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| Animal organisation. | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 19 2017, 07:02 PM (1,849 Views) | |
| SLGray | Jul 20 2017, 02:13 PM Post #31 |
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I do not know where you live, but around here people call invertebrates animals. |
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Jul 20 2017, 06:56 PM Post #32 |
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For one thing, mice and squirrels are not that different even on first glance. Plus, I have counter examples. Stink bugs and water scorpions are way more distinct than any two rodents. Hell, I'd argue that jumping spiders and nephila orb weavers are more distinct than any two carnivorans. Same goes for other groups. Pterobranchs are as distinct from other gastropods as whales from other mammals. When it comes to first glance distinctiveness, arthropods probably surpass vertebrates, mollusks are at least on par, and annelids and echinoderms are not to far behind. And as for the lack of invertebrates in the game. I don't think they would be too hard to animate. Plus, there is so much potential. Plus, there is bound to be people interested in them. And tho may sound like an extreme stretch, but would it be possible to introduce a new microscope mechanic? Where we could keep really tiny or microscopic animals in Petri dishes and view them under a microscope? Edited by Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt, Jul 20 2017, 06:58 PM.
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| Stephen | Jul 20 2017, 08:11 PM Post #33 |
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That's all rather subjective, but so was SGD's original argument to be honest. I don't think that's really important as to why people group animals the way they do. Conscious interaction (most people have more conscious interaction with mammals than with invertebrates) as well as relatedness-to-humans seem to be the biggest factors why people think some animal groups are more "important" than others. Not so sure, you'd think designers would have made more of them if people were really interested. Also: you don't see them that often in a zoo exhibit, and zoos often have the same/similar species of inverts. Go for it. |
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Jul 20 2017, 08:23 PM Post #34 |
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That may be true for terrestrial ones, but any zoo with a sizable aquarium is going to have a nice selection of marine ones. |
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| Burns | Jul 20 2017, 08:32 PM Post #35 |
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I think what Steven is pointing out is the lack of diversity in captive collections of Invertebrates. Only a few coastal aquariums are bound to have single holdings of some of the rarer marine inverts. All of the other ones are most likely bred in captivity or come from tropical fish stores, still the diversity is low. |
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| SLGray | Jul 20 2017, 08:38 PM Post #36 |
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The animal kingdom is so diversity that no organization will cover everything correctly. Each specialized field has their own organization. Biology fields and Zoology fields have different ways to organize animals. The one most people know is just a frame work to work from. Edited by SLGray, Jul 20 2017, 08:42 PM.
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Jul 20 2017, 08:46 PM Post #37 |
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Well, in the past few days, I learned that this type of organization is for convenience, as unfortunate it may be. |
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| Fireplume | Jul 20 2017, 08:57 PM Post #38 |
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Uh duh isn't that the whole point of organization in the first place?
What does this even matter if you don't even play the game? |
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Jul 20 2017, 10:37 PM Post #39 |
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A suggestion. Just because I don't play doesn't mean I can't give ideas. Plus, in the future, someone might do it. Very unlikely though. But possible. |
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| SLGray | Jul 21 2017, 01:32 AM Post #40 |
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I believe that would not be possible. |
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| Dylan | Jul 21 2017, 03:40 AM Post #41 |
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Well I'm late but fish shouldn't be classed as one group. They are two : bony and cartilaginous |
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Jul 21 2017, 11:58 AM Post #42 |
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Well, 4 actually. Cyclostome (hagfish and lampreys), cartilagenous, Ray finned, and lobe fin (includes tetrapods). But this understandable. While fish and herptiles aren't real groups, they do share basic, similarities. Fish are generally aquatic vertebrates with fins that generally breathe through gills. Herptiles are generally cold blooded vertebrates with sprawling gates that generally have naked or scaly skin. The same is not for invertebrates. Even at a purely superficial and completely layman level, they all share no basic, practical similarities. Crickets and sponges are as completely different from each other as you can get while still being animals. Though, they are all still put together because animals outside vertebrates aren't very popular and they act like an 'other' category. Edited by Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt, Jul 21 2017, 01:04 PM.
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Jul 27 2017, 05:22 PM Post #43 |
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Why not? |
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| Zoo Tycooner FR | Jul 27 2017, 05:28 PM Post #44 |
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Because the game has its limitations which you would probably know if you actually played it... |
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Jul 27 2017, 07:07 PM Post #45 |
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I know it has limitations, but I don't what specific limitations would prevent such a thing. |
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