Ursus Americanus Traditional Cache
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You are looking for a cammo-taped lock'n'lock. We had our daughter, who is almost 4, and 3 month old son as well as a sit&stand stroller with us as we put caches along this section of trail. So it is certainly a kid friendly appoach, but GZ for this cache probably won't be accessable to little ones. It contains swag for the little ones, but you may want to make the swap for them.
Some interesting facts from wikipedia about Ursus Americanus, or the American Black Bear:
- It is the continent's smallest and most common bear species.
- They have a global population estimated to be twice that of all other bear species combined.
- They are very strong, having been known to turn over flat-shaped rocks weighing 310 to 325 pounds (140 to 147 kg) by flipping them over with a single foreleg.
- They can run at speeds of 25–30 mph (40–50 km/h).
- Their average lifespan in the wild is 18 years, but the record age of a wild specimen was 31 years, and in captivity have reached 44 years.
- During hibernation their heart rate drops from 40–50 beats per minute to 8 beats per minute.
- Morris Michtom, the creator of the teddy bear, was inspired to make the toy when he came across a cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a black bear cub trapped up a tree.
- Winnie the Pooh was named after Winnipeg, a female black bear cub that lived at London Zoo from 1915 until her death in 1934.
- A black bear cub who in the spring of 1950 was caught in the Capitan Gap fire was made into the living representative of Smokey Bear, the mascot of the United States Forest Service.
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