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Abalimi Bemvelo - Izimbungulu
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All by Design,
Dr. Jonathan C. O'Quinn
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| Izinambuzane ezisika amacembe ziyinye yezinhlobo ezingabaleki zezidalwa eziphilayo ezihlala emhlabeni ezinamakhono okuphila angajwayelekile, futhi yizona kuphela izilwane ngaphandle kwabantu ezikhulisa ukudla kwazo ezintweni eziphilayo.
Izinambuzane zalezi zimbungulu zidla "izitho ezinokondleka," noma ama-gongylidia, akhiqizwa amagciwane omndeni iLepiotaceae, akhula kuphela emikoloni yezimbungulu ezisika amacembe. Imikoloni yezimbungulu ihlukaniswe yaba izinhlaka ezahlukene ngobukhulu, ngayinye inendima ekhethekile okufanele idlale. |
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Izinambuzane eziphakathi nendawo ezingama-forager zifuna futhi zisike izingcezu ezincane zamacembe zizibuyisele enkolonini, lapho okokudla kwezitshalo kudluliselwa khona ezinambuzane ezincane, ezidleka amacembe zibe izingcezu ezincane kakhulu bese zidlulisela lezi ezincane kakhulu, ezenza okufanayo.
Izicucu ezincane kakhulu zifakwa ezigadeni ezinkulu zokukhulisa amagciwane ezijulile ngaphakathi kwekoloni, lapho zisebenza khona njengesisekelo sokukhula kwamagciwane. Izinambuzane ezincane kakhulu zekoloni zinakekela lezi zigadi zamagciwane, zivuna ama-gongylidia lapho evela khona, futhi azondla ama-larva ezinambuzane ngemva kokuba ezalwe. Ukuze bagcine izigadi zabo zihlanzekile, izinambuzane zisusa ngokomzimba noma yiziphi izinhlobo ezingafuneki zama-fungi, zikhiqiza ama-amino acid nama-enzyme ukusiza ukukhula kwama-fungi, futhi zikhulula ama-antibiotic emvelo avela kubhaktheriya ye-Streptomyces ekhula phezu kwabo nangaphakathi kwabo, ukuvikela ama-fungi abo ekungcoleni.
Lena yisistimu ebiyoloji eyinkimbinkimbi lapho izinhlobo ezahlukene zezidalwa eziphilayo zisebenza ngokuvumelana okuphelele futhi engake yathuthuka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi noma ngengozi.
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Figure caption:
Leaf cutting ant, Forest bachac: Atta cephalotes
Photo credit: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service,
"Abalimi Bemvelo - Izimbungulu"
(Originally published in "Creation Matters" as: Nature’s Farmers)
<https://www.creationism.org/zulu/CrsCmNaturesFarmers_zu.htm>
