Ndi maluwa awo okongola, okongola ngati mapewa ndi mapiri okongola ophimbidwa, flamingos mosakayikira ndi mbalame zina zambiri za ku Africa. Pali mitundu isanu ndi umodzi yosiyanasiyana ya flamingo padziko lonse, ndi mitundu iwiri yosiyanasiyana ku Africa - flamingo yaing'ono, ndi flamingo yaikulu. Mitundu yonse ya Afirika imasiyana mosiyanasiyana kuchokera ku fuschia mpaka pafupifupi woyera, malingana ndi mabakiteriya ndi beta-carotene mu zakudya zawo.
Chinthu chimodzi chosiyana sichinasinthe, komabe_ndicho chizoloŵezi cha flamingo choima pa mwendo umodzi.
Mfundo Zambiri Zosiyana
Kwa zaka zambiri, asayansi ndi anthu osiyana nawo adayikitsa mfundo zambiri mu chiyembekezo chofotokozera khalidwe losayembekezereka. Ena amaganiza kuti zozizwitsa za flamingos zinawathandiza kuchepetsa kupweteka kwa minofu ndi kutopa, mwa kulola mwendo umodzi kupuma pamene winayo amanyamula zolemera zonse za kulemera kwake kwa mbalame. Ena amaganiza kuti mwina mwendo umodzi pamtunda umatanthauza kuti flamingo ikhoza kuthetsa mwamsanga, motero zimathandiza kuti mosavuta zipeŵe zowonongeka.
Mu 2010, gulu la asayansi ochokera ku New Zealand linapereka chiphunzitso chakuti kuimirira pamlendo umodzi kunali chizindikiro cha kugona. Iwo adanena kuti flamingos (ngati dolphins) amatha kulola ubongo umodzi kuti agone, pogwiritsa ntchito theka lina kuti asamayang'anenso nyama zowonongeka ndikusunga malo awo owongoka.
Ngati izi zinali choncho, flamingos ikhoza kumvetsa mwendo umodzi ngati kuti apumule pansi pamene hafu ya ubongo wawo inagona.
Njira Yokhalabe Yotentha
Komabe, chiphunzitso chovomerezeka kwambiri ndi chimodzi chobadwa ndi maphunziro ochulukirapo opangidwa ndi akatswiri oganiza zamaganizo a Matthew Anderson ndi Sarah Williams.
Asayansi awiri ochokera ku yunivesite ya Saint Joseph ku Philadelphia anakhala miyezi ingapo akuphunzira flamingo, ndipo pakupeza kuti zimatengera nthawi yaitali kuti flamingo ikhale mwendo umodzi kusiyana ndi mbalame miyendo iŵiri, mosatsutsika kutsutsa chiphunzitsocho. Mu 2009, iwo adalengeza zomaliza zawo - kuti malonda amodzi (kapena osagwirizana nawo) amakhudzana ndi kuteteza kutentha.
Flamingo ndi mbalame zakupha zomwe zimataya moyo wawo wonse m'madzi. Iwo ndi fyuluta yowonjezera, pogwiritsa ntchito zigoba zawo monga ming'oma kuti azikwera pansi pa nyanja ya brine shrimp ndi algae. Ngakhale m'madera otentha, moyo wam'madziwu umayambitsa mbalame kutaya kwambiri kutentha. Choncho, pofuna kuchepetsanso chidziwitso cha kusunga mapazi awo m'madzi, mbalame zaphunzira kuti zizikhala mwendo umodzi pa nthawi imodzi. Nthano ya Anderson ndi Williams imalimbikitsidwa ndi mfundo yakuti flaming pa nthaka youma imayima ku miyendo miwiri, kusunga mpumulo umodzi kwa nthawi yawo m'madzi.
Luso la Maimidwe Amodzi
Ziribe zolinga za flamingo, ndizosakayikitsa kuti kuima pa mwendo umodzi ndi talente. Mbalamezi zimatha kugwira ntchitoyi kwa maola angapo panthawi imodzi, ngakhale mlengalenga.
Poyamba, asayansi ambiri ankakhulupirira kuti mbalamezo zimakonda mwendo umodzi pamwamba pa mzake, mofanana ndi momwe munthu alili kumanja kapena kumanzere. Koma Anderson ndi Williams anapeza kuti mbalamezo sizinkawakonda, nthawi zambiri zimasintha miyendo yawo. Izi zikugwirizananso ndi chiphunzitso chawo, monga zikutitsimikizira kuti mbalame zimasinthasintha miyendo kuti zisawonongeke kuti zisakhale ozizira kwambiri.
Kumene Tingaone Flamingo Zachilengedwe
Kaya akuyima pamlendo umodzi, miyendo iŵiri kapena atagwidwa pandege, pakuwona flamingos kuthengo ndi chiwonetsero chosasokonezeka. Zili zochititsa chidwi kwambiri, ndipo malo abwino kwambiri kuti muwaone pa zikwizikwi ndi Rift Valley ya Kenya. Makamaka, Nyanja ya Bogoria ndi Nyanja Nukuru ndi awiri mwa malo odziwika bwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kumalo ena, mchere wa Walvis Bay ku Namibia umathandizira ziweto zambiri zazing'ono ndi zazikulu; monga momwe Lake Chrissie ku South Africa, ndi Lake Manyara ku Tanzania.
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndikulembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa October 20, 2016.