Baribal kapena chimbalangondo chakuda (lat. Ursus americanus) - wokhala ku North America, yemwe amapezeka kumeneko kuchokera ku Pacific kupita kugombe la Atlantic, kuchokera ku Alaska kupita pakati pa Mexico. Imakhala m'madera onse aku Canada komanso ku 39 US US kuchokera 50. Amasiyana ndi chimbalangondo chotchuka chifukwa cha kukula kwake, mawonekedwe ammutu, makutu akulu ozungulira ndi mchira wamfupi.
Kutalika kwa kufota pa baribal ndi pafupifupi mita, kutalika kwa thupi la munthu wamkulu kumayambira pa 1.4 mpaka 2 metres, kulemera kumayambira 60 mpaka 300 makilogalamu, ngakhale mu 1885 osaka anaombera chimbalangondo champhongo chakuda cholemera 363 kg. Akazi ndi ocheperako pang'ono - kutalika kwa matupi awo ndi 1.2-1.6 metres ndi kulemera kwa 39-236 kg. Pali mitundu ingapo 16 ya baribal, yomwe imasiyana kwambiri kukula kwake ndi kulemera kwake.
Monga mungaganizire, ubweya wa chimbalangondo chakuda ndi choyera kwambiri, koma pankhope kapena pachifuwa pakhoza kukhala malo oyera. Komabe, ku Canada komanso kumadzulo kwa mtsinje wa Mississippi, zotulutsa zofiirira zimapezeka. Kuphatikiza apo, zimadziwika kuti ana a bulauni ndi akuda amatha kubadwa nthawi yomweyo mu fani imodzi.
Chochititsa chidwi, kuzilumba zazing'ono zitatu zomwe zimakhala mphepete mwa Briteni, zimbalangondo zakuda zimakhala ndi ubweya ... zoyera kapena zoyera. Amatchedwa zoyera zoyera kapena zimbalangondo za Kermod. Maunguwa amabwera ndi njira yofuna kusodza: amaundana pamadzipo ndikuwonetsa mwala, akuyembekeza kuti nsomba ikusambira. Mwina, anali kudzifuulira okha panthawiyi kuti: "Ndine mtambo, mtambo, mtambo, sindinakhale chimbalangondo konse!" Ndizosadabwitsa kuti chitsanzo cha Winnie the Pooh ndichomwe chinali chisamba! Chosangalatsa ndichakuti nsomba zimawakhulupirira ndikusambira pafupi mokwanira, ndikulola kuti agwidwe.
Ziphuphu zokhala ndi ubweya wakuda sizingagwiritse ntchito mwayiwu, motero amakakamizidwa kuti azithamangitsa nsomba zomwe. Mwina ndichifukwa chake amakonda kudya zakudya zam'mera, tizilombo, ndipo, kawirikawiri, zinyalala ndi zovunda. Zimbalangondo izi zimakonda mtedza, zipatso, m'chiuno, dandelions, clover ndi zitsamba zina. Nthawi zina amaukira ziweto, kuwononga njuchi ndi zipatso.
Mwambiri, osambira sakhala aukali ngati grizzlies. Akakumana ndi munthu, amakonda kuthawa, koma m'zaka zonsezo zamakumi awiri, milandu 52 yakuwombera anthu omwe adapha yalembedwa, choncho akuyenera kuopedwa.
Ma Baribe amadziwa kukwera mitengo osanyalanyaza zovunda, motero kumanamizira kuti ndi wakufa kapena kukwera nthambi zazitali pakuona chimbalangondo ichi (monga momwe zimachitira chimbalangondo chachikulu) sizikuthandiza konse. Asaka odziwa ntchito amalimbikitsa kuyesa kumuwopseza ndi mawu akulu. Komanso, musangoyendayenda komwe oyenda amayendayenda.
Zimbalangondo zakuda zimakhala ndi nthawi yamadzulo, ngakhale zimatha kusaka masana kapena usiku. Amakhala okha, kupatula akazi omwe ali ndi ana. M'nyengo yozizira, amagwera m'matumba, atagona m'mapanga, m'miyala yamiyala kapena pansi pa mitengo. Nthawi zina amadziimbira okha dzenje ndikudzigonamo nthawi yachisanu yoyamba. Amakonda kubzala masamba ndi udzu wofewa.
Atadzuka, osakwatiwa amayamba kukwatirana. Mimba simakula nthawi yomweyo, koma kumapeto kwa nthawi yophukira. Ndipo ngakhale chimbalangondo chija chimapeza mafuta okwanira. Ana a 2-3 amabadwa nthawi yozizira pomwe amayi awo amagona momveka bwino. Ma gramu 200-550 amatebulo omwewo amapeza njira zawo zotenthetsera mkaka wotentha, ndipo pofika kumapeto amalemera kuchokera ku 2 mpaka 5 kg. Kulikonse komwe amatsatira amayi awo, kuphunzira kuchokera ku nzeru zake zadziko lapansi. Amusiya mchaka chotsatira, nthawi ikadzakwana.
Baribe amakhala kuthengo pafupifupi zaka 10, ali ku ukapolo mawuwa amawonjezeka.