Njengeebhere, izityalo nazo zifuna ukulala. Ewe, kunjalo, azinakufakwa emiqolombeni okanye kwimigangatho yaluphi na uhlobo kuba, njengoko sisazi, abanayo imilenze okanye imilenze, kodwa abayifuni, ngoba?
Kuba bona, njengathi, banesingqisho se-circadian, Oko kukuthi, bayaphendula kwiiyure zelanga, oko kukuthi, kusasa basebenzisa amandla kude kube semini emaqanda, emva kwemini bachitha amandla abo ashiyekileyo, kwaye ebusuku bathambekele ekuphuhliseni iishukela kwiiseli zabo ukuze bakwazi ukuqhubeka bekhula ngosuku olulandelayo. Kodwa, Kunjani ukulala ebusika?
Izityalo zifuna ukukhanya ukuze zikhule, kwaye ixesha elikhanyayo lemini likho, liba nexesha elininzi lokwenza oko. Kodwa kubalulekile ukuba amaqondo obushushu amnandi kubo, kungenjalo, abayi kukwazi ukukhula. Eliqondo lobushushu liya kwahluka ngokuxhomekeka kuhlobo lwendalo kunye nemvelaphi yalo, kodwa ngokubanzi sinokuthi badinga umyinge we-14ºC ubuncinci ukuze iiseli zabo zenze imisebenzi yazo ngokuchanekileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, Njengoko kusondela ukuwa nobusika, iintsuku ziya zifutshane kwaye iqondo lobushushu liyehla. Ke ngale mihla izityalo ziya zisebenzisa ukukhanya kwelanga ukugcina ukutya abaza kuyisebenzisa xa kubuya imozulu elungileyo, kwaye ingakhuli kangako. Ngapha koko, izinga lokukhula liyancipha njengoko ingqele inyuka, imiswa ngokupheleleyo kwimimandla apho iqabaka nekhephu zenzeka khona.
Kwenzeka ntoni xa bengalali ubusuku bonke? Into enye enokwenzeka kuthi ukuba khange silale: impilo ibiya kuba buthathaka, ke baya kuba semngciphekweni wokuhlaselwa ziifungi, iiparasites kunye nayiphi na enye into efuna ukubachaphazela.