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The Official Zoo Designers Hangout; discuss anything relevant to making Zoos
Topic Started: Mar 2 2013, 10:01 PM (176,047 Views)
Eruantien
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Master of the Night

What kind of zoo is best? One that looks more like a wildlife habitat or one designed to suit guests' needs?
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

My zoo has no guests, and enormous heavily planted enclosures. So I prefer the first option.
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Francis
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Give me all the bacon and eggs you have

Hmm I need some options for a zoo I can work on after the marathon :P
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Stephen
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Stuck on Earth

Moscow, Bombay, Dubai? Those are some quite interesting places IMO.
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Ignacio
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@Silverstone: I preffer zoos that suits the animals need. I like to make the enclosures as similar at their nature habitats as posible. I try to make the zoo realistic by building stuff like restaurants, bathrooms, gift shops as well, but at least for me the most important thing are the animals not the guests. I just hate zoos with small and bare enclosures with no foliages and manmade things all over it. But i guess at the end it depends on what you want to do with the zoo.

@Franco: what about an african wildlife reserve or an australian theme zoo?
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CRG
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So looking for tropical and temperate species suggestions for my Wetland Zoo.

Also for Scottsdale Zoo. Suggestions not requests though. What you think would do well. Scottsdale is all savannah, scrub, and desert animals.
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Dragonfire
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Orcas . Do I need to explain ?

The CRG Problem
Apr 29 2013, 10:12 PM
So looking for tropical and temperate species suggestions for my Wetland Zoo.

Also for Scottsdale Zoo. Suggestions not requests though. What you think would do well. Scottsdale is all savannah, scrub, and desert animals.
You could use Capybara and maybe some arowana :D !
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Ignacio
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Well for savanah, scrub and desert i would go all Africa xD There is a lot to choose from that continent but some animals i think could be great: scimitar horned oryx, addax, gerenuk, striped hyena, sand cat, barbary sheep, white rinoceros... and for savanah there are plenty xD if you are looking for southamaerican savanah i recomend maned wolf and giant anteater.

And for wetlands you have to have some crocodiles and flamingos, i agree capybara is a good choice, and the snaping turtle too.
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CRG
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Mr. 1859

Capybara is definately going to be in. Here is what I have so far.

Bengal Tiger
Capybara
American Alligator
Japanese Crane
Flamingo by AD
Indoor Butterfly house.
Malayan Tapir
Nilgai
Crested Gibbon
a few south american birds
Gorilla
chimp
bongo
Zebra
Giraffe
African Lion
Okapi
Lemur
Bear Macaque
Golden Lion Tamarin
Guerza
Diana Monkey
Koala
Tree Kangaroo
Southern Cassowary
A Tropical Pig from Artio
cotton top tamarin
llama
Mountain Lion
Asian Golden Cat
American Black Bear
American Otters

I'd like to have a few more.

I plan on seperating them into areas. With the main areas being Australia and New Zealand. Florida. South America. Allong with Africa. That and a primate House.

What I have planned for Scottsdale so far

Giraffe
Zebra
Red Hartebeest
African Lion
Crested Porcupine
Banded Mongoose
Collared Peccary
Cheetah
Mountain Lion
Bobcat
thomson's Gazelle
Wildbeest
Beisa
African Wild Dog
Emu
Southern White Rhino
Bighorn Sheep
Axis Deer
Red Kangaroo
Nine Banded Armadillo
Komodo Dragon
Bat Eared Fox
Grizzly Bear
A type of Vulture
Batelur


I'd like a type of crane or ground bird that is found in drier environements also. Only I can't wait for any of the many cranes to be released so I need one that is already released other then Dutch Designs/Ludos.
Edited by CRG, Apr 29 2013, 11:31 PM.
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Dragonfire
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Orcas . Do I need to explain ?

@ CRG I know it's dutch designs but how about the grey crowned crane ?

Also , shoud I put quarantine pens in my zoos ?
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CRG
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Mr. 1859

Actually thats the one I added that line about. I mean I like the bird but it doesn't seem to like the exhibits I build for it. It seems to take a long time to breed and they seem to kill eachother often or I put in less then I meant to.
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Ignacio
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@CRG: both animals list are awesome... maybe you can try the shoebill instead of the grey crowned crane? I know is not exactly a ground bird, but to be honest nor are the cranes xD
@ Dragonfire: that's up to you, but is more realistic if you have some and maybe a veteraniry center (even you are not going to use it in the real game though).
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CRG
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Mr. 1859

LOL I meant I wanted a crane and a ground bird. Something like the guineafowl but breeds less. The Shoebill I'd want but doesn't it come from a more wet environment or can it handle heat and dry air as long as they got a pool?
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Ignacio
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Well acording to Wikipedia it lives in waterlands from Sudan to Tanzania, and they are prominent in the west nile sub region... meaning they live in tropical climates so i guess they need humidity, maybe they aren't suitable for a dry enviorement, even with a pond. You can use Ostrichs as ground birds though xD
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Stephen
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Stuck on Earth

Or a Ground Hornbill. CJ made one IIRC.
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