Makwai anoratidza kugutsikana kwazvo sezvaanofura mumisha, makwayana awo maduku anofara anomhanya nokusvetuka-svetuka. Asi usanyengerwa, nekuti muUK chete makwayana mamiriyoni mana anofa mukati memazuva awo ekutanga ehupenyu. MuAustralia, guta guru remakwai enyika, rine 4 mamiriyoni emhuka, inonzi "yakajairika" kuti 135 kusvika 20% yemakwayana afe, kazhinji kubva kuchando kana nzara.
В UK uye Kumadokero, vanhu havadyi gwayana, vanodya nyama yegwayana. Makwai anowanzo kubereka muchirimo, asi kukwikwidzana pakati pevarimi kwave kureva kuti makwai anofanira kubereka kare, pakupera kana pakati pechando. Kana varimi vari pakati pekutanga kutengesa "nyama yegwayana", vachawana mari yakawanda. Pashure pezviuru zvakawanda zvemakore, makwai emusango akashanduka-shanduka nenzira yokuti anoita ovulation uye anoberekesana muchirimo, uye anopa vana muchirimo, apo chando chechando chatopfuura uye uswa hwavamba kukura. Zvakafanana nemakwai epapurazi. Zvisinei, varimi vakawanda vanopa makwai hormone, kuitira kuti makwai ave nepamuviri muzhizha, uye kwete mumatsutso. Makwai anoberekesana kare kare, uye anopa vana munguva yechando yakanyanya. Makwayana anoberekerwa mumatanga, asi nokukurumidza, pasinei nemamiriro okunze, anosunungurwa mumunda. Varimi vanopawo hwai gadziriro yakakosha yekurapa kuitira kuti hwai ibereke makwayana maviri kana matatu, nepo pachisikirwo gwai rinobereka rimwe. Gwai rine matinji maviri chete, saka rechitatu, rimwe gwayana rinobva ratorerwa amai varo roendeswa kumusika. Kutya, kunyimwa rudo rwaamai uye kutarisirwa, makwayana achangoberekwa anomirira mugumo wawo, achidedera kubva kuchando. Varimi vanosundidzira nokukava makwayana kuti vaone kuti akafuta zvakadii, uye anotengeswa nemapaunzi mashomanana rimwe nerimwe. Zvimwe zvinotengwa nevaridzi vemaresitorendi akanaka, asi kana muchinzwisisa, ndapota nditsanangurirei kuti munhu upi noupi angatarira sei izvi zvisikwa zvinorira, zvinotya ndokuona mazviri “Chikafu chaicho chanhasi igwayana duku rakagochwa negariki nerosemary.” Iye zvino varimi vane hanya nemubvunzo mumwe chete - sei kuti vaone kuti gwai rinobereka makwayana matatu makore maviri oga oga. Kuti vaite izvi, varimi vachafanira kukanganisa maitiro echisikigo emhuka uye kuvadzora nemishonga yehomoni. Izvi zvichange zvichiratidza kutanga kwekupfuya zvipfuyo nenzira dzemaindasitiri, uye kwenguva yakareba, tisingazoona zvipfuyo zvakawanda muminda sepakutanga. Mhuka dzacho dzichaita imba yadzo mudanga rimwe guru, rakazara vanhu, rinonyangadza. Makwai anogara munzvimbo dzakakwirira, dzakadai sePennines kana kuti Welsh Mountains, anorarama akasununguka uye anowedzera hupenyu hwepanyama. Vanobatwa zvakasiyana, asi makwikwi achaunza shanduko pano zvakare. Varimi vari kutyaira mombe dzakawanda mumakomo, uye hakuna nzvimbo yakawanda yemafuro. Kuti vachengetedze mari, varimi vari kuderedza huwandu hwevafudzi vanofudza makwai avo uye kushandisa mari shoma pakudya kwekudya munguva yechando. Nekuda kwekuti nyama ine mafuta haisisiri mukuda kwakadai sepakutanga, kuburikidza nekusarudza kubereka, varimi vari kuedza kudzivirira makwai kubva pakugadzira subcutaneous mafuta. Pamwe chete neizvi, munguva yechando, makwai haawani zvokudya zvaanoda kuti aite kupisa uye anoramba achidziya kana mhepo yechando ichivhuvhuta. Kunyange zvazvo makwai akawanda ari kuurayiwa nerudzi urwu rwekupindira, varimi vari kupfuya akawanda uye mamwe makwai anosvika mamiriyoni makumi mana nemashanu muUK chete. Zvinosuruvarisa, vane ramangwana risina mufaro. “Ndakashanyira vabereki vangu ndikavabatsira kufudza makwai panguva yaisununguka. Gwayana richangozvarwa rakanga rakanaka kwazvo. Mangwana acho, murimi akatiunzira gumbo regwayana, zvakanga zvisiri zvomusikirwo, zvakaipa. Zuva rose ndakanga ndisingakwanisi kupengenuka uye kuti ndibvumirane neizvi - kutanga kubatsira chisikwa chitsva kuuya munyika ino, uye saka nemoyo wose kutora hupenyu hwake kubva kwaari. Ndakava munhu anodya miriwo.” Jackie Brambles, mukadzi wekutanga kuoneka panhepfenyuro yemasikati panhepfenyuro yeBBC.