Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wataƙila ka taɓa jin zafin ciwon ƙusa a ƙafa, amma ka yi tunanin cewa kana da nauyin kilo 7,000. Masana kimiyya suna ƙoƙari su hana ciwon ƙafa mai zafi da zai iya kashe giwaye da aka tsare ta wajen neman hanya mafi kyau na gyara ƙafafunsu. Giwayen daji suna amfana daga yin tafiya mai nisa a kan abubuwa daban-daban da kuma shafa ƙafafunsu a cikin datti mai laushi, amma takwarorinsu da aka kama za su iya fuskantar matsaloli ba tare da waɗannan "kayan gyaran ƙafa ba". Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Masana kimiyya suna aiki don hana ciwo mai raɗaɗi da kuma yiwuwar cutar ƙafa a cikin giwaye da aka kama ta hanyar gano hanya mafi kyau don yanke ƙafafunsu (an nuna hoton hoto) Ana yin gyaran ƙafafun giwaye a kullun don magance tasirin tafiya a kan ƙasa mara kyau a cikin wuraren da aka ƙuntata, amma masana suna ƙoƙari su kammala aikin da ya fi dacewa na pachyderm. Dokta Olga Panagiotopoulou, daga Jami'ar Queensland's School of Biomedical Sciences, tana aiki tare da masu haɗin gwiwa a duk faɗin duniya don fahimtar yadda kamun kai ke shafar siffar kafar giwa da aikinta, da kuma gano mafi kyawun hanyar yanke ƙafa. <unk>Furaye su ne mafi girman dabbobi masu shayarwa a yau kuma suna iya yin nauyi har zuwa tan takwas, tare da duk nauyin jikinsu da ƙananan ƙafafunsu ke tallafawa,<unk> in ji Dokta Panagiotopoulou. Giwayen daji (an nuna hoton hoto) suna amfana daga tafiya mai nisa a kan abubuwa daban-daban da kuma shafa ƙafafunsu a cikin datti, amma takwarorinsu na iya fuskantar matsaloli ba tare da waɗannan ba <unk> pedicures na halitta <unk> An kai farantin matsin lamba zuwa Adventures tare da filin safari na Elephants a Afirka ta Kudu (hoton) don nazarin matsin ƙafafun giwaye da aka kiyaye a cikin yanayin rabin daji tare da yanayin ƙasa. <unk>Mun san cewa lokacin da wadannan manyan dabbobi ke tafiya, ana amfani da matsin lamba mai yawa a ƙafafunsu. A farkon wannan watan, masu bincike sun gano cewa giwaye sun yi fice wajen gano abubuwan fashewa ta hanyar kamshi, suna tayar da hasashe game da ko iyawarsu ta musamman za ta iya ceton rayuka. Za a iya amfani da giwaye wajen gano ma'adinan ƙasa a yankunan...
Giwayen daji suna samun'gyaran kafa na halitta'ta hanyar shafa ƙafafunsu a cikin datti. Amma dabbobin da aka kama za su iya samun matsalar ƙafa idan ba a yanke ƙusoshin ƙafafunsu ba. Wani mai bincike daga Jami'ar Queensland, Australia, ya kirkiro wani abu da zai iya auna matsin da ake yi wa kafar giwa. Bayanai na iya ba da labari game da hanya mafi kyau don yanke yatsun kafa kuma ya ba masu kula da gidan namun daji damar gano matsalolin ƙafafun da ke iya faruwa, wanda zai iya haifar da kashe giwaye.