Izimpungushe zihlala kuwo wonke amazwekazi oMhlaba, ngaphandle kwe-Antarctica ebandayo, futhi cishe kuzo zonke izifundazwe kukhona okungenani inganekwane eyodwa noma inganekwane, lapho umlingiswa oyinhloko eyimpungushe. Akumangazi-ke ukuthi isilwane esinobuqili, esixakile futhi sihle singukunconywa kwangempela.
Izimpungushe bezihlala nabantu kusukela ngeNkathi Yethusi. Babethanjisiwe futhi besetshenziswa njengezinja. Izimpungushe zaze zangcwatshwa nabanikazi bazo. Izinsalela ezinjalo zatholwa abavubukuli eBarcelona. Imingcwabo yalolu hlobo ibineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-5 000 ubudala.
E-China nase-Japan, izimpungushe zazibhekwa njengezimbuzi. Abantu bekufanele bakholelwe ukuthi lesi sidlakela siyakwazi ukuthakatha abantu futhi sibanqobe ngokuphelele. Ezinganekwaneni, izimpungushe zazingaze zithathe isimo somuntu. Namuhla lezi zilwane ezidlayo zihlala emazweni amaningi.
1. Ngaphandle kokuthi izimpungushe zingezomndeni we-canine, ngezindlela eziningi zifana kakhulu namakati kunezinja.
2. Ukuzingelwa izimpungushe kwaqala ngekhulu le-15 lapho kwakuthathwa njengomdlalo ofana nokuzingela izinyamazane nezidleke. Ngekhulu le-19, umzingeli ogama lakhe linguHugo Meinell wakwazi ukuthuthukisa lo "mdlalo" waba uhlobo lwawo lwamanje lokuzijabulisa kubantu abasezingeni eliphakeme lomphakathi.
3. Uhlobo lwe-fox lubandakanya izinhlobo eziyi-10 zezilwane: ezivamile, i-Afghan, i-American, isanti, iTibetan nezinye izimpungushe.
4. Impungushe encane kunazo zonke i-fennec fox. Kuyisilwane esihle futhi esilahliwe esinezindlebe ezinkulu. Isisindo somzimba esiphezulu asikho ngaphezu kwama-1.5 kilogram, futhi ubude baso bufinyelela kumasentimitha angama-40.
5. Izinzwa ezithuthuke kakhulu ezimpungwini kunuka nokuzwa. Ngosizo lwawo, izimpungushe zifunde ngokuzungezile.
6. Kwesinye isikhathi phambi kwezimpungushe "zezisulu" zabo bahlela "ikhonsathi" lonke. Zibonisa ngakho konke ukubukeka kwazo ukuthi azinandaba nokuzingela, futhi lapho inyamazane ilahlekelwa ukuqapha kwayo, impungushe iyayihlasela.
7. Eminyakeni yama-60s yekhulu elidlule, kwakwenzeka ukufuya izimpungushe zasekhaya, ezazikhombisa isimo sokwethembeka kubantu, ngokungafani nezihlobo zabo ezithanjisiwe.
8. Ngosizo lwenzipho yazo, izimpungushe zingakhuphuka kahle ezihlahleni. Bakwazi ngisho nokukhuphuka odongeni lwesakhiwo sokhuni.
9. Ezinkundleni zegalofu kwenzeka lapho izimpungushe zintshontsha amabhola. Ukuthi bathole umlutha onjalo kumabhola wegalufu kuhlala kuyimfihlakalo.
10. Phakathi kwabo bonke abamele izilwane zasendle, yizimpungushe ezivame ukuthwala amarabi.
11. Amaseli akhethekile emehlweni empungushe avumela isilwane ukuba sikuphindaphinde kabili ukukhanya kwesithombe. Ngenxa yaleli khono, lezi zidlakela ziyakwazi ukubona kahle ebusuku.
12. Umsila wempungushe awusona nje umhlobiso, kepha isitho esibalulekile. Ngenxa yakhe, isilwane salolu hlobo sigcina ibhalansi ngenkathi sigijima, futhi sizigoqa ngaso ebusika ukusivikela emakhazeni.
13. Lapho impungushe iqala inkathi yokukhwelana, lesi silwane sidansa uhlobo oluthile lomdanso, okuthiwa i- "fox foxtrot". Kulokhu, isilwane sikhuphuka ngemilenze yangemuva, ngemuva kwalokho sihamba phambi komlingani waso isikhathi eside.
14. Izimpungushe zinoboya obuhle, ngenxa yalokho seziyimayini yangempela yegolide yabakhiqizi bezingubo zoboya. Izinto ezingama-85% zoboya bezimpungushe zivela ezilwaneni ezikhuliswe ekuthunjweni.
15. Impungushe isebenzisa amandla kazibuthe hhayi ukuzulazula emkhathini, kodwa ukuthola inyamazane. Lokhu kube yikhono lakhe eliyingqayizivele emhlabeni wezilwane.
16. Izimpungushe ngokuyisisekelo zizakhela umgodi wazo ngaphansi komhlaba. Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, zingaphila ngaphezulu, ngokwesibonelo, esihlahleni.
17. Akusizi ngalutho ukuthi izimpungushe zabizwa ngesilwane esihlakaniphile. Banendlela ethokozisayo yokususa amazenze. Izimpungushe eziphethe induku emazinyweni ziya ekujuleni emanzini, kanti namazeze aya kulo mgibe. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, isilwane siyiphonsa ngaphandle induku, bese kuthi ngamazeze ayacasula.
18. Impungushe inolimi olunolaka.
19. E-Afrika, kunempungushe enokhozi olukhulu, olungezwa kahle hhayi ngenxa yezindlebe zalo ezinkulu kuphela. Uyisebenzisa ngendlela efanayo namalulwane. Lokhu kuyadingeka ukuze uzwe kude lapho izinambuzane zicashe khona.
20. Izimpungushe zifinyelela isivinini esifinyelela ku-50 km ngehora.
21. Umgodi walesi silwane uya ekujuleni okungamamitha angu-0,5 kuya ku-2,5. Umnyango omkhulu ucishe ube ngamasentimitha ayi-17 ububanzi.
22. Izimpungushe sezibe ngumlawuli wenani lamagundane nezinambuzane.
23. Kukhona izimpungushe ezisuka ezi-2 kuye kwezi-8 endaweni eyodwa.
24. Izimpungushe zingadida ngokuphelele amathrekhi lapho zijaha, futhi ukuze zidukise imbangi ngokuphelele, zicasha ezindaweni eziningana. Kungenxa yalokhu ukuthi banikezwa isihloko sesilwane esinobuqili kunabo bonke emvelweni.
25. Ososayensi bakwazile ukubala cishe imisindo engama-40 eyenziwe yilezi zilwane. Ngakho-ke, isibonelo, bangalingisa ukukhonkotha kwenja.
26. EBelarus, kwanikezwa uhlamvu lwemali lokuhlonipha impungushe. Ikhanda lokukhulula lalesi silwane likhonjiswe ngaphezulu. Kunamadayimane amancane njengamehlo. Ihlelo lohlamvu olunjalo ngama-ruble angama-50.
27. Izimpungushe ziyakuzwa ukuhamba kwegundane ngaphansi kwemitha eli-1 leqhwa.
28. Iqhawe elidumile lama-movie uZorro eRussia angabizwa ngeFox, ngoba "zorro" lihunyushwe lisuselwa kweleSpanish ngokuthi "impungushe"
29. Impungushe ingagijima ingami ubusuku bonke.
30. Ubude bomzimba wempungushe ngayinye buxhomeke ohlotsheni lwayo futhi buba phakathi kwamasentimitha angama-55 kuya kwangama-90. Ubude bomsila bungamasentimitha angama-60.
31. Izimpungushe eziseningizimu zincane ngosayizi, futhi uboya bazo buthambile kakhulu kunozakwabo abahlala ezifundeni ezisenyakatho.
32. Izimpungushe zivame ukubizwa ngePatrikeevna. Leli gama lanikezwa isilwane ngokuhlonipha isikhulu esisodwa saseNovgorod, uPatrikei Narimuntovich, owayebhekwa njengomuntu ohlekisayo futhi onobuqili.
33. Izimpungushe ezincane ziyadlala futhi azihlaliseki, kepha uma umama wazo ememeza, ziyayeka ngokushesha ukudlala bese zigijimela kuye.
34. Izitha ezinkulu zezimpungushe yizimpisi nezinkozi.
35. Okuwukuphela kokwehluleka kokubona impungushe ukuthi ayiboni imibala.
36. Lesi silwane sinamazinyo angama-42 emlonyeni waso, ngaphandle kwempungushe enamaqabunga amakhulu, enamazinyo angama-48.
37. Impungushe ayikuhlafune ukudla, kodwa ikudabula ibe yizicucu ezincane ikugwinye iphelele.
38. Impungushe inekhampasi eyakhelwe ngaphakathi ngohlobo lwezinwele ezincanyana ezinqeni zayo. Lezi zinwele zivumela impungushe ukuzwa lapho umoya uqonde khona futhi izule esikhaleni.
39. Izimpungushe, njengezimpisi, ziyizilwane ezinomfazi oyedwa. Banamapheya amabili impilo yonke.
40. Ngaphandle kokuhlukahluka okukhulu kwezinhlobo, kunezinhlobo ezintathu kuphela zezimpungushe endaweni yaseRussia.
41. Umsila wempungushe unuka njengama-violets. Kukhona indlala ekhiqiza iphunga lezimbali. Yingakho inkulumo ethi "ukuvala amathrekhi akho" ithole incazelo ehlukile, ngoba izimpungushe azifihli kuphela imidwebo yezidladla phansi, kodwa futhi zifihla iphunga lazo.
42. Ezinganekwaneni zamaShayina, impungushe inendawo ehlukile. Lapho baveza lesi silwane njengophawu olubi. Kwakuyisidalwa esihambisana nemimoya emibi. Kukholakala ukuthi umlilo ubufakwe emsileni walesi silwane. Lapho nje isilo sishaya phansi naso, yonke into ezungeze amalangabi.
43. AmaJapan abiza imvula enamaqhinga ngosuku libalele "ishawa lempungushe."
44. Ekuthunjweni, izimpungushe zihlala kuze kube yiminyaka engama-25, kepha zithanda inkululeko nempilo emfushane emvelweni kuze kube yiminyaka emithathu.
45. Ngokungafani nezihlobo zabo, izimpungushe azihlali emaphaketheni. Lapho ikhulisa inzalo, impungushe ihlala emndenini omncane obizwa nge- "fox eyeliners".