It’s Monday morning and you know what that means! It’s Week 7 of photographic scavenger hunt, Mystery Image Mondays at the Houston Zoo! If you want to brush up on your sleuthing skills, or just want to check out what you’ve been missing in our past six installments, just click here!

The rules for the game are very easy: we are about to show you a portion of a photo- it may be of an animal, a habitat, or some other point of interest found on Zoo grounds. Your knowledge of the Zoo, partnered with the three clues that will follow the photo, will aid you in identifying the location and subject of the photo. Post your guesses below and return this afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00 pm to find out if you were right!

Are you ready? Good, then let the (scavenger) hunt begin! We are proud to present…

This Week’s Image, a.k.a #7:

The Clues

1. I am a native to Texas, although I can be found all across the Southern United States including the Carolinas- plus Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Wyoming!

2. I am one of the newest additions to the Zoo, and I’m quite popular (or so I’m told)!

3. Despite being discovered in 1907 here in Texas, I couldn’t survive a minute of these hot Texas summers without air conditioning!

Psst- here’s freebie hint: all the photos are Chill Out-themed!

The Answer

That’s right, you guessed it! This is a tub of the world famous Blue Bell Ice Cream that is now being served in the Herzstein Trading Post in The African Forest!

Mmmmmm...lookin' tasty!

For those of you who don’t know *gasp!* about the Texas delicacy known as Blue Bell Ice Cream, they are a creamery that started in Brenham, Texas. Check out this blog post, and find out how you win FREE Blue Bell Ice Cream at the Houston Zoo!

We hope you’ve enjoyed this installment of Mystery Image Mondays at the Houston Zoo! Come back next Monday, and every Monday throughout our TXU Energy presents Chill Out at the Houston Zoo.