Iiparoli ezingwevu zaseAfrika ziyathengiswa zitshiphu ayizizo ezona zinemibala iphezulu phakathi kwezikhwenene zehlabathi, kuba igama licebisa. Nokuba ingwevu yakho yaseAfrika yeyaseCongo okanye ye-timneh subspecies, ikwayala inokuba grey ubukhulu becala ngombala. I-grey African grey iya kuba namandla, umsila obomvu krwe, Ngelixa umsila ongwevu we-Timneh wase-Afrika unokuba yimaruni.
Izikhwenene ezingwevu zaseAfrika zikrelekrele kakhulu. Kuye kwathiwa banengqondo efana naleyo yehlengesi kunye neetshimpanzi. Iparrot ezingwevu zaseAfrika zinakho ukulinganisa ukuya kuthi ga kwisibini,000 izandi ezizezinye. Bayakwazi ukubona besebenzisa amagama amaninzi abawafundayo, kwaye zithathwa njengezona zilungileyo ndithethe izikhwenene.
Einstein, Ngwevu yaseAfrika ethethayo, kunjalo kwimeko yoku. U-Einstein ebethetha ngesaqhwithi eKnoxville, I-zoo yaseTennessee. Umqeqeshi ka-Einstein, UStephanie umhlophe, ithi ziimayile zendalo kwizikhwenene ezingwevu zaseAfrika ukonwabela ukulinganisa izandi. Einstein, Nangona, kubonakala kufanelekile ekulingiseni. UWhite ukholelwa ekubeni u-Einstein angenza ngaphezulu kune 2 zilikhulu elinanye lohlobo oluvakalayo, Uninzi olunokuba ngamabinzana esiNgesi.
“ukuba uve into esemthethweni ayithandayo, uzakuqala ukuyiphinda-phinda. Emva koko siya kuyibeka kwinqanaba,” utsho umlungu.
Ngaba u-Einstein yindoda okanye intombazana?
Iiparoli ezingwevu zesini ngasinye zibukeka zifana, ke akukho mntu waziyo ukuba u-Einstein uyindoda okanye uyintombazana. Oogqirha bezilwanyana zoo bangafuna ukuxelela ngegazi bajonge, nangona kunjalo umyezo wezilwanyana uzimisele ngoku ukuba angakwenzi. U-Einstein uhlala enombulelo negama lesosayensi eyindoda, kunye nesimelabizo somfazi.
Einstein – I-bio ethetha grey yaseAfrika
Isikhwenene esingwevu esithethayo saseAfrika, aqanduselwa eCalifornia e 1987. Ngoku wayengasahlali kumyezo wezilwanyana. Wayehlala nesibini saseCalifornia. Hayi kwintengiso, I-grey African grey yanikelwa kwi-zoo in 1992 ubudala 5.
Ngelixa u-Einstein efika kumyezo wezilwanyana waseKnoxville, wenyuka ukusuka kwiproti engaziwayo engwevu yase-Afrika waya kwi-superstar. U-Einstein watshintsha wabetha kwangoko ngaphakathi kumboniso weentaka omtsha womyezo wezilwanyana. Ukugcwala kwezithuthi kuwuthandile umboniso, esebenza ngokubhabha ngokukhululekileyo, isimilo sendalo malunga 14 iintaka nezinye izilwanyana. Kodwa, I-grey yase-Afrika ngokukhawuleza ibe ligama elikhulu.
U-Einstein akahlali kumyezo wezilwanyana yonke imihla. Kwaye akathinteli isigama sakhe kumagama kwaye uvakala ukuba izihlangu ezibalekayo zifuna ukuba afunde. Ngexesha elithile, I-grey yase-Afrika yayiqhuba kwisithuthi kwindlela eya kumboniso-kwaye-wazise ikholeji. Zonke ngaxeshanye, Waqala ukucula “Ndikunqwenelela usuku lokuzalwa” kuye izihlangu ezibalekayo. Akukho mntu wayesazi ngeli xesha kwaye wayifunda kanjani ingoma, kodwa wayeyazi.
U-Einstein akasoloko engumntu odumileyo womboniso weentaka wase-Knoxville. Naye ukwadumile “Uthetha intaka” kumyezo wezilwanyana nakukhenketho lwaseKnoxville.
Nangona u-Einstein ekulungele 22 Iminyaka yakudala njengoko ndibhala oku (kwangethuba 2007), ngekhe aziphathe kakuhle okanye abambe njenge-anti-22 yr. Iiparrothi ezingwevu zaseAfrika zinobuchule bengqondo beminyaka emi-5 yentsana yokuvuna. Emoyeni, zingaphezulu njenge-anti-2-yr antique yabantu. Iintsapho ezihlala kunye neeparrot zase-Afrika ezingwevu zihlala zikhumbuza oku.
Ngwevu yaseAfrika – injana efanelekileyo yakho?
Einstein, Ukuthetha grey kweAfrika kuyothusa. Kuya kufuneka uyazi, nangona kunjalo, ayizizo zonke iimfesane zaseAfrika ezifana no-Einstein. Umyezo wezilwanyana waseKnoxville unesinye isikhwenene esingwevu saseAfrika esigama linguAllie. UAllie ufumene kuphela amabinzana ambalwa. Mhlawumbi u-Allie uneentloni zokuthetha ngenxa yokuba u-Einstein kufanelekile. Ngokunokwenzeka uAllie ngoku akashukunyiswa.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo uninzi lwezikhwenene ezingwevu zaseAfrika ziyavavanya ukuthetha. Umnini wabucala, 10-12 iinyanga ezindala zase-Afrika ezingwevu eTexas – wongezwe ngegama u-Einstein – uzukiswa ngokwazi 122 amabinzana, 94 imigaqo, kwaye 21 izandi.