Palamedea ndi mbalame yolemera komanso yayikulu. Mbalamezi zimakhala m'madambo a South America, komwe kuli nkhalango za Brazil, Colombia ndi Guiana. Palamedeans ndi am'banja la anseriformes kapena milomo ya lamellar. Pali mitundu itatu ya nyama zouluka: yaminyanga, yamiyendo yakuda ndi yolowerera.
Kufotokozera kwathunthu
Mitundu ya palameds imasiyanasiyana kutengera komwe amakhala. Zomwe mbalame zimakonda kulemera kwakunja, kupezeka kwamiyala yolimba pamapiko a mapiko, kusakhala ndi nembanemba zosambira pamiyendo. Ma spurs apadera ndi zida zomwe nyama zimagwiritsa ntchito podziteteza. Zilonda zaminyanga zimakhala ndi njira yopyapyala pamutu pawo yomwe imatha kutalika mpaka 15 cm. Pafupifupi, kutalika kwa mbalame sikupitilira masentimita 80, ndipo amafanana pang'ono ndi nkhuku zazikulu zoweta. Palameda imalemera kuchokera pa 2 mpaka 3 kg.
Nyama zouluka nthawi zambiri zimakhala zofiirira mwakuda, pomwe pamwamba pake pamakhala kowala ndipo pamalopo pamakhala banga loyera. Crested Anseriformes ali ndi mikwingwirima yakuda ndi yoyera pakhosi. Mbalame zamakutu akuda zimatha kuzindikirika ndi mtundu wawo wakuda, pomwe pamutu pake pamakhala mutu wonyezimira komanso wowoneka bwino kumbuyo kwake.
Palamedea Wamanyanga
Chakudya ndi moyo
Palamedeans amakonda zakudya zamasamba. Popeza amakhala pafupi ndi madzi komanso m'madambo, mbalame zimadya ndere, zomwe amazitola pansi pamadzi komanso pamwamba pake. Komanso, nyama zimadya tizilombo, nsomba, amphibiya ang'onoang'ono.
Ma Palamedean ndi mbalame zamtendere, koma amatha kudzisamalira okha ngakhale kuyamba nkhondo ndi njoka. Poyenda, nyamazo zimakhala ndi ulemu. Kumwamba, palamedea imatha kusokonezedwa ndi mbalame yayikulu ngati griffin. Oimira ma anseriform amakhala ndi mawu osangalatsa kwambiri, nthawi zina amakumbutsa za thumba la tsekwe.
Kubereka
Ziphuphu zimadziwika ndikumanga zisa zazikulu m'mimba mwake. Amatha kumanga "nyumba" pafupi ndi madzi kapena pansi, pafupi ndi gwero la chinyezi. Mbalame zimagwiritsa ntchito zimayambira zazomera, zomwe zimangotayidwa pamulu umodzi. Monga lamulo, akazi amayikira mazira awiri ofanana ndi mtundu wofanana (zimakhalanso kuti zowalamulira zimakhala ndi mazira asanu ndi limodzi). Makolo onsewa amakulitsa ana amtsogolo. Ana akangobadwa, mkazi amawatulutsa m'chisa. Makolo ali nawo polera anapiye limodzi. Amawaphunzitsa momwe angapezere chakudya, kuteteza madera ndi makanda kwa adani ndikuwachenjeza za ngozi.
