AmaConifers yizitshalo ezihlala isikhathi eside emhlabeni, kepha kunesibonelo esisodwa esibonakala sengathi sifuna ukuphonsela inselelo imvelo yaso uqobo. Ubizwa ngegama Tjikko endala futhi kuyisitshalo esingasithola eFulufjället National Park, esifundazweni iDalama, eSweden.
Iminyaka yakho? Kuyaziwa ukuthi okungenani, iminyaka 9550, ukudlula kude uMethuselah, a UPinus longaeva ekhula eCalifornia futhi iminyaka kabani icishe ibe iminyaka engama-4847.
Izitshalo njengoba zikhula kufanele zenze amasu amasha okuhlala, ngandlela thile, aphile uma engafuni ukufa. Enye yazo ngokuphindaphinda kwe-asexual, okungukuthi, ngokusika okuwela phansi futhi kuthathe izimpande, noma ngokusika izimpande lapho kuzovela khona isiqu esisha. Futhi yilokho kanye okwenziwe yi-Old Tjikko.
Kwaphela izinkulungwane zeminyaka umuthi wawungadluli isihlahla ngoba izimo zazibanda kakhulu ukuthi ungakhula ngokwengeziwe; Noma kunjalo, njengoba iplanethi ifudumala ingaba nentuthuko ejwayelekile, kangangokuba njengamanje ingamamitha ayi-5 ubude.
Cishe eminyakeni engama-600 ingxenye ebonakalayo ye-Old Tjikko izofa, kepha ngeke kube ukuphela kwesitshalo. Njengoba uhlelo lwakho lwempande luhlala lunganyakazi, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi isiqu esisha sivele futhi. Kuyathakazelisa, akunjalo? Kepha kusekuningi okumele ukwazi: leli gama lanikezwa ngumtholi walo, uLeif Kullman, uprofesa we-physiology e-University of Umea (Sweden) ukuhlonipha inja yakhe.
Ngakho-ke iyisihlanganisi esidala kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Igugu okufanele livikelwe futhi linakekelwe ukuze likwazi ukuqhubeka nokuphila izinkulungwane eziningi zeminyaka ezayo.
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