The Coquí: Puerto Rico's Tiny, Musical Mascot

Kana iwe wakambosvika kuPuerto Rico uye ukaenda kunzvimbo inonaya mvura kana kune imwe nzvimbo kunze kweguta reguta racho, iwe uchangobva kuiswa nePuerto Rico's unofficial mascot. Iwe hauzokwanisi kuona mheyo yenziyo iyi, asi iwe unogona zvechokwadi kuinzwa: nhengo mbiri-orchestra inonzwika inoita seyi: Co-qui.

Uye ndiwo maitiro emhando duku yemiti inonzi frog yakawanda kuPuerto Rico yakawana zita racho. Izvo, ndeye, ini, imwe yezvishamiso zvepanyika zvePuerto Rico .

Izvi zvinowanzogara mumasango echitsuwa (kunyange zvazvo zvave zvichitaurirwa kuU.S. uye kune dzimwe zviwi) uye zvinyorwa zvishoma: zvinosvika 1 kusvika 2 masendimita murefu uye zvinorema pakati pe2 na4 ounces. Zvinoshamisa, izvi zvinoita kuti zvive imwe yematatya makuru kuPuerto Rico. Uye zvinowedzera kuti zvinonakidza kuti inzwi ravanobudisa rinodanidzira zvikuru! Iko kushevedzwa kwechiqui kwakajeka, kwakadzika uye kusinganzwisisike. Uye kana iwe ukazombopedza husiku kana maviri muEl Yunque , iwe uchanzwa rwiyo rwavo usiku hwose pasina kukanganisa. Iyi symphoni inogona kukufambisa nutswe kana kukusimudzira kurara.

Varume ava vaduku haisi kungoshamisa chete nekuda kwemimhanzi yavo. Iroqui (zita rezvesayenzi rinonzi Eleutherodactylus coqui, iro rinoreva "zvigunwe zvisina ruzivo") ) zvakasiyana nematatya akawanda pakuti haina mavara; panzvimbo pacho, zvigunwe zvavo zvine mahwendefa chaiwo anoita kuti vakwire uye vanyengere kumiti nemashizha. Rwiyo rwechoco runobudiswa nevanhurume vemarudzi acho kuti vakwekwe vakadzi uye vadzivirire vadzikwi munguva yekubata.

(Ita kuti iwe unonzwa kakawanda sei rwiyo urwu rwakawanda gore rose, iro rakawanda kwazvo zvekuita zvepabonde kana kutumira!). Uye kusiyana nematatya akawanda, maoqui haana tadpole muchero: anobva mazai avo sediki maduku nemiswe, iyo iyo mukomana anotarisa (varume vanoputika ndeyemhando dzakawanda, handizvo).

Coquís dzakapinda muchikepe chePuerto Rico, uye inoumba chikamu chechimiro. Iwe uchawana maokie, mabhuku uye t-shirts pane chero chekuchengeta chivako muSan Juan. Nzvimbo dzakawanda dzinotakura zita rokuti "Coquí," uye mapeji ePuerto Rican anonzi "coquito" (inosanganisira rum, sinamoni, clove, kokonati uye mazai, kana iwe uchida kuedza; unogona kutenga mabhodhoro iyo pachitsuwa). Pane nyaya yakafanana (yakatsigirwa neA USDA Forest Service, nenzira) kuti inotonaya "inonaya matatya" muEl Yunque. Sezviri pachena, vana vaduku kazhinji vanozviwana pachavo munharaunda yedondo, kwavanowanikwa pachena kune zvikara zvavo zvepanyama. Panzvimbo pokuita kuti kupisa kwakanyanya uye nguva inopedzisira kuburutsira bark panzvimbo yekuvanda, izvo zvisingadziviriki zvinongotanga kupinda mumhepo uye zvinyatsofuratira zvichidzika pasi.