Izingodo Zohambo Oluhlakaniphile: Ingxenye II

Okulandelayo izingodo zansuku zonke ezibhalwe nguDkt. John Wise. Ekanye nethimba lakhe, uDkt. Wise wahamba nasemazweni azungezile eGulf of California efuna imikhomo. UDkt. Wise uphethe i-Wise Laboratory ye-Environmental & Genetic Toxicology. Lena ingxenye yesibili yochungechunge.

Usuku 9
Ngokumangalisayo, umkhomo wanamuhla wasekuseni ubonwe futhi wahlolwa nge-biopsy ngo-8 am, futhi kubukeka sengathi kuwusuku oluvamile lwenqubo yethu yokuhlolwa kwegazi. Nokho, ekugcineni kwakuzoba usuku oluhluke kakhulu. UMark wafika esaluni wabiza uJohnny cishe ngehora lesi-4 ezimpondweni. Yebo, kwakuwumkhomo wethu wantambama. “Ufile phambili” kwakuwucingo. Ngaphandle, besingenayo imikhomo embalwa yakusihlwa. Sasine-pod ye-fin whale engu-25 noma ngaphezulu! Manje sesikhiphe imikhomo engama-36 esewonke ezinhlotsheni ezine zalolu hambo. Konke kuhamba kahle nathi oLwandle lwaseCortez. Sise-anchor e-Bahia Willard. Sesiseduze la lapho okulemikhoma khona kusasa sizaphinda siqale ngovivi.

Usuku 10
Ekuseni ngovivi, sabona umkhomo wethu wokuqala futhi umsebenzi wawusuqhubeka
Emahoreni amahlanu noma ngaphezulu alandelayo sasebenza inqubo yethu kanye nale pod of whales, naphezu kokuguga ngenxa yemikhomo ngayizolo.
Namuhla sikwazile ukuqoqa ama-biopsies kwamanye ama-whales angu-8, okuletha inani lethu lomlenze ku-44. Yiqiniso, ngesikhathi esifanayo, sidabukile ukubona lo mlenze uphela kuJohnny noRachel kuzodingeka basishiye ukuze babuyele emuva. isikole. U-Rachel unesivivinyo ngoMsombuluko futhi u-Johnny kufanele aqedele i-Ph.D yakhe ungakapheli unyaka, kuningi okumele akwenze.

Izinsuku 11 & 12
Usuku lwe-11 lusithole ethekwini e-San Felipe silindele ukufika kukaJames no-Sean ngosuku lwe-12. Ekugcineni, isenzo esiningi sosuku kungenzeka kube ukubuka uMark no-Rachel ngamunye bedweba ama-henna ezihlakaleni zabo kumthengisi wasemgwaqweni, lokho, noma ukubukela u-Rick. ukuqasha skiff ukuze ugibele uhambo lwesikebhe se-Sea Shepherd, kodwa wathola ukuthi isikebhe ngesikhathi esisodwa sasidonsa isikebhe esiphefumulayo esigcwele izivakashi yonke indlela eya lapho nangemuva! Kamuva, saba nesidlo sakusihlwa nososayensi abahlola ama-vaquita nemikhomo enoqhwaku futhi saba nesidlo sakusihlwa esimnandi kakhulu.

Kwafika ekuseni, futhi saphinde sahlangana nososayensi ukuze sidle isidlo sasekuseni e-Narval, isikebhe esiphethwe yi-Museo de Ballenas, futhi saphinde saxoxa ngamaphrojekthi ndawonye. Kwathi sekusemini bafika uJames no Sean, kwase kuyisikhathi sokuvalelisa kuJohnny noRachel, bamukele uSean ukuthi bagibele. Kwafika ihora lesibili sabe siqhubeka futhi. Omunye wemicibisholo wenze isampula yomkhomo wethu wama-45 walo mlenze. Kungaba umkhomo kuphela esiwubonile namuhla.

Usuku 13
Ngezikhathi ezithile, ngiyabuzwa ukuthi yikuphi okunzima kakhulu. Ekugcineni, awukho umkhomo 'olula' owenziwe nge-biopsy, ngamunye ubeka izinselelo namasu awo.
Senza kahle kakhulu kukho njengoba senze isampula yemikhomo engu-51 nayi-6 esiyisampula namuhla. Konke kuhamba kahle nathi oLwandle lwaseCortez. Sise-anchor ePuerto Refugio. Siphinde sibe namandla ngemva kohambo lwesiqhingi esikude.

Usuku 14
Maye, kwakudingeka kwenzeke ngokushesha noma kamuva - usuku olungenayo imikhomo. Ngokuvamile, umuntu unezinsuku eziningi engenawo imikhomo ngenxa yesimo sezulu, futhi, yiqiniso, ngoba imikhomo ifuduka futhi iphume endaweni. Ngempela, sibe nenhlanhla enkulu ngesikhathi somlenze wokuqala ngoba ulwandle beluzolile, nemikhomo miningi kakhulu. Kunamuhla kuphela, futhi mhlawumbe nakwabanye abambalwa, isimo sezulu siye saba sibi kakhulu.

Usuku 15
Ngihlale ngihlatshwa umxhwele imikhomo. Yenzelwe isivinini, inemizimba ecwebile ngokuvamile empunga ngokunsundu phezulu futhi imhlophe ngezansi. Yisilwane sesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni silandela umzala waso umkhomo. Kulolu hambo, siye sabona imikhomo eminingi futhi namuhla ayihlukile. Sihlole imikhomo emithathu namhlanje ekuseni futhi manje sesenze amasampula emikhomo engama-54 isiyonke, iningi layo okuyimikhomo. Umoya waphinde wasibamba ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini, futhi asibange sisayibona imikhomo.

Usuku 16
Khona manjalo, saba ne-biopsy yethu yokuqala yosuku. Ngokuhlwa emini, sabona inqwaba yemikhomo eyi-pilot! Imikhomo emnyama enamaphiko agqamile, kodwa 'amafishane' (uma kuqhathaniswa nabazala bawo abanezici ezide e-Atlantic), i-pod yasondela esikebheni. Phansi naphezulu imikhomo yahamba emanzini ibheke esikebheni. Babekhona yonke indawo. Kwaba umoya omusha ukusebenza emikhomo futhi ngemva kwezindawo ezinomoya ezingaka nezingenawo imikhomo. Kusasa, kukhona okunye ukukhathazeka komoya ngakho sizobona. 60 imikhomo isiyonke namasampula angu-6 namuhla.

Usuku 17
Ukuzamazama nokugingqika namagagasi ntambama, kwasithola sishaywe futhi silimele, futhi senza amafindo amabili nehora kuphela esikebheni, lapho ngokuvamile senza u-6-8 kalula. Ngalesi sivinini sasingafiki ngokushesha ezinkingeni zethu, ngakho uKaputeni uFanch wasidonsela endaweni evikelekile kusihlwa ukuze silinde okubi kakhulu. 61 imikhomo isiyonke ne-1 isampula namuhla.

Usuku 18
Kusasa, sizofika eLa Paz. Imibiko yesimo sezulu ikhombisa ukuthi isimo sezulu sizoba sibi njalo ngempelasonto ngakho sizohlala ethekwini, futhi ngeke ngiqhubeke nokubhala kuze kube siqhubeka ngoMsombuluko. Sonke sitshelwe ukuthi sinemikhomo engama-62 isiyonke nesampula eyodwa namuhla.

Usuku 21
Isimo sezulu sisibambe ethekwini isikhathi esiningi sezinsuku eziyi-19 kanye nalo lonke usuku lwama-20. Ukulwa nelanga, umoya namagagasi izinsuku eziningi kusikhathazile, ngakho-ke besivele salenga ngokuthula emthunzini. Sihambe ngaphambi nje kokuntwela kokusa namuhla, futhi ngesikhathi sokubuyekeza uhlelo, sathola ukuthi ngeke sisebenze, kodwa amahora ambalwa kusasa ekuseni. Ithimba le-Sea Shepherd lilangazelela ukuya enyakatho e-Ensenada emsebenzini walo olandelayo, ngakho, namuhla, bekuzoba usuku lwethu lokugcina olugcwele emanzini.

Ngibonga u-Sea Shepherd ngokusamukela kanye noCaptain Fanch, uMike, uCarolina, uSheila noNathan ngokuba ithimba elinomusa nelingesekayo. Ngibonga u-Jorge, uCarlos kanye no-Andrea ngokubambisana okuhle kakhulu nokusebenzisana kweqembu ekuqoqeni amasampula. Ngibonga ithimba le-Wise Lab: u-Johnny, u-Rick, u-Mark, u-Rachel, u-Sean, no-James ngokuzikhandla kwabo nokusekela ekuqoqeni amasampula, ukuthumela ama-imeyili, ukuthumela kuwebhusayithi, njll. Lo msebenzi awulula futhi uyasiza babe nabantu abanjalo abazinikele. Okokugcina, ngibonga abantu bakithi abasibhekelela yonke into ezimpilweni zethu ezijwayelekile ngesikhathi singekho lapha ngaphandle. Ngethemba ukuthi ukujabulele ukulandela. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngikujabulele ukunixoxela indaba yethu. Sihlala sidinga usizo lokuxhasa umsebenzi wethu, ngakho-ke sicela ucabangele umnikelo odonswa intela wanoma yiliphi inani, ongayenza kuwebhusayithi yethu: https://oceanfdn.org/donate/wise-laboratory-field-research-program. Sinemikhomo engama-63 esizoyihlaziya.

Ukufunda izingodo ezigcwele zikaDkt. Wise noma ukufunda kabanzi ngomsebenzi wakhe, sicela uvakashele Iwebhusayithi ye-Wise Laboratory.