108cm Amabhunu Amakhulu Othando Lwangempela Unodoli Omncane

Ukuhlaziywa kwembula ukuthi idlanzana lezinhlobo zezilwane ezitholakala namuhla eMadagascar bezilokhu zikhona okungenani inqobo nje uma kuseyisiqhingi, okuyinto okungenani esekela ithiyori yokuqala. Ukudayiswa Konodoli Bocansi Lokho kusho ukuthi izilwane zavela ngesikhathi iMadagascar ihlukana nezwekazi laseNdiya, kanye neSeychelles, eminyakeni engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-81 edlule.

Izinhlobo ezifana nofudu lwaseMadagascar olusengozini yokushabalala kanye nezinhlobo eziningana zezinyoka eziyizimpumputhe ezinjengezimpethu okungenzeka zehla kusukela kulesi sikhathi futhi zaziphakathi kwezimbalwa ezasinda ekuqothulweni okwaqothula ama-dinosaur eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-66 edlule, kusho u-Ali.

Kodwa iningi lazo zonke ezinye izilwane ezihuquzelayo, izilwane ezincelisayo ze-Hip Sex Doll, kanye nezilwane ezihlala emanzini nasemanzini ezisele namuhla zivela ezilwaneni ezincane eziphuma ezweni.

Okhokho bama-lemur anamuhla kakade kucatshangwa ukuthi babebancane kakhulu—into efana ne-lemur yesimanje yamagundane. Ezinye izinhlobo zezilwane zaseMalagasy, njenge-predatory fossa, nazo zazinokhokho abancane uma kuqhathaniswa kanti amagundane kanye nokuphela kweqembu lezilwane ezincelisayo zomdabu zaseMalagasy—ama-hedgehog-like tenrec—zisezincane namuhla. (Funda isizathu esimangalisayo sokuthi amanye ama-lemur atshale izivande zawo.)

Izilwane ezihuquzelayo ezifana nezimfudu, eziqinile kakhulu, kungenzeka ukuthi sezintante ngaphesheya kweChannel yaseMozambique ngaphandle kwesihlenga, kusho u-Ali.

U-Borths, owayengahileleki ocwaningweni olusha, uthi umqondo wezilwane eziya eMadagascar ngamabhuloho asemhlabeni uthole amandla eminyakeni yamuva-ikakhulukazi ngomsebenzi kaJudith Masters noFabien Genin abangasekho.

Kodwa izibonelo zalolu cwaningo olusha zakhipha isinqumo sokuthi izilwane ziwele ngamabhuloho asemhlabeni. Unodoli Omkhulu Wocansi Nakuba u-Ali kanye noHedges belinganisela kuphela amafasitela lapho okhokho bezilwane eziphilayo befika esiqhingini, lezi zihluke ngokwanele komunye nomunye ukuze zivele ngokungahleliwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ukube amabhuloho asemhlabeni ebevulwe ngesikhathi esithile, izinhlobo eziningi zezilwane bezizowela ngamagagasi, obekungabonakala kurekhodi lofuzo, kusho u-Ali. (Funda ngomjaho wokusindisa amahlathi angcwele aseMadagascar.)

U-Borths uyavuma ukuthi lolu cwaningo olusha kungenzeka lubeke lo mbono webhuloho lomhlaba ukuthi uphumule "ngeqoqo elinamandla lamamodeli."