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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,820 Views)
fossilfueds
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Animales
Sep 12 2015, 12:01 PM
can African Forest Elephants be housed with a duiker species?
Theoretically most likely but I would worry about the elephants trampling the duikers. On the safe side, I want to say no.
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Kevin
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Quail Conqueror.

Duikers also tend to hide so the chances of seeing them in a large elephant paddock would be rather slim. A better choice would be something larger or a pig species such as wart- or red river hogs, although it really depends on the characters of the animals. Ingame this is of course not a problem.
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Burns
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I'd suggest something more along the lines of crowned cranes, storks, or other large african birds. They would be fast enough to escape the elephants if they tried to attack them and most of them are docile.
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

This isn't really much of a combination question, but would Sandbar sharks do good in an Indo-Pacific reef tank with larger fish and sharks?

Also, would a Whale shark be fine with a Humphead wrasse, a Zebra shark, Manta rays, Eagle rays, and Blue Spotted rays with possibly Sandbar sharks?

ALSO also, could I mix anything with Nurse sharks?
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Furka
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Sandbars are one of the best sharks when it comes to combinations, because they are docile enough and their range is very wide, so you can put them in more than one ecosystem (your case should work fine, as long as there's enough space for the whale shark).

Nurse are also nice animals, I just wouldn't put them with slow benthic animals.
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

More specifically, can I mix Nurse sharks, Sandbar sharks, and maybe some Queen angelfish?
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Furka
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You should be able to do that without problems.
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Joe99
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I am thinking of making a rotation enclosure with prehistoric animals but I cant deside on animals to put in them I was thinking some form the Morrison but any other ideas
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

I'm sure you could mix Stegosaurus with an Apatosaurus or Diplodocus.
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Admiral General Aladeen
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Realistically, a sauropod would be a PITA to rotate through an exhibit.
If you're set on the Morrison, you could probably get away with Stegosaurus, Camptosaurus, and a few small Ornithopods.
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Sep 13 2015, 09:33 AM
I'm sure you could mix Stegosaurus with an Apatosaurus or Diplodocus.
ture but I wanted to add carnivores and I wanted to hear other ideas
Edited by Joe99, Sep 14 2015, 02:39 AM.
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Uolym
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I am planning an exhibit for a colony of James's Flamingoes, but I would like to add other species.

1) Is there a risk of inbreeding if I mix this species with Andean and/or American Flamingo?

2) Is there other species I could mix with it?
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Furka
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Waterfowls could work. IIRC we have more than one South American goose out there.
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Jannick
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Papua merdeka!

With James's and Andean flamingos there is a risk of hybridization. With American flamingos that risk is smaller, but those two species are allopatric. I would recommend keeping them with ducks or one of the SA Sheldgoose species we have available (Andean goose would be the best pick). Sheldgeese do not mix well with other species of waterfowl, though, so if you want to add more to the mix I would suggest sticking to ducks.
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Well, what about ibises or spoonbills? I know they are allopatric, but would it be possible?
Edited by Uolym, Sep 14 2015, 01:22 PM.
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