Inyoka ye-titanoboa - i-grand-grand-grand-mother of today's boa

Xa sithetha ngamaqabunga amakhulu, sisoloko sicinga nge-boa constrictor okanye i-anaconda. Iingcali zenzululwazi zide zicinga ukuba kwihlabathi lokuqala kwakukho izilwanyana ezinkulu kule klasi. Ezi zifundo zafumana ubungqina benzululwazi kuphela ngo-2009 ngenxa yoluhlobo olungalindelekanga lwezinto zakudala. Kwaye ngoku siyazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba inyoka ye-titanoboa yona mkhulu kunayo yonke eyayikho emhlabeni wethu.

Ukufunyanwa kwezinto zakudala

Ngo-2009, ngexesha lokuphanda, iimayini zamalahle zaseColombia zazifunyenwe iimbombo zeenyoka ezinkulu. Izidumbu zisesimweni esihle kwaye zivumelekile ukuba zifunde ngokubanzi iinkcukacha zesilwanyana ezingaziwa ngaphambili. Iingcali zakwazi ukuqokelela nokubuyisela i-skeleton epheleleyo yenyoka.

I-reptile yamandulo iyingxenye ye-Paleocene epoch. Inyoka enkulu yaqanjwa ngokuthi "iTitanoboa" (iTitanoboa cerrejonensis), eguqulela ngokutsho ngokuthi "uBoa constrictor". Iingcali zenzululwazi zibonisa ukuba ezi zilo zavela malunga neenyanga ezili-10 emva kokuba i- dinosaurs ifile. Kuye kwavela ukuba iindawo ezihlambulukileyo zihlala kwintsimi yaseColombia namhlanje malunga nezigidi ezingama-60 edlulileyo.

Yintoni ubude beenyoka ezinkulu?

Kufunyanwe ngexesha lokufundwa kwezinto zakudala zeemfuyo kukuvumela ukuba uphinde uphinde uvelise ukubonakala kunye nobukhulu obugqithisileyo bendoda yasendulo. Iingcali zenzululwazi zifumene ukuba i-titanoboa yenyoka yafikelela ubude beemitha ezili-15. Ngelo xesha, ubukhulu bomzimba wempuphu bugqithise umlenze womntu ophakathi. Kwiindawo zayo ezinqabileyo, ibhinqa lomzimba wenyoka lingafikelela kuma-cententimitha ayi-100.

Inzala ngqo ye-titanoboa yimihla yamanje. Ngokuqinisekileyo, i-monster yakudala nayo yangena kwaye yanyusa ixhoba layo ngokuvuma. Kodwa ngexesha lesidlo i-titanoboi yenyoka iphela ifana ne-anaconda yanamhlanje. Esi sinyabizi sinokugwinya phantse nasiphi na isilwanyana kwaye sasiphezulu kwindlela yokutya. Ngokwezibalo zeengcali, ubunzima be-titanoboa ebizwa ngokuba yi-titanoboa ezidlulileyo zinokudlula ngaphezu kweetoni.

Inyaniso enomdla malunga nomnini we-snake-record recorder

Njengentsimi yayo, inyoka ye-titanoboa yayingabuthi. Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo kunye ne-musculature, i-reptile ikwazi ukujamelana lula nabadlali abadala.

Ukufunyanwa kwendawo ehleliweyo yenyoka enkulu kunesizathu sokucinga ngezimo zemozulu kwiindawo zokuhlala zezilwanyana. Uninzi lwazinzulu luyavuma ukuba i-reptile yaziva inkulu kwindawo epholileyo kwaye epholileyo. Ezinye iingcali, ngokuchaseneyo, zikholelwa ukuba ubushushu obushushu bonyaka kwindawo yokufunda lukhuphuke ngamadridi amaninzi kwiigidi ezidlulileyo zeminyaka. Ngokwezibalo zabo, inyoka enkulu yavelisa ubushushu obuninzi bokutya ngexesha lokutya kokutya. Kwiqondo lokushisa okugqithiseleyo, i-reptile yayiza kushushu.

Into kuphela eguqula izazinzulu kukuba i-titanoboa yintlobo yeenyoka eziphithiweyo ezingazingela emanzini nasemhlabeni. Nangona ubukhulu bayo bubukhulu, i-reptile yafuduka ngokukhawuleza njengoko inzala yayo yanamhlanje. Kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba isilwanyana, esikhethwe yinyoka njengenkangala, sasingenalo ithuba.

Titanoboa kwizobugcisa kunye nenkcubeko

Imithetho yeenyoka ezinkulu zikhoyo kwiinkcubeko zamasiko amazwe amaninzi kwihlabathi. Ngubani owaziyo, mhlawumbi ookhokho bethu badibana neentanethi ze-Titanoboa, ezidlula ubuninzi bee-boas zamanje?

Amagqabi enyoka enkulu yamandulo iboniswe namhlanje kwiMyuziyam yaseNew York, kwaye nabani na onokuyibona ngamehlo abo. KwiMyuziyam kaZwelonke yeMbali yeNdalo (eWashington), unokucinga ngento eqingqiweyo. Kulapho, phakathi kweholo lemboniso, i-titanoboi eyenziwa kwinqanaba lokuphila langempela lirhawula i-alligator.

I-National Geographic Society yenze i-documentary eneenkcukacha ngokuphathelele i-reptile enkulu. Kubonakala i-titanoboa kunye nobugcisa bwanamhlanje ngendlela ye-monster yamandulo. Ngokomzekelo, le nyoka ibonakala kwinqaku yesibini yee-series "Jurassic Portal: Ihlabathi elitsha".

Ngaba zikhona iinyoka ezinkulu namhlanje?

Ngoku kutshanje, ubukho bokuba inyoka enkulu enjalo nje kuphela. Kuthiwani ukuba izilwanyana ezinjenge-titanoboa zihlala zihlala kwiindawo ezincinci zeeplanethi yethu? Le ngcamango yenziwa ngabaphengululi abagunyazayo ngezikhathi ezithile. Nangona kunjalo, ukufika namhlanje, ayikwazanga ukuqinisekiswa.

Iingqungquthela ezirekhodiweyo kwihlabathi lezityalo ezihambayo zihlala zi-boa kunye ne-anaconda. Izizukulwana ze-titanoboa eziqhelekileyo - iipythoni zanamhlanje - zihlala zide ubude ukuya kwi-10 imitha. I-Anaconda ithathwa njengeyona nyoka enkulu, ubunzima bomntu bunokufikelela kuma-kilogram ayi-95.

Musa ukucinga nje ngophawu olukhulu lwangaphambili olujonge iifoto zeenyoka zanamhlanje. I-Titanoboa idlulile ubude bebhasi yeendwendwe eziqhelekileyo, kwaye ngokukhululeka kunokugwinya umntu omdala.