“That address leads to the The Idaho Museum of Natural History. Hard for me to get there, but the museum has a virtual gallery which seems to contain the same items Dr. Mandrakeseeker referenced in this entry.
The search function on the top right of the website is frustratingly slow and only applies to the section of the website I’m currently on. I have have to first click on “Osteology” or “Plants” to search those respective sections. Let’s keep silent about the failings of internet technology…at least, let’s not tell Carol about it…”
- Jesse
HINTS
Hint 1
Find the 5 animal skulls and 5 plants on the Idaho Natural History Museum website.
Hint 2
Find a way to visually match each skull with a plant. Each pair will match to a shape in the mysterious rebus.
Hint 3
This property is demonstrated rather “on the nose” - a part of the skull you might want to pay particular attention to.
Hint 4
The shape of the nasal cavity of each skull matches with the shape of one of the leaves.
Hint 5
As instructed by Dr. Mandrakeseeker, multiply the skull’s GSD by the plant’s MGL to determine the number of years since that plant-animal hybrid diverged.
Hint 6
When was this journal entry written? Make sure to factor that date into your calculations.
Hint 7
Only the first letter matters from each time period.
Hint 8
The answer is a punny two-word phrase, with words of length 5 and 7. First word: it helps to speak this one out loud. It’s not quite the name of a famous RPG. Second word: the top letters are “on” the bottom one.
FINAL ANSWER (SPOILER!)
The answer is DANDY LIONESS. (D "and" "D" "lie" "on" "S")