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha kubenza babe namandla ngendlela emangalisayo. Yebo, ivolontiya belilungile. Nofudu futhi. Kunzima ukungagcini ukumomotheka usebenza nezimfudu, noma ngabe kuphunyiwe.

Namuhla, izimfudu zasolwandle zibhekene nezinsongo eziningi emzabalazweni wazo oqhubekayo wokuphila olwandle oluthintwa kakhulu imisebenzi yabantu. Kulezi zinhlobo eziyisikhombisa ezihlala olwandle njengamanje, ezine zisengozini enkulu, kanti ezinye zisengozini noma zisondele ekusongelwa. Ukunqoba usizi olukhulu kusukela ngesikhathi bephuma esibelethweni esinesihlabathi sogwini ukuze bagijimele olwandle ngokuzenzakalelayo, ezinye izinsongo ezilethwa abantu—ukungcola, ukuthuthukiswa kogu, ukudoba, nokuzingela ngokungemthetho okudlangile—kwenza ukuphila kwabo kube nzima nakakhulu. Kodwa, imizamo emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule ibonakala yenza umehluko, futhi nakuba izindaba eziningi ziyinganekwane, kunomqondo wokuthi izimfudu zasolwandle zisendleleni eya ekululameni.

Kimina, isipiliyoni sokusebenza nezimfudu zasolwandle okokuqala ngqa sasifana nesivunguvungu. Cha, i-turtle-nado eyangithwala yangiyisa endaweni lapho engangizizwa sengathi ngingowami ngisebenza kanye nabanye abaye bathintwa yilezi zilwane ezihuquzelayo ezimangalisayo. Ukuba nethuba lokuxhumana nesilwane esimangalisa kangaka—ukubamba ikhanda laso elivulekile ngenkathi i-plastron ikalwa, ukuze ngezikhathi ezithile ubambe amehlo aso amnyama, ahlabayo, abone izinguquko eziningi kule minyaka eyizigidi ezingamakhulu amabili edlule— okuhlangenwe nakho okuthobisa ngempela. Kukusondeza ebuntwini bakho, ekuboneni ukuthi sisengabasha esiteji, nokuthi lesi sidalwa sasendulo siyintambo ephilayo, esixhumanisa nesikhathi esikude seplanethi yethu.