Eminyakeni yakamuva, umhlaba uthathwe yi-selfie fever yangempela. Kunzima ukuthola umuntu ongafuni ukuthatha isibhamu sokuqala ukumangala abangani bakhe noma, uma unenhlanhla, ngisho ne-intanethi yonke.
Esikhathini esidlule, izihloko zezindaba emaphephandabeni ase-Australia zaqala ukugcwala imibiko yabantu abalimala ngesikhathi bezama ukuthatha isithombe ozishuthe sona ngesikhathi bephakela amakhangaru asendle. Abavakashi bafuna ukuvakashela izilwane zasendle kukhunjulwe isikhathi eside - kodwa bathola okungaphezu kwalokho abebekulindele.
Enye yachaza indlela izilwane “ezinhle futhi ezithandeka” ezaqala ngayo “ukuhlasela abantu ngobudlova.” Kodwa ingabe “inhle futhi iyathandeka” iyincazelo efanele ngempela yekhangaru? Kuzo zonke izichasiso ezingase zisetshenziswe ukuchaza isilwane sendawo esinezinzipho ezinkulu kanye nomuzwa onamandla wokuzalwa komama, elithi “cuddly” akulona igama lokuqala ohlwini.
Izigameko ezinjena zichazwa ngokuthi yizo ezilwane zasendle kodwa empeleni yiphutha labantu abasondelana kakhulu nezilwane baziphe ukudla. Kungenzeka yini ukusola ikhangaru, esetshenziswa abantu abamnika izaqathe, ngokugxumela izivakashi?
Inani elikhulayo lamacala libonisa ukuthi izithombe ozishuthe zona nezilwane zasendle zivamile futhi ziyingozi yangempela kubantu. E-India, enye yaphetha ngosizi lapho owesilisa ezama ukuthatha i-selfie nebhere, wafulathela, wagwazwa yizinzipho zebhere wafa. i-zoo e-India ifuna ifreyimu engcono kakhulu yagibela uthango futhi yabulawa ingwe. Futhi ama-macaque asendle anemisila emide eThempelini lase-Uluwatu e-Balinese, nakuba engenangozi, ajwayele ukuthi abantu bawaphakele ukuze babambe isikhashana isithombe esihlangene, baqala ukubuyisela izivakashi kuphela lapho zithola ukudla.
Ngo-2016, umagazini i-Travel Medicine waze wanyathelisa izivakashi:
"Gwema ukuthatha izithombe ozishuthe zona uphezulu, ebhulohweni, eduze nemigwaqo, ngesikhathi sokuduma kwezulu, emicimbini yezemidlalo kanye eduze nezilwane zasendle."
Ukusebenzelana nezilwane zasendle akuyona nje ingozi kubantu - akusizi nasezilwaneni. Lapho kuhlolwa isimo sama-kangaroo, aphoqeleka ukuthi axhumane njalo nabantu, kwatholakala ukuthi abantu abasondela kuwo bangababangela ukucindezeleka, nokuthi ukuba khona kwezivakashi kungawaxosha ama-kangaroo ekudleni, ekuzaleni noma ezindaweni zokuphumula.
Nakuba ezinye izilwane zasendle zinhle ngokungangabazeki futhi zinobungane, ungalahlekelwa ikhanda futhi ulindele ukuthi zijabule ukuthintana futhi zime nathi ukuze uthole ikhamera. Kumelwe sihloniphe ukuziphatha nendawo yezilwane zasendle ukuze sigweme ukulimala futhi siphile ngokuvumelana nazo.
Ngakho-ke ngesikhathi esizayo uba nenhlanhla yokubona isilwane endle, qiniseka ukuthi uthatha isithombe njengesikhumbuzo – kodwa kuphela ukude ephephile. Futhi zibuze ukuthi ngabe udinga ngempela yini ukuba kulolo hlaka futhi.