Big Kitties | Lions Tigers Bobcats, Oh My! Mystery Cache
Big Kitties | Lions Tigers Bobcats, Oh My!
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Coordinates are in the puzzle, you just have to figure out how to
solve it.
Am I as confused about the different types of big cats as everyone
else? I mean a lion is a lion , right? But then why
are cougars also called mountain lions, panthers,
pumas and mountain cats? Well it all has to do with the
where the cats come from and that's why there are different names
for what is essentially the same cat. That's why a headline saying
Puma spotted in Dunn County Wisconsin" might be the same cat
the shows up in a headline, "Cougar passes through Stillwater,
Minnesota". At times it's only a matter of vernacular preference.
Here's a snippit from wiki on the subject of naming:
The term big cat - which is not a biological classification - is
used informally to distinguish the larger cat species from smaller
ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the
genus panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar, and
leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able to
roar. A more expansive definition of "big cat" also includes the
cheetah, snow leopard, and cougar. These "roaring cats" are
also sometimes distinguished from the other big cats by the term
great cats. Despite enormous differences in size, the various
species of cat are quite similar in both structure and behavior,
with the exception of the cheetah, which is significantly different
from any of the big or small cats. All cats Operate similarly as
carnivores and are efficient predators in their ecoSystems.
I would hope that I could tell the difference between and leopard
and a jaguar if I saw them in the wild, but honestly even
after developing this puzzle, I'm still not sure I could...
UPDATE: 9.1.10 Slight graphic
modification due to final relocation. 10-27-11 another slight
graphic modification
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