Mvuu ndeimwe yeinozivikanwa zvikuru uye yakanakisisa-inodiwa yezvikara zvose zveAfrica, asi inogonawo kuva imwe yezvinhu zvisingazivikanwi. Izvo zvipenyu zvinowanzowanikwa muAfrica safaris ndiyo inowanzo hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ), imwe chete yemhando mbiri dzakasara mumhuri yeHippopotamidae. Imwe mhupi ndeye mhirizhonga yepiggmy, inowanikwa munharaunda yeWest Africa nyika kusanganisira Liberia, Sierra Leone neGuinea.
Mbira dzinowanzosvibiswa nyore nyore kune dzimwe mhuka dzeSara , nemhaka yekuonekwa kwavo kwakasiyana. Ndiyo nyika yechitatu yepamusoro-soro yenyika yemhuka (shure kwemarudzi ese ehofu uye mhando dzakasiyana dzemhando dzemhino), uye inowanzovhara mhombwe yakakura inenge inokwana 3,085 pounds / 1,400 kilogram. Varume vakakura kukunda vakadzi, kunyange zvazvo vachiri vaduku vanoita zvakafanana zvakafanana nemitumbi, isina mitsipa uye miromo yakawanda yakasungirirwa nemiti.
Kunyange zvazvo mahapi asina ruzivo rwakasimba hwehukama hwevanhu, ivo vanowanikwa mumapoka evanhu vanenge 100. Vanoshandisa rwizi rwakatsetseka, uye kunyange zvazvo vachifema mweya sechinhu chipi nechipi chinokanganisa, vanoshandisa nguva yavo yakawanda mumvura. Vanogara munzizi, makungwa uye mangrove matamba, vachishandisa mvura kuti igare yakanakira pasi pekupisa kwezuva reAfrica. Vanoshamwaridzana, vakaroorana, vanozvara uye vanorwisa nharaunda mumvura, asi vanobva mumigungwa yavo kuti vazodya pamhenderekedzo yehova manheru.
Zita rokuti mvuu inouya kubva kuGirisi yekare ye "rwizi rwizi", uye mavubu pasina mubvunzo akachinjwa upenyu muupenyu hwemvura. Meso avo, nzeve nemhino zvose zviri pamusoro pemisoro yavo, zvichivabvumira kuti varambe vachingopedzisira vachinge vasvike kunze kwekuti vasvike kufema. Zvisinei, kunyange zvazvo vakagadzirirwa tsoka, mavubu haagoni kutenderera uye haasi kunyanya kushambira.
Nokudaro, vanowanzovharirwa kumvura isina kudzika, apo vanogona kubata mweya yavo kusvika kumaminitsi mashanu.
Mbira dzine zvimwe zvinoverengeka zvinonakidza zvinoshandiswa, kusanganisira kukwanisa kwavo kuchengetedza chimiro chebhuvara chezuva rakatsvukuruka kubva paganda ravo rakareba masendimita matanhatu. Izvo zvakasvibira, zvinopedza kusvika pamapirogiramu 150/68 kilogram yeuswa husiku manheru. Pasinei neizvi, mavubu ane zita rinotyisa rekurwisana uye anonyanya kugadzirisa nzvimbo, kazhinji achishandisa kurwisana kuti adzivirire chikwata chavo cherwizi (kune mhondi yevarume) kana kuti kudzivirira vana vavo (mune zvakaitika kumapoka echikadzi).
Vangaita sevasinganzwisisiki panyika, asi mavubu anokwanisa kupfupika kwekukurumidza kushamisika, kazhinji anosvika 19 mph / 30 kmp pamusoro pemakwikwi mafupi. Ivo vave vaine mhosva yekufa kwevanhu vasingaverengeki, kazhinji vasingaoneki kutsamwa. Mbira dzinorwisa zvose pasi uye mumvura, uye njodzi dzakasiyana dzine mvuu inokwerera chikepe kana ngarava. Sezvo zvakadaro, ivo vanowanzoonekwa sevari pakati pezvinotyisa zvezvikara zvose zveAfrica .
Kana ikatsamwa, mavubu anotsemura masaya avo kusvika anenge 180 ° mune zvinotyisidzira zvinotyisa. Nzira dzavo dzakasiyana-siyana uye incisors dzinoramba dzichikura, uye dzinochengetwa nguva dzose pazvinenge dzichidonha pamwe chete.
Mhando dzemakumbo emurume dzinogona kukura kusvika masendimita makumi maviri / 50 masendimita, uye dzinoshandisa kuti dzirwise pamusoro penharaunda nevakadzi. Zvisingadikanwi, apo nhokwe dzeNire, shumba uye kunyange hyenas dzinogona kutora mavubu maduku, vanhu vakuru vemarudzi havana zvikara zvisikwa musango.
Kunyange zvakadaro, kufanana nemhuka dzakawanda ramangwana ravo rinotyisidzirwa nemunhu. Vakataridzirwa sevanotambudzwa paIUCN Red List muna 2006, mushure mokunge varwa nehuwandu hwevanhu hunopera kusvika 20% pamusoro pemakore gumi. Ivo vanovhimwa (kana kuti vanobatwa) munzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeAfrica nokuda kwenyama yavo nemiti yavo, iyo inoshandiswa sechinotsiva nhovu nenyanga dzenzou. Hippo poaching inonyanya kupararira munyika dzakarohwa nehondo seDemocratic Republic of the Congo, uko urombo hwakaita kuti ive chinhu chinokosha chekudya.
Mbira dziri kutyisidzirwa muhutano hwadzo kuburikidza nekudengesa mhizha, iyo yakakanganisa kukwanisa kwavo kwekuwana mvura yakachena neminda yekufudza.
Kana akabvumirwa kurarama hupenyu hwepanyama, mavubu ane upenyu hwemakore anenge 40 kusvika makumi mashanu, ane rekodhi yemurefu kwenguva refu-wakagara kuenda kuDonna, anogara kuMesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, akafira panguva yakwegura 62 muna 2012.