Enjovu;
A male elephant is called a bull, a female elephant is called cow and a young one is referred to as a calf. Elephants habitat Forests, savannas, river valleys, and marshes weighing up to 7000 kg and stand up to 4 m tall. Females are smaller than males. They are herbivores and they eat grasses, bark, roots, leaves, and fruit. They consume from 200 to 300 kg of food and up to 150 liters of water daily.
Female elephants usually give birth to one calf after a gestation period of 20 to 22 months. They live for about 60 years and are very sensitive animals. Their ears help them stay cool; as it flaps its ears, heat dissipates through abundant blood vessels
Omubala; Abaziranjovu omubala gwaabwe guvuga nti:
Esiimbye amasanga (emirundi esatu)
Nakate ajja (emirundi esatu)
Ajja ayuuga (emirundi esatu)
Batte mugamba (emirundi esatu)*
Tungulako emu, bbiri ku lwaayi (emirundi esatu)
Ssatu ku kitooke (emirundi esatu)
Abanziranjovu ku mubala guno abamu bongerako ekisoko ekigamba nti
Atamanyi kkula, essanga ly’ekkula
Ate abalala nebagattako nti: Kirya ng’enjovu.
Bassemaka abaziranjovu abamu ku mubala ogwogeddwaako waggulu bongerako n’ebisoko bino:
Ggulu (emirundi esatu)
Bwaddene (emirundi esatu)
Ligambyako nnyiniryo
Kawulukuta (emirundi esatu)
Masanga (emirundi esatu)
Aligabuuza ag’embogo aliza masanga
Siba mbutanta ne nkwaana mbutanta (emirundi esatu)
Buli muziranjovu ssemaka yandisaanye abeere n’engoma mu maka ge era avuzeenga omubala buli lw’aba n’omukolo ogw’obuvunanyizibwa. |