Uyafuna ukuphila isikhathi eside? Thola inja!

Abanikazi bezinja bavame ukuphila isikhathi eside kunabantu abanezinye izilwane ezifuywayo noma abangenazo, futhi akukho ncazelo eqondile engakatholakali mayelana nalesi simo. Lokhu okutholwe okuvusa amadlingozi kungokwabososayensi baseSweden abashicilele indatshana kujenali iScientific Reports.

Uma uxoxa nabanikazi bezinja, abantu abaningi bazothi izilwane zabo ezifuywayo zithinta impilo nomoya ngendlela enhle kakhulu. Abangane abanemilenze emine bavame ukunikezwa abantu abangashadile nabathatha umhlalaphansi ukuze babhekane nokulangazelela. Imindeni enezingane nayo izizwa ijabule kakhudlwana uma inenja eqotho, futhi izingane ezisacathula zifunda ukunakekela nokuba nomthwalo wemfanelo. Kodwa ingabe izinja ziyakwazi ukubhekana nomsebenzi ongathi sína njengokwelula ukuphila? Ososayensi baseNyuvesi yase-Uppsala - endala kakhulu eScandinavia - bahlolile ukuthi ingabe kunjalo ngempela yini.

Abacwaningi baqasha iqembu lokulawula labantu baseSweden abayizigidi ezingu-3,4 abaneminyaka engu-40-85 ababenesifo senhliziyo noma isifo sohlangothi ngo-2001 noma kamuva. Abahlanganyeli ocwaningweni bahlanganisa kokubili abanikazi bezinja nabangebona abanikazi. Njengoba kwenzeka, iqembu lokuqala linezinkomba zezempilo ezingcono kakhulu.

Ukuba khona kwenja endlini kwehlisa amathuba okufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngama-33% futhi kunciphisa amathuba okuba nesifo senhliziyo nemithambo ngo-11%. “Okuthakazelisayo ukuthi izinja zibe nenzuzo ikakhulukazi ezimpilweni zabantu abangashadile, njengoba kade sazi, basengozini yokufa kunabantu abanemindeni,” kusho uMwenya Mubanga wase-Uppsala University. KwabaseSweden ababehlala nabashade noma izingane, ukuhlobana kwakungashongo kangako, kodwa kusabonakala: 15% no-12%, ngokulandelana.

Umthelela omuhle wabangane abanemilenze emine awukho ngenxa yokuthi abantu kufanele bahambe nezilwane zabo ezifuywayo, okwenza indlela yabo yokuphila isebenze kakhulu. Amandla omphumela "wesandiso sempilo" ayencike ohlotsheni lwenja. Ngakho, abanikazi bezinhlobo zokuzingela baphila ngokwesilinganiso isikhathi eside kunabanikazi bezinja zokuhlobisa.

Ngaphezu kwengxenye yomzimba, imizwa etholwa abantu ibalulekile. Izinja zinganciphisa ukukhathazeka, zisize ukubhekana nesizungu, futhi zibe nozwela. "Sikwazile ukufakazela ukuthi abanikazi bezinja baba nemizwa encane yokucindezeleka futhi bahlanganyele kakhulu nabanye abantu," kusho u-Tove Fall, omunye wababhali bocwaningo. Ososayensi nabo abafaki ngaphandle ukuthi abantu baphila isikhathi eside ngenxa yokuxhumana nezilwane ezingeni le-microflora - lokhu kusazobonakala.