A Tail of Two Bunnies Mystery Cache
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The cache is not at the posted coordinates. It's just a few hops, skips, and jumps away, i.e. within 2 miles. Determine the coordinates from the tall tales below.
Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Happy Easter day.
In a cheerful land somewhere in the North lives a fluffy bunny named Peter. He happily hops about gathering eggs, peeps, and chocolate figurines which he brings back to his faithful companions, Flopsy and Mopsy, who paint intricate and beautiful designs on the Easter goodies which will soon be hidden here and there for children to seek on Easter egg hunts throughout the land.
Peter was tired. His faithful companions exclaimed, "We need to make more bunnies to aid us in making deliveries of our tasty treats throughout the world.
"Let's see. We are 3.
Our birth rate is 0.09 bunny/bunny/month.
Mean animals result in a death rate of 0.03 bunny/bunny/month.
Due to a finite supply of munchies, carrying capacity is 12,118,700 bunnies.
How many Easter egg bearing bunnies will we be in 240 months?"
Meanwhile in a parallel but much darker and sinister universe, the Rabbit of West Caerbannog (Caerrie), whose fluffiness belies his murderous intent, surveyed his kingdom, ever watchful for the Knights Who Say Ni!
He missed his long lost cousin, Joe Bob the Swamp Bunny, better known as the perpetrator of the attack on an American president, a hapless soul who had gone on a solo fishing expedition in his hometown of Peanutville, Georgia when Joe Bob approached his boat, "hissing menacingly, his teeth flashing and nostrils flared and making straight for the president", trying desperately to enter the boat, causing the Commander in Chief to flail at the swimming creature with the oars from his boat.
Caerrie chuckled maniacally, "If only Joe Bob could return to the homeland to join me and my harem of 8 lovely wives, we could soon spread terror throughout the empire.
We would be 10.
Due to our physical prowess, our birth rate would be 0.13 bunny/bunny/month.
Our rather ornery nature would result in a higher death rate of 0.04 bunny/bunny/month.
Although we have historically been the dominant creature, carrying capacity would be a lower than expected 12,157,000 bunnies due to the recent emergence of the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh.
How many rambunctious rabbits would we be in 240 months?"
Checksum of all digits is 68. Round your calculations off to the nearest bunny.
Validate your puzzle solution with certitude or see who else has solved it.
You may drive right to the cache. The terrain rating reflects the final few feet.
Cuddly stuffed bunnies await the first and second to find. Despite their disparate colors, it will be difficult to discern which is good and which is evil. Be very careful.
Swag starts out as a variety of Easter items.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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