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.
Imikhiqizo yobisi ibilokhu iyisisekelo ekudleni emhlabeni wonke, ithandwa ukunambitheka kwayo kanye nenani lokudla okunempilo. Kodwa-ke, ubufakazi obukhulayo bukhombisa ukuthi ukuzibandakanya obisini, ushizi, nezinye izintandokazi zobisi kungafika nezingozi zempilo ezifihliwe. Ucwaningo luxhumeke ukusetshenziswa kobisi ezifweni ezingamahlalakhona njengesifo senhliziyo, uhlobo lwesifo sikashukela, kanye nomdlavuza othile ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwamafutha agcwele amafutha namazinga e-hormone. Le ndatshana ivimba isayensi ngemuva kwale nhlangano, izifundo ezibalulekile ezingozini zokudla zobisi, futhi zihlola ezinye izindlela ezisuselwa kwizitshalo ezingasekela impilo yakho ngaphandle kokuyekethisa