Chaka chilichonse, pakati pa mwezi wa Meyi ndi Seputembala, nyama yochititsa chidwi imeneyi imafika m'mphepete mwa Nyanja ya Mexico kutidabwitsa ndi kukula kwake kwakukulu ndi zakudya zoyambirira. Kodi mumamudziwa?
1. Pulogalamu ya nsomba ya whale (Rhincodon typus) ndiye nsomba yayikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi, imatha kutalika kwa 18 mita!
2. Mitunduyi imakonda madzi ofunda, kapena madera omwe mumapezeka madzi ozizira okhala ndi michere yambiri, chifukwa izi zimathandizira kukula kwa nthanga kuchokera komwe imadyetsa. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwazifukwa zomwe pali anthu ambiri m'madzi a Holbox (Quintana Roo), nthawi yachilimwe.
3. Mawanga omwe nsomba za whale zilipo apanga mayina osiyanasiyana akomweko monga wolamulira kapena dona nsomba, kutchula zamasewera. Munthu aliyense amakhala ndi mawanga osiyanasiyana omwe amalola kuti adziwike, zili ngati zala zawo popeza sizisintha pakukula. Amathanso kukhala ndi "ntchito yokopa anthu".
4. Whale shark nthawi zambiri imakhala yokhayokha, ngakhale nthawi zina imawoneka ikukhala limodzi ndi masukulu a akavalo mackerel, manta rays ndi ena a whale shark.
5. Namgumi alibe zofanana ndi anamgumi wamba kupatula kukula kwake komanso kuti imangodya kakang'ono kakang'ono kamene kamasonkhanitsa ndi pakamwa pake. Nthawi zambiri imadyetsa pansi kapena pang'ono pang'ono, kusefa zamoyo zazing'ono (plankton) zomwe zili m'madzi kudzera m'mitsempha yake.
6. Whale shark ndi nyama zopatsa chidwi ndipo ana awo nthawi zina amatha kuwoneka akusambira ndi achikulire. Ngakhale kulibe kafukufuku weniweni wa biology yawo yobereka, azinsomba achikazi adalemba kuti ali ndi pakati mpaka ana 300!
7. Whale shark ndi wofatsa kwambiri komanso wofatsa, ndipo samawopa akamayandikira kapena kusambira.
8. Zidziwitso zochepa zomwe zapangidwa pakadali pano, zikuganiza kuti kutalika kwa nsomba za whale kumatha zaka 100.
9. Kugawidwa kwa whale shark kumaphimba madzi onse otentha (kupatula Nyanja ya Mediterranean), ndiye kuti, madzi omwe amapezeka pakati pa madera otentha apadziko lonse lapansi, omwe amadziwika ndi kutentha kwawo.
10. Malinga ndi Official Mexican Standard NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001, nyama yokongolayi ili mgulu Lachiwopsezo, ndipo pano ikutetezedwa ndi mabungwe adziko lonse komanso malamulo omwe amayang'anira kuwunika kwa asodzi a whale monga Conanp (potengera National Commission yake ya Madera Otetezedwa Achilengedwe) ndi Lamulo Lakutchire Lonse.
