UPedro: Umama weentaba ongaqondakaliyo

Besisoloko sisiva iintsomi zeedemon, izilo, izithunzela, kunye nezidumbu, kodwa kunqabile ukuba sifumane intsomi ethetha ngomama ongumntwana. Enye yeentsomi malunga nesidumbu esifileyo yazalwa ngo-Okthobha u-1932 xa abasebenzi-mgodini ababini bekhangela igolide badibana nomqolomba omncinci kwiiNtaba zeSan Pedro, eWyoming, e-USA.

Nazi iifoto ezininzi ezaziwayo kunye ne-x-ray ethathwe kwi-Mummy efumaneka kwi-San Pedro Mountain Range
Nazi iifoto ezininzi ezaziwayo kunye ne-x-reyi ethatyathiweyo yoMama efunyenwe kwiSan Pedro Mountain Range © Wikimedia Commons

UCecil Main kunye noFrank Carr, ababini ababecinga ngemigodi babemba imithambo yegolide eyathi shwaka eludongeni lwamatye ngaxa lithile. Emva kokuqhushumba iliwa, bazifumana bemi emqolombeni omalunga ne-4 yeenyawo ubude, i-4 iinyawo ububanzi, kwaye malunga ne-15 leemitha ubunzulu. Kwakukho apho kwigumbi apho bafumana enye yezona zidumbu zingummangaliso.

Umama wayehleli kwindawo ye-lotus enemilenze enqamlezileyo iingalo zakhe ziphumle emzimbeni. Yayiziisentimitha ezili-18 kuphela ubude, nangona ukwandisa imilenze yayilingana neesentimitha ezingama-35. Umzimba ulinganisa iigrama ezingama-360 kuphela, kwaye unentloko engaqhelekanga.

UPedro umama wasentabeni
UPedro umama weentaba kwindawo yakhe yelotus © Sturm Photo, IZiko lezeMbali laseCasper College

Oososayensi baqhube iimvavanyo ezahlukeneyo kwinto encinci, etyhila iimpawu ezahlukeneyo ngokubonakala kwayo. Umama, owayebizwa "Pedro" ngenxa yokuvela kwayo kwintaba, yayinezikhumba ezenziwe ngombala wobhedu, umzimba omile okomgqomo, ilungiswe kakuhle ipipi, izandla ezinkulu, iminwe emide, ibunzi eliphantsi, umlomo obanzi kakhulu ngemilebe emikhulu kunye nempumlo ebanzi, eli nani lingaqhelekanga Indoda encumile, ebonakala ngathi iphantse yaqhwanyaza kubabhenyi bayo ababini abothusayo kuba elinye lamehlo alo amakhulu lalivalile. Nangona kunjalo, kwakucacile ukuba eli ziko kudala lasweleka, kwaye ukusweleka kwalo bekungabonakali kumnandi. Amathambo aliqela omzimba wakhe aphukile, umqolo wakhe wonakele, intloko yayo yayicaba ngokungaqhelekanga, kwaye yayigqunywe ngento emnyama emnyama - iimviwo ezalandela ngoososayensi bacebisa ukuba ukakayi kungenzeka ukuba latyumka ngesibetho esinzima kakhulu, kwaye i-gelatinous into yayigazi elinomkhenkce kunye nezihlunu zobuchopho eziveziweyo.

UPedro ngaphakathi kwiglasi yakhe yedome, kunye nomlawuli ukubonisa ubungakanani
UPedro ngaphakathi kwiglasi yakhe yedome, kunye nomlawuli ukubonisa ubungakanani © Sturm Photo, IZiko lezeMbali laseCasper College

Nangona ngenxa yobukhulu bayo bekucingelwa ukuba iintsalela zezabomntwana, kodwa iimvavanyo zeX-reyi ziveze ukuba umama ubonakala enobunkunkqele kumntu omdala ophakathi kweminyaka eli-16 nengama-65 ubudala, ukongeza ekubeni namazinyo abukhali kwaye yokufumana ubukho benyama eluhlaza ngaphakathi esiswini sakhe.

Abanye abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba uPedro usenokuba wayengumntwana okanye umntwana ongekazalwa-mhlawumbi ene-anencephaly, imeko ye-teratological apho ingqondo ingakhange ikhule ngokupheleleyo (ukuba ikho) ngexesha lokuvuthwa komntwana. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kovavanyo, abagxeki abaliqela baqinisekisa ukuba ubukhulu bomzimba abungobomntu, ngenxa yoko baqinisekisa ukuba yinkohliso enkulu, kuba “Iipygmies” or "Iirobhothi" azikho.

Umama waboniswa kwiindawo ezininzi, waze wavela nakumaphepha ahlukeneyo, kwaye wadluliselwa kumniniyo ukuya kumnini de umkhondo wakhe waphulukana ngo-1950 emva kwendoda eyayisaziwa njengo-Ivan Goodman, yayithengile uPedro nasemva kokuba ukufa kwakhe kudlulele ezandleni Indoda egama linguLeonard Wadler, ongazange atyhile kwizazinzulu ukuba uphi umama. Kwagqityelwa ukubonwa eFlorida kunye noGqr Wadler ngo-1975 kwaye khange uphinde ufuduswe.

Ibali likaPedro the Wyoming mini-mummy lelinye lawona mabali adidayo, aphikisanayo abakhe bawaphanda. Inzululwazi yale mihla ibinokunika ubungqina obucacileyo ngemvelaphi yesidalwa esingummangaliso kwaye ibiya kutyhila inyani ebufihlileyo. Nangona kunjalo, oku kubonakala ngathi akunakwenzeka ukusukela ekunyamalaleni kwayo.