Baaa Humbug Traditional Cache
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Just what Kona needs, right?...another cache hidden out in a lava field!...but after encountering wild goats on many of our adventures through the lava fields, we decided to dedicate a cache to them. We chose this spot because the heavy concentration of droppings in this particular area leaves no doubt it is the home of a rather large colony of goats. Bring your camera if you enjoy taking wildlife photos, although they do keep their distance.
* Prior to the arrival of Captain Cook, goats were unknown in the Hawaiian Islands. Captain Cook released goats in 1778 and between 1792 and 1793 Captain Vancouver also released a variety of animals that may have included goats. Eventually goats found their way to all the major Hawaiian Islands.
As with just about every other animal introduced to Hawai'i, the original intentions were good but the end result was damage to the fragile ecosystem of the islands. Goats, escaping domestication, quickly reproduced creating large populations of wild goats that lived in the rugged mountain rainforests and lava fields.
Goats, along with pigs, are responsible for the extinction of a number of native Hawaiian plants. They forage and destroy all ground cover and damage ancient rock-work with their hooves.
Just about every island has goat and pig management and on the Big Island goat hunting is allowed year round in some areas and part of the year in other areas.
* Reprinted here by permission from Instanthawaii.com
The cache container is a one-gallon plastic mayo jar painted black, we try to keep chock full of goodies...
Don't be surprised if your geosense is distracted by a few decoys we couldn't resist staging...
There is an ample gravel shoulder for parking on the makai side of the road .
Additional Hints
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Nebhaq naq nobhg vf gur rnfvrfg ebhgr.
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