Lesi sigaba siphenya izinga lomuntu lokuxhashazwa kwezilwane—indlela thina njengabantu ngabanye nemiphakathi esithethelela ngayo, esisekela, noma esimelana ngayo nezinhlelo zonya. Kusukela kumasiko amasiko nokuncika kwezomnotho kuye empilweni yomphakathi nezinkolelo zomoya, ubudlelwano bethu nezilwane bubonisa izindinganiso esiziphethe kanye nezakhiwo zamandla esihlala kuzo. Ingxenye ethi “Abantu” ihlola lokhu kuxhumana, iveze ukuthi inhlalakahle yethu ixhumene ngokujule kangakanani nezimpilo esizibusayo.
Sihlola ukuthi ukudla okusindayo kwenyama, ukulima kwezimboni, nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa komhlaba wonke kulimaza kanjani ukondliwa kwabantu, impilo yengqondo, kanye nomnotho wendawo. Izinkinga zempilo yomphakathi, ukungavikeleki kokudla, nokuwohloka kwemvelo akuzona izehlakalo ezingazodwa—kuyizimpawu zesimiso esingenakubekezelelwa esibeka phambili inzuzo phezu kwabantu neplanethi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lesi sigaba sigqamisa ithemba noguquko: imindeni yezilwane ezidla inyama, abasubathi, imiphakathi, nezishoshovu ezicabanga kabusha ubudlelwano babantu nesilwane futhi zakha izindlela zokuphila eziqinile nezinozwela.
Ngokubhekana nezimiso zokuziphatha, amasiko, kanye nemithelela engokoqobo yokusetshenziswa kwezilwane, nathi sibhekana nathi. Hlobo luni lomphakathi esifuna ukuba yingxenye yalo? Izinqumo zethu zibonisa noma zikhaphela kanjani izindinganiso zethu? Indlela eya ebulungisa—ezilwaneni nakubantu—iyafana. Ngokuqwashisa, uzwela, kanye nesenzo, singaqala ukulungisa ukunqanyulwa obhebhethekisa ukuhlupheka okungaka, futhi siye ekusaseni elinobulungisa neliqhubekayo.
Ukuzibeka ezweni eliyinkingi eliyinkimbinkimbi yemizwa yezilwane nobuhlakani kuveza iqiniso elinamandla: izilwane zinengqondo kakhulu futhi eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kunokuba sasikholwa. Ukusuka kweZendlovu kuyalila kwabo kuzakuxaka ama-puzzle ngokuxazulula ubuhlakani obumangalisayo, intuthuko yesayensi yembule ubufakazi obunamandla bokujula ngokomzwelo kanye nobuhlakani ezinhlotsheni eziningi. Lo mzimba okhulayo wezinselelo ucwaningo ophelelwe yimibono, usigqugquzela ukuthi siphinde siphathe kanjani izilwane ezimpilweni zethu zansuku zonke - ikakhulukazi ngaphakathi kwezinhlelo zokulima efektri ezivame ukungakwazi ukuzwa ubuhlungu, injabulo, ukwesaba nozwela. Ngokuhlola isayensi ngemuva kwesimo sezilwane, le ndatshana iqokomisa imiphumela yokuziphatha kwalawa atholakele futhi ifuna izinqumo ezinobubele ezengeziwe ekukhiqizeni ukudla kanye nokusetshenziswa. Sijoyine njengoba sembula izimpilo zangaphakathi ezihehayo zezidalwa ezingezonabantu futhi zihlole ukuthi ukuqonda imizwa yazo kungakhuthaza kanjani i-kinder, ikusasa elizinzile kakhulu kuzo zonke izidalwa