— inothi lensimu No. 2 —
I-Velociraptor: yayihluke kanjani kuleyo esesikrinini
Impendulo emfushane
Ukube obuka amafilimu wayengahlangana ne-Velociraptor yangempela, wayengeke ayibone. Lesi silwane esizingelayo sasifika emadolweni omuntu omdala: amamitha amabili ubude kubalwa nomsila, isigamu semitha ukuphakama kuze kufike enqulwini. Sasimbozwe yizimpaphe, nakuba singandizi. Kulokho okuboniswa esikrinini, okusele cishe wuzipho olukhulu olugobile onyaweni lwangemuva kuphela.
Umzingeli olingana nenja
Amamitha amabili e-Velociraptor ayakhohlisa: ingxenye enkulu yawo kwakuyintamo nomsila, umzimba wona wawumncane. Yayisinda amakhilogremu angu-15–20, ezinkulu kunazo zonke zisinda kancane ngaphezu kwalokho, okungukuthi yayilingana nenja ephakathi nendawo. Ne-“raptor” ende njengomuntu efilimini ethi “Jurassic Park” ifana nayo ngegama kuphela.
Umsila omude wawuyisilinganiso sokuma. Emunweni wesibili wonyawo ngalunye lwangemuva kwakukhona uzipho olukhulu olugobile njengesikela. Ngokomunye umbono, isilwane sasilusebenzisa ukubamba isisulu esizabalazayo.
Sazi kanjani ngezimpaphe
Ngo-2007 kwabonakala uhlu lwamaqhuqhuva amancane ethanjeni le-ulna, engalweni engezansi ye-Velociraptor. Izinyoni zanamuhla zinamaqhuqhuva afanayo, futhi kulapho izimpaphe zinamathela khona. Izimpaphe uqobo azigcinekanga kulesi sibonelo, kodwa amaqhuqhuva anele, ikakhulukazi njengoba izimpaphe zezihlobo zayo eziseduze zaziwa ngezimpawu ezazishiya etsheni.
I-Velociraptor ingeyomndeni wama-dromaeosaur. Kukhathalogi yethu kulowo mndeni kukhona ne-Deinonychus kanye ne-Utahraptor, zombili zinkulu ngokusobala. Ziyizihlobo, kodwa azifani njengamawele: ubukhulu bazo buhlukile, futhi zaphila ngezikhathi ezahlukene.
Ukulwa okwaqandiswa esihlabathini
Into etholakele edume kunazo zonke eMongolia ngamathambo amabili abambene: i-Velociraptor ne-Protoceratops. Aqanjwa ngokuthi “Amadayinaso Alwayo”. Isazi sezinsalela cishe njalo sithola isilwane; lapha itshe lagcina isehlakalo, futhi indlela amathambo ahlelwe ngayo ibonisa ukuthi lezi zilwane ezimbili zazilwa kanjani.
Kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi zombili zambozwa yisihlabathi phakathi nempi. Ukuthi impi yaqala ngani nokuthi yisiphi esahlasela kuqala, amathambo awakusho. Impi uqobo iyiqiniso; okunye bekuzoba yindaba eqanjiwe.
Isithombe sasefilimini savelaphi
Ama-“raptor” asesikrinini ngobukhulu asondele kakhulu ku-Deinonychus kunaku-Velociraptor. Futhi isikhathi eside ayeboniswa engenalo nophaphe olulodwa. I-Microraptor isinika umbono wokuthi lezi zihlobo zazigqoke kanjani ngempela: yona yayinezimpaphe ezinde ngisho nasemilenzeni yangemuva.
Ukuzingela ngomhlambi okuhlelekile nakho kuyiqhinga lombhali wefilimu, hhayi iqiniso elifakazelwe. Ngemikhuba yezilwane ezizingelayo ezashabalala sazi okuncane kakhulu kunangamathambo azo. Izilwane eziningana ezitholakale ndawonye azifakazeli ukuthi zazizingela ndawonye zisaphila.
Imibuzo nezimpendulo
Yayinkulu kangakanani i-Velociraptor?
Cishe amamitha amabili ubude kubalwa nomsila, nesigamu semitha ukuphakama kuze kufike enqulwini. Yayisinda amakhilogremu angu-15–20.
Yayinezimpaphe?
Yebo. Ethanjeni le-ulna kusele amaqhuqhuva izimpaphe ezazinamathela kuwo, afana nalawo ezinyoni zanamuhla.
Kungani kumafilimu inkulu kangaka?
I-“raptor” yasesikrinini ifana kakhulu ne-Deinonychus, isihlobo esikhulu. I-Velociraptor yangempela yayincane kakhulu.
Uzipho olunjengesikela lwalusebenzani?
Kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi lwalubamba isisulu. Ukuthi isilwane sasilusebenzisa kanjani ncamashi, kusacwaningwa.
