Indaba kaKap Dwa, ngokwezwi nezwi elisho ukuthi “amakhanda amabili,” ivela kumarekhodi aseBrithani ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kanye nakumarekhodi ohambo olwahlukahlukene phakathi kwekhulu le-17 nele-19. Le nganekwane ithi uKap Dwa wayeyisidlakela esinamakhanda amabili iPatagonian, enobude obungamamitha ayi-12 noma amamitha angu-3.66, owake wahlala emahlathini ase-Argentina, eSouth America.
Umlando Ngemuva kwe-Kap Dwa
Inganekwane yesidalwa iqala ngo-1673, lapho isigebenga esingaphezu kwamamitha angu-12 ngamakhanda amabili, sathunjwa ngamatilosi aseSpain base bethunjwa emkhunjini wabo. AbaseSpain bamshaya kakhulu, kodwa wagqashula (eyisiqhwaga) kwathi phakathi nempi eyalandela walimala kanzima. Bagwaza inhliziyo yakhe ngomkhonto waze wafa. Kodwa ngaphambi kwalokho, lo mdondoshiya wayesethathe izimpilo zamasosha aseSpain ezine.
Ngemuva kwalokho okwenzekile kuKap Dwa akucaci kahle, kepha kuthiwa umzimba wakhe omisiwe ngokwemvelo uzowuletha ukukhonjiswa ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene nasemibonweni eseceleni. Ngo-1900, umama kaKap Dwa wangena kwi-Edwardian Horror Circuit futhi eminyakeni edlule wadluliselwa esuka kumbukiso waya kumuntu obonisa umbukiso, ekugcineni wagcina eWeston's Birnbeck Pier ngo-1914.
Ngemva kokuchitha iminyaka engu-45 eyalandela embukisweni eNyakatho Somerset, eNgilandi, u-Kap Dwa omdala wathengwa “iNkosi” eyodwa uThomas Howard ngo-1959, futhi ngokulandela ezinye izinto ezimbalwa wagcina eseBaltimore, MD, kuzo zonke izindawo. Manje usephumula eqoqweni eliyinqaba lezinto ezingajwayelekile I-Bob's Side Show e-Antique Man Ltd e-Baltimore, ekaRobert Gerber nomkakhe. Izinsalela ezangcwatshwa zase-Kap-Dwa kukholakala ukuthi zingamanga osomlando, nakuba kuseyimpikiswano eyimpikiswano.
AmaPatagonians
AmaPatagones noma ama-Patagonian giants kwakungumhlanga wabantu abakhulu ababenamahemuhemu wokuthi bahlala ePatagonia futhi bachazwa kuma-akhawunti aseYurophu. Kuthiwa badlule okungenani ukuphakama komuntu okujwayelekile okuphindwe kabili, amanye ama-akhawunti enikeza ukuphakama kwamamitha ayi-12 kuye kwayi-15 (3.7 kuya ku-4.6 m) noma ngaphezulu. Izinganekwane zalaba bantu zazizobamba imiqondo yaseYurophu ngalesi sifunda iminyaka engaba ngu-250.
Ukukhulunywa okokuqala kwalaba bantu kwavela ohambweni lomkhumbi wamatilosi wasePortugal uFerdinand Magellan nethimba lakhe, abathi bababona ngenkathi behlola ugu lwaseNingizimu Melika belibangise eziqhingini zaseMaluku lapho bezungeza umhlaba ngawo-1520s. U-Antonio Pigafetta, ongomunye wabasindile kulo mkhankaso kanye nomlobi wezindaba ohambweni lukaMagellan, wabhala ku-akhawunti yakhe ngokuhlangana kwabo nabomdabu okuphindwe kabili ukuphakama komuntu ojwayelekile:
“Ngelinye ilanga ngokungazelelwe sabona indoda enqunu eyayinesidlakela ogwini lwetheku, idansa, icula futhi ithela uthuli ekhanda. Ukaputeni-jikelele [okungukuthi, uMagellan] wathumela enye yamadoda ethu kulowo mdondoshiya ukuze enze izenzo ezifanayo njengophawu lokuthula. Ngemuva kokwenza lokho, le ndoda yahola umdondoshiya esiqhingini lapho kwakulindwe khona ukaputeni-jikelele. Ngesikhathi isigebenga sikukaputeni-jikelele kanye nokuba khona kwethu samangala kakhulu, futhi senza izimpawu ngomunwe owodwa siphakamisela phezulu, sikholwa ukuthi sivela ezulwini. Wayemude kangangokuba safika okhalweni kuphela, futhi wayemelele kahle… ”
Kamuva, uSebalt de Weert, ukaputeni waseDashi ohlotshaniswa nokuhlolwa kwamaphethelo aseNingizimu Melika naseFalkland Islands eningizimu ye-Argentina ngo-1600, kanye nabasebenzi bakhe abaningi bathi babone amalungu “omjaho omkhulu” ngesikhathi elapho. UDe Weert uchaze isigameko esithile ngesikhathi enamadoda akhe ezikebheni begwedla beya esiqhingini esiseMagellan Strait. AmaDashi athi abone izikebhe eziyisikhombisa ezibukeka zingajwayelekile eza nazo zigcwele imidondoshiya enqunu. Lezi zidlakela kuthiwa zazinezinwele ezinde nesikhumba esinsundu ngokubomvu futhi zazinolaka kubasebenzi.
Ngabe uKap Dwa Ungokoqobo?
IKap Dwa inababili abasekeli nabahlambalazi: kukhona intulube amaqiniso futhi kukhona abantu abakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuwumzimba wangempela. Ngasohlangothini “lwangempela”, imithombo eminingana ibika abukho ubufakazi obusobala be-taxidermy. Omunye umthombo uthi abafundi baseJohns Hopkins University benza iMRI emzimbeni ka-Kap Dwa.
Ngokusho kwendatshana ku I-Fortean Times, UFrank Adey ukhumbula eyibona eBlackpool ngeminyaka yawo-1960. Ngawo-1930, odokotela ababili nodokotela oyi-radiologist kubikwa ukuthi bayihlola eWeston futhi abatholanga bufakazi obuqand 'ikhanda bokuthi yayingeyombombayi. ”
Kodwa-ke, izindaba zemvelaphi engqubuzanayo kanye nesimo se-Kap Dwa njengokukhanga kombukiso oseceleni, vele, kulimaza ngokushesha ukwethembeka kwayo kwamanye amaphuzu. Sikholelwa ukuthi, uma ngempela bekuwumdondoshiya kufanele uboniswe kumnyuziyamu owaziwayo, futhi kufanele ihlaziywe kangcono ososayensi abavamile banamuhla. Kubonakala sengathi ukuhlaziya i-DNA ka-Kap Dwa akukenziwa. Ngakho-ke inqobo nje uma lezi zivivinyo zingenziwa, umama ka-Kap Dwa uhlala efihliwe ngokuphelele.
