Ngo-1959, uRemy Van Lierde wasebenza njengoColonel eBelgian Air Force esikhumulweni sezindiza saseKamina eBelgian edlalwe eCongo. Ku Isifunda saseKatanga waseDemocratic Republic of the Congo, ebuya emishini ngemoto enophephela emhlane, ubike ukuthi ubone inyoka enkulu ngesikhathi endiza emahlathini.
Imfihlakalo yenyoka enkulu yaseCongo
Nakuba abaningi beyibiza ngokuthi “inyoka eyi-100ft iCongo,” uColonel Van Lierde uchaze inyoka njengecishe ibe ngamafidi angu-50 ubude, enekhanda elingunxantathu olungamafidi amabili ububanzi namafidi amathathu ubude, okuthi (uma isilinganiso sakhe sinembile) singazuza isidalwa. indawo ephakathi kwezinyoka ezinkulu kwezake zaba khona. UColonel Lierde uchaze le nyoka njengenezelule eziluhlaza ngokumnyama nezinsundu kanye nengaphansi enombala omhlophe.
Lapho ebona lesi silwane esihuquzelayo, watshela umshayeli wendiza ukuba ajike aphinde adlule. Khona-ke, inyoka yaphakamisa amafidi angaphambili ekhanda layo njengokungathi ishaya, imnika ithuba lokubuka isisu sayo esimhlophe. Nokho, ngemva kokundizela phansi kangangokuthi uVan Lierde wacabanga ukuthi kwakuseduze nendiza yakhe enophephela emhlane. Wayala umshayeli wendiza ukuthi aqhubeke nohambo lwakhe, ngakho-ke isidalwa asikaze sibhalwe kahle, nakuba eminye imibiko iphakamisa ukuthi umthwebuli wezithombe ogibele wakwazi ukuthwebula lesi sithombe saso.
Kungaba yini ngempela?
Isidalwa esingajwayelekile kukholakala ukuthi singaphezulu kakhulu I-African rock python, uhlobo olusha ngokuphelele lwenyoka, noma mhlawumbe inzalo yenyoka enkulu i-Eocene IGigantophis.
Inyoka enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ingamamitha angama-48
Ithimba lososayensi, ngesikhathi lisebenza kwenye yezimayini zamalahle ezinkulukazi emhlabeni wonke eCerrejon eLa Guajira, eColombia, lithole into emangalisayo - inyoka enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona, Titanoboa. Izinsalela zalesi sidalwa sasendulo zatholakala eceleni kwezitshalo ezisamathambo, izimfudu ezinkulu, nezingwenya ezahlehlela emuva cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-60 edlule ngesikhathi sePaleocene Epoch. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho uMhlaba wabona khona ukuvela kwehlathi lawo lokuqala eliqoshiwe futhi wabonisa ukuphela kokubusa kwama-dinosaurs phezu koMhlaba.
Njengoba inesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-2,500 1,100 ngokumangalisayo (ngaphezu kwamakhilogremu angu-48 15) nobude obufinyelela cishe amafidi angu-XNUMX (cishe amamitha angu-XNUMX), i-Titanoboa iye yamangaza abacwaningi ngobukhulu bayo obukhulu. Lokhu kuthola okuphawulekayo kusikhanyisela ngomlando wangaphambili weplanethi yethu futhi kwengeza esinye isahluko esithakazelisayo ekuqondeni kwethu ngokuziphendukela kwemvelo komhlaba.
Mayelana noRemy Van Lierde
UVan Lierde wazalwa ngo-Agasti 14, 1915, e I-Overboelare, EBelgium. Uqale umsebenzi wakhe eBelgian Airforce ngoSepthemba 16, 1935, njengomshayeli wezindiza owayesebenza ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II eBelgium naseBritish Air Forces, edubula izindiza eziyisithupha zezitha namabhomu ezindizayo angama-44 V-1, nokufeza isikhundla seRAF Umholi wesikwati.
UVan Lierde wenziwa iSekela Lomphathi Wezabasebenzi kuNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela ngo-1954. Ngo-1958 waba ngomunye wabokuqala baseBelgium ukweqa isithiyo somsindo ngenkathi ukuhlolwa kundiza a Umzingeli weHawker at I-Aunsodold Aerodrome eNgilandi. Wabuyela eBelgian Air Force ngemva kwempi futhi waqhubeka ebambe imiyalo eminingana ebalulekile ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngo-1968. Washona ngoJuni 8th ka-1990. Ekugcineni, umlando wakhe omuhle kakhulu wephrofayela wenza izimangalo zakhe mayelana nenyoka enkulu yaseCongo engamamitha angu-50 ubude. okuthakazelisayo.
Ngemva kokufunda ngokuhlangana neNyoka Enkulu yaseCongo, funda mayelana 'Isiqhwaga saseKandahar' esingaqondakali okuthiwa sibulawe amasosha akhethekile ase-US e-Afghanistan.
