Great Gray Owl ndi membala wodabwitsa kwambiri pabanja la kadzidzi. Kukula kwake, mbalameyi titha kufananizidwa ndi nkhuku.
Maonekedwe
Thupi limayeza masentimita 60 mpaka 85 kutalika ndipo lili ndi mapiko a 1.5 mita. Kulemera kwa oimira awa kungakhale mpaka makilogalamu 1.2. Diso lakumaso limanenedwa komanso laimvi ndi mipangidwe yambiri yakuda. Pamutu pali maso ang'ono achikaso okhala ndi zikope zakuda. Nthenga zoyera pafupi ndi maso zimapanga mtanda. Pansi pake pali chikaso chofiirira, ndipo pakamwa pake pamakhala chachikasu. Pali malo amdima pansi pamlomo. Mtundu waukulu wa Great Gray Owl ndi wotuwa wokhala ndi mikwingwirima yaying'ono yakuda. Mbali yakumunsi ya thupi ndiyotuwa ndi zoterera. Nthenga zokhala pamapazi ndi zala zakuda ndizotuwa. Mchira wautali wa kadzidzi umakhala ndi mikwingwirima ikuluikulu yopingasa yomwe imathera mu mzere wakuda wakuda kwambiri. Zoyipa zakugonana zimadalira kuti akazi amakhala okulirapo komanso okulirapo kuposa amuna.
Chikhalidwe
Malo okhala Great Gray Owl afalikira ku Canada ndi Alaska. Ambiri mwa anthuwa amapezeka kumpoto kwa Europe komanso pakati pa Europe ndi Russia. Oimira ena amapezeka ku Siberia ndi Sakhalin.
Kadzidzi amasankha nkhalango za coniferous ndi spruce ngati malo okhala, ndipo amatha kukhala m'dera la taiga ndi nkhalango zamapiri. Kusankha malo okhala ndi chifukwa chakupezeka kwa chakudya chokwanira.
Zakudya zabwino
Chakudya chachikulu cha kadzidzi tawny chimakhala ndi mbewa zam'madzi, zikopa ndi nyama zazing'ono. Nthawi zina agologolo, mbalame zazing'ono, hares, achule ndi tizilombo tina tambiri titha kusakidwa ngati nyama yayikulu. Kadzidzi amatha kuyang'ana nyama kuchokera pa khola kapena pakamauluka pang'ono pang'onopang'ono, osapitilira mamitala asanu pamwamba panthaka. Amadyetsa makamaka m'malo otseguka. Nthawi yobisalira, Great Gray Owls amakonda kusaka nthawi yamasana m'mphepete mwa nkhalango ndi kuwonongeka kwa madzi. Nyama yabwino kwambiri ya kadzidziyu imapangidwa ndimakutu omveka bwino komanso chimbale chakumaso, chomwe chimakupatsani mwayi womvera ziphuphu zomwe sizingatheke. Atagwira nyama yake ndi zikhadabo zakuthwa, kadzidzi wamkuluyo amadya kwathunthu.
Moyo
Mitundu yambiri ya Great Gray Owl ndi mbalame zokhazikika. Amasankha malo awo mosamala ndipo amakhala mmenemo kwa zaka zingapo. Great Gray Owl imatha kusintha madera ake chifukwa chakuchepa kwa nyama zomwe zimadya.
Mbali yapadera ya kadzidzi wa ndevu ndi mawu awo. Amuna amatulutsa mawu osamveka bwino a masilabo 8 kapena 12, ofanana ndi "uu-uu-uu-uu-uu-uu-uu-uu."
Kubereka
Ambiri mwa Great Owl ndi amuna okhaokha. Nthawi yobereketsa imatsagana ndikupeza awiri ndi chibwenzi. Nthawi imeneyi imakhala kuyambira nthawi yozizira. Amuna amayamba kufunafuna kwambiri chakudya chachikazi, nthenga zoyera ndikusaka zisa mwachangu. Amuna ambiri amasankha malo okhala nkhamba ngati chisa. Mkazi amaikira mazira osachepera 5 mu chisa chosankhidwa, ndikuwasamira masiku 28. Nthawi imeneyi, wamwamuna amapeza chakudya cha awiri. Anapiye amapangidwa patatha milungu inayi, ndipo amakhala okonzeka kuwuluka pakatha masabata asanu ndi atatu amoyo.
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