Wandering Heroes - Mtnlioness Traditional Cache
Wandering Heroes - Mtnlioness
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This cache is a tribute to Mtnlioness. It is located on the Tailem Bend to Karoonda road. This is a good bitumen road with a wide mallee vegetation corridor.
The Mtn Lioness is often seen in the chaotic presence of two lion cubs scouting the western suburbs of Adelaide for an elusive FTF.
Sometimes travelling in a pack of two with a Chillibutt, The lioness is seen dismounting a two wheeled mode of transport but has also been seen on occasion, dismounting transport via a rail system.
Mtn Lioness does the majority of the hunting for her pride, being smaller, swifter and more agile than the males. She works in a co-ordinated group in order to stalk and bring down the cache successfully. However, some males have tried to dominate the cache once the lioness has succeeded in finding it – however they are soon meet with a fierce Snarl from the lioness. Smaller caches are found swiftly during the hunt, thereby being shared among the hunters; when the cache is larger it often is dragged to the pride area. There is more sharing of larger caches, although pride members often behave aggressively toward each other as each tries to consume as much pathtag booty as possible.
Mtn Lioness is often seen prowling GCA forums for something to sink her teeth into. The Lioness is loudly social compared to other cats. A pride of lioness’ friends consists of females and offspring and a small number of adult males.
The Lioness is a puzzle predator, although struggling at times to solve them, she never gives up trying. Her repertoire of vocalizations is also large when trying to solve a puzzle cache; variations in intensity and pitch, rather than discrete signals, appear central to communication. Mtn Lioness’ sounds include snarling, purring, hissing, coughing, miaowing, woofing and roaring. She tends to roar in a very characteristic manner, starting with a few deep, long roars that trail off into a series of shorter ones. She most often roars at night; the sound, which can be heard from a distance of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), is used to advertise her frustration and sometimes success at solving a Puzzle Cache.
The Mtn Lioness was most recently spotted in her ‘au-natural’ habitat.... frolicking in the scrubland, trying to maintain camouflage whilst being exposed to the elements – fortunately a nature photographer was nearby to capture the lioness in all her natural glory.
A true and loyal member of the Pride, Mtn Lioness brings a great deal of joy, laughter and friendship to her community – all of whom greatly value her presence in the group.
Be sure to keep an eye out for a Mtn Lioness next time you’re out caching.
Be careful with children here, the cars on this road whiz past very fast. Also watch out for snakes in warm weather.
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