- The mystery animal is DOMESTIC GOAT.
- The clues available included the following:
- The tracks were from a hoofed animal.
- The track size of 2¼ inch long indicates
it was a pretty small hoofed animal.
- This is a regular walking gait. In a
walking gait of a 4-legged animal, the animal’s body length is,
very roughly, about double the stride, so in this case an animal
somewhere between about 20 to 25 inches long.
- The animal is close to town, and on a
road, so it’s probable that it’s a domestic animal. That tends
to suggest it’s a small goat or sheep, possibly a juvenile.
- There was a clue in Photo 44B. At the
bottom of the picture are stone walls next to the road – these
are domestic animal pens. (I intentionally tried to distract you
by telling you to look up, at the windmill – HAHAHAHA…)
- There was a clue right at the start of
the quiz, indicating this is a land where feta cheese is made.
Feta cheese comes from goats or sheep.
- There were two more clues in Photo 44I –
the plants are thorny, and you can see from the vegatation on
the mountain that the stone walls create a distinct line of
demarcation showing where animals have been allowed to graze.
One animal well-known for eating nearly anything, including
thorny plants, is goat.
If you got this quiz right, congratulations. In real life, I got it
right, but it took a lot of effort.
A delightful vacation with
my family, in an enchanted land. Tough for tracking, but if you are
observant enough, you can do tracking nearly anywhere.
Gertrude
the goat says see you neh-eh-eh-eh-eh-xt quiz!
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