ThatOneZooGuy
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Sounds fun, I’ll try one.
Create an exhibit for a prehistoric animal
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Sorry, I forgot to ask for another. Could I have one?
Your species is acrocanthosaurs
Your species is Chalicotherium
Can I have a species?
A large, semi-arid enclosure would hold a herd of this synapsid. The enclosure provides optimal nesting grounds, water and food sources and areas to bask in the sunlight. The enclosure is likely to be situated nearby other similar species.
Another animal please.
The exhibit is based on a converted crocodile farm in a tropical country. It comprises a 4km2 area of fresh and brackish water up to 5m deep with a collection of marshy and dry land areas with some mangroves trees to provide shade and potential nesting areas. It is home to a single pair of Spinosaurus. The habitat is surrounded by a 5m high fence of reinforced iron and concrete posts. Water enters and leaves the exhibit via a fresh water pipe screened to prevent small animals escaping, and there is also a tidal access to the sea. Feeding is with large fish supplied to the enclosure from a tall gantry extending over the fence.
Gulopithecus
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In anticipation for Prehistoric Kingdom, I DEFINITELY want to give this a try. I have a question though. Would it be possible to make any mixed species habitats featuring other extinct animals that lived with the species that’s being focused on (for example, a Megatherium habitat that also houses Glyptodonts and Toxodon).
Sure you can mix species anyways your species is lystrosaurus
May I have a go?
How about the cave lion
The enclosure would be rather large in extension, about the size of the best lion enclosures in modern zoos (think London Zoo's Land of the Lions); there would be a water-filled moat surrounding the front half of the enclosure, and the rest would be surrounded by a hot-wired gray mock-rock wall. The whole enclosure would be on a slight slope, with a steep incline to said moat, a rather flat area making up most of it, and a large rock formation, including a cavernous shelter, at the back; a path would run by said inner holdings, separated from the cats by a plexiglass wall as they walk through a cavernous path with postmodern cave paintings; the mock-rock floor and walls of the cave would be heated when the weather is cold, and cooled when it's hot. The rest of the exhibit would be floored with soft soil.
The vegetation would reproduce a steppe environment, with low grass covering the floor, bushes lining the fringes of the mountain and the moat, and a couple of tall spruce trees giving shade at the left side of the enclosure. On the right side, a large oak would grow, and from its strong branches, enrichment items, such as buoys tied to ropes and sacks filled with meat, would be hung from them. Rough-barked trees would be especially useful for the cats to scratch against.
The group would consist of a single male and between one and two females; chances for breeding would be encouraged, in order to further a European rewilding program.
Next please?
Nice exhibit your next species is Gastornis
Gulopithecus
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Ok, here it goes:
Katberg Alive
A large paddock simulating the environment of the Katberg Formation of Early Triassic South Africa is home to a herd of Lystrosaurus murrayi. Guests can view the animals go into an indoor section of their habitat that resembles a large burrow. Signs are scattered throughout to inform guests about how this genus of dicynodont was able to spread across the globe after the P/T Mass Extinction event.
I’d like another one please.
The group would be composed by an adult two-sex pair in order for them to breed. However, seeing as they're a rather aggressive, territorial animal, two identical enclosures would be built next to one another, with a connecting gate both in the outdoor and indoor areas.
Said exteriors would be structured rather like a Southern cassowary enclosure, on the larger end of the scale though; barriers would be tall wooden plank walls with sections of strong, meshed iron bars for visitors to observe them. It would be deeply forested, with large ficus and palm trees giving abundant shade, and a thick undergrowth of low plants scattered around the enclosure; said trees would sometimes have enrichment feeders hanging from ropes or, should the birds' beaks be too much for said material, strong iron chains. Logs filled with fruit or ice blocks with chunks of these are also common enrichment options for these great frugivores.
A small pond would also adorn the side of each paddock, and each would be surrounded by a number of tall, mossy rock formations. The indoor quarters would be an off-view (for the visitors) strong wooden cottage, with the floor often bedded with straw, and a water and food troughs would be provided. Staff gates would exist both for the inside and outside holdings, and the doors for the animals to go through both areas can be firmly shut in order for the keepers to do maintenance tasks without the danger of having their heads pecked off.
Next species please?
Species- Chalicotherium brevirostris, Hyaenodon sp.
Paddock Size: 3 acres + 1 acre
Paddock Design- The chalicothere exhibit is designed for older individuals retired from breeding, and is fairly simple, containing 0.2 Chalicotherium. It is roughly square, with one side having a ditch or moat with a low railing to allow guests to see into the exhibit unobstructed. The other sides have chain link fence. There are many bushes with soft leaves to allow the elderly animals to feed in peace. Towards the back of the exhibit, a shade structure with a staff gate is present. The chalicotheres are fed a food similar to tapirs. A nearby paddock, one third the size, contains 1.1 Hyaenodon of unknown species. It is a similarly square exhibit. The original plan was to have a predator-prey set up, later abandoned in favour of a breeding facility. The pen is fairly plain reflecting their semi arid home. There are dens for mother’s with cubs and a paddock to keep the male away when the cubs are on display, as well as regular night rooms and keeper facilities.
Paddock Size: 3 acres + 1 acre
Paddock Design- The chalicothere exhibit is designed for older individuals retired from breeding, and is fairly simple, containing 0.2 Chalicotherium. It is roughly square, with one side having a ditch or moat with a low railing to allow guests to see into the exhibit unobstructed. The other sides have chain link fence. There are many bushes with soft leaves to allow the elderly animals to feed in peace. Towards the back of the exhibit, a shade structure with a staff gate is present. The chalicotheres are fed a food similar to tapirs. A nearby paddock, one third the size, contains 1.1 Hyaenodon of unknown species. It is a similarly square exhibit. The original plan was to have a predator-prey set up, later abandoned in favour of a breeding facility. The pen is fairly plain reflecting their semi arid home. There are dens for mother’s with cubs and a paddock to keep the male away when the cubs are on display, as well as regular night rooms and keeper facilities.
The exhibit would have the extension of a rather large elephant exhibit, and with oddly similar barriers; tall steel beams, each 7m tall, crossed through with thick, industrial steel wires and reinforced with hot wire, all disguised with reddish mock-rock. The soil covering the various hectares of the enclosure would be quite firm, easily draining out any excess rainwater into three ponds distributed throughout the area, which in turn is divided into three different sub-paddocks built around a central shelter, separated by moveable barriers depending on whether or not the animals can be kept together. Tall pine trees would be planted in special planters within the barriers, giving shade but still staying out of harm's way. Extra shade would be provided by mock-rock formations, as the enclosure would partially reconstruct a canyon-like environment.
Each of the paddocks would have a valuable enrichment item; paddock 1 would have an artificial tree, similar to those for the elephants in Barcelona Zoo, but from it large pieces of meat, or even entire goat carcasses, would be hung in order for the theropods to hop up for their food. Paddock 2, the largest of them, would actually have rails running through it; periodically (once a month), an artificial wooden hadrosaur on wheels, filled with meat, would be pulled along the rails by a chain attached to the central node/shelter, in order to give the animals a moving target. Finally, the third paddock would have a cement structure imitating the bones of a large dinosaur; it would be periodically filled with food to encourage foraging/scavenging behavior in them.
The shelter itself would be bedded with dry leaves throughout, and a water through would be available in each of the three subdivided sections; food would be lowered with a crane-like system. Should the female become gravid, nesting material will be provided; needless to say, the first male offspring will be named "Speckles".
Next please?
Nice exhibit how about sauropelta
Nice exhibit how about oviraptor