Mbalame yaing'ono yamadzi (pafupifupi 34 cm), yayikulu pang'ono kuposa kanyenya kakang'ono.
Kufotokozera kwa mawonekedwe a toadstool ya khosi lakuda
Khosi ndi lopindika, mlomo wautali komanso wopyapyala ndi wopindika pang'ono pamwamba, zikhomo zokhala ndi zala zazing'ono ndi mchira wamfupi ndizofupikitsa. Maso ofiira. Mdima wakuda wakuda, mutu, khosi. Mimba ya lalanje kapena yofiira ndi mbali. Malo oyera kumatako oyera. Nthenga zachikaso pamasaya, kumbuyo kwa maso. Mphuno yosiyana kwambiri yozizira: msana wakuda, khosi ndi mutu. Khosi loyera, mbali ndi pamimba. Masaya oyera.
Kodi chimbudzi chimakhala kuti
Mbalameyi imakonda kwambiri madambo amchere amchere. Kukula pang'ono, mayiwe osakhalitsa, ocheperako, otseguka komanso okhala ndi masamba ambiri omwe awoneka, grebe ya khosi lakuda imagwiritsa ntchito pobala. M'nyengo yozizira, nthawi zambiri amayendera nyanja, mitsinje komanso gombe.
Grey wakuda wakuda amakhala mdera lomwe limakhala lalikulu nthawi yotentha, ndipo amakhala m'magulu ang'onoang'ono koma ogwirizana nthawi yachisanu. Makoloni amapezekanso m'magulu oswana a mitundu ina ya mbalame, makamaka nkhono ndi tern. M'madera oterewa, ma grebes amatetezedwa mwangozi kwa adani kuchokera kwa oyandikana nawo osamala komanso amwano.
Kodi chinsalu cha khosi lakuda chimakhala bwanji?
Mtunduwo umamanga zisa zoyandama momwe zimayikira mazira awiri kapena asanu. Makolo amanyamula anapiye kumbuyo kwawo m'masiku oyambirira a moyo wawo.
Mbalameyi imadya zomera zam'madzi, tizilombo tating'onoting'ono, mphutsi za amphibian, molluscs ndi nsomba zazing'ono. Ng'ombe yamtundu wakuda imadyetsa osadumphira m'madzi, sichitsitsa mutu ndi khosi posaka nyama m'madzi osaya, ndipo siyendetsanso mlomo wake m'madzimo. Imadyanso nsomba zochepa kuposa zamoyo zina zonse ndipo imadyetsa makamaka tizilombo.
Mtundu wa khosi lakuda uja ukalowerera m'madzi, umatera kutali ndi malo opumira.
Mbalameyi ndi yaying'ono, yopanda madzi, yomwe imakhala ndi nyanja zamitundumitundu ndi zomera zambiri, ndipo madera amenewa amatha kupanga msanga, mwachitsanzo, chifukwa cha kusefukira kwamadzi. Makoloni aziphuphu amapangira mwachangu, kenako amachoka pomwepo, ndikuwonekera m'malo ena munyengo ikubwerayi, zomwe zimapangitsa mbalameyi kukhala yosadalirika posankha malo okhala.
Zochititsa chidwi
Dzinalo la Chilatini (Podiceps) limatanthawuza kuti mawondo amamangiriridwa ndi thupi mu anus. Kusinthaku kumapangitsa kukhala kosavuta kuyenda m'madzi, kusuntha komanso kuyenda m'madzi.
