Ibali likaKap Dwa, elithetha ngokoqobo "iintloko ezimbini," livela kwiirekhodi zaseBritane ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, kunye neerekhodi ezahlukeneyo zohambo phakathi kwenkulungwane ye-17 neye-19. Le ntsomi ithi uKap Dwa wayesisigebenga sasePatagonian esineentloko ezimbini, nobude obuziimitha ezi-12 okanye i-3.66 yeemitha, nowake wahlala kumahlathi aseArgentina, kuMzantsi Merika.
Imbali ngasemva kweKap Dwa
Intsomi yesidalwa iqala ngo-1673, apho isigebenga esingaphezu kweenyawo ezili-12 sineentloko ezimbini, sabanjwa ngoomatiloshe baseSpain saza sathinjwa kwinqanawa yabo. Abantu baseSpain bambethelela kwimast, kodwa wagqabhuka (esisigebenga) kwaye kwidabi elalandelayo wonzakala. Bamhlaba ngomkhonto entliziyweni de wafa. Kodwa ngaphambi koko, isigebenga sasisele sibulele amajoni amane aseSpeyin.
Ke into eyenzekileyo kuKap Dwa ayicacanga ncam, kodwa umzimba wakhe oyenziwe wangcwatywa ngokwendalo kwathiwa uza kuboniswa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo nakwimiboniso esecaleni. Ngo-1900, umama ka-Kap Dwa wangena kwiSekethe ye-Edwardian Horror Circuit kwaye ngokuhamba kweminyaka yagqithiswa ukusuka kwi-showman ukuya kwi-showman, ekugqibeleni yaphela e-Weston's Birnbeck Pier ngo-1914.
Emva kokuchitha iminyaka eyi-45 elandelayo ekuboniseni eNorth Somerset, eNgilani, i-Kap Dwa endala yathengwa "iNkosi" enye uThomas Howard kwi-1959, kwaye ilandela ezinye izinto ezimbalwa ekugqibeleni wagqiba eBaltimore, MD, kuzo zonke iindawo. Ngoku uphumle kwingqokelela engaqhelekanga yezinto ezingaqhelekanga UBob's Side Show kwi-Antique Man Ltd eBaltimore, ephethwe nguRobert Gerber nenkosikazi yakhe. Iintsalela eziye zangcwatywa eKap-Dwa kukholelwa ukuba bubuxoki obuyilwe ngababhali-mbali, nangona isengumxholo wengxoxo-mpikiswano.
IiPatagonians
IiPatagones okanye izigebenga zasePatagoni yayiluhlanga lwabantu abakhulu ekwakuthiwe babehlala ePatagonia kwaye bachazwa kwiingxelo zaseYurophu. Kuthiwa baye badlula ubuncinane ubude obuphindwe kabini bobude bomntu, yaye ezinye iingxelo zinika ubude obuziimitha ezi-12 ukuya kwezisi-15 nangaphezulu. Amabali aba bantu aya kuthinjwa kwiingcamango zaseYurophu malunga neminyaka engama-3.7.
Ukukhankanywa kokuqala kwaba bantu kuhambo lukamatiloshe ongumPhuthukezi uFerdinand Magellan neqela lakhe, abathi bababona ngoxa babehlola unxweme loMzantsi Merika besiya kwiZiqithi zeMaluku kuhambo lwabo lokujikeleza ihlabathi ngeminyaka yee-1520. UAntonio Pigafetta, omnye wabasindi abambalwa kolo hambo nombhali wephulo likaMagellan, wabhala kwingxelo yakhe ngokudibana kwabo nabemi bomthonyama obuphindwe kabini ubude bomntu oqhelekileyo:
“Ngenye imini ngequbuliso sabona indoda eyayihamba ze, isigebenga kunxweme lwezibuko, idanisa, icula yaye izigalela ngothuli entloko. Umthetheli-jikelele [oko kukuthi, uMagellan] wathumela enye yamadoda ethu kwisigebenga ukuze senze kwa ezo zenzo njengophawu loxolo. Yakuba ikwenzile oko, le ndoda yakhokelela esi sigebenga kwisiqithana apho umphathi-mkhosi wayelinde khona. Sithe ke sakubon' ukuba sisemthetheni-waka, samangaliswa kakhulu ubukho bethu, saphatha ngemiqondiso, ngomnwe wamnye, sibheka phezulu, sikholwa ukuba sivela ezulwini. Wayemde kangangokuba sasifika esinqeni sakhe kuphela, kwaye wayelungelelene kakuhle.
Kamva, uSebalt de Weert, ukapteni ongumDatshi owayenxulumene nokuhlola amanxweme aseMzantsi Merika nakwiZiqithi zeFalkland kumazantsi eArgentina ngowe-1600, yaye iqela lakhe labasebenzi lathi labona amalungu “ohlanga lweengxilimbela” ngoxa lwalulapho. UDe Weert wachaza isiganeko esithile xa wayekunye namadoda akhe kwizikhephe bebheqa ukuya kwisiqithi esiseMagellan Strait. AmaDatshi athi abone izikhephe ezisixhenxe ezingaqhelekanga zisiza nazo zizele zizigebenga ezihamba ze. Ezi ngxilimbela kucingelwa ukuba zazineenwele ezinde nesikhumba esibomvu-bubomvu kwaye zazinogonyamelo ngakubasebenzi.
Ngaba iKap Dwa iyinyani?
I-Kap Dwa inabaxhasi kunye nabachasi: kukho yerhafu truthers kwaye kukho abantu abakholelwa ukuba lo ngumzimba wokwenyani. Kwicala "lokwenyani", imithombo emininzi ibika akukho bungqina bucacileyo be-taxidermy. Omnye umthombo uthi abafundi beYunivesithi yaseJohns Hopkins benza iMRI kumzimba waseKap Dwa.
Ngokwenqaku elikwi- Timestean Times, uFrank Adey ukhumbula ukuba wayibona eBlackpool malunga nowe-1960. Ngeminyaka yee-1930, oogqirha ababini nengcali ngemitha kuthiwa bayihlola eWeston baza abafumananga bungqina bucacileyo bokuba yeyomgunyathi.”
Nangona kunjalo, amabali emvelaphi ephikisanayo kunye nesimo se-Kap Dwa njengento ekhangayo esecaleni, ngokuqinisekileyo, yonakalisa ngokukhawuleza ukuthembeka kwayo kwezinye iindawo. Siyakholelwa, ukuba ngenene ibingumama wesigebenga ke kufuneka iboniswe kwimyuziyam eyaziwayo, kwaye kufuneka ihlalutywe ngcono ngoosonzululwazi bale mihla. Kubonakala ngathi uhlalutyo lwe-DNA luka-Kap Dwa alukenziwa. Okoko nje olu vavanyo lungenziwa, umama waseKap Dwa uhlala efihliwe ngokupheleleyo.
