Exotic Animal Challenge Mystery Cache

The above coordinates, N 29° 27.733 W 098° 28.428, are for the San Antonio Zoo. There is no need to visit these coordinates to find this cache! This cache is best viewed using Mozilla Firefox Web Browser.

In order to locate this cache, you'll first need to find the answers to the following zoological trivia questions... afterwards, the coords will be found by identifying letters in those answers and replacing them with numbers according to the code at the end.

Question 1. I am able to close not only my eyes, but my ears and nostrils as well. I am common nowhere, but am seen most often in Africa and Malaysia. I'm most commonly thought of as a "Living Pine Cone."

Answer = _ _ _ ‡ _ _ ¿ _ (8 letters)

Question 2. I am the animal species whose DNA most closely matched human DNA. Name me. Hint: I have the only primate society that is not male-dominated.

Answer = _ _ ¶ _ _ _ (6 letters)

Question 3. I am the last remaining member of an entire reptile family... I am found only on minor Islands in New Zealand. I am not a lizard! What am I?

Answer = « © _ » _ _ _ (7 letters)

Question 4. If you've lived anywhere from San Antonio to Tampa, you've seen me. I come in brown and green versions, do you know what I am called?

Answer = _ _ _ † _ (5 letters)

Question 5. You might call me the Roadrunner, but I have another name, based off of the habitat I live in. What is it? Hint: _________-Bird

Answer = _ § _ _ _ _ _ _ ® (9 letters)

Question 6. I am the most infrequently-seen wild cat in Texas, found only in the Southern tip of the Rio Grande Valley. I slink about low brush in a weasel-like fashion.

Answer = _ _ _ _ _ _ • _ _ _ (10 letters)

The final coordinates are at: N 29° § © . « ® ¶ W 098 ° » ¿ . ‡ • †

You'll need to plug in the following conversions to turn the letters into numerals...

B=0; L=1; U=2; H=3; T=4; A=5; G=6; K=7; I=8; N=9

Good luck on the hunt!

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