Wane dabba ne kare ku - mai cin nama ko dabba?

Karnuka na cikin dangin canine, tsari na masu cin nama, amma wannan ba koyaushe yana nufin takamaiman ɗabi'a, jiki, ko zaɓin abinci ba.

Ka yi wa kanka hukunci

Wasu dabbobin na iya zama kamar mahaukata kuma su zama kamar mafarauta. Amma da gaske ne mafarauta ne? Kai ne alƙali.

• Wolves suna kai hari ga ciyayi, amma da farko suna cin abin da ke cikin cikin su, da kuma na cikin waɗannan dabbobi.¹
• Coyotes suna cin abinci iri-iri, ciki har da ƙananan dabbobi masu shayarwa, masu amphibians, tsuntsaye, 'ya'yan itatuwa, da najasa na herbivore.
• Pandas suma masu cin nama ne, amma su masu ciyawa ne kuma galibi suna cin ganyen bamboo.

Gano gaskiya

Masu naman dabbobi masu tsauri ko na gaskiya irin su kuliyoyi suna da buƙatu mafi girma don taurine (amino acid), arachidonic acid (mai fatty acid) da wasu bitamin (niacin, pyridoxine, bitamin A) waɗanda suke cikin furotin dabba da tushen mai.

Omnivores, irin su karnuka da mutane, ba su da babban abin da ake bukata don taurine da wasu bitamin kuma suna iya samar da arachidonic acid daga man kayan lambu da kansu.

Halayen omnivores

Akwai wasu abubuwan abinci mai gina jiki, halayya da na zahiri waɗanda suka raba waɗannan duniyoyi biyu - omnivores da carnivores:

• Karnuka suna da hakora (molars) tare da filaye masu lebur, an ƙera su don niƙa ƙasusuwa da kuma kayan shukar fibrous.
• Karnuka na iya narkar da kusan 100% na carbohydrates da suke cinyewa.²
• A cikin karnuka, ƙananan hanji yana ɗaukar kusan kashi 23 cikin 15 na jimlar adadin ƙwayar gastrointestinal, daidai da sauran masu rai; a cikin kuliyoyi, ƙananan hanji yana ɗaukar kashi XNUMX kawai.^3,4
• Karnuka na iya yin bitamin A daga beta-carotene da ake samu a cikin tsire-tsire.

Rudani a cikin ƙarshe

Wasu mutane sun yi kuskuren yanke cewa karnuka, ko da yake su dabbobi ne, dole ne kawai su zama masu cin nama domin suna cikin tsari na masu cin nama. Idan aka yi la’akari da yanayin jikin mutum, halayya, da abubuwan da karnuka suke so, ya kai ga ƙarshe cewa a zahiri su ne omnivores: suna iya samun lafiya ta hanyar cin abinci na dabba da na shuka.

¹ Lewis L. Morris M 4-294, 303-216, 219.

² Walker J, Harmon D, Gross K, Collings J. Ƙimar amfani da abinci mai gina jiki a cikin karnuka ta hanyar amfani da fasahar catheter na gida. Jaridar Abinci. 124:2672S-2676S, 1994. 

³ Morris MJ, Rogers KR Kwatanta al'amuran abinci mai gina jiki da haɓaka a cikin karnuka da kuliyoyi, a cikin kare da abinci mai gina jiki, ed. Burger IH, Rivers JPW, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, p. 35-66, 1989. 

⁴ Rakebush, I., Faneuf, L.-F., Dunlop, R. Halin ciyarwa a cikin ilimin halittar yara da manya, BC Decker, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, p. 209-219, 1991.