Primis Zoo: A scep. zoo project

Glad to hear my work is inspiring! :) Honestly, I think I could've done much better on this reptile house, I wanted to add so much more. I may re-touch it when I'm done with the rest of the zoo.
 
Newt said:
Glad to hear my work is inspiring! :) Honestly, I think I could've done much better on this reptile house, I wanted to add so much more. I may re-touch it when I'm done with the rest of the zoo.
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I found the Reptile House very well-done. Incredible detailing and overall an experience I would love to have in a zoo.
 
Newt said:
Glad to hear my work is inspiring! :) Honestly, I think I could've done much better on this reptile house, I wanted to add so much more. I may re-touch it when I'm done with the rest of the zoo.
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I really liked it as well but I was surprised no turtles or the Tuatara and I know that tuatara aren’t found in zoos in North America but in my opinion it would be cool if you had the tuatara in your reptile house even though it’s not found in zoos in North America and it would be cool in my opinion because tuatara are the only ones of their kind and they belong to a group of animals called the Rhynchocephalians and they are the closest living relatives to the Squamates which is the group that snakes and lizards belong to but the tuatara and it’s extinct relatives occupied the niches that lizards occupy today but tuatara and it’s kind occupied those niches during the Triassic and Jurassic periods and they first appeared in the middle Triassic while the Squamates appeared in the early Jurassic and just like lizards tuatara and it’s extinct relative’s came in many forms that had many parts in the food chain like unlike the tuatara which is primarily insectivorous and carnivorus some of it’s extinct relatives were herbivorous and some were even durophagous which means that they had the ability to consume hard shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms like Corals, Shelled Mollusks, Crabs and even turtles and some of tuataras extinct relatives were even aquatic and if you are wondering what Rhynchocephalian means it means Beaked heads but otherwise I loved your reptile house and I can’t wait to see what exhibit you have planned next.
 
Tigeanderson said:
I really liked it as well but I was surprised no turtles or the Tuatara and I know that tuatara aren’t found in zoos in North America but in my opinion it would be cool if you had the tuatara in your reptile house even though it’s not found in zoos in North America and it would be cool in my opinion because tuatara are the only ones of their kind and they belong to a group of animals called the Rhynchocephalians and they are the closest living relatives to the Squamates which is the group that snakes and lizards belong to but the tuatara and it’s extinct relatives occupied the niches that lizards occupy today but tuatara and it’s kind occupied those niches during the Triassic and Jurassic periods and they first appeared in the middle Triassic while the Squamates appeared in the early Jurassic and just like lizards tuatara and it’s extinct relative’s came in many forms that had many parts in the food chain like unlike the tuatara which is primarily insectivorous and carnivorus some of it’s extinct relatives were herbivorous and some were even durophagous which means that they had the ability to consume hard shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms like Corals, Shelled Mollusks, Crabs and even turtles and some of tuataras extinct relatives were even aquatic and if you are wondering what Rhynchocephalian means it means Beaked heads but otherwise I loved your reptile house and I can’t wait to see what exhibit you have planned next.
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I definitely agree with the inclusion of turtles, and I had them planned but I started to rush. However, like mentioned, the tuatara is not currently held in the U.S to my knowledge, so I won’t be adding it. Glad you liked the rest though!
 
Tigeanderson said:
I really liked it as well but I was surprised no turtles or the Tuatara and I know that tuatara aren’t found in zoos in North America but in my opinion it would be cool if you had the tuatara in your reptile house even though it’s not found in zoos in North America and it would be cool in my opinion because tuatara are the only ones of their kind and they belong to a group of animals called the Rhynchocephalians and they are the closest living relatives to the Squamates which is the group that snakes and lizards belong to but the tuatara and it’s extinct relatives occupied the niches that lizards occupy today but tuatara and it’s kind occupied those niches during the Triassic and Jurassic periods and they first appeared in the middle Triassic while the Squamates appeared in the early Jurassic and just like lizards tuatara and it’s extinct relative’s came in many forms that had many parts in the food chain like unlike the tuatara which is primarily insectivorous and carnivorus some of it’s extinct relatives were herbivorous and some were even durophagous which means that they had the ability to consume hard shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms like Corals, Shelled Mollusks, Crabs and even turtles and some of tuataras extinct relatives were even aquatic and if you are wondering what Rhynchocephalian means it means Beaked heads but otherwise I loved your reptile house and I can’t wait to see what exhibit you have planned next.
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I appreciate your youthful enthusiasm, but proper punctuation would make reading your post a lot easier.

@Newt You do love your 3d prints, don't you? ;)

Is there a deeper educational purpose behind the selection of venomous snake species or are these just species you like?
 
Batto said:
I appreciate your youthful enthusiasm, but proper punctuation would make reading your post a lot easier.

@Newt You do love your 3d prints, don't you? ;)
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Sure do! :)

Is there a deeper educational purpose behind the selection of venomous snake species or are these just species you like?

In terms of the 'Venom Chamber', it would serve as a focal point for people to educate themselves on a variety of venomous snakes, where they're found, how to avoid them, their niches and roles, etc. In terms of the species themselves, not much consideration was put into it, to be completely honest. In the end, I just made sure at least a few were common within U.S zoos.[/USER]
 
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