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Exotic Feline Breeding Compound Scavenger Hunt

  1. Hint: Start at the Kiowa the male Eurasian Lynx. It’s the first cage to the right from the gift shop. Name two things that a lynx has that are different from other cats.
  1. Hint: keep going to the end of the row. Find your way past the picnic tables to the back row of the walkway. Seek out the Amur leopard next to female Siberian Lynx: What is the legend of how the jaguar got his spots?
  1. Hint: Go to the end of the walkway till you have to make a left. Don’t go too far, your “Doc” has all the answers. What do they call a cat that looks black?
  1. Hint: Face the direction of the gift shop. Take a walk to the end of the path and turn right. Keep going straight until you come to the cat who is named for a time just before dark. How many babies can a jaguar have in one litter?
  1. Hint: Facing the gift shop on the lawn, stay on this path. The answer is at the cage of the cat who is named for a person who catches things in a cage or snare: Why are the Canadian and Eurasian lynx’s feet so big?
  1. Hint: Go back the way you came. Turn right at Twilight and keep walking. Find the cat named after a cuddly stuffed bear. The Puma has many other names. Can you name two?
  1. Hint: Face the cougar, turn to your right. Go left at Julian. Stay on this path. Go to the back but don’t make any turns. There is a cat on your right who has no spots or stripes and has big ear tufts. The Caracal used to be known as the caracal lynx. Can you tell why?
  1. Hint: Go back in front of the cougar and look him in the eye. Make a left on the path till you get to the end. Make another short left and then look to the cage on your right. Two cats live there but are probably out of sight. What cat is named after his habits and diet?
  1. Hint: Head back the way you just arrived. Pass the cougar. Go to the cats with the big ear tufts. Go left again. There will be a lynx on your right who was born with limited sight. Why is the leopard cat also known as the “money cat”?
  1. Hint: Go back the way you just came. Pass Teddy and Tao and Ran. Meesha and Isaac hold the answers to this question. Pallas cats don’t run well or fast, but like most cats they are good hunters. Name two reasons they are such good hunters.
  1. Hint: Make your way back to the Cougar. Go toward the back and stop at the cat who is named for a loose, light fluffy matter (Fuzz). Sand cats live in desert habitats. How can the sand cats survive with very little water?
  1. Hint: Go back to the cat next door named for a mythological box (Pandora). Name another small cat that is an excellent swimmer.
  1. Hint: Walk a short way toward the gift shop. You will come to a cat on your left with a black nose and long legs. Servals will often wait until wind dies down before hunting. Why is this?
  1. Hint: Turn back towards where you just came from. Don’t go too far. The cat who has this answer is named Julian. What other cat is very similar to an ocelot?
  1. Hint: Go back toward the gift shop. Find the cat in between the first one and the one with the black nose and long legs. Can you name two differences between an ocelot and a margay?
  1. Hint: Go back to the cougar. Turn left to the cage with the two brown leopards right next to him. There is a clouded leopard in a display case in the gift shop. What is so unusual about clouded leopard’s teeth?
  1. Hint: Go back toward your “Doc” but don’t go too far. You want the cats who are together and both start with the letter “K”. Tigers make a sound called a prusten. It’s a short puffing sound that can be heard at close range. What does this normally mean?
  1. Hint: Walk past Doc but don’t make any turns, Cisco is the one where this answer is to be found. The sand cat is one of the only type of cat known to dig it’s own burrow. What do the Saharan nomads call this type of cat?
  1. Hint: Go back to the gift shop but don’t go inside. Walk past the gift shop and turn right at the Canadian Lynx. The next habitat has a cat named after a fun-throwing disc. What type of cat is the largest of the cats?
  1. Hint: Keep walking and turn right before Twilight. Pass Teddy and the tables. Pass by Pandora and Fuzz. You will come to a small cat named after a beautiful tree. What part of the world do bobcats come from?
  1. Hint: Go back to the cougar and turn right. Follow the path to the left and stop at the leopard whose name rhymes with pokey. How many of the 8 species of tigers are thought to be extinct?
  1. Hint: Go next door to the cat whose name rhymes with pokey. Don’t pass Sakhar, or you have gone too far. Name three of the cats you can see in our gift shop.
  1. Hint: Go back past Doc and Cisco. Turn right. Pass Ktusha and Angara. Stop at our beautiful Kara. How often are most of the cats fed at the feline compound and why?

24. Hint: Now you can go to the tables by Teshi and Julian. What is the purpose of this feline compound?