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I-platypus iyisidalwa esincelisayo sasemanzini esisemanzini esiya e-Australia naseTasmania, esaziwa ngokuba nomlomo ofana nedada, umsila ofana ne-beaver nezinyawo ezinjenge-otter. Ingesinye sezilwane ezincelisayo ezinobuthi ezimbalwa ezikhona.
Owesilisa walolu hlobo unesihlakala emilenzeni yangemuva, ekhipha ushevu ongadala i ubuhlungu obukhulu. Ngaphezu kweplatypus, sinezikhuni kanye ne-solenodon eyaziwayo, njengenhlobo enekhono lokukhiqiza nokujova ushevu.
Kule ndatshana yi-Animal Expert sifuna ukwaba imininingwane eminingi mayelana nobuthi obukhiqizwa yi-platypus futhi ikakhulukazi siphendule lo mbuzo: ubuthi be-platypus buyabulala?
Ukukhiqizwa kobuthi ku-platypus
Kokubili owesilisa nowesifazane banama-spikes emaqakaleni abo, noma kunjalo owesilisa kuphela okhiqiza ubuthi. Lokhu kwenziwa ngamaprotheni afana nalawo avikelayo, lapho amathathu ahlukile kulesi silwane. Kuvikelwa izivikeli mzimba wesilwane.
Ubuthi ingabulala izilwane ezincane, kufaka phakathi imidlwane, futhi ikhiqizwa kwizindlala zabesilisa, lezi zinesimo senso futhi zixhunywe kokuthunyelwe. Abesifazane bazalwa benama-spikes asezingeni eliphansi angakhuli futhi awe ngaphambi konyaka wokuqala. Ngokusobala imininingwane yokwakha ubuthi ikwi-chromosome, yingakho kungabesilisa kuphela abangayikhiqiza.
Lesi sihlungu sinomsebenzi ohlukile kunalowo okhiqizwa izinhlobo ezingezona ezesilwane esincelisayo, nemiphumela engeyona ebulalayo, kodwa enamandla ngokwanele ukwenza buthaka isitha. I-platypus ijova ngomthamo, phakathi kuka-2 kuya ku-4 ml we-venom. Ngesikhathi sokukhwelana, ukukhiqizwa kobuthi besilisa kuyanda.
Esithombeni ungabona i-calcaneus spur, lapho i-platypus ifaka ngayo ubuthi babo.
Imiphumela yobuthi kubantu
Lesi sihlungu singabulala izilwane ezincane, noma kunjalo ebantwini asibulali kepha siveza ubuhlungu obukhulu. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokulunywa, i-edema ikhula izungeze isilonda bese ifinyelela engalweni ethintekile, ubuhlungu bukhulu kangangokuba abunakuncishiswa nge-morphine. Futhi, ukukhwehlela okulula kungakhuphula umfutho wezinhlungu.
Ngemuva kwehora lingasakazeka nakwezinye izindawo zomzimba, ngaphandle komkhawulo othintekile. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sombala, iba hyperalgesia engahlala izinsuku ezimbalwa noma izinyanga. Kubhaliwe futhi imisipha yoma engahlala isikhathi esifanayo ne-hyperalgesia. E-Australia bekunamacala ambalwa wokulunywa kusuka khuzani.
Ingabe i-platypus venom iyabulala?
Ngamafuphi singakusho lokho ubuthi be-platypus buyingozi futhi abubulali. Ngoba ezilwaneni ezincane yebo, ziyabulala, zibangela ukufa kwesisulu, ushevu onamandla amakhulu kangangokuba ungaze ubulale nenja uma unezimo zokwenza lokho.
Kepha uma sikhuluma ngomonakalo odalwa wubuthi kumuntu, kungumonakalo omkhulu kakhulu nobuhlungu uma kuqhathaniswa ngisho nobukhulu obukhulu ukudlula amanxeba okudutshulwa. Kodwa-ke ayinamandla anele ukubulala umuntu.
Kunoma ikuphi, kufanele ukhumbule ukuthi ukuhlaselwa yizilwane ezifana ne-platypus kwenzeka ngoba isilwane uzizwe usongelwa noma uvikela. Nethiphu, indlela eyiyo yokubamba nokugwema ukununywa yi-platypus ibambe isilwane ngesisekelo somsila waso ukuze sibheke phansi.
Ungaba nentshisekelo yokubona izinyoka ezinesihlungu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.