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Creature Features, Too Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/15/2023
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates, but they are a good place to park your vehicle.

The Aurora Wetlands are home to many creatures.  Visitors can take advantage of a number of short hikes on mowed trails that loop around gently rolling open fields overlooking a large wetland and a mature forest.  During your hike you may see bald eagles, great blue herons, deer, squirrels, bats, coyotes, woodchucks and other wildlife. Over 125 species of birds have been spotted here. Depending on conditions, the trails can be fairly wet in some areas and mosquitoes and flies are plentiful in season, so come prepared.

Before visiting, solve the following mystery to obtain final coordinates for the cache:

Those #%&* semiotic scientists just created another set of alphabetic encoding sequences that define the traits of all given organisms.  These sequences are kind of like DNA (but not).  Instead, they are just colored letters paired up and/or strung together in specific patterns that can be used to identify CREATURE FEATURES.

The traits and encoding sequences of Creature One and Creature Two are provided as examples for you to study.  Use them to determine Creature Three's four traits, then identify its common name.


To receive final coordinates, enter the Certitude keyword for Creature Three in the following format:  trait1trait2trait3trait4creaturename

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

CHMMYR: Fvzvyne gb TPNOJM5 (ohg abg). UVQR: 2k4" ybpx 'a ybpx va tebhaq yriry fgbentr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)