Neverjetne živali / Amazing Animals Mystery Cache

To English description

SLOVENSKO:

Živali so resnično osupljive. Njihova raznolikost, sposobnosti in spretnosti so na meji verjetnosti. Bile so navdih za mnoge izume in v sebi skrivajo rešitve za mnoge izzive.
Eholokacijo (določanje ovir z odmevi) netopirjev uspešno uporabljajo v novih pripomočkih za slepe in radarjih, robotske roke se zgledujejo po izredno gibljivem slonovem trobcu, vetrne turbine po plavutih kitov grbavcev, helikopterji po letu kolibrijev, hitri vlaki po vodomcih z obliko kljuna, od katere voda zdrsi stran.
Za misijo na Mars so naredili vrtalnike po vzoru leglic parazitskih os, ki lahko vrtajo luknje v les pod vsakim kotom in z malo napora.

Za najdbo tega zaklada boste morali obiskati Živalski vrt Ljubljana. Pot vas bo popeljala mimo 5 točk in vas ob tem opozorila na nekaj izjemnih živalskih predstavnikov. Med reševanjem boste dobili številke A do E, katere boste potrebovali za določitev končne lokacije zaklada:

OPOZORILO: za obisk in najdbo tega zaklada je potrebno vstopiti v živalski vrt in plačati vstopnino. Odpiralni časi so:

Zaklad je skrit znotraj živalskega vrta na prostoru, ki je dostopen obiskovalcem. Uslužbenci so z zakladom seznanjeni, vendar interakcija z njimi ni potrebna.

Stopnja A - učitelji:

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Surikate svoje mladičke naučijo, kako varno pojesti škorpijone. Najprej jim ponudijo mrtve, nato žive, katerim predhodno odgriznejo žela s strupom. Potem postopoma preidejo na škorpijone z želom.

Učijo tudi druge živali, ne samo sesalci. Mravlje mladim mravljam pokažejo pot do hrane. Pri tem tudi upočasnijo svoje gibanje ter jih opozorijo na mejnike v okolju za orientacijo. Ptiči svoje mladiče učijo pomena posameznih klicev.

Vprašanje:
A = število črk v naslovu besedila pod tablo na sliki

Stopnja B - govorci:

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Telesna govorica sestavlja 80% človeške komunikacije. Tudi živali za sporazumevanje uporabljajo gibe, kemijske signale (vonjave), spremembe barve, lastno svetlobo (kresničke), električna polja (nekatere ribe), seveda pa tudi zvoke.

Kiti grbavci imajo lastno slovnico in sestavljajo ure dolge pesmi. Skupine kitov uporabljajo različna narečja.

Ker je število ptičev medarjev v Avstrliji močno upadlo, je upadla tudi zapletenost njihovih pesmi. Ker tuji zvoki ne privlačijo samic, jim grozi izumrtje.

Vprašanje:
B = število črk v besedi pod sliko tulečega volka (glejte sliko)

Stopnja C - popotniki:

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Medtem ko korale ostanejo vse življenje na istem mestu, druge živali prepotujejo ogromne razdalje v iskanju hrane, partnerjev in ozemlja.

Severni jeleni v iskanju hrane in varnega prostora za kotitev mladičev na leto prehodijo skoraj 5000 km, želve usnjače preplavajo skoraj 10000 km, da pridejo do slastnih meduz, polarne čigre do 60000 km do gnezdišč.

Druge živali se selijo, ko se morajo. Volk, imenovan Slavc, je v iskanju ozemlja in volkulje prepotoval 2000 km in 4 države, preden se je ustalil v Italiji z volkuljo Julijo.

Vprašanje:
C = številka v zadnji vrstici pod tablo "NOVEMBER" (glejte sliko)

Stopnja D - graditelji:

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Med živalmi so izjemni graditelji. Do 300 parov ptičev tkalcev splete gnezditveno sosesko, z ločenim gnezdom za prav vsak par. Gnezda posteljejo z mehkimi travami in vlakni. Namestijo celo varnostni sistem z ostro slamo na vhodih.

Termiti gradijo prava samozadostna mesta s kraljičino kamro, prostori za jajčeca, vrtovi gob, klimo,...

Bobri podirajo drevesa in iz debel, blata, rastlinja in kamnov gradijo jezove, da naredijo jezerca, kjer so varni pred plenilci. Največji znan jez je dolg 850 m.

Vprašanje:
D = številka v drugi vrstici pod tablo "Slab izkoristek hrane" (glejte sliko)

Stopnja E - starši:

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Starševstvo v živalskem svetu je izjemno raznoliko. Zelo skrbni starši so tudi samci.

Cesarski pingvin dva meseca stradajoč vali jajce pri do -40°C, medtem ko gre samica po hrano.

Samček morskega konjička pa v mešičku celo donosi in rodi mladice.

Tudi razmnoževanje je zelo raznoliko. Polži so dvospolniki, samice komodorskega varana lahko, če ni samcev, odložijo neoplojena jajčeca, iz katerih se razvijejo mladiči. Veliko ribjih vrst lahko zamenja spol.

Vprašanje:
E = poiščite številko v besedilu pod tablo "Samec na preizkušnji" (glejte sliko)

ENGLISH:

To find this geocache, you will have to visit a Ljubljana ZOO. The walk will take you to 5 places and point out some amazing species. You will get numbers A to E which are needed for the location of the geocache.

PLEASE NOTE: to solve and find this geocache one has to enter the ZOO and pay an entrance fee. The opening hours are:

The geocache is hidden inside the ZOO at a place, accessible to visitors. The zoo staff is aware of the geocache but you don't need to interact with them.

Stage A - Teachers:

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Meerkats show their young how to safely handle scorpions for eating. At first, young pups are given dead scorpions to familiarize them with the dangerous insect. As the meerkats grow up, adults remove the sting from live scorpions so that the pups can learn how to deal with the prey. Then intact animals are gradually introduced.

Mammals are not the only animals that teach others. E.g. ants show their comrades the way to a new food source — even slowing down to let the newbie keep up and note helpful landmarks.

Birds teach their young the meaning of different calls.

Question:
A = number of letters in a title below a flipboard on the picture

Stage B - Speakers:

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80% of human communication is body language. Animals as well use their bodies to convey thoughts and emotions (via gestures, smell, color change, bioluminisence, electric fields, but have vocal skills too.

Humpback whales, researchers have now mathematically confirmed, use their own syntax to form songs that last for hours. Groups of whales even have different dialects.

When numbers of Regal honeyeaters in Austraila started dwindling so has complexity of their songs. Because "foreign" sounds don't attract females, they will probably extinct.

Question:
B = number of letters in a word under the picture of a howling wolf (see picture)

Stage C - Travelers:

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While animals as corals stay in the same place their whole life other animals travel enormous distances to get to food sources, partner, place to breed and raise their young.

Reindeers travell up to 5000 km each year in search for food and calving grounds.

Leatherback sea turtles migrate almost 10000 km across the Pacific to eat California jellyfish.

Other animals migrate only when needed. Slovenian wolf named Slavc travelled 2000 km in search for teritory and a mate.

Question:
C = a number in last line under the flipboard "NOVEMBER" (see picture)

Stage D - Builders:

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Some animals are amazing builders. Weaver birds build nests which house up to 300 breeding pairs, each pair in separate chambers, lined with soft grass for comfort. They even install spiky straw at the entrance as a security system.

Termites build complicated self-sustained cities with queen chambers, larvae halls, fungi gardens, air-conditioning,...

Beavers cut down trees to build dams filled with mud and stones. They create ponds where they are safe from predators. The longest known dam is 850 m long.

Question:
D = a number in second line under the flipboard "Slab izkoristek hrane" (see picture)

Stage 5 - Parents:

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Parenthood in animals comes in all forms, but there are lots of devoted ones, including males.

Emperor Penguin male incubates the egg for two months at up to -40 °C while females go to feed/fetch the food.

The male seahorse goes through pregnancy and gives birth to babies.

Even reproduction varies. Most snails are hermaphrodites. In the absence of a male, female Komodo dragons can develop an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell. Lots of fish species change sex in their regular life cycle or when needed.

Question:
E = find a number in text under the flipboard "Samec na preizkušnji" (see picture)