Kongamato - ndani akuti pterosaurs atha?

Chilombo chosadziwika bwino chomwe chinanenedwa padziko lonse lapansi chikufanana kwambiri ndi olamulira akumwamba akale omwe amati ndi omwe adasowa kalekale.

Zokwawa zamapiko zodziwika bwino zotchedwa pterosaurs zinafa limodzi ndi ma dinosaurs omaliza zaka 60 miliyoni zapitazo, sichoncho? Akatswiri ambiri ofufuza zinyama anganene kuti anatero.

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Anthu amitundu ya ku Africa atanyamula dokowe wamkulu. ©️ Wikimedia Commons

Apanso, akatswiri odziwika bwino a zoo sanamvepo za kongamato kapena phalanx yeniyeni yaminyama ina yamapiko yomwe imanenedwa kuchokera kuzungulira padziko lonse lapansi yomwe ikufanana modabwitsa ndi olamulira achifumu akale omwe adatha kale.

Kodi zolengedwa za cryptozoological izi zitha kupulumuka pterosaurs? Malipoti osangalatsa ochokera kwa akatswiri ochokera padziko lonse lapansi amafotokoza za pterosaur yemwe akuti amakhala m'madambo akumadzulo kwa Zaire. Kodi zonse ndi nthano chabe kapena zilikodi - pterosaur womaliza padziko lapansi?

Fuko la Kaonde ndi kongamato

Mtundu wa Kaonde ndi anthu olankhula Bantu omwe amakhala kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Zambia masiku ano. Ambiri mwa mafuko awa amathanso kupezeka ku Democratic Republic of Congo. Amapeza komwe amachokera kubanja la amayi ndipo ndi alimi apadera omwe amalima chimanga, mapira, chinangwa ndi manyuchi kungotchulapo zochepa.

Anthu amtundu wa Kaonde amakhala ndi chithumwa popita kukachita ntchito zawo zabwinobwino. Chithumwa ichi chimatchedwa; 'muchi wa kongamato'. Mosiyana ndi chithumwa chomwe chingagwiritsidwe ntchito pokopa akazi, chithumwa chimanyamulidwa ndi anthu amtundu wa Kaonde kuti awathandize kuthawa nyama yofanana ndi mileme yomwe anthu wamba amaitcha "Kongamato".

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Kuyimira kwa Kongamatos omwe akuukira anthu. © ️ William Rebsamen

Kongamato amatanthauza "kugonjetsa mabwato". M'madambo a Jiundu komwe tsopano ndi Democratic Republic of the Congo, akuti amasaka asodzi ndikuphwanya mabwato kapena mabwato awo. Koma sizo zonse: aliyense amene amayang'ana ku Kongamato amaphedwa. Mapiko a 1.20 mpaka 2.10 mita akuti. Alibe nthenga, koma khungu lofiira kapena lakuda. Mlomo wake wautali umakhala ndi mano akuthwa.

Chiwanda chamadambo - chofananira chimodzimodzi

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Kongamatos ndi ma pterosaur akuluakulu okhala ngati cryptid okhala mdera la Africa, makamaka ku Zambia, Congo, ndi Angola. © ️ Wikimedia Commons

Mu 1923, wofufuza waku Britain a Frank H. Melland adapita ku Congo ndipo adamva za a "Chiwanda cham'madzi". Kufotokozera kumamukumbutsa za mbiri yakale ya pterosaurs - ndipo adamukoka. Anthu aku Kaonde adazindikira pterosaur ndi a Kongamato mosazengereza.

Lipoti la wolemba nyuzipepala J. Ward Price waku England akufotokoza zokumana ndi munthu wakuvulala koopsa mu 1925. Adalowa patali kwambiri m'madambo odziwika a Jiundu ndipo adamuwomberako ndi mbalame yayikulu. Apaulendo, kuphatikiza King Edward VIII yemwe adabwera pambuyo pake, adadabwa, chifukwa ovulalawo adalongosola mlomo wadzaza mano! Izi zidapangitsa bala lakuthupi kumsana kwake. Anamuwonetsa zithunzi za mbiri yakale ya pterosaurs, pomwe adathawirako.

Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, mu 1932, wasayansi yachilengedwe Gerald Russel komanso wamankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso wochita zamatsenga Ivan T. Sanderson adaona Kongamato. Atawona izi ku Cameroon, mainjiniya ndi banja la a Gregor nawonso akuti adakumana ndi cholengedwa chodabwitsa.

Pomwe munthu yemwe adavulala kwambiri pachifuwa adagonekedwa mchipatala mu 1957, a Kongamato akuti adachita izi. Ovulalawo anena kuti mbalame yayikulu yaukira. Madokotala osakhulupirika amamupempha kuti ajambule mbalame - ndipo ajambula "pterosaur" yomwe inatha limodzi ndi ma dinosaurs pafupifupi zaka 66 miliyoni zapitazo. Komabe, chithunzi cha Kongamato chomwe chidawonekera chaka chotsatira chidakhala chabodza.

Kodi zonsezi ndizongophatikiza?

Kodi anthu akomweko adalakwitsa a Kongamato chifukwa cha mtundu umodzi wa adokowe omwe amakhala kumeneko? Asayansi ena amalimbikitsa adokowe, omwe amakhalanso m'madambo a Zaire. Komabe, palibe malipoti oti adokowe ophera nsapato adawukira maboti ndikuwadzaza.

Kuyesanso kwina kuti mufotokoze ndi za mleme wosasanja koma waukulu kwambiri - bat, wapamwamba titero. Akatswiri ena a cryptozoologists samanena kuti pterosaur atha kukhalabe ndi moyo m'madambo omwe afufuzidwa ku Africa. Pterosaurs akuti adamwalira zaka 66 miliyoni zapitazo.

Pterosaurs - pafupifupi ngati albatross?

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Chithunzi cha cholengedwa chodabwitsa mwina cha Kongamato chowoneka m'madambo a Zambia. © ️ Wikimedia Commons

Ma pterosaurs amayenera kuti anali akuthamanga, monganso albatross. Albatrosses imatha kufikira kutalika kwamamita opitilira 3.50. Mbalame zolemetsazo zimakhala ndi mlomo wamphamvu komanso wonena. Komabe, kulemera kwake ndi mapiko ake akuluakulu kumabweretsa zovuta zoyambira. Kuyenda panyanja kulinso kovuta - chinthu chomwe buku loseketsa "Bernard ndi Bianca" (1977) adanyoza.

Ndiye chifukwa chake ma albatross amakonda kuuluka atakwera bwato kuti agwiritse ntchito poyenda ndikukhala mlengalenga osachita chilichonse. Kupatula apo, posachedwa zinyalala zimawonongeka, zomwe ma albatross amateteza nthawi yomweyo. Zolinga za Kongamato, mayendedwe ake, ndi zizolowezi zake ndizofanana ndi ma albatross, ngakhale samawoneka ofanana. Mbalame zotchedwa albatross nthawi zambiri zimasakidwa ndi oyenda panyanja - kuti athandizire podyera.

Zoti anthu ammudzi akhoza kulakwitsa "mbalame yayikulu" yodabwitsa chifukwa cha mitundu ya mbalame zakomweko sizikumveka bwino. Khalidwe la Congomato, lomwe limadutsa kumbuyo kwa mabwato ndipo limavulaza pomwe zikuwonekeratu kuti likuuluka, limagwirizana bwino ndi pterosaur - komanso mawonekedwe ake osangalatsa.