Titanoboa, wanda kuma aka sani da Titanoboa cerrejonensis, maciji ne da ba a taɓa gani ba na dangin boid. Wannan dabbobi masu rarrafe sun zauna a Kudancin Amurka shekaru miliyan 60 zuwa 58 da suka wuce, lokacin Paleocene. A halin yanzu, Shi ne macijin da aka sani mafi girma da ya wanzu a doron ƙasa.
Sunan ya faru ne saboda girmansa da kuma wurin da aka gano shi. An gano ragowar wannan dabba a karon farko a cikin 2009, a cikin ma'adinan kwal na Cerrejón, a Colombia. Yana daya daga cikin manyan budadden ma'adanai a duniya.
Bayanin Titanoboa
Ta hanyar binciken da aka gudanar a kan kashin baya na wannan maciji, ya yiwu a kammala cewa dabbar Nauyin zai iya kai kilo 1135, nauyi mai kama da na motar da ba ta kan hanya. Bugu da ƙari, ana hasashen cewa Tsawon babban tianoboa ya kasance daga mita 13 zuwa 14,3, wanda shine sau uku na kada na yanzu.
Tare da burbushin wannan katafaren dabbobi masu rarrafe, an kuma gano ragowar manyan kunkuru da crocodiles masu tsawon mita XNUMX, wadanda su ne mazaunanta a cikin tafkunan. Wasu masana kimiyya suna tunanin cewa titanoboa zai iya ciyar da su, tun da a yau akwai manyan macizai da za su iya cin kada. Duk da haka, akwai shaidar cewa watakila ita ma wannan dabbar tana ciyar da kifi. Wannan yanayin zai sa titanoboa ta zama ta musamman a cikin dangin boid.
Titanoboa maciji ne mai tauri, a zahiri yana kama da boa na yanzu, ba tare da la'akari da girmansa ba. Wannan yana nuna cewa Ya shake wadanda abin ya shafa da karfi, don haka bai buƙatar samar da guba ba. Zai iya yin amfani da karfi na kilo 50 a kowace centimita murabba'i. Masana sunyi la'akari da cewa titanoboa yana saman sarkar abinci ne, kuma da ya zo daidai da dan Adam, da ya ci shi ma.
Wannan katon macijin ya bace ne kimanin shekaru miliyan 58-55 da suka wuce, lokacin da yanayin zafi ya kai iyakarsa a zamanin Paleocene, saboda canje-canjen da aka samu sakamakon karuwar zafin jiki.
Anatomy
Da farko an yi tunanin cewa kashin baya da aka samu a ma'adinan na kada. Bayan wani lokaci, masana kimiyya sun gane cewa maciji ne da gaske kuma a lokacin ne suka fara yin tunani game da wannan dabba mai rarrafe da muhallinta.
Bayan an sami kokon kai da muƙamuƙi, an kammala cewa yana iya bude bakinsa sosai, ya raba muƙamuƙi na ƙasa, don haɗiye duk wani kada. Wannan ba abin mamaki ba ne, tun da macizai na zamani suna iya yin haka don su ƙwace manyan dabbobi.
Clima
Gano Titanoboa cerrejonensis Wani bincike ne sosai game da binciken da ke magana akan yanayin Paleocene. Da bayyanar wannan dabba mai rarrafe, an fara yin hasashe daban-daban game da matakan da za a iya samu a lokacin.
Ganin cewa macizai dabbobi ne masu jin sanyi, girmansu ya bambanta dangane da yanayin da suke zaune. An ƙididdige cewa titanoboa, yana da girma sosai. yana buƙatar matsakaicin zafin jiki na digiri 30 zuwa 34 don tsira. Godiya ga waɗannan bayanai, ka'idar farko cewa ciyayi na wurare masu zafi ba za su iya tsira da yanayin zafi ba kuma, saboda haka, ana iya yin muhawara game da bambancin nau'in nau'i a wurare masu zafi.
Duk da haka, wasu masana kimiyya ba su yarda da wannan ra'ayin ba. A cikin 2009, an buga wani binciken da ya saba wa ka'idar da ta gabata. A cewar wannan binciken, kadangaru da ke zaune a wurare masu zafi a yau ya kamata su kai tsawon mita goma, amma ba haka lamarin yake ba.
Masanin kimiyyar halittu, Mark Denny, na da ra'ayin cewa macijin, kasancewar yana da girma sosai, zai kuma haifar da zafi mai yawa, don haka zafin muhalli ya kasance tsakanin digiri hudu zuwa shida a kasa da kimar farko da aka yi, don kaucewa. mai rarrafe mai rarrafe.
Abubuwan son sani game da titanoboa
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Idan aka yi la'akari da yanayin zafi, zafi da yawan kurmi da ke akwai a yankin equatorial na Kudancin Amurka, irin wannan tsohuwar kasusuwan kasusuwa ba a taba samun irin wannan ba. Godiya ga wannan binciken, masana kimiyya sun sami damar fahimtar tarihin juyin halitta na macizai. Har ila yau, sun sami damar rage yanayin yanayi na wurare masu zafi na Amurka a cikin wani muhimmin lokaci a matakin juyin halitta, tun da sababbin nau'o'in sun bayyana a lokacin.
A cikin 2011 an ƙirƙiri wani kwafin lantarki na lantarki na Titanoboa. Tare da haɗin haɗin aluminum ashirin da arba'in hydraulic cylinders, ya kai tsayin mita goma. Akwai shirin tsawaita wannan mutum-mutumin da zai kai tsawon mita 15.
Bayan shekara guda, a cikin 2012, an baje kolin gyare-gyaren girman rayuwa na titanoboa a Grand Central Station a New York. Wannan sassaka mai tsayin mita 14 yana da nauyin kilo 90. An ƙirƙira shi don haɓaka shirin shirin "Titanoboa: Monster Snake".