Wild Discovery

[Davdhole]

Another go because one, updates (though not too too many) and two I enjoy it. This wildlife park is inspired by some of my favorite institutions which I will mention when the time comes. I plan to open up with six lands, most themed on a continent/region and others with random wildlife but still organized in a way. Wild Discovery is near Charlotte, North Carolina, a city that needs a good zoo.

The Gardens
A smaller area similar to The Oasis at Animal Kingdom, meant as an entryway and to introduce guests to what's to come. This smaller trail features a few species mainly from North and South America though there's a few outliers, and lush, mainly moated exhibits.

A large pool with a lush land area is the first exhibit just beyond the gates upon entering, for a group of Chilean flamingos.

A separate similar enclosure with a large pond and foliated land area contains 1.1 roseate spoonbill, 1.1 black swans and 1.1 coscoroba swans. Living in their pond are largemouth bass and longear sunfish.

A nearly identical habitat on the opposite side of this trail hosts a few more species of smaller waterfowl living together. In here-
Ruddy duck
Silver teal
Northern shoveler
Black-bellied whistling duck
White-faced whistling duck
Northern pintail

A decent-sized foliated moated habitat lush with greenery for hiding, in addition to fallen trees and a rock den are for 1.1 southern pudu. Right acros the pudu is a larger and similar exhibit but grassier and with a smaller pond near the back for 1.1 lowland anoa.

The next habitat is another similar waterfowl exhibit for-
Muscovy duck
Wood duck
Cinnamon teal
Falcated duck
Plumed whistling duck
Emperor goose

Up next is another moated exhibit with a large pond in the moat and some foliage though not as much. This one has lots of mock rock to provide basking spots, as well as hollows in the mock rock walls lower to the ground where heat bulbs are installed for basking here if it wants to hide away. In here, 1.0.0 gold tegu.

The next moated exhibit is lush with live plants and with fallen trees and a mock den for 0.2.0 Patagonian maras.

 

[Davdhole]

Park Central.
Park Central acts as the main hub of the park, and is where guests can go to any area from. This area features shopping and quickservice places to eat, in addition to animal exhibits. The animal trails here are inspired by River's Edge at the St. Louis Zoo, in the fact that though there's species from different parts of the world here, there's sections of the trail based on a region or continent that features a set of species from that area before the next.

North America
The first section starts off with a larger moated exhibit with a mock log fence keeping guests back and slightly elevated above the animals. The moat contains a large, deep pond and to the back is a decent-sized land area with some foliage. In here, a small group of American alligators lives with river cooters.

The next habitat features a great land-to-water ratio, with the land area featuring dens, mock logs hollowed out for hiding, and more naturalisitc enrichment for the animals in here. In this exhibit is 1.4 North American river otters. Not only can guests view from above, but there's a small flight of stairs and ramp that leads to a cave with underwater viewing windows.

Ahead is a exhibit made to look like a small lake or large pond that guests overlook. In here is 1.0.0 alligator gar.

Another small mock cave is ahead and features a few herp exhibits in the walls of this "cave". The major one is like one I've seen at North Carolina Zoo for their snakes: a large tank divided up for each species and each section made to fit that species needs. Each section is similar in design due to the species coming from similar ranges and all being native to the state. In order-
Eastern rat snake (black phase)
Eastern copperhead
Timber rattlesnake/Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (a shared space and something that has been succesfully done).
Brown water snake
American bullfrog (this one and the water snake's with a water features in theirs)

In the back of this cave is a large viewing window to an outside exhibit with hollow logs, rocky dens, climbing structures, and a pond for 1.1 red foxes.

Australia
Just outside of the cave and further down the trail and to the right is a moated exhibit with a drier, sandier look and some plants, as well as a large den in the middle of the exhibit, and some trees providing shade and a nice touch. In here, southern hairy-nosed wombats, a male and female that rotate throughout the exhibit.

Next is a larger moated exhibit that also takes on the dry, sandy look with sparse plants. Rocky outcroppings provide climbing for the smaller species in here.
1.3 Red kangaroo
1.3 Eastern gray kangaroo
1.2 Yellow-footed rock wallaby

The Islands
The last section of Park Central's animal trail are based on island species. A large, lush mesh habitat to the right features a small pond, mock logs and a mock rock wall with dens carved into it, mock trees and real trees with rope connected to them, and a fake cave for a rotating breeding pair of fossa.

Further down and to the left is a grassy moated exhibit with smaller trees and a larger, slightly deeper pond, though not too deep. This large exhibit is home to a small group of Galapagos giant tortoises.

The last exhibit is at the end of the trail and is a netted over grassy and semi-foliated exhibit with an artifical baobab tree as the centerpiece/enrichment for 1.1 Coquerel's sifaka who rotate with 1.1 mongoose lemurs.

I count this exhibit as under The Islands, but it's also at the front of the trails, similar to how Tree of Life is the centerpiece before the trails in Discovery Island. This exhibit has a large moat and a fence of fake logs keeps guests back. This exhibit is both grassy and foliated with mock and live trees having ropes connected to them, and rocks, trenches, and more are featured here. This exhibit is for one species but the male and females rotate. At certain times, 1.0.0 Bornean orangutan lives out here, and at other times, 0.4.0 Bornean orangutans.

As stated before, from Park Central guests can take the paths to any other land in the park. We'll do a South American based area next.

 

[Austin the Sengi]

Glad to have your projects back @Davdhole, it’s always a treat to read through the ideas you’ve put into every iteration of the same facility*.

*I think? Let me know if that’s true or not.

 

[Davdhole]

Amazon Exploration
A land featuring one of my favorite regions in the world. The pathway in this land is a bit more narrow and complete with tons of lively plants to give the feel of exploring the Amazon Rainforest. Hidden speakers occasionally play rainfall, or the calls of frogs, or howls of howler monkeys, at least at the start of the trail.

The first exhibit is a large netted enclosure with live plants, tall fake trees alongside live trees, rope, hollow logs, and an artifical termite mound where food can be placed in for the animal's enrichment. In here, 1.0.0 southern tamandua.

Further down the trail and to the left is another netted exhibit similar to the last but a bit larger and with more trees. Dwelling on the ground is 0.1.0 giant anteater, and typically within the treetops, 1.4 South American squirrel monkeys.

Another netted exhibit is further down and resembles the previous, though there's hideouts built in various areas high up for the slower species in here. The main attraction are the 1.1 Hoffman's two-toed sloths. Sharing the large space are three different monkey species, placed in here based on similar succesful housing attempts I've seen at a few places before. With the sloths, 1.2 golden lion tamarins, 1.2 cotton-top tamarins, and 1.2 emperor tamarins.

Nearby is a tall mesh enclosure heavily foliated and with artifical climbing structures. In here 0.5.0 common marmosets.

A bit down the trail comes a small building, the Study Center, but before entering the building are two large aviaries (not walkthrough, just one viewed from behind mesh) with perches and live trees and live plants. The first is for a toco toucan, and the next for 1.1 crested oropendolas. Inside, the building's flagship exhibit is the massive enclosure with a long, deep pool, clusters of live plants, climbing structures, and a rocky den for 0.1.0 green anaconda. In the back of the room are a pair of separate but good-sized foliated enclosures with smaller water features. The first is for an Amazon basin emerald tree boa and golden poison dart frogs.

The next features-
Splashback poison dart frog
Dyeing poison dart frog
Zimmerman's poison dart frog
White-spotted glass frog

To the right of these enclosures in the wall is another tank for a green thornytail iguana, and next to it, an aquarium for Rio Cauca caecilians. Near the exit of the building is a larger aquarium with dark sandy substrate, logs, rocky outcroppings, and live plants. In here, a shoal of red-bellied piranhas. The last exhibit next to the piranhas is smaller and similar for an electric eel.

Back outside after the double doors and sifting through hanging rubber chains immediately leads to a smaller walkthrough aviary. The path in the aviary eventually leads to a small bridge to cross over a "slice of the Amazon River". Within this pristine river-
Black pacu
Ripsaw catfish
Peacock bass
Motorro ray

The aviary is green with live trees making a beauitful canopy and foliage all around adding beauty and hiding areas for the birds. Some of the species may be rare or absent in the Amazon, but I felt they'd fit best here. The bird species-
Red-capped cardinal
Venezulean troupial
Comb duck
Brazilian teal
Common gallinule
Sunbittern
Southern screamer
Yellow-rumped cacique
After the last set of rubber chains and double doors, there is an underwater/land viewing area under a shelter for 1.3 giant river otters. The water area is very deep and features a smooth rocky bottom, with the land area rich in some plants and a large den.
The last exhibit is the main attraction, another overhead shelter area that features a large viewing window into the exhibit. As guests approach the shelter, large pawprints can be seen on the pathway. Sculptures in an Aztec inspired style of the big cat begin to appear in the foliage on the sides of the pathway. Under the shelter, a semi-deep pond is right up at the glass, and clusters of live plants decorate the enclosure. Large, hollow logs, a rock den, artifical and live trees, and even a log extending over the water provide much for the male and female jaguar that rotate in this exhibit. On each side of the overhead shelter is a tank, each a bioactive enclosure. The first features a goliath birdeater, and the second an Amazonian giant centipede.

The Next area is the African area.

 

[Davdhole]

Glad to have your projects back @Davdhole, it’s always a treat to read through the ideas you’ve put into every iteration of the same facility*.

*I think? Let me know if that’s true or not.

Thank you and it's true. I love this facility that I seek to do one day, grand idea and a lot, I know, but not believing get's no where. I have entertained the idea of doing a sister location post, might still do it, I'm not sure yet.

 

[Davdhole]

African Journey
The highlight of Wild Discovery. The entryway from Park Central to African Journey is marked by two giant faux wood posts, one on each side of the entry, each with carvings of African animals all over them. The area resembles an East African village, with thatch-roofed buildings, props such as bikes with their baskets containing goods, stands selling food, and shops selling African carvings, decor, and more add to the theming of this area. The main attraction here can be done without cost or signing up, and is available every day of the week, but a good chunk of it can also be seen on foot from a balcony further down, similar to North Carolina Zoo where you can view their major savanna from foot but also take an expedition into the savanna.

Maasai Safari
Named after Maasai Mara National Park, this journey takes guests aboard open-air vehicles guided and narraroted by a friendly and educated guide, and winds through a few different ecosystems, mainly the savanna grasslands. However, there's a few exhibits in the queue that guest can find animals in while they wait.

Exhibit 1
To the right, a medium-sized grassy enclosure with a thatched roof shelter over the feeding area, and another hanging just for a place for the residents to shelter under. Some logs, smaller rocky outcroppings, and a shallow pond are provided for the smaller species in here. In this exhibit, 1.1.0 kori bustards share a space with 0.2.0 leopard tortoises.

Exhibit 2
Further down the queue on the left side is a larger similar exhibit as the previous for 1.1.0 wattled cranes.

Exhibit 3
The last exhibit and closest to the loading area (though not too close as to not disturb them) is a large netted enclosure with mutiple of the thatched shelters with high-up perches attached underneath them for the animals, as well as mock trees with branches and rope to hang and climb on. In here, a colony of straw-colored fruit bats.

Guests load onto a truck and head off into the safari. The safari is divided into three ecosystems with the second being divided as well. Deserts, savannas (with three yards), and forest. The red clay of this region of the state gives a good desert look aside from the bright color. A large wooden sign with the words "Maasai Safari" with a silhouette of an eland carved into it greets safari goers, and into the desert.

Deserts
In addition to the sandy red clay, this large area features rocky outcroppings and sparse foliage. There are large naturalistic as possible looking shelters with solid ground underneath for the animals when it's raining for their safety.
1.3.0 Scimitar-horned oryx
1.4.0 Addax
1.3.0 Addra gazelle

Savanna (Yard 1)
Driving over the next cattleguards and the hill gives a good overlook of the expansive grassy plains below with sparse bushes and trees pruned to resemble trees found on a savanna, and feeding and water stations hidden behind or under natural-looking decor. This is the section of the savanna viewed from the balcony on foot, as well as a bit of another part further down. As the guide takes guests through this yard, they may get to see a variety of species.
0.6.0 Giraffe
1.4.0 Grevy's zebra
0.3.0 Ostrich
1.5.0 Grant's gazelle
1.3.0 Sable antelope
1.1 Eland
1.3 Lowland nyala

Savanna (Yard 2)
Over the next set of cattleguards comes another large savanna area. Fallen trees and logs are scattered here as posts for the largest species in this area to rub their horns against. The smaller bird species in this yard will be provided a strong boma only they can access to build their nest away from the hoofstock.
1.4.0 Southern white rhinoceros
1.5.0 Impala
1.1 Lappet-faced vulture
Past a set of cattleguards but still yard 2, to the left is an exhibit with a tall hedge-covered fence, and the exhibit is a large grassy one with some foliage and few trees, as well as a cave in a mock rock wall in the back of the exhibit. In the expansive habitat, 0.3.0 cheetahs.

A couple more separated exhibits are ahead. To the left, a fence is hidden away by a hedge, but the truck is tall enough to allow viewing into the exhibit. Near the front is a medium-sized pool, and a rock den in the middle of the large exhibit. The grassy area has sparse trees, logs, and small mock rock croppings to rest and stand on. In this exhibit, 1.4.0 African painted dogs.
A bit further down on the right side a large moat keeps this species in their open woodland-like exhibit. This exhibit contains 1.3.0 vervet monkeys.

Yard 2 continues on and a "river" begins to appear. To the left side, during the warmer months a large reptile can be found in the huge pool or basking on the grassy bank on land. Here, 1.0.0 Nile crocodile spends his days.

A bit further from the croc,fallen and broken trees litter the sides of the truck's pathway. Soon to the right comes a huge exhibit, separated by a mock rock wall for the species. Both exhibits are massive and grassy with trees spread about, and their moats containg a wide, deep pool. The first exhibit is for 1.0.0 African bush elephant, and on the other side of the wall, 0.3.0 African bush elephants.

Near the elephants to the right side is a large island in the middle of a pond with a group of lesser flamingos and 0.4.0 Egyptian geese.

Savanna (Yard 3)
The last savanna area, and another sturdy boma for 1.1.0 southern ground hornbills. Roaming with the birds-
1.1.0 Bontebok
1.3.0 Nile lechwe
0.2.0 Gray-crowned crane

The truck passes over another set of cattleguards, though the upcoming exhibit is still considered a part of yard 3. To the left side a tall fence also hidden by a hedge holds back a crowd-pleaser. A few small rocky outcroppings surround the medium-sized kopje overlooking the yard. There are few trees in this grassy exhibit, and in it, 1.2.0 African lions.
Congo
The last section of the safari enters guests into a foliated area. On the right is a moated exhibit for a rotating male and female okapi that share the space with 1.1.0 yellow-backed duiker.

Free roaming in the forest-
1.3.0 Eastern bongo
1.1.0 Abdim's stork

The final exhibit, to the left side, is a moated exhibit with mud wallows, some foliage, hollow logs, and mock rock for 1.2.0 red river hogs.

The truck then heads back to the drop-off area where guests can continue with their day.

 

[MOG2012]

This zoo looks cool, and reminds me a lot of DAK but one thing I noticed was a rotational enclosure with cheetahs. Cheetahs are easily stressed so it wouldn’t be good for their mental health if they were rotated with another species in their enclosure

 

[Davdhole]

This zoo looks cool, and reminds me a lot of DAK but one thing I noticed was a rotational enclosure with cheetahs. Cheetahs are easily stressed so it wouldn’t be good for their mental health if they were rotated with another species in their enclosure

That's what a good bit of it was inspired by, I love DAK. I fixed the exhibit where it's just only for the dogs, and I moved the cheetahs to their own exhibit a bit before the dogs.

 

[Davdhole]

African Journey-Continued

Furaha Trek
After departing the drop-off from the safari, a short path leads to two ways. To the left, back into the village area and straight ahead onto the walking trail, Furaha (meaning joy or happiness in Swahili) Trek. The sign greets guest with the name in a Burowai font and pictures of a few species found on the trail.

Like the Amazon trail, the trek starts off on a bit of a narrower pathway heavily foliated on the sides. To the right side, a sign stands above the foliage with a map of explored pathways in the Congo Rainforest by the "research team" as a part of the trek's theming. Soon a wooden sign with the words "Primate Sanctuary" carved into it stands before a long, tall mesh enclosure with artifical trees and other artifical perching, lots of ground foliage, logs and fallen trees, and a mock rock wall in the back. This is a mixed species enclosure based on Zoo Atlanta's drill/guenon mix.
1.2.0 Mandrill
1.1.0 Wolf's guenon
Next to this exhibit is a similar exhibit.
1.3.0 Angolan colobus monkey
1.1.0 De Brazza's monkey
Near both enclosures, there's signage that talks about threats to African primates like habitat loss and bushmeat trade. Next to the sign is a display with props represnting threats to African forests and species like a piece of coltan, prop elephant tusks bundled together and leaning on the table, and a small old cage represnting monkeys in the pet trade.

Further down the trail is another mesh enclosure but a bit smaller. Lots of plants are in here, in addition to hollow logs and a small pond and a few perches and ropes. In here, 1.1.0 blue duiker and 1.1.0 saddle-billed storks. Next to the enclosure is a sign with highly detailed illustrations of different duiker species, and below pictures and facts about the saddle-billed stork, one being an detailed drawing of a male stork's eye and a female stork's eye, highlting the sex's different eye colors.

Down the trail comes an overhead shelter with a thatched roof design, and a window into an underwater/land viewing. A smooth rocky bottom and outcroppings, as well as some big pieces of artifical driftwood decorate the underwater area for the array of colorful fish in here.
Pearl zebra cichlid
Bluegray mbuna
Bumblebee cichlid
Lawsi cichlid
Blue dolphin cichlid
Giraffe cichlid
Red empress cichlid
Electric yellow cichlid
Electric blue hap
Senegal bichir
Cuckoo catfish
Mbu pufferfish

The land area is a large, grassy area with some trees and bushes about. In here, 1.1.0 pygmy hippopotamus.

Next to the viewing window is a tall fake tree built into the wall with a tank in it. Dark sandy substrate coats the bottom with some live plants adding color, along with driftwood. In here, a leopard bush fish. A cart near the exhibits features a replica common hippo skull and replica pygmy hippo skull, next to a picture of detailed drawings of both species to compare. On the other side, a sign that reads "Creel Limit" with each species of fish listed next to a picture of it is a way to stick to theming while also showing what fish live in the exhibit.

To the right and down the path, grunts and snarls play from hidden speakers and large primate footprints appear in the ground. A clearing on one of the path's sides shows a large nest on the ground made of faux leaves and sticks. Another thatched roof shelter towers over the long viewing window that peers into the big, foliated exhibit with plenty of trees, live and artifical, and abundant in greenery. This is for the family of 1.3.0 Western lowland gorillas. Next to the window is a large sign with each gorilla species and subspecies drawn and named, and nearby a display with a few different buttons that when pressed, play a sound from their respective speaker with a quick fact about what that sound means, such as grunting, barking, chest beating etc. On the other side of the window, a display with gorilla handprints next to human handprints that guests can place their hands in or on.

To the left we continue onto the trail where a sprawling moated exhibit filled with live trees and some aritifical ones, lush plants all around, trenches, large pieces of mock rock for resting and climbing is here. This is for the bachelor troop of 4.0.0 Western lowland gorillas.

The path begins to widen and less foliage becomes noticable. A hanging sign reading "Savanna Grasslands" introduces guests into a world that shows a bit of the safari and many species not found on it.

On the left side is a large, grassy moated exhibit with a rock den in the center and bushes and trees spread around. This is a rotation exhibit for 1.0.0 aardvark and 0.2.0 spotted hyenas. In front of their exhibit is a tall sign about both species. The top half speaks about the aardvark and its importance to the savanna, providing shelters for many animals, while the bottom half has pictures of the four hyena species and their role on the savanna as an efficient hunter and helping clean up carcasses.

Down the trail comes a mixed species exhibit that's meant to somewhat show and educate about a symbiotic relationship. The grassy land area is only accesible to the larger species in the exhibit and features dens and fallen trees. In this section, 1.2.0 common warthogs. In the moat where the warthogs can't reach, lots of burrows and dens for 1.4.0 dwarf mongoose.

Next is a balcony upstairs/ramp where a view of the savanna where the Nile lechwe, bontebok, crowned cranes, and part of the lion area can be seen. Downstairs/ramp on the other side is a decent-sized savanna exhibit.
0.3.0 Plains zebra
1.1.0 Lesser kudu
1.3.0 Springbok
1.1.0 Ruppell's vulture

Ahead is a building called the Savanna Research Center. In here are many reptile and other small animal species. On the front wall are multiple small viewing windows into a tunnel system and naked mole-rats. In the back of the building, behind a barrier is a table with old African animal guidebooks stacked on each other and a replica of a warthog skull next to them. Next to the table is a TALL display case with reachable pullout drawers but glass barriers over the items inside and artifacts on the shelves. On the first shelf is a Nile crocodile skull next to a baboon skull. On the next shelf, a black mamba skeleton carefully coiled around a small fake tree, and standing next to it is a field guide to East African reptiles. In the first drawer are snake fangs, each with its label above it: Gaboon viper, puff adder, and a black mamba. Underneath the fangs, separated by a divider, is a gaboon viper shed. In the next drawer are lion canine teeth and leopard claws, and a tuft of a lion's mane. In the last drawer is a spider tortoise shell and African crested porcupine quills.

In a big tank next to it, with shredded aspen substrate, small log hides, and corkwood pieces, are a 0.5.0 African soft-furred rats.

In the rest of the building are enclosures varying in size and appearance to fit their species' needs.
Nile monitor
African rock python
Geometric tortoise
Meller's chameleon
Sun beetle
Madagascar rain frog
Aurora house snake

After exiting the building, a medium-sized walkthrough aviary is next. This exhibit is live with trees and plants all around and perches and a large pond.
African jacana
Black crake
Crested coua
Superb starling
Golden-breasted starling
Ring-necked dove
Speckled pigeon
Great blue turaco
Crested guinea fowl
White-heade buffalo weaver
Taveta golden weaver
Southern carmine bee-eater
Purple starling
Violet-backed starling
Yellow-billed teal
Green wood hoopoe
Racket-tailed roller
Blue-bellied roller
Von der Decken's hornbill
Spotted thick-knee
Red-billed hornbill
Snowy-crowned robin-chat
Hamerkop
A netted off section for 1.1.0 Bateluer eagles.

Outside of the aviary comes two enclosures across each other. To the right, a netted enclosure with many live trees and perches and mock rock outcroppings and dens for 1.0.0 leopard.

On the other side, behind a fenced enclosure is another den, along with fallen trees, a small pond, and sparse foliage for 1.1.0 black-backed jackals.

The last exhibit has a low faux wood barrier that can be seen from above or has viewing windows for smaller viewers. Hollow logs and bushes are for the 1.1.0 African crested porcupines.

That concludes African Journey.

 

[Davdhole]

Asian Quest
Similar to African Journey, this area starts off as themed as a village, a South Asian village. Before the main trail comes two lush island enclosures with trees and ropes connecting from them to perches. The first island is for 1.1.0 white-handed gibbon, and the second island for 1.1.0 siamang.

On the main trail, to the right is the first exhibit under a shelter, similar to the indoor area for the Komodo dragon at Zoo Atlanta. In the exhibit is a large pool, live plants, and the ceiling of the exhibit featuring multiple heat lamps and UVB lamps. A big rock cave and giant log hide provide shelter for the 1.0.0 Asian water monitor.
On each side of the monitor exhibit in this shelter area is a bioactive tank. On the left, a small artifical mangrove tree sits in a shallow pool, the land area green with live plants and a log hide for hiding. In here, a mangrove snake. On the other side in a sandier tank with less plants is a rough-scaled sand boa.

Further down the trail is a decently-sized enclosure with a large viewing window. In here is another large pool up front by the glass, and in the center a big artifical rock, and lots of bushes and smaller trees. Similar to the tegu exhibit in The Gardens, there are hideouts with heat lamps installed in them for the animal to bask under if it feels like hiding away. In here, 1.0.0 Komodo dragon.

A building inspired by vernacular architechture in Asia is ahead, and in here are two exhibits. In the hallway in the wall is a big bioactive vivarium with a large pool, live plants, a few giant naturalistic hides, artifical trees/perches, and a mix of wood chip/coco husk/coco fiber substrate for 0.1.0 mainland reticulated python.

Through a set of doors across the snake enclosure comes a room with a meshed-in aviary also filled with live plants, but with many perches, trees, and rope for a colony of Indian flying foxes. In the back of the room is a display cart with a replice skull of a flying fox and little brown bat next to it for comparison. Behind the cart in a glass case is a taxidermied specimen of a painted bat.

Next is an overhead shelter with the same vernacular look to the roof. In here are two separate enclosures side by side viewied through glass. The first is a grassy, foliated exhibit with rocky trenches, a pool with a small waterfall trickling into it, clusters of bamboo, and logs. A male and female Sumatran tiger rotate in this exhibit. In the exhibit next to the tigers, a similar enclosure, just without the pool and waterfall, houses a rotating breeding pair of sloth bears.

Back onto the trail and a bit further down on the right side comes a decent-sized sloped moated exhibit with foliage, bamboo, a cave, and small pool for 1.1.0 North Sulawesi babirusa.

Down the trail comes a pathway with two exhibits on each side. To the left is a mixed savanna/open woodland exhibit for-
1.2.0 Banteng
1.3.0 Axis deer
5.0.0 Blackbuck
1.1 Painted stork
1.1 Sarus crane

On the other side is a similar exhibit with a large, deep pool for 1.1.0 Indian rhinoceros.

Soon the sides of the trail shows more bamboo, and a curving bridge over a pond of koi indicates what's next. A building designed after East Asian architecture is ahead, and inside the first exhibit is behind mesh. Just before entering, a netted exhibit with a pond and perches houses 1.1.0 red-crowned cranes.

Inside in the first exhibit, perches, plants, and a hammock, in addition to mock rock outcroppings with dens and crevices for nesting, makes a home for 1.1.0 binturong.

Across the binturongs is a similar exhibit but with more bamboo and a small waterfall rushing into a stream in the middle of the exhibit for 0.1.0 red panda.

The last two exhibits are both viewed through glass, the first a bioactive vivarium for an Indochinese rat snake.

The last exhibit features artifical trees, log hides, and foliage for 1.1.0 Prevost's squirrels.

The last exhibit in Asian Quest is another walkthrough aviary, filled with towering trees, bamboo, perches, bird baths, a pond, and bird houses. A group of 1.2.0 Giant Asian pond turtles shares the space with the birds.
White-crested laughingthrush
Victoria crowned pigeon
Nicobar pigeon
Pied Imperial pigeon
Mandarin duck
Goldie's lorikeet
Bali myna
Siamese fireback
Golden pheasant
Jambu fruit dove
Metallic starling
White-breasted woodswallow
Crested wood partridge
Red-billed leiothrix
Indian pygmy goose
Blue-crowned hanging parrot
Common myna
White-rumped shama
Masked lapwing
Red junglefowl
Black-naped oriole
Indian peafowl
Straw-necked ibis
Palawan peacock pheasant
A netted-off section for 1.1.0 Rhinoceros hornbills.

And that concludes Asian Quest.

 

[Davdhole]

World Creature Watch
This area in the park is themed on conservation and exploration. There is no specific region or continent here, just different threatened or more species. A few animal exhibits come before the main attraction in this land.

The first exhibit is another fenced red clay/desert-like exhibit with few vegetation and some mock rock and outcroppings. In here, a small herd of 1.4.0 Arabian oryx.

Not much further ahead another fenced exhibit but grassier and with a bit more vegetation and a small pond houses 1.1.0 Key deer and 1.1.0 whooping crane.

A bit down the path comes a netted enclosure with a lot of vegetation, artifical trees, ropes, live trees, perches, and hollow logs for 0.4.0 ring-tailed lemurs, 1.1.0 blue-eyed black lemurs, and 1.1.0 red ruffed lemurs.

A walk through a couple of stops along the way, with each having large, eye-catching signs with pictures related to its topic. The first stop features three tall signs about three different types of misunderstood animals and their role in the ecosystem: Snakes, spiders, and bats. Each sign goes into detail about how these animals aren't as bad as made to be and what they contribute to their environment, and how we can help them. The next stop speaks on how we can help earth, with the first sign giving tips on keeping a nature-friendly garden/yard without the use of pesticides or killing wildlife. The next sign talks about invasive species and although an established problem, what we can do to not contribute to it, such as researching pets before getting them and keeping certain animals indoors/in a controlled setting. The last sign talks about recycling both our standard paper, plastic, etc but also coltan and recycling old electronics.

Soon comes a large building with a statue of a mother African elephant and her calf.

Animal Rescue and Conservation Center
The automatic doors part and first a large vivarium with a sandy and pinestraw substrate, a couple of burrows, flat rocks stacked to make a hide, a log hide, and some live plants for an eastern indigo snake and a gopher tortoise.

This building is inspired by the Conservation Station and Conservation Action Center at DAK and Zoo Miami. In the entry and hallway, a dim room with the walls being a mural of several different species. I will list the species featured by class, but that doesn't mean that's how they appear on the murals, but rather just makes it easier to follow along. On the murals the animals are randomly next to or above each other etc.
Mural Animals
Mammals-
Amur tiger
Lion
Jaguar
Caracal
Cougar
Snow leopard
Bobcat
Spotted hyena
Aardwolf
Dhole
African painted dog
Red wolf
Bat-eared fox
Fennec fox
Red fox
Coyote
Ethiopian wolf
Bush dog
Tanuki
Wolverine
Sea otter
Asian small-clawed otter
Stoat (white phase)
European badger
Eastern spotted skunk
Red panda
Raccoon
Kinkajou
Giant panda
Asiatic black bear
Kodiak bear
Polar bear
Hooded seal
Leopard seal
Walrus
Steller's sea lion
Orca
Hourglass dolphin
Vaquita
Amazon river dolphin
Blue whale
Sperm whale
American bison
Gaur
Giant sable antelope
Golden takin
Muskox
Ugandan kob
Impala
Nilgai
Yak
Ellipsen waterbuck
Giant eland
Greater kudu
Moose
Elk
Giraffe
Zebra
Kiang
Przewalski's horse
Asian elephant
African forest elephant
Sumatran rhinceros
Eastern black rhinceros
Hippopotamus
Giant forest hog
Malayan culugo
Spectacled flying fox
Vampire bat
Big-eared bat
American beaver
Brazilian porcupine
Northern Luzon cloud rat
Pink fairy armadillo
Three-toed sloth
Lowland streaked tenrec
Duck-billed platypus
Water opossum
Greater glider
Red kangaroo
Quokka
Koala
Orangutan
Chimpanzee
Mountain gorilla
Colombian red howler monkey
White-faced saki
Bald uakari
Drill
Gelada
Proboscis monkey
Indri
Tarsier

Birds
Dalmatian pelican
Brown pelican
Shoebill
Buller's albatross
Laughing gull
Sandhill crane
Demonsielle crane
Gray-crowned crane
White stork
Jabiru
Wood stork
Green heron
Great blue heron
American robin
Blue jay
Scarlet macaw
Galah
Palm cockatoo
Kakapo
Channel-billed toucan
Laughing kookaburra
Guam kingfisher
Bald eagle
Martial eagle
Philippine eagle
Red-tailed hawk
Cooper's hawk
Osprey
Great horned owl
Elf owl
Southern white-faced owl
Ostrich
Emu
Double-wattled cassowary
Wild turkey


Reptiles
Aldabra giant tortoise
Leatherback sea turtle
Hawksbill sea turtle
Spiny softshell turtle
Alligator snapping turtle
Wood turtle
Eastern box turtle
Mata mata
Grand Cayman blue iguana
Flap-necked chameleon
Carpet chameleon
Frog-eyed gecko
Giant leaf-tailed gecko
Lace monitor
Perentie
Bengal monitor
Emerald tree skink
Burmese python
Green anaconda
Rubber boa
Eyelash viper
Mangrove snake
Saharan horned viper
King cobra
Eastern green mamba
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Scarlet kingsnake
Rhinceros viper
Bushmaster
Gharial
Black caiman
American alligator
Mugger crocodile

Amphibians
Northern green frog
Smoky jungle frog
Squirrel tree frog
Purple frog
Kaiser's newt
Rough-skinned newt
Olm
Chinese giant salamander
Mudpuppy
Marbled salamander
São Tomé caecilian

Fish
Emperor angelfish
Queen angelfish
French angelfish
Blue chromis
Garabaldi
Cocoa damselfish
Red Sea clownfish
Moorish idol
Bannerfish
Porcupinefish
Deep-sea anglerfish
Bowmouth guitarfish
Manta ray
Spotted eagle ray
Shortfin mako shark
Tiger shark
Great white shark
Great hammerhead shark
Whale shark
Blue shark
Oceanic whitetip shark
Common thresher
Dogtooth tuna
Dolphinfish
Swordfish
Ocean sunfish
Goliath grouper
Redtail catfish
Tiger shovelnose catfish
Blue catfish
Spotted gar
Smallmouth bass
Arctic char


Invertebrates
Warrior wasp
Eastern yellow jacket
Red paper wasp
Arctic bumblebee
European honeybee
Longhorn bee
Bulldog ant
Army ant
Leafcutter ant
Eastern eyed click beetle
Hercules beetle
Monarch butterfly
Blue morpho butterfly
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Atlas moth
Luna moth
Yellow garden spider
Regal jumping spider
Marbled orb-weaver
Yellow crab spider
Moon jelly
Box jelly
Box crab
Beadlet anemone
Yellow tube sponge
Coconut crab
Peacock mantis shrimp
Spiny lobster
Humboldt squid
Common octopus
This mural extends down the hall and slowly fades as we enter the biggest area. In this grand room, with the light shining through the glass on the ceiling and lighting it up, are several animal exhibits and other exhibits. A viewing window into the vet area where fortunate guests may catch a procedure, a viewn into a part of the animal kitchen where food is prepared for the park residents, a look into the lab where the park's animals things like horomones, samples, etc are studied. There's an area on the other side of the large room where there's a "mini muesum" with displays of artificats. In the first glass case, actual confiscated snares shaped into different species like African painted dogs, elephants, leopards, and more. Another display with various animal/zoology books, and even an actual tag once used on a sea creature in a display case, next to an image of a sea turtle with a tracker on its shell. On the other side of the tracker's case, a live tracker of the most current sea animal tagged and released by the park's zoologists/biologists.

There's also keeper talks in this room with ambassador animals, and live animal exhibits.

Smaller Worlds
This section features three sets of various enclosures for separate classes: invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. Each enclosure, of course, varies in size and appearance based on the species housed in them.

Invertebrates
(In order)
Diabolical ironclad beetle
Japanese beetle
Horrid king assasin bug
Manabi giant birdeater
Goliath beetle
Dune scorpion
Rusty millipede
Egyptian olive tarantula
Spiny flower mantis
Giant Australian walking stick
A large display window comes before the next set of invertebrates. In it, an insect case with these pinned specimens: Asian giant hornet, executioner wasp, tarantula hawk wasp, bald-faced hornet, eastern yellow jacket, and a cicada killer. Next to the case is a jar with a preserved cricket or other insect specimen with horsehair worms. Next, a molt of a cobalt blue tarantula. Finally, another case with pinned ants: Bullet ant, Colobopsis explodens, and a red hazelnut carpenter ant queen.
Live animals continued-
Six-spotted tiger beetle
Question mark cockroach
Green lynx spider
Black beauty stick insect
American burying beetle
Malaysian cherry bomb centipede
Obscure birdwing grasshopper
Goldsmith beetle
Vampire crab


A short walk to the next section.

Amphibians
(In order)
Colorado river toad
Mixed enclosure- Panamanian golden frog, Limosa harlequin frog, and lemur leaf frog
Lake Zacapu salamander
Houston toad
Cope's gray treefrog
Emperor newt
Malayan leaf frog
Another display window. In here, a sign that teaches about the threat of chytrid fungus and what's being done to resolve it, and next to it, a picture of a frog's life cycle and salamander life cycle.
Live animals continued-
Alpine newt
Borneo eared frog
Mixed enclosure- Golden mantella and green mantella
Spring salamander
Dusky gopher frog

Another short walk to the last section.
Reptiles
(In order)
Giant ameiva
Bog turtle
Jamaican iguana
Ford's boa
Louisiana pine snake
Aruba Island rattlesnake
Guatemalan beaded lizard
Eastern foxsnake
Smallwood's anole
This display window features the skulls of an alligator snapping turtle and tomistoma, a skin of a Burmese python, and the shed skin of a timber rattlesnake. It also features the carapace and plastron of a northern map turtle and the skeleton of a Parson's chameleon clinging to a small tree.
Live animals continued-
Arakan forest turtle
Giant leaf-tailed gecko
Bismarck ringed python
Cape file snake
Tuatara
Texas banded gecko
Impressed tortoise

Near the exit and the animal kitchen window are three large enclosures viewed through glass. The first is a darker exhibit with loose soil substrated, log hides, a shallow pool, and branches for a rotating male and female short-beaked echidna.

Next to the echidna is a brighter, more foliated exhibit with artifical trees, perches, and rope for 1.3.0 pygmy marmosets.

The last enclosure is similar to the marmosets', with branches, perches, trees, and shelters for a rotating breeding pair of Matschie's tree kangaroos.

On the other side of the building are smaller exhibits to be found. The first is are a couple open spider exhibits across each other, similar to what London Zoo does for their spiders. On the right side, the bundle of plants makes a home for an awaiting ogre-faced spider. Across it in an identical habitat, 0.1.0 yellow garden spider.

Near the spiders is an area with fake trees that create a "forest" in this section. One of the trees has a small enclosure in its trunk. Sandy substrate and some succlents make this exhibit for 0.1.0 red velvet ant.

Nearby, a larger vieiwng window for a darker exhibit with branches, foliage, and naturalisitc shelters for 1.0.0 pygmy slow loris, with the female living behind the scenes.

The last tree enclosure is a small leafy enclosure with many sticks and branches for a giant hooded katydid.

Upon exiting, on the outside of the building is another large window in a foliated exhibit with logs, trenches, a den, trees, and rocky outcroppings for 0.1.0 clouded leopard.


Connection Corner
Near the building is what may not be a Zoochat favorite but a popular for many: a petting zoo. The main yard is for the goats, sheep, and pigs (if they want to be out as they always have access to areas guests can't go), and fenced off areas for larger animals.
0.3.0 Toggenburg goat
0.4.0 Nubian goat
2.0.0 Nigerian dwarf goat
0.3.0 Southdown sheep
0.2.0 Black Welsh mountain sheep
2.0.0 Göttingen minipig

Fenced off area 1
0.2.0 Shetland pony
1.0.0 Llama

Fenced-off area 2
0.2.0 Miniature donkey

Fenced-off area 3
0.2.0 Holstein cows

Fenced-off area 4, with a divider in between separating the birds.
1.3.0 Plymouth rock chickens
1.3.0 Cayuga ducks

Outside of the petting zoo and down the trail are the last two exhibits in one area. A log cabin comes within view and attached to it, a fenced-off enclosure, sprawling and grassy with some trees, a pond, rocky outcroppings, logs, and fallen trees. This exhibit can also be viewed at another angle from inside the cabin behind a window. Above the viewing window, small T.V.s play a short documentary on the role of wolves in an ecosystem. In here, 1.3.0 Mexican wolves.

In another section of the cabin is another window into a similar exhibit but with a larger pool and a rushing waterfall into it. The T.V.s above this exhibit play bear and wildlife safety tips, and a sign shows the different species of bears in the world. There's also an outside view of this exhibit over a moat. In here, 0.2.0 grizzly bears.

That concludes the area and the major park areas.

 

[Davdhole]

In addition to the major areas of Wild Discovery, there are some other things to add. First, the bird show.

The trail between Park Central and African Journey leads to an amphitheater and a bird exhibit a bit before African Journey. First, an open-topped exhibit with a decently-sized glass barrier holds back gallons of saltwater and in the back, a sandy land area with a mock rock wall with dens and crevices. In here, a group of African penguins.


Wild Skies
Not too far and across the penguin exhibit is an amphitheater for a free-flight bird show that runs every few hours. In this show, there will be different segments on certain birds' special abilities that help them survive in the wild. I will list multiple species per segment, but not because all species will be used at the same time. Rather, it's to switch out animals so the same species/individual isn't always being used in every show everyday. For example, for silent flight, I a great horned owl can be used for the first show, then a barred owl for the second, barn third, maybe back to great horned for another etc.

Segment 1- Scavengers. This segment speaks on the importance of scavengers in an ecosystem and how they keep things clean and help stop the spread of disease, and consquences of their absence in an ecocsystem they should be in. Here's a range of species that could be used for a show for this segment.
Hooded vulture
Turkey vulture
Black vulture
Marabou stork
King vulture
Andean condor

Segment 2- Air Acrobatics. This part of the show shows birds that maneuver through the air to catch insects in flight. A keeper, or even a guest that wants to participate, will throw a treat in the air for the hornbill to catch.
Silvery-cheeked hornbill
Trumpeter hornbill

Segment 3- Intelligence. This part of the show will use corvids to show how smart these birds are, doing things on stage like using a stick to pull a piece of food out of an enrichment toy, placing a piece of trash in the garbage (a part of the show that would use a prop provided by the keepers on stage that the animal is trained to dispose of in a nearby trashcan or recycling bin) and even some funny (but planned) moments with the keepers on stage.
Pied crow
Common raven
Azure-winged magpie

Segment 4- Silent Flight. This segment shows off the silent flight of owls and talks about their adaptations for night hunting, and their role in the ecosystem as predators.
Great horned owl
Barn owl
Barred owl
Eurasian eagle-owl
Milky eagle owl

Segment 4-Raptors. This part shows different raptor species (aside from owls who had their own segment due to their unique adaptations). Nothing too special, just a few extra keepers coming out to let them fly around the amphitheater and recall as the onstage keepers talk about the species and the importance of birds of prey, and why they're called raptors and a short but informational dive into dinosaurs.
Peregrine falcon
Harpy eagle
Golden eagle
Harris's hawk

Segment 5- Strange Hunters. This features one of two species per show, using a fake snake or fake lizard, depending on species, to show their strange but succesful way of dispatching prey.
Secretarybird
Red-legged seriema

Segment 6- Talking Birds. The last segment before the finale, which introduces a parrot specie trained to say certain phrases to the audience, and a quick talk on the responsibility and risks of owning a parrot.
Umbrella cockatoo
Yellow-naped amazon
African grey parrot
Green-winged macaw
Military macaw

Finale- The ending of the show begins with a couple of other keeps coming out with a bird of prey perched on their raptor gloves, which the onstage keepers do a quick talk about their comeback story, before moving on to the other birds keepers bring out in the finale, not to talk about, but just to end the show on a visual high note.

Comeback story-Bald eagle and red-tailed hawk

Other birds brought out perched on or being given treats by keepers as the show closes.
Blue crane
Wrinkled hornbill
Yellow-throated toucan
Scarlet ibis
Laughing kookaburra

Ambassador animals
These are animals that live behind-the-scenes and are brought out for talks, small stage shows (separate, much smaller stage area in World Creature Watch) or sometimes taken to events for education, depending on the species.
Gray fox
Fennec fox
Serval
Mountain coati
Northern raccoon
Virginia opossum
Three-banded armadillo
North American porcupine
Prehensile-tailed porcupine
Lesser hedgehog tenrec
Spiny-tailed iguana
Pink-tongued skink
Rankin's dragon
Indian python
Colombian rainbow boa
Arizona mountain kingsnake
Southern hognose snake
Skeleton tarantula
Honduran curlyhair tarantula
Pumpkin patch tarantula
American giant millipede

 

[Tigeanderson]

World Creature Watch
This area in the park is themed on conservation and exploration. There is no specific region or continent here, just different threatened or more species. A few animal exhibits come before the main attraction in this land.

The first exhibit is another fenced red clay/desert-like exhibit with few vegetation and some mock rock and outcroppings. In here, a small herd of 1.4.0 Arabian oryx.

Not much further ahead another fenced exhibit but grassier and with a bit more vegetation and a small pond houses 1.1.0 Key deer and 1.1.0 whooping crane.

A bit down the path comes a netted enclosure with a lot of vegetation, artifical trees, ropes, live trees, perches, and hollow logs for 0.4.0 ring-tailed lemurs, 1.1.0 blue-eyed black lemurs, and 1.1.0 red ruffed lemurs.

A walk through a couple of stops along the way, with each having large, eye-catching signs with pictures related to its topic. The first stop features three tall signs about three different types of misunderstood animals and their role in the ecosystem: Snakes, spiders, and bats. Each sign goes into detail about how these animals aren't as bad as made to be and what they contribute to their environment, and how we can help them. The next stop speaks on how we can help earth, with the first sign giving tips on keeping a nature-friendly garden/yard without the use of pesticides or killing wildlife. The next sign talks about invasive species and although an established problem, what we can do to not contribute to it, such as researching pets before getting them and keeping certain animals indoors/in a controlled setting. The last sign talks about recycling both our standard paper, plastic, etc but also coltan and recycling old electronics.

Soon comes a large building with a statue of a mother African elephant and her calf.

Animal Rescue and Conservation Center
The automatic doors part and first a large vivarium with a sandy and pinestraw substrate, a couple of burrows, flat rocks stacked to make a hide, a log hide, and some live plants for an eastern indigo snake and a gopher tortoise.

This building is inspired by the Conservation Station and Conservation Action Center at DAK and Zoo Miami. In the entry and hallway, a dim room with the walls being a mural of several different species. I will list the species featured by class, but that doesn't mean that's how they appear on the murals, but rather just makes it easier to follow along. On the murals the animals are randomly next to or above each other etc.
Mural Animals
Mammals-
Amur tiger
Lion
Jaguar
Caracal
Cougar
Snow leopard
Bobcat
Spotted hyena
Aardwolf
Dhole
African painted dog
Red wolf
Bat-eared fox
Fennec fox
Red fox
Coyote
Ethiopian wolf
Bush dog
Tanuki
Wolverine
Sea otter
Asian small-clawed otter
Stoat (white phase)
European badger
Eastern spotted skunk
Red panda
Raccoon
Kinkajou
Giant panda
Asiatic black bear
Kodiak bear
Polar bear
Hooded seal
Leopard seal
Walrus
Steller's sea lion
Orca
Hourglass dolphin
Vaquita
Amazon river dolphin
Blue whale
Sperm whale
American bison
Gaur
Giant sable antelope
Golden takin
Muskox
Ugandan kob
Impala
Nilgai
Yak
Ellipsen waterbuck
Giant eland
Greater kudu
Moose
Elk
Giraffe
Zebra
Kiang
Przewalski's horse
Asian elephant
African forest elephant
Sumatran rhinceros
Eastern black rhinceros
Hippopotamus
Giant forest hog
Malayan culugo
Spectacled flying fox
Vampire bat
Big-eared bat
American beaver
Brazilian porcupine
Northern Luzon cloud rat
Pink fairy armadillo
Three-toed sloth
Lowland streaked tenrec
Duck-billed platypus
Water opossum
Greater glider
Red kangaroo
Quokka
Koala
Orangutan
Chimpanzee
Mountain gorilla
Colombian red howler monkey
White-faced saki
Bald uakari
Drill
Gelada
Proboscis monkey
Indri
Tarsier

Birds
Dalmatian pelican
Brown pelican
Shoebill
Buller's albatross
Laughing gull
Sandhill crane
Demonsielle crane
Gray-crowned crane
White stork
Jabiru
Wood stork
Green heron
Great blue heron
American robin
Blue jay
Scarlet macaw
Galah
Palm cockatoo
Kakapo
Channel-billed toucan
Laughing kookaburra
Guam kingfisher
Bald eagle
Martial eagle
Philippine eagle
Red-tailed hawk
Cooper's hawk
Osprey
Great horned owl
Elf owl
Southern white-faced owl
Ostrich
Emu
Double-wattled cassowary
Wild turkey


Reptiles
Aldabra giant tortoise
Leatherback sea turtle
Hawksbill sea turtle
Spiny softshell turtle
Alligator snapping turtle
Wood turtle
Eastern box turtle
Mata mata
Grand Cayman blue iguana
Flap-necked chameleon
Carpet chameleon
Frog-eyed gecko
Giant leaf-tailed gecko
Lace monitor
Perentie
Bengal monitor
Emerald tree skink
Burmese python
Green anaconda
Rubber boa
Eyelash viper
Mangrove snake
Saharan horned viper
King cobra
Eastern green mamba
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Scarlet kingsnake
Rhinceros viper
Bushmaster
Gharial
Black caiman
American alligator
Mugger crocodile

Amphibians
Northern green frog
Smoky jungle frog
Squirrel tree frog
Purple frog
Kaiser's newt
Rough-skinned newt
Olm
Chinese giant salamander
Mudpuppy
Marbled salamander
São Tomé caecilian

Fish
Emperor angelfish
Queen angelfish
French angelfish
Blue chromis
Garabaldi
Cocoa damselfish
Red Sea clownfish
Moorish idol
Bannerfish
Porcupinefish
Deep-sea anglerfish
Bowmouth guitarfish
Manta ray
Spotted eagle ray
Shortfin mako shark
Tiger shark
Great white shark
Great hammerhead shark
Whale shark
Blue shark
Oceanic whitetip shark
Common thresher
Dogtooth tuna
Dolphinfish
Swordfish
Ocean sunfish
Goliath grouper
Redtail catfish
Tiger shovelnose catfish
Blue catfish
Spotted gar
Smallmouth bass
Arctic char


Invertebrates
Warrior wasp
Eastern yellow jacket
Red paper wasp
Arctic bumblebee
European honeybee
Longhorn bee
Bulldog ant
Army ant
Leafcutter ant
Eastern eyed click beetle
Hercules beetle
Monarch butterfly
Blue morpho butterfly
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Atlas moth
Luna moth
Yellow garden spider
Regal jumping spider
Marbled orb-weaver
Yellow crab spider
Moon jelly
Box jelly
Box crab
Beadlet anemone
Yellow tube sponge
Coconut crab
Peacock mantis shrimp
Spiny lobster
Humboldt squid
Common octopus
This mural extends down the hall and slowly fades as we enter the biggest area. In this grand room, with the light shining through the glass on the ceiling and lighting it up, are several animal exhibits and other exhibits. A viewing window into the vet area where fortunate guests may catch a procedure, a viewn into a part of the animal kitchen where food is prepared for the park residents, a look into the lab where the park's animals things like horomones, samples, etc are studied. There's an area on the other side of the large room where there's a "mini muesum" with displays of artificats. In the first glass case, actual confiscated snares shaped into different species like African painted dogs, elephants, leopards, and more. Another display with various animal/zoology books, and even an actual tag once used on a sea creature in a display case, next to an image of a sea turtle with a tracker on its shell. On the other side of the tracker's case, a live tracker of the most current sea animal tagged and released by the park's zoologists/biologists.

There's also keeper talks in this room with ambassador animals, and live animal exhibits.

Smaller Worlds
This section features three sets of various enclosures for separate classes: invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. Each enclosure, of course, varies in size and appearance based on the species housed in them.

Invertebrates
(In order)
Diabolical ironclad beetle
Japanese beetle
Horrid king assasin bug
Manabi giant birdeater
Goliath beetle
Dune scorpion
Rusty millipede
Egyptian olive tarantula
Spiny flower mantis
Giant Australian walking stick
A large display window comes before the next set of invertebrates. In it, an insect case with these pinned specimens: Asian giant hornet, executioner wasp, tarantula hawk wasp, bald-faced hornet, eastern yellow jacket, and a cicada killer. Next to the case is a jar with a preserved cricket or other insect specimen with horsehair worms. Next, a molt of a cobalt blue tarantula. Finally, another case with pinned ants: Bullet ant, Colobopsis explodens, and a red hazelnut carpenter ant queen.
Live animals continued-
Six-spotted tiger beetle
Question mark cockroach
Green lynx spider
Black beauty stick insect
American burying beetle
Malaysian cherry bomb centipede
Obscure birdwing grasshopper
Goldsmith beetle
Vampire crab


A short walk to the next section.

Amphibians
(In order)
Colorado river toad
Mixed enclosure- Panamanian golden frog, Limosa harlequin frog, and lemur leaf frog
Lake Zacapu salamander
Houston toad
Cope's gray treefrog
Emperor newt
Malayan leaf frog
Another display window. In here, a sign that teaches about the threat of chytrid fungus and what's being done to resolve it, and next to it, a picture of a frog's life cycle and salamander life cycle.
Live animals continued-
Alpine newt
Borneo eared frog
Mixed enclosure- Golden mantella and green mantella
Spring salamander
Dusky gopher frog

Another short walk to the last section.
Reptiles
(In order)
Giant ameiva
Bog turtle
Jamaican iguana
Ford's boa
Louisiana pine snake
Aruba Island rattlesnake
Guatemalan beaded lizard
Eastern foxsnake
Smallwood's anole
This display window features the skulls of an alligator snapping turtle and tomistoma, a skin of a Burmese python, and the shed skin of a timber rattlesnake. It also features the carapace and plastron of a northern map turtle and the skeleton of a Parson's chameleon clinging to a small tree.
Live animals continued-
Arakan forest turtle
Giant leaf-tailed gecko
Bismarck ringed python
Cape file snake
Tuatara
Texas banded gecko
Impressed tortoise

Near the exit and the animal kitchen window are three large enclosures viewed through glass. The first is a darker exhibit with loose soil substrated, log hides, a shallow pool, and branches for a rotating male and female short-beaked echidna.

Next to the echidna is a brighter, more foliated exhibit with artifical trees, perches, and rope for 1.3.0 pygmy marmosets.

The last enclosure is similar to the marmosets', with branches, perches, trees, and shelters for a rotating breeding pair of Matschie's tree kangaroos.

On the other side of the building are smaller exhibits to be found. The first is are a couple open spider exhibits across each other, similar to what London Zoo does for their spiders. On the right side, the bundle of plants makes a home for an awaiting ogre-faced spider. Across it in an identical habitat, 0.1.0 yellow garden spider.

Near the spiders is an area with fake trees that create a "forest" in this section. One of the trees has a small enclosure in its trunk. Sandy substrate and some succlents make this exhibit for 0.1.0 red velvet ant.

Nearby, a larger vieiwng window for a darker exhibit with branches, foliage, and naturalisitc shelters for 1.0.0 pygmy slow loris, with the female living behind the scenes.

The last tree enclosure is a small leafy enclosure with many sticks and branches for a giant hooded katydid.

Upon exiting, on the outside of the building is another large window in a foliated exhibit with logs, trenches, a den, trees, and rocky outcroppings for 0.1.0 clouded leopard.


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Near the building is what may not be a Zoochat favorite but a popular for many: a petting zoo. The main yard is for the goats, sheep, and pigs (if they want to be out as they always have access to areas guests can't go), and fenced off areas for larger animals.
0.3.0 Toggenburg goat
0.4.0 Nubian goat
2.0.0 Nigerian dwarf goat
0.3.0 Southdown sheep
0.2.0 Black Welsh mountain sheep
2.0.0 Göttingen minipig

Fenced off area 1
0.2.0 Shetland pony
1.0.0 Llama

Fenced-off area 2
0.2.0 Miniature donkey

Fenced-off area 3
0.2.0 Holstein cows

Fenced-off area 4, with a divider in between separating the birds.
1.3.0 Plymouth rock chickens
1.3.0 Cayuga ducks

Outside of the petting zoo and down the trail are the last two exhibits in one area. A log cabin comes within view and attached to it, a fenced-off enclosure, sprawling and grassy with some trees, a pond, rocky outcroppings, logs, and fallen trees. This exhibit can also be viewed at another angle from inside the cabin behind a window. Above the viewing window, small T.V.s play a short documentary on the role of wolves in an ecosystem. In here, 1.3.0 Mexican wolves.

In another section of the cabin is another window into a similar exhibit but with a larger pool and a rushing waterfall into it. The T.V.s above this exhibit play bear and wildlife safety tips, and a sign shows the different species of bears in the world. There's also an outside view of this exhibit over a moat. In here, 0.2.0 grizzly bears.

That concludes the area and the major park areas.

I really love the ideas of the murals of the animals and it just gave me an idea and the ideas are to have murals of animals that have gone extinct recently, animals that have been extinct for a long time, animals that are on the verge of extinction and also animals that conservation projects have helped with and Examples for the animals that have become extinct recently are the Pyrenean Ibex, Japanese sea lion, Japanese otter and eastern cougar. Examples of animals that have been extinct for a long time would include woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, Dinosaurs and saber toothed cats. Examples of animals that are on the verge of extinction would include the Scottish wildcat, Javan rhino and Amur leopard and examples of animals that conservation projects have helped would include California condor, Asiatic Lion, Iberian lynx, Scimitar horned oryx, Bald Eagle, Grey wolf and Spix’s macaw.