Kalasi: Mbalame
Dongosolo: Ciconiiformes
Banja: Hammerheads
Chingwe: Nyundo
Mtundu: Hammerhead
Dzina lachi Latin: Scopus umbretta
Chizungu: Hamerkop
Habitat: Africa, kuyambira ku Sierra Leone ndi Sudan kumwera kwa kontinenti, komanso ku Madagascar ndi Peninsula ya Arabia
Zambiri
Mbalame ya Hammerhead alinso mbalame yotchedwa Shadow heron, Shadow heron kapena Forest heron - mbalame yochokera ku dongosolo la Ciconiiformes, yogawa banja losiyana. Mitundu yokhayo ya banja la dzina lomweli. Ngakhale nyundoyo mwamwambo imawonetsedwa ngati mwendo wamiyendo, ndipo amaonedwa kuti ndi wachibale wa agulugufe ndi azitsamba, gulu lake silotsimikiza. Ena amati ndi a Charadriiformes kapena amawaika pawokha. Nyundo imadziwika ndi dzina la mutu wake, chifukwa cha mulomo wakuthwa komanso wopindika, wolowera kumbuyo, imakhala ngati nyundo. Kutalika pafupifupi 60 cm, mapiko - 30-33 cm, kulemera pafupifupi 430 gramu.
Amuna ndi akazi onse amawoneka chimodzimodzi ndipo ali ndi zowuluka zazitali. Miyendo ndi nembanemba pazala ndi imvi zakuda. Mlomo wakuda wa mbalameyo ndi wowongoka, koma wowoneka ngati mulomo ndi wowongoka pang'ono, wolimba, wopanikizika mwamphamvu kuchokera kumbali. Miyendo ya nyundo yolimba, zala zazitali kutalika, kuposa mbalameyi imayandikira pafupi ndi agwada. Zala zitatu zakutsogolo zili ndi nembanemba yaying'ono pansi. Mbali yam'munsi ya chibangiri cha chala cham'tsogolo, chonga cha matendawa, ndi chisa. Mbalameyi ilibe ufa, lilime limachepetsedwa. Kuthawira kumbuyo kwa khosi, khosi limakhala lokwera ndipo limapinda pang'ono. A Hammers amakhala ku Africa, kuyambira ku Sierra Leone ndi ku Sudan kumwera kwa kontrakitala, komanso ku Madagascar ndi Peninsula ya Arabia. Nthawi ndi nthawi imapezeka pafupi ndi malo ndipo nthawi zina imadzilola kuti ikaswedwe kapena kudyetsedwa.
Okhonya akuyang'ana chakudya usiku, akusaka nsomba zazing'ono, tizilombo kapena ma amphibians, omwe amawawopseza ndi mapazi awo. Ma nyundo ali ndi mitengo inayake yomwe amapuma. Akasaka mnzake, amaliza mavinidwe achilendo, pomwe amaliza mokweza mawu ndi kuwomba mlengalenga. Zisa zawo ndi zazikulu kwambiri (1.5 - mpaka 2 m'mimba mwake) ndipo ali ndi malo amkati ndi khomo losavomerezeka. Pali "zipinda" zingapo mkatimo, ndipo khomo limatsekedwa mosamala ndipo ili pambali pake. Ndi yopapatiza kwambiri mpaka kuti nyundo imadziwulukira pamenepo movutikira, kukanikiza mapiko ake ku thupi. Koma nyumbayo yatetezedwa bwino komanso modalirika kwa adani.
Zisa zawo ndizazikulu - awa ndi mipira kapena mabasiketi opangidwa kuchokera ku timitengo ndi nthambi, mkati mwake amapakidwa ndi silika. Amayikidwa mu mafoloko a mitengo yomwe imamera pafupi ndi madzi. Zisa izi ndizolimba kwambiri kuti zimatha kupirira munthu. Khomo limalowera ku "holo", pomwe nyundo yaikazi imagwira zomanga, kenako ndi "pabalaza" pa anapiye ndi "chipinda chogona". Mbalame zimatha ntchito miyezi yambiri pantchito yomanga. Zingapo zingapo zoterezi zimatha kukhala pamtengo umodzi, okwatirana amalolerana wina ndi mnzake. Yaikazi imayikira mazira atatu kapena 7 (nthawi zambiri 5); kwa mwezi umodzi, makolowo amasinthana ndikuwatentha. Anapiye obadwa mwachangu samathandiza, amakonda kudya kwambiri ndipo amafunikira chakudya nthawi zonse. Mbalame zimagwira ntchito molimbika, zimabweretsa chakudya kwa ana. Chingwe chisa mu chisa chimakhala nthawi yayitali - masabata 7, ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndiyimilira. Kunja, chisa chimapachikidwa ndi zokongoletsera zosiyanasiyana (mafupa, zipsera). Zisa za Hammerhead ndi zina mwazinthu zodabwitsa kwambiri za mbalame ku Africa. Zina mwa zisa zazikulu izi, mbalame zina zimamera. Ma nyundo ndi olekerera, ndipo mawonekedwe awiriawiri moyo.
Amakonda kukhazikika m'madambo ndi mitengo yamangati, yofatsa, osati mitsinje yachangu. Amakhala moyo wokangalika mumdima - usiku kapena madzulo. Mbalameyi imasamala, koma osati yamanyazi. Pofunafuna chakudya, iye amayenda pang'onopang'ono m'madzi osaya, ndipo ngati kuli kotheka, amalimbikira, kuthamangitsa nyama. Nthawi zambiri, amapuma pamitengo masana. Mosiyana ndi abale ake, nyundo imatha kuyimba nyimbo ya nyimbo: "vit-vit".