Ngokutsho kwe UMthetho weSizwe weMpawu zaseKhanada, umthetho owabhengezwa ngo-1975, uyavunywa kwaye ubhengezwe ukuba ibeaver (ICastor canadensisnjenge uphawu lolongamo lwe Canada.
Le ntonga inobuhlobo, engadinwa yokwakha amadama emilanjeni nasemachibini aseNyakatho Melika, yenye yezona ntlobo zibalaseleyo zelizwe. Kwaye enye yezona zithandwa kakhulu. Eli libali lakhe kunye nobudlelwane bakhe obukhethekileyo neCanada:
El ICastor canadensis ikwaziwa njenge I-Beaver yaseMelika. I-Beaver yaseYurophu iyaziwa (Ifayibha yeCastor) ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obukhulu kunye nokumila komsila wayo, obanzi kakhulu kwaye uthe tyaba.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba malunga nezigidi ezili-10-15 zezi zilwanyana kumazwe akuMntla Merika. Uninzi luhanjiswa phakathi I-United States neKhanada, nangona kwezinye iindawo ezisemantla EMexico Ngaphandle kokuzingelwa ngobuninzi amashumi eminyaka (uboya bayo buxabiseke kakhulu), ayithathwa njengeyona isengozini yokuphela.
I-Beaver kwimbali yaseCanada
Zininzi izizathu ezichaza ukuba kutheni i-beaver yenye yezilwanyana abantu baseKhanada abachonga kuzo. Ngapha koko, esi silwanyana sikho kuninzi ukubonakaliswa kwenkcubeko yelizwe kwaye, ngandlela thile, kuye kwakho umlinganiswa ophambili webali lakhe.
Sele kumaxesha ekoloniyalizim, ukusukela kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinesixhenxe, i urhwebo loboya (kwaye phakathi kwazo leyo ye-beaver) yayinokubaluleka okukhulu kwi ezoqoqosho, ezentlalo kunye nezopolitiko zophuhliso lwaseCanada. Ukhenketho lwezorhwebo lokukhangela iifus luthandile ekuhlolweni kwemimandla engaziwayo kwaye lukhuthaze ukuhlaliswa kwabantu okuninzi.
Como I-anecdote ngeli xesha lembali, kufanele kuqatshelwe ukuba ubishophu waseQuebec ucele uncedo kwiCawa yamaKatolika ukumisela ukuba ingaba yitya inyama ye-beaver NgooLwezihlanu ngeLente. Oogqirha baseVatican bagweba ewe. Isizathu yayikukuba, ngokwemithetho yokutya, le mpuku, echitha ubomi bayo bonke emanzini, inokuthathwa njengentlanzi.
I-beaver ibonakalisiwe kwimali eziinkozo yaseCanada yeepesenti ezi-5 ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane
Emva kwexesha, ngo-1849, ukumelwa kwee-beavers kwahombisa izitampu zeli lizwe okokuqala. Nanamhlanje umfanekiso wakhe ubonakala kwi-nickel.
Kukho ii-beavers kwizikhuselo ezisemthethweni zamaphondo e EManitoba, eAlberta y WaseSaskatchewan, nakwisixeko sase Toronto; Ikwayinyani ibeaver yimascot yeminye imizimba yeli lizwe efana naleyo Iinjineli Zasemkhosini ZaseKhanada kunye nomfuziselo Inkampani yaseHudson's Bay. Ibeaver nayo yavela ixesha elide kwilogo ye WaseKhanada, Elinye lamaphephandaba okuqala kweli.
Kwaye akufuneki silibale ukuba ibeaver enobubele ibizwa ngegama amik (igama elithetha ukuba yi-beaver kulwimi lweAlgonquian) yayiyinyama ekhethiweyo ye IiOlimpiki zaseMontreal e 1976.
Ngazo zonke ezi mpikiswano, Ungayiphika njani into yokuba i-beaver ikwilizwe lesizwe laseKhanada? Oko kwakucacile kuwo wonke umntu ekugqibeleni kwenziwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1975 kunye UMthetho weSizwe weMpawu zaseKhanada okhankanywe ekuqaleni kweposi.
I-Polar Bear, uphawu olutsha lweCanada?
Nangona kunjalo, i-beaver ayisiyiyo kuphela isilwanyana enokuthi ithathelwe ingqalelo njengommeli waseKhanada. Kukho abanye abazama ukuphikisana nalo mbeko. Abanye babahlali bamahlathi bathanda inyamakazi kunye squirrel, okanye izilwanyana eziqhelekileyo kwizilwanyana zeArctic ezinje nge umnenga we-beluga, i ipuffin okanye Ibhere eliyiphola.
Ibhere elimhlophe, umgqatswa oza kubuyisela ibeaver njengophawu lweCanada
Phakathi kwazo zonke, kuphela Ibhere eliyiphola ikwazile ukuphikisana nesihloko esithi "isimboli yezilwanyana yaseKhanada" ebanjwa yinyosi ngebhongo. Nangona bengazi, bobabini bakhuphisana ezintliziyweni zabantu baseKhanada.
Iibhere ezimhlophe ezimhlophe (ezivela kwingqekembe yemali, kule meko ingqekembe ye- $ 2) zixhaphake kwilizwe liphela. Bahlala kwezona ndawo zisemantla eLabrador naseNewfoundland, Manitoba, Quebec, nase-Ontario. Kulapho kanye apho i IPark yePhondo yePhondo, kunxweme lwase-Hudson Bay kwaye ayinakufikeleleka kwaphela ngendlela.
Ngaba i-Polar Bear iya kuphumelela ekususeni i-Beaver njengesilwanyana esingumfuziselo saseCanada? Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, le ndlu yeeNgwevu UNicole eaton Wenza isibheno esithandekayo koogxa bakhe ngevoti yabo yokwenza i-Polar Bear ibe sisilwanyana sesizwe. Akonelisekanga koko, wazama ukuthukisa ibeaver, awayeyibiza "Impuku enesiphene samazinyo". Endaweni yoko, wayincoma ibhere emhlophe, enikezwe uthotho lweempawu (ukomelela, isibindi, ubukrelekrele kunye nesidima) ngokutsho kwale ndlu yeengwevu eza kumenza ukuba alungele ukuba luphawu olugqibeleleyo lwaseCanada.
Ngomhla waso esi sicelo sakhatywa, nangona kukho inani elibalulekileyo labantu abazinikeleyo ekwenzeni ibhere emhlophe (isilwanyana, ngokungafaniyo ne-beaver, esongelwa ngokuphela) uphawu olutsha lwaseCanada.