Kutheni ukuba umvundla unomdla wegusha?

Ngaba uyazi ukuba zonke onogwaja zasemakhaya zivela kwikhokho oqhelekileyo-unogwaja lwaseYurophu? Okwangoku, itholakala eNtshona Yurophu nakuloo mazwe azungeze iMeditera. Indoda efuywe umvundla wesendle. Wazama ukuzalisa kwiimeko ezahlukahlukeneyo zokuvalelwa: zondla ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ukhetho lwaye lwahluke. Ngenxa yoko, umntu wakwazi ukudala ininzi yezilwanyana zezilwanyana.

Enyanisweni, ngekhulu lesibhozo, onogwaja basekhaya babenombala ofanayo. Kodwa phakathi kwabo obomvu, ophuzi, obomvu, abamhlophe nabomnyama abantu sele beqale ukuqala. Umbala utshintshwe ngenxa yokuguquka. Kwaye ke izilwanyana zavelisa ukungafani okuphawulekayo kwisisindo esibukhoma, uhlobo lweenwele kunye nobude beendlebe.

Ndiyazi ukuba umvundla ubonakala njani njengegusha? Into eqhelekileyo yale ntlobo ide, iindlebe eziguguzelayo kunye nentloko "yegusha". Olu luhlobo lubonakaliswa ngumzimba omzimba. Kodwa kukho okungafaniyo: ngokuba inkunzi yegrama, umzekelo, umzimba ude kwaye uncibilike.

Ukuveliswa kwemiphunga kwimivundla kwakhiwa ngababeleki kuphela ukugcinwa kwekhaya. Amatye amanzi aphezulu kakhulu. Kodwa izilwanyana ezilumkileyo zisebenzisa uluthando olukhethekileyo kubantwana nakubantu abadala. Zineentlekele ezincinane ezilenga. Enyanisweni, imivundla ivelisa inkunzi yegusha ezinqambileyo njengamawundlu amancinci achukumisayo.

Kulo mzimba olinganiselayo uvela ku-1300 ukuya ku-2000 amagremu. La maqabunga amancinci anomzimba oqinileyo, "umzimba oqokelelweyo" onomlenze ojikelezileyo, intamo emfutshane kunye nenqindi, imilenze eqinile. Ubunzi obanzi kunye nezihlathi ezicwebileyo zifumaneka kwi-muzzle ephothiweyo. Kwaye, impela, umvundla wenkunzi yegusha ineendlebe ezinde, ezivuyisa abanini bezilwanyana ezifuywayo. Ngokomyinge, ubude beendlebe zakhe zihluka ukusuka kwi-24 ukuya kwi-28 cm. Lo mvundla uhlala iminyaka engama-14.

Umvundla ogqithisiweyo wenkomo yegusha uhlukaniswe ngumntu othanda uxolo kunye nomsindo ongathandekiyo. Ezi zilwanyana zinobungane, zidlala kakhulu kwaye zihlekisa. Kodwa amabhinqa anentlalontle kwaye anamandla kunamadoda.

Ulwala lomvundla lwezimvu zaseFransi lwavuswa ngo-1850. Kwakukholelwa ukuba bavela ekugqibeleni iinqununu zaseJamani kunye namagqabha ahlambulukileyo. Ngenxa yoko, kubonakala imvu enkulu ekhuni. Umvundla onogqirha waseFransi ufunyanwa ikakhulu kwi-agouti. Zihlobo olukhulu. Le ntlobo nayo inobumnandi obuhle.

Izimvu zaseFransi zinobubele kwaye zizolile. Kodwa abafanelekanga ukuhlala kufuphi nabantwana abancinci. Esi silwanyana sikhulu ngobukhulu. Ubunzima bayo ubuncinane buyi-5 kg, kwaye ubuninzi abuyifaki. Kudinga indawo enkulu yokunyakaza. Ezi iindonga azifanelekanga ukugcinwa kwamaselula, kodwa zikwazi ukuhlala ngokupheleleyo njengendlu yezilwanyana.

Unogwaja lwasekhaya lwenkunzi yegusha uye waziwa kubantu iminyaka emakhulu. Ngamatye amabini okanye enye yeendlebe, imelwe kwimifanekiso yamandulo. UCharles Darwin ngo-1858 wachaza onogwaja obuthwala. Wabhala ukuba isilwanyana sidinga iindlebe zokubamba isandi okanye isikhokelo sayo. Kodwa phantsi kolawulo lwabantu onogwaja bayeke ukusebenzisa le mzimba. Kwaye lo mqondiso kunye nesizukulwana ngasinye uyanda.