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The Official Zoo Designers Hangout; discuss anything relevant to making Zoos
Topic Started: Mar 2 2013, 10:01 PM (175,895 Views)
Ignacio
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Well first i need to learn how to recode building sets xD (and fine the textures i need) xD
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@ZC: Well India has a variety of biomes For north India you should use Savannah or desert ( or scrub) tress and plants. If your zooming in on Southern India you should use more tropical rain forest foliage.
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Ignacio
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I think i will try an style that uses a bit of both :)
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@Drax- I would say you should use plenty of cactus, ocotillo, sage bushes, dry grass, and cresote bushes for your desert zoo. For trees you should use fan palms ,near water bodies, and velvet mesquites.
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Ignacio
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A while ago tried to recreate the Sonora desert environment for a contest. Here you have the picture in case you need some visual guide:

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Thanks, where I'm really finding trouble is what style of buildings to have. I think red fits well, but I end up using to much of it and have to start over.
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Ignacio
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I think that if you can manage to reskin a set with some kind of pale pink and using also some white could be a good combination for a northamerica desert zoo.
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Me and designing do not mix xD I guess I could give it a shot though
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Hippopotamus.
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What kind of features would you include in a Brazilian Porcupine exhibit? Would it just be some logs and climbing branches or is there more? (The exhibits I find on Google Images don't really help me xD )
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Ignacio
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I wouldn't include much more. Some tropical foliage maybe to not make it look to empty and a water source. Also i think it should be indoors because they are nocturnal animals and leave space for zeros's new shelter because is awesome watching them hanging from their tails ;)
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Vines in the background for effect and some short torpical grass on the ground
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Hippopotamus.
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Thanks guys :D (I'm definitely going to be using zeros' shelter!)
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Needing ideas for a species list for a desert/scrub themed zoo. I'm having trouble deciding it Tapirs and Okapis would be ok. I think Rhinos would do fine, and a Syrian Brown Bear should be ok too, as long as it had it's fur trimmed in the summer.
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As long as the tapirs have a water pool to swing i think it would be ok... although they are more used to living i hot but humid environments, than to live in a hot dry one. But i don't know, i guess as long as you take care of keep them wet then they could work.

I would use species from scruby, dry or desert environment: addax, oryx, indian rhino, sifakas, meerkats, aardvarks, white rhinos, elephants, ostrich, zebras, fenec foxes, coyetes, roadrunners, bighorn sheeps, barbary sheeps, nilgai, kangaroos, dingos, etc.
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I have to be honest: I don't associate okapis and tapirs with a scrub/desert themed environment.

I would do as ZC suggests and go for more scrub/desert-loving animals
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