Abantu baseOstreliya bathetha ngezinto zabo zasendle eziyingozi. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, i-Oz likhaya kwezinye zezona zidalwa zibulalayo kwiplanethi. Kodwa mandikuxelele imfihlo. Zisenokubulala, kodwa uninzi lwezilwanyana zaseOstreliya azikho ndlongondlongo. Inyoka efileyo iphakathi kwezona nyoka zinetyhefu phaya. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuba unyathele kwenye, bakhetha ukugcina umgama wabo. I-funnel-web kunye nezigcawu ezibomvu zinokuzisa iziluma ezibuhlungu nezinokuba yingozi. Kodwa abayi kukufuna ngenkuthalo okanye bakuzingele. Ukuba ujonge apho uhamba khona, uqhele ukhuseleka kakuhle, nasemaphandleni.
Nditsho njalo iblorho Izilwanyana zaseAussie azikho ndlongondlongo. Kodwa ndingaphola xa ndingakhange ndithethe ngeemagpies. Iimagpies zaseOstreliya zikhangeleka njengezo zaseYurophu naseMelika. Kodwa baluhlanga olwahlukileyo. Bakhulu kuneemanga zethu. I-Wikipedia ibachaza 'njengabanamandla', nangona ngokunyanisekileyo basondele 'kwi-brutish'. Yaye banamehlo amancinane abugolide abomvu abomvu krwe yintiyo. Mhlawumbi uya kuva phambi kokuba ubabone. Bangama-warblers kwaye, xa kuthi qheke ukusa suku ngalunye, bahlala ngaphandle kwefestile baze bakuncumele ngengoma yabo ehlasimlis’ umzimba. Nangona ziphuma ngobubi 24/7, ixesha elininzi ziziphethe kakuhle. Ngaphandle kweenyanga ezintathu ngonyaka, ngexesha 'lonyaka we-swooping'.
Ligama elimnandi elithi, 'swooping'. Ikhupha abazalwana bakaWright, okanye uSuperman enyuka emafini. Kodwa akukho nto intle ngokubethwa yimagpie. Phakathi kuka-Agasti noNovemba, iimagpies zifumana indawo enomsindo. Ukuba ungena ngaphakathi ~ 100 yeemitha zeendlwane zabo, baya kuhlasela. Kwaye inkwenkwe bahamba nzima. E-UK siqhula malunga namangabangaba aba iitshiphusi zethu. Amangabangaba akukho nto. Iimagpies zibhabhela ngqo ngasemva kwentloko yakho kwaye zikuxake ngemilomo yazo etsolo. Bakuchola iindlebe. Bakuqwenga ngeenzipho zabo. Kwaye abayeki. Wena ngeke bawushiye ummandla wabo, okanye bona ngeke ndilwe nani kude kuse ekupheleni. Babathiyile ngokukodwa abakhweli beebhayisikile. Kodwa nantoni na ilungile, ukusuka kwabahambi ngeenyawo, ukuya kwizithuthuthu, ukuya kwiilori.
