Due to Mother Nature losing her battle to the expansion of luxury condos, this series will be archived on July 31, 2020.
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What’s the puzzle? Each cache page requires you to solve for the true north coordinates. Some of the caches contain a hint to find the Pink Finale. You need to complete both ribbons before attempting the Pink Finale.
Ribbon 2: GC65XWQ Pink #7: Pink Floyd, GC65XXA Pink #8: Pink Slug, GC65XXT Pink #9: Pink Lake of Senegal, GC65XY1 Pink #10: Pink river dolphin, GC65XYC Pink #11: Pink Manganocalcite, GC65XYK Pink #12: Pink – Translation
Pink #10: Pink river dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin, or pink river dolphin is a freshwater river dolphin native to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems. Females are typically larger than males. The largest female Amazon river dolphins can range up to 8.2 ft in length and weigh 217 lb. The largest male dolphins can range up to 6.6 ft in length and weigh 207 lb.
They have unfused neck vertebrae, enabling them to turn their heads 90°. Their flexibility is important in navigating through the flooded forests. Also, they possess long beaks which contain 24 to 34 teeth on each side of the jaws.
In color, these dolphins can be either light gray or carnation pink.
The Amazon river dolphin is particularly abundant in lowland rivers with extensive floodplains. During the annual rainy season, these rivers flood large areas of forests and marshes along their banks. The Amazon river dolphin specializes in hunting in these habitats, using its unusually flexible neck and spinal cord to maneuver among the underwater tree trunks, and using its long snout to extract prey fish from hiding places in hollow logs and thickets of submerged vegetation.
When the water levels drop, the dolphins move either into the main river channels or into large lakes in the forest, and take advantage of the concentrated prey in these reduced water bodies. They feed on crustaceans, crabs, small turtles, catfish, shrimp, piranha and other fish.
Which statement is a true fact?
a) The dolphin uses its long snout to extract prey from hollow logs and submerged vegetation. (.992)
b) The pink river dolphin is not really pink, but rather a light gray. (.961)
c) These dolphins have unfused neck vertebrae, enabling them to turn their heads 120 degrees. (.974)
N 37° 4.XXX W 76° 24.039
Congratulations to GeoBlox and Scottish Cavalryman on a well deserved FTF on a cold rainy night!
This geocache series won a Bronze - Outstanding Cache Series/Geo-Art Hidey Award at the 10th Annual Milestones Meet-n-Greet & Hidey Awards.