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Igama elithi pinfeather lichaza izimpaphe ezanda ukukhula ezitholakala enyoni ehamba nge-molt. I-pinfeather ifushane uma iqala ukuvela esikhumbeni senyoni yakho. Ivela nakuba isikhumba sakhe futhi sigcwele uhlobo olufanayo lwe-keratin eyenza izingxube zezimpaphe. Ama-Pinfeathers abukeka sengathi izikhonkwane ziphezu esikhumbeni okungenzeka ukuthi zibizwa ngokuthi yini.
Lezi yizinpaphe eziphilayo, ezinomzimba ezinomsoco ohlinzeka ngegazi okhulayo ukuze athathe insiba endala leyo inyoni iyenzile. Lesi sigqomo se-keratin esakhiwa ngokuyinhloko ngamaprotheni kufana kakhulu nokuhlelwa ekupheni kwesilwane, inselo noma inhlawulo. Kufanele isuswe ukuze le nsiza entsha ibe "unfurl" futhi ikhule kahle. Lesi sigqoko se-keratin ukuvikela iplanethi esanda kukhula ngenkathi ikhula. Njengoba inhlanyelo ikhula, umgogodla owuzungeze le feather entsha uthola isikhathi eside. Njengoba le nyoni igibela yona, iyakusiza i-chip kusuka emgodleni. Lokhu ukugcoba nokukhupha kwenza i-feather yande futhi ingafaki ngenkathi iqala. Kukhona ukuhlinzeka kwegazi okusebenzayo okudla impaphe. Njengoba le nsizwa iqhubeka ikhula, ukunikezwa kwegazi kubuyele phansi kuze kube phansi kwesakhiwo sephahla eduze kwesikhumba. Lezi zinsikazi ezintsha ziyizintathele kakhulu ngenkathi zikhulayo ngakho kufanele zithathwe uma uphatha inyoni yakho.
Izimpaphe empeleni ziyinkimbinkimbi futhi zinezingxenye ezihlukene kwisakhiwo sabo sonke.
Kunezinhlobo eziningana zezimpaphe ezakha amaphiko ezinyoni. Futhi kunamagama ahlukene ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zempaphe. Ngamunye wenzelwe imvelo ukwenza umsebenzi ocacile umsebenzi wezinsizi.
Izinhlobo zemisebenzi ezahlukahlukeneyo eziwela phansi ziwela kulezi zigaba ezithile: Ukufakwa, ukungena kwamanzi, ukubonisa, indiza nokufihla.
I- calamus iyisisekelo senqwaba eba yi-rachis, (eyaziwa ngokuthi: ray-kiss) njengoba uhamba phezulu kwe-shaft ephakathi kwe-feather. I-rachis yiyona eyinhloko ye-shaft eyinhloko ye-feather. Eziningi zezimpaphe ezinyoni, i-rachis iyanamathela futhi isekela izibhamu zamaphunga eziphuma emgodini. Ama-barbs yiwona amagatsha amakhulu amakhulu empaphe.
Ama-barbules amagatsha asembili we-feather futhi amancane. Lezi zindawo ezinama-barbules anezingwegwe ezincane ezivumela le nyoni ukuba "zifake" izimpaphe zayo bese zibafaka phambili ukuba zenze izimpaphe zayo zihleleke kahle futhi zihle emzimbeni wayo. Lokhu kulungiswa kuyadingeka ukuze izimpaphe zisebenze kahle ngenkathi zihamba ngezindiza kanye nokufaka umoya phakathi kwempaphe nomzimba wakhe uhlale ufudumele. Lezi zikhonkwane zibopha izinpaphe besebenzisa izibhamu njengama-fasteners. Uma inyoni ihlungwa ngokufanele ngayo yonke impaphe yayo "ihlanjululwe," ivikela ukuphefumula emoyeni nasemanzini.
Izimpaphe zezintambo ziyiningi lalokho ozibonayo kule nyoni. Izinpaphe zemijikelezo zilandela ukuma kwenyoni ngempela okwenza le nyoni ibe lula kakhulu.
Isibonelo esihle salokhu singabonakala ku-penguin lapho izimpaphe zisondelene kakhulu futhi ziqinile emzimbeni ukuthi empeleni zibukeka njengezikhumba kunezinpaphe ezikhona ngempela.
Ehlelwe iphethini evulekayo efana nezilinganiso ezinhlanzini noma ezihlambulukile, amathiphu wezimpaphe avuliwe futhi angabonakala, kuyilapho izinhlanzi ezinamahlumela ezimpaphe eziqhubekayo phansi kwe-shaft ye-feather kuya kwesisekelo zihlanganiswe eduze umzimba. Uzothola ukuthi abesifazane basuke banomdanso owengeziwe noma umbala ocacile kunowesilisa wezinhlobo ezifanayo ezimweni eziningi. I-THIs yenza kube lula kowesifazane ukuba ahlale egcwele ngenkathi ehlezi emaqanda akhe noma evikela izingane zakhe.
Ngenkathi izinyoni zisusa eziningi zezintambo zazo ngesikhathi sokulungiselela, zihlale zimbalwa (ikakhulukazi eziphezulu zekhanda) ezingenakufinyelela.
Endle, amanye amalunga omhlambi angasiza ngezinsizakalo ngesikhathi sokuzilungisa kwemvelo - kodwa ekuthunjweni ungasiza ngalokhu ukulungiselela ngokususa izingqimba ezivela ezinhlangothini zomzimba. Ungakwenza lokhu ngokuzithoba ngokuzenzekelayo phakathi kwesithupha nesithombe sangaphambili.
Uma umngane wakho oshayisanayo ehlunga ngezimpaphe ezintsha, ishaxa singamsiza ukuba ahlale ekhululekile. I-shower izwa kahle ezinyoni eziningi njengoba amanzi angase asize ngokuhlushwa.
Kuhlelwe ngu: Patricia Sund