Inkuru yatangiriye ku muntu utaramenyekanye waguriye uwo mutwe ahacururizwa ibintu byakoreshejwe mu imurikagurisha, awutangaho hafi $67. Yawuguze kubera amaso yawo manini asa n’ayikinisho ndetse n’ukuntu wasaga nk’ufite inseko idasanzwe.
Nyuma, umutwe waje gushyirwa ku rubuga rwa cyamunara Auctioneum i Bristol mu Bwongereza. James Cranfield, ufite imyaka 38 akaba umucuruzi n’umukusanyirizamakuru w’ibintu by’amateka karemano, ni we wabonye uwo mutwe maze agira amakenga ko ushobora kuba atari uw’ingunzu.
Cranfield yari asanzwe ashishikajwe no gukusanya imitwe y’ingunzu idasanzwe, kugira ngo yerekane itandukaniro riri hagati y’ubwoko bwazo. Ubwo yabonaga ifoto y’uwo mutwe ku rubuga rwa cyamunara, yaje gutekereza ko ushobora kuba ari uwa Thylacine, izwi kandi nka Tasmanian Tiger.
Yagize ati: “Nkimara gukanda kuri iyo foto ikiyongera, nahise numva nk’aho inkuba inkubise mu bwonko no mu maso. Nahise mbona ko atari ingunzu.”
Thylacine yari inyamaswa y’inyamabere ifite umwana ikunze kwitirirwa inyamaswa z’intwaro, kandi yasaga n’imbwa nini. Umugongo wayo wariho imirongo y’umukara yihariye. Yigeze gukwirakwira muri Australia no mu bice bya Papua New Guinea, ariko igihe Abanyaburayi batangiraga kuhatura yari isigaye cyane cyane ku kirwa cya Tasmania.
Nyuma yaje kugenda igabanuka cyane kubera guhigwa, indwara no gutakaza aho iba. Thylacine ya nyuma izwi yapfuye mu 1936 muri pariki y’inyamaswa ya Tasmania.
Cranfield ntiyashoboraga kwemeza ko uwo mutwe ari uwa Thylacine akoresheje amafoto gusa. Ku munsi wa cyamunara, we n’umukunzi we babyutse kare cyane, batwara imodoka amasaha atatu n’igice bajya ku nzu ya cyamunara kugira ngo bawurebe imbonankubone.
Agezeyo, umutwe wari uri ku meza uri kumwe n’ibindi bintu bitandukanye birimo ibikoresho byo mu nzu n’ibibumbano. Cranfield yahise awitegereza neza, maze ikintu kimwe kimufasha kwemeza amakenga ye.
Yasanze uwo mutwe ufite amenyo umunani yo hejuru y’imbere, mu gihe ingunzu yo ifite atandatu. Ibyo ni byo byamweretse ko yari afite icyo yise “igihangano cy’agaciro”.
Cranfield yagize ati: “Twaragiye twicara mu modoka, ndamubwira nti ‘ibi ntibisanzwe. Iki ni igihangano cy’agaciro, tugomba kugihatanira.’”
Nyuma yo guhatanira uwo mutwe muri cyamunara, Cranfield ni we watsinze, awugura $85,000, hiyongereyeho amafaranga arenga $13,500 y’ibindi byishyurwa.
Kubera ko yari amaze gutanga amafaranga menshi cyane, Cranfield yashatse kumenya neza ko ataguze umutwe w’ingunzu usanzwe. Yahise asaba ko hakorwa X-ray na CT scan, maze ibisubizo byemeza ko koko ari umutwe wa Thylacine.
Yagize ati: “Ntabwo ari umutwe wa Thylacine nyawo gusa, ahubwo X-ray zagaragaje ko imbere harimo igihanga cyuzuye kandi kibitswe neza cyane.”
Yavuze ko iyo biza kugaragara ko ari umutwe w’ingunzu usanzwe, yari kugira ipfunwe rikomeye kubera amafaranga menshi yari yawutanze.
Andrew Stowe wo muri Auctioneum na we yatangaje ko bavumbuye ikintu kidasanzwe cyane.
Ati: “Byaradutunguye kumenya ko twari dufite ikintu kidasanzwe cyane. Ni ikintu gake cyane. Ndetse n’amakopi y’ibihanga cyangwa amagufa ya Thylacine agurishwa ku bihumbi by’amapound. Kubona ikintu cyuzuye nk’iki birakomeye cyane, cyane cyane mu Bwongereza.”
Nk’uko amakuru atangwa na International Thylacine Specimen Database abigaragaza, hari hafi 815 by’ibisigazwa cyangwa ingero za Thylacine zizwi, kuva ku bice bito byakoreweho ubushakashatsi kugeza ku nyamaswa zabitswe zose.
Ariko abashakashatsi bavuga ko, uretse uwo mutwe Cranfield yabonye, hari undi mutwe umwe gusa uzwi, kandi aho uherereye ubu ntihazwi.
Cranfield avuga ko adateganya kuwubika nk’igikombe cyo kwishimira intsinzi, ahubwo ashaka ko uba igikoresho cyo gufasha abahanga mu bushakashatsi.
Yagize ati: “Ndashaka ko abantu bose bamenya ko uriho, kugira ngo abashakashatsi n’abahanga bashobore kunsanga bawige. Uzaba ingenzi cyane ku bumenyi, kandi nshaka kuwushyira ku bigo by’ubushakashatsi kugira ngo bawukoreshe.”Yaguze umutwe w’ingunzu hafi ibihumbi 99 Frw, aza kuvumbura ko ufite agaciro ka miliyoni 125 Frw.
Yaguze umutwe w’ingunzu hafi ibihumbi 99 Frw, aza kuvumbura ko ufite agaciro ka miliyoni 125 Frw.