Bollards, traffic cones, fences, da ma LandCruisers ba su iya tsayawa gaban wani giant mai nauyin ton guda da ake kira Neil the seal, wanda ya zama almara a yankin kudancin Tasmania.
Neil – wani hatimin giwa mai shekara biyar – ya sake kafa sansani a garuruwan Tasmania. Yana ture shingen, yana murkushe katanga, yana kwanta a kan tituna, har ma ya yi karo da akalla wata mota da aka ajiye.
A takaice, yana yi kamar matashi mai tawaye, yana wasa da duk wani abu da yake wakiltar wani hatimi.
Fiye da 13,000 na jariran hatimi sun mutu a tsibirin Australia mai nisa a lokacin barkewar cutar tsuntsaye
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"Wataƙila ba shi ne mai saurin motsi ba, amma idan ya ci karo da mota ko ya yanke shawarar sanya hancinsa a kan bonnet, ba zai ƙare da kyau ba," in ji Rod Macdonald, magajin garin Tasman council, wanda ke kula da yankin da aka haifi Neil a 2020.
"[Amma] tabbas ya zama ɗan shahara, kuma yana ci gaba da samun wannan matsayi."
Kamar yadda 'yar majalisar dattawan Tasmania mai zaman kanta Jacqui Lambie ta ce, shi ne "mutum daya tilo a Tasmania da zai iya dakatar da zirga-zirga, ya yi watsi da kowa, har yanzu ana son shi."
Dr Jane Younger, babbar malamar jami'a kuma ƙwararriyar hatimi a Jami'ar Tasmania, ta ce Neil yana yin abin da hatimi ke yi a kullum.
"Yana dawowa kowace shekara tun lokacin da aka haife shi, amma yanzu ya fi girma," in ji Younger.
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"Yana kusan kilo 1,000 a wannan lokacin, kuma a fili ya fi iya zama abin damuwa. Ya karya katanga, yana damun motocin mutane – hakan saboda girmansa ne."
Younger ta ce zai kara girma.
"Maza masu girma suna yawan wuce ton 2, kuma manyan suna kusan ton uku da rabi," in ji ta. "Don haka zai iya zama mafi girma fiye da yadda yake yanzu."
Hatimin giwa dabbobi ne masu son jama'a lokacin da suke kan ƙasa, galibi suna zama a manyan gungu a lokutan maye da kuma lokutan aure.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Neil wataƙila yana da kaɗaici sosai ... hatimin giwa galibi suna kwana a manyan gungu, suna matse juna. Hoton: neiltheseal316/TikTok
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
'Idan muna son ganin Neil, me ya sa ba za mu kula da muhallin Neil ba,' in ji Dr Clive McMahon. Hoton: neiltheseal316/TikTok
Yayin da yawancin al'ummar Australia ke zaune a tsibiran Macquarie da Heard, dubban kilomita a kudu, Younger tana tunanin Neil wataƙila ɗan wani matashi ne, hatimi marar gogewa wanda ya shiga Tasmania bisa kuskure.
Dr Clive McMahon, masanin halittun ruwa wanda ya yi nazarin hatimin giwa tsawon shekaru 30, ya ce Neil yana kan ƙasa don ɗaya daga cikin "fitowar" da dabbobin ke yi kowace shekara. Neil da alama ya zo don ziyarar zamantakewa kuma wataƙila zai zauna na kusan makonni shida. Ya kamata ya sadu da wasu matasa maza, ya yi mu'amala da su, kuma ya huta a bakin teku.
"Lokacin da zai sadu da matasa maza, za su yi fada da shi, za su yi horo kuma ... suna shirya don lokacin da suka girma," in ji McMahon, manajan kimiyya da ayyuka a Cibiyar Kimiyyar Ruwa ta Sydney.
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"[Amma] ba tare da wasu matasa maza ba ... dole ne ya koyi halayen fada ko zamantakewa ta hanyar yin abubuwa kamar fada da bollards, traffic cones, da sauran abubuwa."
Ba tare da waɗannan matasa maza ba, Neil wataƙila yana da kaɗaici sosai.
"Abin takaici, talaka Neil, wataƙila yana neman wasu daga cikin waɗannan abubuwa kuma bai same su ba," in ji shi, yana lura cewa hatimin giwa galibi suna kwana a manyan gungu, suna matse juna.
"Sau da yawa idan ka gan shi yana barci, za ka gan shi yana matse jikin katanga, kuma hakan wataƙila wani ɓangare ne na son jin cewa wani abu yana can."
Bayan Neil, hatimin giwa suna fuskantar barazana mai tsanani. Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya don Kare Halittu (IUCN), wacce ke bin diddigin yawan dabbobi, kwanan nan ta sake rarraba hatimin giwa na kudu a matsayin "mai rauni." Wannan canji ya zo bayan barkewar cutar tsuntsaye ta shafi huɗu daga cikin manyan gungu biyar. A wasu gungu, fiye da 90% na jariran hatimi sun mutu, ciki har da 13,000 a tsibirin Heard kadai.
Macdonald ya ce mazauna yankin suna iya sarrafa lokacin da Neil ya shiga garin, suna gano yadda "za su guje wa shiga cikin matsala da shi." "Saboda girmansa yanzu, ya zama ɗan haɗari ga abubuwa," in ji shi.
Jami'an namun daji sun shawarci mutane su tsaya aƙalla mita 20 daga Neil a kowane lokaci, ko da lokacin da yake barci. Waɗanda ke da karnoni su tsaya mita 50 nesa.
McMahon ya ce 'yan Tasmania ya kamata su maraba da ziyarar Neil zuwa Australia. "Idan muna son ganin Neil, me ya sa ba za mu kula da muhallinsa ba kuma mu tabbatar da cewa yana da lafiya?" in ji shi. "Ina tsammanin abin da nake cewa shi ne, a matsayinmu na mutane, ya kamata mu yaba da damar koyon abubuwa da yawa game da hatimin giwa da teku."
**Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa**
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da Neil babban hatimin da ke haifar da hargitsi a Tasmania, an rubuta su cikin yanayi na halitta tare da amsoshi bayyanannu.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko**
1. **Wane ne Neil?** Neil wani babban hatimin giwa ne mai nauyin kilo 1,000 wanda ke fitowa kan tituna, rairayin bakin teku, har ma da gaban gidaje a Tasmania, Australia.
2. **Me yasa Neil ke haifar da hargitsi?** Domin yana da girman karamar mota, Neil yana toshe zirga-zirga, yana murkushe katanga, kuma yana tilasta mutane barin rairayin bakin teku. Ba ya nufin cutarwa – yana hutawa ne kawai yana motsawa, amma girmansa yana sa komai ya zama hargitsi.
3. **Shin Neil yana kaiwa mutane hari?** A'a, Neil yawanci yana natsuwa kuma yana watsi da mutane. Hadarin shi ne zai iya murkushe wani da gangan idan sun matso sosai, ko kuma ya cije idan ya firgita. Hukumomi sun gargadi mutane su tsaya aƙalla mita 20 nesa.
4. **Me yasa mutane ke son shi?** Ya zama shahararren ɗan gari saboda yana da girma, malalaci, kuma bai damu da hayaniyar da ake yi ba. Ayyukansa – kamar yin barci a kan titi ko toshe hanyar mota – suna da ban dariya kuma suna jan hankalin 'yan Tasmania da yawa.
5. **Shin Neil ya ɓace ko yana da ciwo?** Ba haka ba. Hatimin giwa galibi suna zuwa bakin teku don hutawa, maye, ko haihuwa. Neil wataƙila yana bin ilhamarsa ta halitta ne, ko da yake wuraren da ya zaɓa ba su dace da mutane ba.
**Tambayoyi na Matsakaici**
6. **Yaya Neil ya sami sunansa?** Mazauna yankin sun ba shi suna Neil saboda suna ne na sada zumunci kuma na yau da kullum ga irin wannan dabba mai ban mamaki. Yana sa ya zama kamar maƙwabci mai ban sha'awa maimakon dabbar daji.
7. **Wane irin hatimi ne Neil daidai?** Shi hatimin giwa ne na kudu. Maza masu girma suna iya kaiwa kilo 4,000, don haka Neil yana kan ƙaramin gefe ga babban namiji mai girma.
8. **Har yaushe Neil zai zauna a Tasmania?** Ya bambanta. Zai iya zama na 'yan kwanaki ko makonni da yawa yayin da yake hutawa ko maye. Da zarar ya warke gaba ɗaya ko ya gama zubar da gashinsa, zai koma teku.
9. **Me ya kamata in yi idan na ga Neil?** Tsaya aƙalla mita 20 nesa. Kada ku matso ko ku taɓa shi.
