I-Messel Pit iyindawo eyaziwa kakhulu ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba etholakala eJalimane, eyaziwa ngayo ukulondolozwa okukhethekile kwezinsalela kusukela enkathini ye-Eocene cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-48 edlule.
U-Krister Smith we-Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum e-Frankfurt, eJalimane, kanye no-Agustn Scanferla we-Universidad Nacional de La Plata e-Argentina bahole ithimba lochwepheshe ekutholeni okumangalisayo e-Messel Pit. Ucwaningo lwabo, olwashicilelwa kujenali yesayensi Ukwehluka 2020, yanikeza ukuqonda okusha ekuthuthukisweni kokuqala kwezinyoka. Ucwaningo lweqembu luveza ifosili eyingqayizivele yenyoka enombono we-infrared, okuholela ekuqondeni okusha kwe-ecosystem yakudala.
Ngokocwaningo lwabo, inyoka eyayibizwa ngokuthi I-Palaeopython fischeri empeleni uyilungu lohlobo olungasekho lwe i-constrictor (evame ukubizwa ngokuthi ama-boas noma ama-boids) futhi iyakwazi ukwenza isithombe se-infrared sendawo ezungezile. Ngo-2004, uStephan Schaal wetha le nyoka ngowayengungqongqoshe waseJalimane, uJoschka Fischer. Njengoba ucwaningo lwesayensi lwembula ukuthi uhlobo lwakha uhlu oluhlukile, ngo-2020, lwabelwa kabusha njengohlobo olusha. I-Eoconstrictor, ehlobene ne-boas yaseNingizimu Melika.
Amathambo aphelele ezinyoka awavamile ukutholakala ezindaweni zezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi emhlabeni jikelele. Mayelana nalokhu, i-Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site eduze kwase-Darmstadt ihlukile. "Kuze kube manje, izinhlobo ezine zezinyoka ezigcinwe kahle zingachazwa e-Messel Pit," kuchaza uDkt Krister Smith weSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, waqhubeka wathi, “Njengoba zinobude obucishe bube ngamasentimitha angu-50, ezimbili zalezi zinhlobo zazizincane uma kuqhathaniswa; uhlobo lwangaphambili olwalwaziwa ngokuthi i-Palaeopython fischer, ngakolunye uhlangothi, lungafinyelela ubude obungaphezu kwamamitha amabili. Nakuba ngokuyinhloko yayisemhlabeni, cishe yayikwazi nokugibela ezihlahleni.”
Ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwe I-Eoconstrictor i-fischeri ama-neural circuits aveze esinye futhi isimanga. Amasekhethi emizwa yenyoka yase-Messel afana nalawo ama- big boas nama-python akamuva - izinyoka ezinezitho zomgodi. Lezi zitho, ezibekwe phakathi kwamapuleti omhlathi angenhla nangaphansi, zenza izinyoka zikwazi ukwakha imephu eshisayo enezinhlangothi ezintathu yendawo yazo ngokuhlanganisa ukukhanya okubonakalayo nemisebe ye-infrared. Lokhu kuvumela izilwane ezihuquzelayo ukuba zithole izilwane ezizingelayo, izilwane ezizingelayo, noma izindawo ezicashe kalula.
Noma kunjalo, ku I-Eoconstrictor fischeri lezi zitho zazikhona emhlathini ongenhla kuphela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abukho ubufakazi bokuthi le nyoka yayikhetha inyamazane enegazi elifudumele. Kuze kube manje, abacwaningi bangaqinisekisa kuphela izilwane ezizingelayo ezinegazi elibandayo njengezingwenya nezibankwa esiswini namathumbu.
Ngenxa yalokhu, iqembu labacwaningi lifinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi izitho zomgodi zakuqala zazisebenza ukuthuthukisa ukuqwashisa ngezinzwa zezinyoka ngokujwayelekile, nokuthi, ngaphandle kwezinyoka ezicindezelayo zamanje, azizange zisetshenziselwe ukuzingela noma ukuzivikela.
Ukutholwa kwe izinsalela zasendulo ezigcinwe kahle Inyoka enombono we-infrared isinikeza ukukhanya okusha ngezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo zalesi simiso sezinto eziphilayo eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-48 edlule. Lolu cwaningo luyisibonelo esimangalisayo sokuthi ucwaningo lwesayensi lwe-paleontology lungangeza kanjani ukubaluleka ekuqondeni kwethu umhlaba wemvelo kanye nokuvela kokuphila eMhlabeni.
