Inja ingumngane womuntu, umngane othembekile nozinikele. Izinja zisivusa ekuseni, zisenze sihambe ibanga elide, zisifundise ukubekezela nokusabela. Iyona kuphela into ekuthanda ngaphezu kwayo. Njengoba umkhuba ubonisa, lawa ma-quadruped anoboya ngokuvamile abe abasindisi bempilo. Futhi sethula kulesi sihloko izingxabano ezingu-11 ukuthi izinja zenza kanjani ukuphila komuntu kube ngcono futhi kuphephe.
1. Izinja zisiza abanesifo sokuwa
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi isithuthwane siphela ngokwazo futhi akuyona ingozi, iziguli zingashaya lapho ziwa, zithole ukuphuka noma ukushisa. Uma umuntu engaphenduki ngesikhathi sokuquleka, angase aminyanise. Izinja eziqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile ziqala ukukhonkotha lapho umnikazi ebanjwe isithuthwane. UJoel Wilcox, 14, uthi umngane wakhe amthandayo uPapillon wamnika ukuzimela nokuqiniseka kokuya esikoleni futhi aphile ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuquleka.
2. Izinja zinyakazisa umuntu
Abacwaningi baseMichigan State University bathole ukuthi uhhafu wabanikazi bezinja bathola imizuzu engu-30 yokuzivocavoca ngosuku, izikhathi ezi-5 noma ngaphezulu ngesonto. Kulula ukubala ukuthi lawa amahora angu-150 okuzivocavoca umzimba ngesonto, okuyinani elinconywayo. Abathandi bezinja bahamba imizuzu engu-30 ngaphezulu ngesonto kunalabo abangenaye umngane onemilenze emine.
3. Izinja zehlisa umfutho wegazi
Ucwaningo olushicilelwe ku-NIH lubonisa ukuthi abanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo banengozi ephansi yesifo senhliziyo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi awukwazi ukunakekela impilo yakho uma uneChihuahua. Kodwa ungakhohlwa ukuthi isifo senhliziyo siyimbangela eyinhloko yokufa.
4. Izinja zikukhuthaza ukuba uyeke ukubhema
Ukuhlola oku-inthanethi okwenziwa i-Henry Ford Health System eDetroit kwathola ukuthi umuntu oyedwa kwabathathu ababhemayo wavuma ukuthi impilo yesilwane esifuywayo yamshukumisela ukuba awuyeke lo mkhuba. Kunengqondo ukunikeza umngane obhemayo umdlwane ngoKhisimusi.
5. Izinja zisiza ukunciphisa ukuvakashelwa kodokotela
Ochwepheshe base-Australia abahlola umphakathi bathole ukuthi abanikazi bezinja banamathuba angu-15% okuvakashela udokotela. Isikhathi esilondoloziwe ungasichitha udlala ibhola nesilwane sakho.
6. Izinja Zisiza Ukulwa Nokucindezeleka
Kokunye ukuhlola, abafundi basekolishi ababecindezelekile bamenywa ukuba belaphe ngezinja. Babekwazi ukuphulula izilwane, badlale nazo futhi bazishuthe izithombe ozishuthe zona. Ngenxa yalokho, ama-60% aphawule ukwehla kokukhathazeka kanye nemizwa yesizungu.
7. Izinja zisindisa abantu emlilweni
Sekuyiminyaka eminingi amaphephandaba eba sematheni mayelana nabanikazi abahlengwe yizinja. NgoJulayi 2014, i-pit bull yasindisa umfana oyisithulu ekufeni okuthile emlilweni. Le ndaba yabangela isiphepho sezimpendulo emaphephandabeni.
8. Izinja kutholakala ukuthi zinomdlavuza
Ezinye izinja ziyakwazi ukubona umdlavuza, kubhala umagazini i-Gut. I-Labrador eqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile yenza lokhu ngokuhogela umoya wayo nendle. Ingabe inja ingangena esikhundleni sikadokotela? Hhayi okwamanje, kodwa uma kubhekwa amaphesenti aphezulu eziguli ezinomdlavuza, kungase kube nezinketho zokuthuthuka okwengeziwe.
9. Izinja zivikela izifo ezibulalayo
I-Allergy kumakinati iyingozi kakhulu eyaziwayo. Ama-Poodles, ama-Labradors nezinye izinhlobo zezilwane ziqeqeshelwe ukubona iminonjana yamantongomane. Izindaba ezinhle kulabo abagula kakhulu, noma kunjalo, ukuqeqesha inja enjalo kubiza kakhulu.
10 Izinja zibikezela ukuzamazama komhlaba
Ngo-1975, iziphathimandla zaseShayina zayala izakhamuzi ukuba zihambe edolobheni laseHaicheng ngemva kokuba izinja zibonakale zihlaba umkhosi. Ngemva kwamahora ambalwa, ukuzamazama komhlaba okuyi-7,3 magnitude kwakhukhula ingxenye enkulu yedolobha.
Ingabe izinja zingabikezela ngokunembile inhlekelele? I-US Geological Survey iyavuma ukuthi izinja zizwa ukundindizela phambi kwabantu, futhi lokhu kungasindisa ukuphila.
11 Izinja ziqinisa amasosha omzimba
Cabanga ngabantu abanempilo phakathi kwabantu obajwayele. Ucabanga ukuthi banenja? Izifundo eziphulula izinja zazingcono kakhulu ekubhekaneni nezifo. Yini okufanele yenziwe ngesikhathi sobhadane? Ukuxhumana okuncane nabantu nokuxhumana okwengeziwe nezinja.