Animals Always Traditional Cache
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This cache is good to go, I replaced the cache today, it is now a pre-form bottle, hidden in the same place as the other cache.
Admission to the St. Louis Zoo is FREE!!! As in, walk right in, enjoy yourself, visit one of the best zoos in the world and have a great time!!!!!
This cache is outside of the zoo though, and closest to the south entrance.
This fantastic sculpture is called "Animals Always" by Albert Paley, and was a gift from Thelma Zalk. There are 1300 elements that make this piece.
Animals Always
As soon as I saw some pictures of this place, I knew I wanted to try to place a cache here. However, I didn't want to drive everyone insane, or have anyone have to search all of the animals. This cache is almost wheelchair accessible, except it is way down low. You might need some steel plated rubber gloves to retrieve this one. This cache is located in a Missouri native, just reach in past it's tail. It is a pre-form bottle now. Please bring your own writing instrument. Here are a few measurements regarding this piece of art:
Sculpture Dimensions in Zoo Terms!
The height of Animals Always is equivalent to the combined height of two giraffes.
The width is equivalent to: 3 hippos, shoulder to shoulder
4 hellbenders, end to end
64 American burying beetles, end to end
2 flamingos, laying down top to bottom
1 ostrich laying down.
The length is equivalent to:
1560 inchworms
24 hippos, nose to rump
65 hellbenders, end to end
1040 American burying beetles, end to end
15 lions
The weight is equivalent to: 20 elephants
5,000 Speke's gazelles
400 Aldabra tortoises
100,000 guinea pigs
236 brown bears
334 sea lions
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