Yacumama - iyo inoshamisa nyoka huru inogara mumvura yeAmazonian

Yacumama zvinoreva kuti “Amai veMvura,” inobva kune yaku (mvura) uye amai (amai). Chisikwa chihombe ichi chinonzi chinoshambira panotangira Rwizi rweAmazon uyewo mumadhamu ari pedyo, sezvo uri mweya waro unodzivirira.

Yacumama inyoka huru, inosvika mamita makumi matanhatu pakureba, inonzi inogara murwizi rweAmazon. N’anga dzeko dzinoti vaYacumama vanoenda kunzvimbo inonzi Boiling river. Mungano dzomunzvimbomo, Yacumama inonzi ndiyo mai vezvipenyu zvose zvomugungwa, ine simba rokusveta chinhu chipi nechipi chipenyu chaipfuura mukati me60 paces. Vanhu veko vairidza nyanga yekoni vasati vapinda murwizi, vachitenda mushure mekunzwa ruzha, nyoka yaizozviratidza kana iri munharaunda.

Vanhu vomunharaunda yeAmazon vaiwanzotaura nezveYacumama—nyoka yemumvura.
Vanhu vomunharaunda yeAmazon vaiwanzotaura nezveYacumama—nyoka yemumvura. © Cryptod Wiki

Ngano yeYacumama

Iyo Yacumama ndeimwe yemamonya ane mukurumbira aripo mumasango eAmazon, muSouth America. Iyi ngano inonzwika muParaguay, Argentina neBrazil, uye munzvimbo idzi dzose, vanhu vanoziva Yacumama semudziviriri wemvura uye kuti hapana anogona kumutiza.

Mufananidzo wekutanga weYacumama
Mufananidzo wekutanga weYacumama © Wikimedia Commons

Vanhu veko vakaona kuvepo kwake, varume ava vakapa humbowo hunoshamisa hweYacumama vachidya mhuka yavo, uye vanoratidza kuti inopfira mvura huru yemvura uye saka inodonhedza vanhu vayo. Varedzi vazhinji vane zvese neMidziyo yavo vanyangarika uye vamwe vanoti vakanzwa ruzha rwekudedera mushure mekunyangarika kwayo; uye zvirokwazvo iyo Yacumama inoguta nemhuka yayo.

Maonero

Mumakore ekuma1900, chikepe chevarume vaviri chakaenda kunoisa chinoputika murwizi, vachitarisira kuuraya Yacumama. Mushure mekunge yaputika, nyoka yakasimuka kubva murwizi yakazara neropa, asi isina kufa. Mhungu yakashambira, ndokusiya varume vachitya zvikuru.

Titanoboa - zvinogona tsananguro

Titanoboa, tsananguro inobvira yeYacumama
Titanoboa, tsananguro inobvira yeYacumama © Florida Museum of Natural History Illustration naJason Bourque.

Vamwe vanhu vanodavira kuti chisikwa ichi inyoka yakatsakatika inozivikanwa setitanoboa, nyoka yakakura kusvika mamita gumi nemaviri, uye mamwe masayendisiti anofungidzira kuti ingangove yakakura.

Vesainzi vanotendawo kuti nyoka iyi inogona kunge yaive nehuturu. Dzidziso iyi inotsigirwa nechokwadi chokuti zvisaririra zvechisikwa ichi zvakawanikwa zviine maburi, izvo zvaigona kunge zvakakonzerwa nekurumwa kune chepfu.

Nekuda kwehukuru hwayo, zvinoita kuti titanoboa yaive mhuka huru. Kudya kwacho sezvingabvira kwaibatanidza zvisikwa zvipi nezvipi zvakanga zvakakura zvakakwana zvokuichengeta, zvakadai samakonzo, shiri, uye mhuka duku dzinoyamwisa. Tsvagiridzo yakaratidzawo kuti Titanoboa inogona kunge yaive nyoka yemumvura, uye kuti zvisaririra zvayo zvaingowanikwa munzvimbo dzine mvura.