ELatin America kuhlala isicabucabu esiyingqayizivele u-Bagheera Kipling. Lesi isicabucabu esigxumayo, sona, njengeqembu lonke, sinamehlo amakhulu abukhali nekhono elimangalisayo lokugxuma. Kodwa futhi unesici esimenza ahluke ezinhlotsheni zezicabucabu ezingu-40000 - cishe ungumuntu othanda imifino.
Cishe zonke izicabucabu ziyizilwane ezidla ezinye. Bangakwazi ukuzingela besebenzisa izindlela ezihlukahlukene, kodwa ekugcineni bonke bamunca izitho zangaphakathi eziwuketshezi zesisulu. Uma zidla izitshalo, akuvamile, cishe ngengozi. Abanye bangase baphuze umpe ngezikhathi ezithile ukuze banezele ekudleni kwabo kwenyama. Abanye badla impova ngephutha ngenkathi begaya kabusha amawebhu abo.
Kodwa u-Kipling's Bagheera uhlukile. UChristopher Meehan waseVillanova University uthole ukuthi izicabucabu zisebenzisa ukubambisana kwezintuthwane nomtholo. Izihlahla zomtholo zisebenzisa izintuthwane njengezivikeli futhi zizinikeza indawo yokukhosela emeveni angenalutho kanye nezitshalo ezihlwabusayo emaqabunga azo okuthiwa ama-Belt corpuscle. Izikhwama zikaKipling zafunda ukweba lezi zidlo ezidliwayo ezintuthwaneni, futhi ngenxa yalokho, zaba ukuphela kwezicabucabu (cishe) zemifino.
UMian wachitha iminyaka eyisikhombisa ebuka izicabucabu nendlela ezikuthola ngayo ukudla. Wabonisa ukuthi izicabucabu zingatholakala cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi kumtholo lapho kuhlala khona izintuthwane, ngoba ama-Belt corpuscle akhula kumtholo kuphela lapho kukhona izintuthwane.
E-Mexico, imizimba ye-Belt yenza u-91% wokudla kwesicabucabu, kanti e-Costa Rica, u-60%. Abavamile ukuphuza umpe, futhi kuyaqabukela badle inyama, badle izibungu zezintuthwane, izimpukane, ngisho namalungu ezinhlobo zazo.
U-Meehan uqinisekise imiphumela yakhe ngokuhlaziya ukwakheka kwamakhemikhali omzimba wesicabucabu. Wabheka isilinganiso sama-isotopes amabili e-nitrogen: i-N-15 ne-N-14. Labo abadla ukudla kwezitshalo banamazinga aphansi e-N-15 kunalabo abadla inyama, kanti umzimba ka-Bagheera Kipling une-5% ngaphansi kwalesi isotope kunezinye izicabucabu ezigxumayo. U-Meehan uphinde waqhathanisa amazinga e-carbon isotopes amabili, i-C-13 ne-C-12. Uthole ukuthi emzimbeni wesicabucabu semifino kanye nemizimba yeBelt, cishe kunesilinganiso esifanayo, esijwayelekile ezilwaneni nokudla kwazo.
Ukudla amathole ebhande kuyasiza, kodwa akulula kangako. Okokuqala, kunenkinga yezintuthwane eziqaphayo. Isu lika-Bagheera Kipling elokucasha nokusebenziseka kalula. Yakha izidleke emaphethelweni amaqabunga amadala, lapho izintuthwane zingayi khona. Izicabucabu ziyazifihla ukuze zingasondeli kuma-patrol. Uma zifakwe ekhoneni, zisebenzisa izidladla zazo ezinamandla ukuze zenze i-long jump. Kwesinye isikhathi basebenzisa iwebhu, ilenga emoyeni kuze kudlule ingozi. U-Meehan ubhale amasu amaningana, wonke awubufakazi bobuhlakani obumangalisayo izicabucabu ezigxumayo ezidume ngazo.
Noma ngabe uKipling's Bagheera ekwazile ukubalekela ukugada, kusenenkinga. Imizimba yamabhande icebile kakhulu ku-fiber, futhi izicabucabu, ngokombono, akufanele zikwazi ukubhekana nazo. Izicabucabu azikwazi ukuhlafuna ukudla, zigaya izisulu zazo ngaphandle zisebenzisa ubuthi namajusi wesisu, bese "ziphuza" izinsalela ezinoketshezi. Imicu yezitshalo iqine kakhulu, futhi namanje asazi ukuthi i-Kipling's Bagheera iwuphatha kanjani.
Ngokuvamile, kuwufanele. Ama-belt corpuscle angumthombo wokudla olungile otholakala unyaka wonke. Ngokusebenzisa ukudla kwabanye abantu, ama-Kipling's Bagheeras achume. Namuhla zingatholakala yonke indawo eLatin America, lapho izintuthwane “zisebenzisana” nomtholo.