The Lucky Locket

(for Zoe and Ethan)

Five friends were taking a stroll one day when the oldest creature spotted a lucky silver heart locket behind a fallen branch of a giant tea tree.

The creatures were: a zebra, a cow, a panda, a tiger, and a dinosaur.

Which creature found the lucky locket?

Clues:

1. The creature who was the colour of all the other creatures mixed together was 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 years old.
2. Both striped creatures had even-numbered ages.
3. Both creatures who were two colours but not striped had odd-numbered ages.
4. One creature’s age was the 5th term in this sequence: 0, 2, 4, __ , __ , __ .
5. One creature’s age was the 6th term in this sequence: 0, 3, 6, __ , __ , __ .
6. The zebra was 2 years older than the tiger.
7. One creature’s age was the solution to 100 + □ = 105.
8. One creatures’ age was 5 + 5.
9. The cow’s age was the sum of the ages of the tiger and the dinosaur.