Pafupifupi zaka 2.6 miliyoni zapitazo, nthawi ya ayezi ya Quaternary inayamba. Dziko lapansi linayamba kuzizira kwambiri — ayezi akuluakulu anafalikira kuchokera ku mitengo ikuluikulu, kuphimba madera akuluakulu a Northern Hemisphere, ndipo kutentha kwapakati pa dziko lonse lapansi kunali 5°C mpaka 10°C poyerekeza ndi masiku ano. M'mikhalidwe yovuta ngati imeneyi, gulu la zimphona linakula m'mapiri a ayezi ndi tundra. Atavala ubweya wokhuthala, okhala ndi nyanga zazikulu kapena zipolopolo zodzitetezera, anapirira kuzizira kwambiri m'njira zawozawo. Anayenda padziko lonse lapansi kudutsa mu Pleistocene, koma anasowa pamene nthawi ya ayezi yomaliza inatha.
Woolly Mammoth: Shaggy Giant ya m'minda ya ayezi
Nyama ya woolly mammoth ndi nyama yotchuka kwambiri mu Ice Age. Yodziwika bwino ndi sayansi kuti Mammuthus primigenius, inali ndi ubweya wokhuthala, wagolide-bulauni kapena wofiira-bulauni — ubweya wachilengedwe womwe ungathe kupirira kutentha mpaka -50°C.
Nyama yaikazi ya ubweya inali yaikulu kuposa njovu zamakono — kutalika kwake kufika mamita atatu paphewa ndipo inali yolemera pafupifupi matani 6. Minyanga yaikazi nthawi zambiri inali ndi kutalika kwa mamita 1.5 mpaka 2, pomwe minyanga yaimuna inali ndi kutalika kwa mamita 2.2 mpaka 2.5, ndipo ina inali yopitirira mamita 3. Chinthu chake chodziwika kwambiri chinali minyanga yake yokhota kwambiri, yokhala ndi nsonga zoloza mkati — ngati matsache akuluakulu awiri. Asayansi amakhulupirira kuti nyamayi yaikazi inagwiritsa ntchito minyanga iyi kuchotsa chipale chofewa ndikufika pa udzu womwe uli pansi pake.
Ku fakitale ya Hualong, mammoth yathu ya animatronic woolly mammoth imakonzanso zinthu izi: mawonekedwe a ubweya wofewa, minyanga ikuluikulu yopindika, ndi thupi lolimba. Kuyenda kwake kumaphatikizapo kuphethira, kugwedezeka kwa thunthu, ndi kuyenda kwa mutu ndi mchira - koyenera kusungidwa m'nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zakale, m'mapaki azithunzi, komanso m'malo owonetsera malonda.
Chipembere Chokongola: Chipembere cha Nyengo Yozizira Chovala Zida
M'mphepete mwa nyanja yaikuluyi munali chipembere chooneka ngati ubweya. Chinali kumadera akumpoto kwa Eurasia, kutalika kwake kunali pafupifupi mamita 3.5 mpaka 4, mamita 2 mpaka 3 paphewa, ndipo chinali cholemera mpaka matani 7 — chachikulu pang'ono kuposa chipembere choyera chamakono. Thupi lake lonse linali lodzaza ndi ubweya wokhuthala komanso mafuta oteteza kutentha. Ndi makutu ake ataliatali, miyendo yake yayifupi yolimba, komanso chimango chopapatiza, chinali chozolowera bwino kuzizira. Chinthu chodziwika kwambiri cha chipembere chooneka ngati ubweya chinali nyanga zake ziwiri pamphuno — nyanga yakutsogolo inali yayitali komanso yokhota kumbuyo, nyanga yakumbuyo inali yayifupi. Mosiyana ndi nyanga zozungulira za zipembere zamakono, nyanga za chipembere chooneka ngati ubweya zinali zopyapyala.
Mabwinja a chipembere cha ubweya wa nkhosa amapezeka kwambiri kumpoto kwa Eurasia, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chikhale chimodzi mwa mitundu ya zipembere zomwe zinali zotchuka kwambiri mu Ice Age. Chidapulumuka mpaka zaka pafupifupi 11,000 zapitazo, ndipo chinatha pamodzi ndi nthawi ya chisanu.
Chipembere cha Hualong chooneka ngati ubweya chimakonzanso ubweya wake wokhuthala ndi nyanga ziwiri - kuyambira pa thupi lake lolimba mpaka kukula kwa miyendo yake yolimba, chilichonse chikuwonetsa momwe ayezi alili. Chimabwezeretsa moyo wa nyama yamtunduwu yomwe yatha kalekale, ngati umboni womveka bwino wa kusiyanasiyana ndi kusinthasintha kwa nyama zoyamwitsa za m'nyengo ya Ice.
Ground Sloth: Wankhondo Wosakhazikika Wokhala ndi Zikhadabo Zazikulu
Mu filimu ya Ice Age, Sid wopusa komanso wokongola anasiya chidwi kwa omvera. Koma mu Ice Age yeniyeni, panali ma sloth akuluakulu kuposa Sid - ankakhala pansi, anali akuluakulu, ndipo sanali ochedwa. Sloth wapansi (Megatherium) ndiye wotchuka kwambiri wamtundu wake, wolemera mpaka matani 5 - wamkulu kuposa njovu ya ku Asia ya masiku ano. Zikhadabo zake zinali zazikulu - zofika masentimita 40 m'litali, zopitirira mano a mphaka wokhala ndi mano a saber. Zikhadabo zazikuluzikuluzi zinali zida zoopsa zomwe zinaperekedwa ndi chilengedwe.
Akakumana ndi zilombo zolusa monga mphaka wokhala ndi mano a saber-tooth, kanyama kameneka sikanayesa kuthawa (sikanatha kuwathawa). M'malo mwake, kanali ndi zikhadabo zake zazikulu pofuna kudziteteza — ngakhale mphaka wamphamvu wokhala ndi mano a saber-tooth anayenera kuganiza kawiri asanakumane ndi chilombo chachikulu chotere.
Kanyama kakang'ono ka Hualong, komwe kamakhala ndi moyo, kamatsanzira mokhulupirika zikhadabo zake zazikulu komanso zazikulu. Kuphatikiza kodabwitsa kumeneku kwa kulemera ndi kuthwa, kusasamala komanso kuopseza, kumapangitsa kanyama kakang'ono kukhala kosiyana kwambiri ndi ziwonetsero za Ice Age.
Glyptodon: "Thanki Yamoyo" Yokhala ndi Zida
Ngati kavalo wapansi anali msilikali wa nthawi ya Ice Age, ndiye kuti glyptodon inali galimoto yonyamula zida zonyamulira. Popeza ndi wachibale wa kavalo wamakono, glyptodon anali ndi kutalika kwa mamita 3.5 ndipo anali wolemera pafupifupi matani awiri. Thupi lake lonse linali lophimbidwa ndi chipolopolo chonga kamba chopangidwa ndi mbale zoposa 1,000 za mafupa - zovala zachilengedwe. Mutu wake unali ndi chipewa cha mafupa, ndipo mchira wake unali wotetezedwa ndi mphete za mafupa - mitundu ina, monga Doedicurus, inapanganso chibonga cha mchira chokhala ndi minga. Glyptodon inayamba ku South America ndipo pambuyo pake inafalikira kumpoto kudzera mu Isthmus ya Panama kupita ku North America. Inali yodya zomera komanso yoyenda pang'onopang'ono, koma zida zake zolemera zinaletsa zilombo zambiri.
Glyptodon yathu ya animatronic imakonzanso "thanki yamoyo" iyi ndi chipolopolo chake cha mafupa komanso mawonekedwe ake ozungulira, olimba - zomwe zimapereka phindu pamaphunziro komanso mawonekedwe okongola.
Zoposa Zofanana — Kuuka kwa Akufa
Kuyambira ubweya wa mammoth woonda komanso nyanga ziwiri za chipembere cha ubweya, mpaka zikhadabo zazikulu za chilombo cha pansi ndi zida zankhondo za glyptodon — chinthu chilichonse chimapangidwa mosamala kwambiri kutengera kafukufuku wa paleontology. Zomangidwa ndi zitsulo zapamwamba komanso zinthu zolimba, zamoyo izi zolengedwa za animatronic ndizoyenera kuwonetsedwa panja kwa nthawi yayitali. Kuyenda kwawo kumaphatikizapo kuphethira, kutsegula pakamwa, kugwedezeka kwa mchira, ndi kupuma m'mimba — zomwe zimapangitsa kuti thupi likhale ndi moyo.
Ngakhale kuti nthawi ya ayezi yapita kale, zimphona izi zapeza "moyo" wachiwiri — wobwezeretsedwa osati ndi nthawi, koma ndi chidwi cha anthu ndi manja a akatswiri aluso.
Nthawi yotumizira: Julayi-24-2026
