Unyaka ngamunye, amagquma aseMpumalanga Afrika ahlinzeka ngesiteleka sezinto ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu emhlabeni. Izinkomo ezinkulu zezilwane, i-zebra kanye nezinye izilwane ezincane zihlangene ngamakhulu ezinkulungwane, zihamba ndawonye eTanzania naseKenya zizofuna ukudlala kahle nezindawo eziphephile ukuze zizalwe futhi zibelethe. Isikhathi salo Mfudumalo Omkhulu sigunyazwa yimvula, kodwa ezinye zezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuzifaka esenzweni zihlanganisa i- Maasai Mara National Reserve kanye ne- Serengeti National Park .
Okuhlangenwe nakho Kwokuqala
Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, nginenhlanhla ngokwanele ukuzwa ukufuduka Okukhulu, uma ngibamba izinkomo lapho behamba phakathi kwe-Serengeti. Kwakuyimbangela eyesabekayo, nezintili ziguqulwa kuze kube yilapho ilanga lingabona olwandle oluphilayo. Nakuba lesi senzakalo esimangalisayo sivame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Wildebeest Migration, kulesi simo i-antelope yama-hirsute yayingaphezu kokubheka, i-zebra yokukhala. Ukubala kwabo kwakungenakwenzeka - Ngangingazi ukuthi angikaze ngibone ukuhlushwa okungajwayelekile kwamaphiko asendle.
Njengengonyama yezingonyama yangena ngaphakathi kokuthinta ibanga lethu le-4X4, ulwandle lwe-zebra lwahlukana kakhulu, ngokunyakaza okukodwa okwenziwe amanzi okugcizelele okwakungabonakaliswa ukuthi ngabahlanganisa nabo. Ingonyamakazi, ebhekene nezinombolo zabo ezinkulu kanye nokutholakala kwezinye izimoto ze-safari eziningana, ngokushesha zayeka. Ukuthula kwabuyiselwa, futhi i-zebra yaphinde yaqala ukucabanga emoyeni wayo wangaphambili, abanye basekela izinhloko zabo ezinzima emhlane.
Phakathi kwesisindo semizimba emibi, isilwane sinezinyosi esidla ngokujabula.
Ulwazi lwangaphakathi
Ukubona kwezinhlobo ezimbili zezinhlobo zezinhlobo zezinhlobo zezinhlobo zezinhlobo ezimbili ezinomphefumulo wami, futhi ngosuku olulandelayo, umhlahlandlela wethu owaziwa kakhulu uSarumbo wachaza isimo. Wabeka i-Land Cruiser ukuthi ibuke njengoba amakhulu e-zebra kanye nesilwane esiphezulu sagxuma emgwaqeni phambi kwethu, futhi sabuza ukuthi ngabe siyazi ukuthi kungani lezi zilwane ezimbili zakhetha ukufuduka ndawonye.
Njengoba sifisa ukufunda, sabuyela emuva emotweni ye- safari , sithatha ibhodlela lamanzi futhi sasihlala esifundweni esilandelayo sesifundo sezilwane zasendle esasimangalisa eSarumbo.
Abangane abahamba phambili bokuhamba
I-Sarumbo isitshele ukuthi lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zihamba ndawonye hhayi ngoba ziyizihlobo ezingcono kakhulu, kodwa ngoba ngayinye inesethi yezinto ezivumelanisayo ezithokozisa ngokuphelele. Ngokwesibonelo, iWildebeest, idla kakhulu utshani obutshani, imilomo yabo ifakwe ukuvumela ukuba bayibambe amahlumela ashisayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Zebra inamazinyo angaphambili asetshenziselwe ukubopha utshani obude. Ngale ndlela, i-zebra yenza njengabagcobi bemilenze bekulungiselela umhlabathi, futhi bobabili abasoze banomncintiswano wokudla.
NgokukaSarumbo (ochwepheshe okhuluma kusukela eminyakeni eminingi yokuhlangenwe nakho kwesandla sokuqala), i-wildebeest iphinda ihambisane ne-zebra ukuze isebenzise kakhulu lezi zinsuku zokugcina ezihlakaniphile. Kubonakala sengathi i-Zebra inezinkumbulo ezingcono futhi ziyakwazi ukukhumbula imizila yokufuduka konyaka odlule, ukukhumbula izindawo ezinobungozi nezindawo zokuphepha ngemininingwane elinganayo. Lokhu kuyasiza kakhulu lapho izinkomo ziwela iMara neGrititi Rivers ezinamandla. Ngenkathi i-wildebeest igxuma ingacabangi futhi ithemba elihle kakhulu, idira kungcono ekutholeni izingwenya futhi ngenxa yalokho kuphelelwa yisikhathi.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-wildebeest yibavuli bemvelo yemvelo. I-physiology yabo idinga ukuba baphuze okungenani zonke ezinye izinsuku, futhi lesi sidingo yisisekelo somqondo ophuthumayo kakhulu wephunga elivumela ukuba bathole amanzi ngisho nalapho i-savan ibonakala iyomile. Ngesikhathi ngisekhona, i-Serengeti yayimile kakhulu ngokucabangela ukuthi imvula yayifile kanjani, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kwakulula ukubona ukuthi kungani leli talenta lingase libe lusizo kubangani be-zebra bezintambo.
Ekugcineni, lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zihlanganiswa nezidingo kanye nezimo ezabelwana ngazo. Zombili zihlala eziningi kakhulu ezigodini ezinkulu zaseMpumalanga Afrika, lapho izinkathi ezimanzi ezimanzi nezomile zidala ubuhle obuningi ngezikhathi ezithile, nokungcola kokudla okuhle kwabanye. Ukuze kuphile, i-zebra kanye nesilwane kumele sithuthele ukuthola ukudla.
Kuyazuzisa ukuhamba ndawonye, hhayi nje ngezizathu ezibalwe ngenhla, kodwa ngoba izinombolo eziyisikhombisa zivikela kakhulu kunabantu abaningi abafudukayo.
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe futhi sibhalwa kabusha ngokuyingxenye nguJessica Macdonald ngo-September 30, 2016.