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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,740 Views)
Anton
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Well, that's kind of the thing; they're extinct animals and we don't know entirely how they would behave, so designers who created their code just went with something. Other designers who made species from the original species that was made don't always take behaviour differences into account when coding the new species, meaning that not everything is always as realistic when you're working with man-made code.

For the game itself, indeed, it wouldn't matter. For an exhibit to be realistic, however, people do like to take certain things into account when it comes to compatibility, which is why people ask for others' opinions in this topic. They don't ask for a compatibility case ingame as that is something they could figure out themselves, or something they could very quickly change themselves.

For example, for logical reasons a crocodile/gazelle exhibit wouldn't work out in real life, but if I or another designer coded the crocodile to be vegetarian and a pacifist, it would work ingame.
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Red Tycooner103
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Understandable. I thought by sharing my experience with said combo would be helpful in Toastinator's final decision and wasn't trying to stir up anything. I was wrong.
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magpiealamode
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.

Well does anyone know if different species of elephant combine well? Or any elephant and any rhinoceros?
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Red Tycooner103
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The San Diego Zoo has both Asian and African elephants in a mixxed exhibit. Though I wouldn't advise mixing rhinos and elephants.
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magpiealamode
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.

Sounds good. What about African Bush and African Forest?
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magpiealamode
Mar 1 2017, 12:52 PM
Sounds good. What about African Bush and African Forest?
I think you'll be ok with that combo but I'm not 100% sure.

While I'm at it would Congo Buffalo and/or Red River Hog work with Pygmy Hippos and what birds can Shoebill be safely exhibited with?
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Furka
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Not sure about the buffaloes but I think pigmy hippos and hogs has been done.
Shoebills should work with other large wetland birds like pelicans, storks or ibises. Waterfowls might work or not, depending on the size of the species.
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Furka
Mar 1 2017, 03:34 PM
Not sure about the buffaloes but I think pigmy hippos and hogs has been done.
Shoebills should work with other large wetland birds like pelicans, storks or ibises. Waterfowls might work or not, depending on the size of the species.
Ok cool. Thanks Furka.
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Quick question, why would a zoo mix something like a cheetah (dainty, carnivorous, nervy) with a rhino (huge, herbivorous, aggressive)? It seems cruel to me.
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Why is it cruel?
It's positive enrichment for both species and works just fine. In Leipzig Zoo in Germany two female cheetahs live together with a black rhino bull. The rhino doesn't really mind the cheetahs and the cheetahs are smart enough to keep a few meters of distance. As a visitor it's nice too see the interactions between both species.
I guess it's a similar situation in Boras.

Edited by Jony, Mar 1 2017, 06:27 PM.
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The cheetah isn't equipped to harm the rhino in any possible way. The rhino isn't as agile or swift (rhinos are fast but not cheetah fast) as the cheetah. They also won't see each other competition for their respective food sources.

If you truly fear that the black rhino is too aggressive maybe try the (southern)white rhino? They aren't as aggressive and are more social.

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A piece of toast and a terminator.

Could I keep Pteranodon and Ornithocheirus together, with possibly adding Ikrandraco? If the Ikrandraco doesn't work, can I combine it with Ramphorynchus?
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TheToastinator
Mar 1 2017, 07:00 PM
Could I keep Pteranodon and Ornithocheirus together, with possibly adding Ikrandraco? If the Ikrandraco doesn't work, can I combine it with Ramphorynchus?
You might be better off just using two of those. As long as there's enough room in the exhibit and they're not directly competing for food then you should be fine. Or if you would consider it, maybe only exhibit small pterosaurs like the Rhamphorynchus and maybe something like Dimorphodon or Cavaramus. You wouldn't have to worry about one species preying or bullying the others as much.
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Red103
Mar 1 2017, 08:37 PM
TheToastinator
Mar 1 2017, 07:00 PM
Could I keep Pteranodon and Ornithocheirus together, with possibly adding Ikrandraco? If the Ikrandraco doesn't work, can I combine it with Ramphorynchus?
You might be better off just using two of those. As long as there's enough room in the exhibit and they're not directly competing for food then you should be fine. Or if you would consider it, maybe only exhibit small pterosaurs like the Rhamphorynchus and maybe something like Dimorphodon or Cavaramus. You wouldn't have to worry about one species preying or bullying the others as much.
Rhamphorynchus is a small diving piscivore, Dimorphodon is a forest dwelling insect specialist. They would require very different enclosures.
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Is there anything I could mix with a pair of African Palm Civet in a big indoor nocturnal exhibit?
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