AverageWalrus
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So this is my crack at the whole mega zoo thing, and for those who were wondering what happened to Oceanic Aquarium, i got bored, so now we have WILD PLANET MEGA ZOO (i know best name ever)
The zoo would be split into 6 sections, The Americas, Wild Africa, Down Under, Eurasia, Polar Zone, and Wild Gardens.
The first of these sections is The Americas, with animals from both North and South America.
THE AMERICAS
After entering the zoo, you walk down a path with various Gift Shops, Resturants, and Stalls for Maps and other brochures. At the end of this path is a Sign with "The Americas" on it. Once you pass this sign, there is anpthernsign saying "The Appalachian Mountains, and now we move on to the first Area of the Americas
The Appalachian Mountains
The first exhibit of this area is a wooded paddock for a herd of Whitetail Deer, across from it would be a wire mesh exhibit with trees and logs for raccoons. Next to the Raccoon exhibit would be a similar wire mesh aviary with various shrubs, plants, and logs for Ruffed Grouse. Across from the Ruffed Grouse and Raccoon Exhibits would be the Appalachian Vivaria House, with various Vivariums for Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish from The appalachian mountains
APPALACHIAN VIVARIA HOUSE SPECIES LIST:
Eastern Newt
Spring Peeper
Northern Dusky Salamander
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Cave Salamander
Blue Ridge Spring Salamander
Tellico Salamander
Red Cheeked Salamander
Southern Appalachian Salamander
Red Legged Salamander
Green Salamander
Wood Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Northern Green Frog
Timber Rattlesnake
Wood Frog
Black Rat Snake
Broad Headed Skink
Common Snapping Turtle
Speckled Trout
After you exit the Vivaria House, you are right next to the forested Black Bear Exhibit, with Similar Red Fox and Bobcat Exhibits to the left and right of the bears respectivley. Across from the Bobcat Exhibit would be an aboveground underground exhibit for Groundhogs with a glass veiwing panel into a groundhog burrow. Next to the Groundhog Exhibit would be a mesh wire walk through aviary with various trees, logs, shrubs, and other plants for the 5 species of Tree Squirrel that occur in the appalacian mountains, The Eastern Gray, Fox, American Red, and Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels, Also in this exhibit would be Eastern Cottontail Rabbits and Mourning Doves. The Final Exhibits in this Area would be a series of Aviaries for Great Horned Owls, Barred Owls, Common Ravens, Northern Goshhawks, Red Shouldered Hawks, and Red Tailed Hawks. The Final Exhibit would be a small open area with logs, rocks, small trees and branches, and other things for a flock of Wild Turkey. At the end of the Appalachian Area would be a split path, With two signs at the enterance of each path, one saying "Up North" and one saying "Down South"
Up North
Up North exhibits animals from Northern North America, Namely The Northern USA, Canada, and Alaska. After walking up the path, you come to the first exhibit, a forested, rocky exhibit for canada lynxes, further up the path would be a similar exhibit for mountain lions, After the Mountain Lion exhibit would be a circular area of path, on the right side of it would be a forested 1/2 acre paddock for moose, and on the left would be another 1/2 acre paddock for Roosevelt Elk. In the center of this would be the Great Lakes Aquarium, a circular building with various species from the Great Lakes.
In the center of this building would be the Circular Great Lakes Exhibit, with Logs, Rocks, Branches, Plants, and Variois Fish Species from The Lakes
GREAT LAKES EXHIBIT SPECIES LIST:
Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Freshwater Drum
Common Sunfish
Green Sunfish
Freshwater Drum
Smallmouth Bass
White Bass
Rock Bass
Walleye
Burbot
Bluegill
Bowfin
Lake Whitefish
White Perch
White Sucker
Round Whitefish
On the wall of the aquarium would be an exhibit for the endangered Lake Sturgeon, with signage about how sturgeon species are becoming endangered due to over harvesting of their eggs and meat. Also on the wall would be a tank for Muskellunge and Northern Pike. There would also be Various Terrariums and Aquariums for Eastern Tiger Salamander, Blue Racer, American Toad, Western Chorus Frog, Gray Tree Frog, Blanding's Turtle, and Calico Crayfish.
The Circular Paving Area (from now on I'm just going to call it the circle) also leads to an area called Carnivore Mountain, which has a rocky path going upwards, after a few yards, you come to the first exhibit, a pit typed thing surrounded by a vertical wall of rocks, in the pit would be a pool of water, trees and shrubs, rocks, and other things for Grizzly Bears, there would be two ways to see them, a panel of glass that allows you to view the Bears on ground level and a glass panel to see them when swimming in the water pool, and an area to see the Bears from looking down into the pit. Further up the path would be a glass paneled, forested exhibit for a pack of gray wolves. After the wolf exhibit would be a bend in the path, and it would start to head back to the circle, along the path would be various exhibits for Bald Eagles, Gray Foxes, Stoats, Wolverines, and Striped Skunk. after getting back to the circle, you see the final exhibit, a very rocky paddock For Bighorn Sheep, Dall Sheep, and Mountain Goat. At the side of the circle opposite you entered would be a path that would lead to the next area, Down South, Which would feature Animals from the Southern U.S
Down South
The Area starts off with a building that would have an aquarium tube init that would be divided into two sections, one part of the tube would be for fish and turtles, it would have various branches and plants underwater.
AQUARIUM TUBE SPECIES LIST:
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle
Painted Turtle
Florida Softshell
Red Eared Slider
Yellow Bellied Slider
Eastern River Cooter
Diamondback Terrapin
Chicken Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Barbour's Map Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Black Crappie
White Crappie
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Bluegill
Channel Catfish
Brook Silverside
Blue Spotted Sunfish
Banded Sunfish
Redbreast Sunfish
Redear Sunfish
The other half of the tube would be used for underwater veiwing of American Alligators. after you get to the end of the building, there would be a ramp going up to a second floor with a hole in the roof the turtles and alligators can bask. There would also be a stream of water for the alligators leading out of the building and onto a hill where an outdoor swamp habitat would be. This would be acessed by a path that would go to the right and up the aforementioned hill, outside their would also be two other paths, one would go left and to the reptile complex, and the other would go forward and to the rest of the exhibits in the area. I am going to start with the reptile complex, basically it's a reptile house with a few other things like small fish and mammals (although that kind of beats The purpose of calling it the Reptile Complex, anyways) The reptile complex starts with a walk up the path, and then infront of you is the first exhibit and the building of the reptile complex. The first exhibit would be a pit full of water and a sandy shore for basking for American Crocodiles, a set of stairs would go down to a glass paneled wall of the pit for underwater veiwing of the Crocs. After going inside the building, in front of you is a series of terrariums housing Gopher Tortoise, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Green Anole, Florida Scrub Lizard, and Southern Ringneck Snake. To the Left of the entrance would be a series of Terrariums for Various Salamander, Frog, And Toad Species
AMPHIBIAN TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
Striped Newt
Pine Barrens Treefrog
Barking Treefrog
Pine Woods Treefrog
Green Treefrog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Bullfrog
Southern Leopard Frog
Bronze Frog
Little Grass Frog
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Florida Cricket Frog
Ornate Chorus Frog
Marbled Salamander
Gulf Coast Waterdog
Two Toed Amphiuma
Reticulate Flatwoods Salamander
To The right of the entrance to the reptile complex would be an exhibit called "Masters of Mimicry" featuring the deadly coral snake and its many Nonvenomous Mimickers.
MASTERS OF MIMICRY SPECIES LIST:
Eastern Coral Snake
Scarlet Kingsnake
Florida Scarlet Snake
Eastern Corn Snake
Next to Masters of Mimicry would be an exhibit called "Invaders of the Invasive Kind" With the invasive Burmese Python,The largest snake in the world, there would be two Exhibits, one of their native home in Asia, and one habitat of the Everglades, where they are invasive. Away from the entrance of the reptile complex would be and exhibit called The Pond, with various water centric species like small fish and salamanders.
The first exhibit would be a pool of water Split into two parts, one for Hellbender Salamanders, and the other for Common Mudpuppies. Across from it would be a 200 gallon freshwater fishtank decorated with rocks, branches, and plants. This tank would house various small fish species native to the southeastern U.S
FISHTANK SPECIES LIST:
American Flagfish
Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish
Carolina Pygmy Sunfish
Sailfin Molly
Amber Darter
Mangrove Killifish
Bluefin Killifish
Florida Apple Snail
Pygmy Killifish
Lined Topminnow
Golden Topminnow
Bluespotted Sunfish
Least Killifish
Next to the Fishtank would be 3 terrariums, one for the Banded Watersnake, one for the Green Watersnake, and one for the Salt Marsh Snake, The final exhibit in The Pond would be a pool of water with underwater veiwing and a basking area for an Alligator Snapping Turtle.The Final exhibit in the reptile complex would be Lizards and Snakes, featuring various Lizards and Snakes.
LIZARDS AND SNAKES SPECIES LIST:
Rainbow Snake
Reef Gecko
Six-Lined Racerunner
Mole Skink
Coal Skink
Five Lined Skink
Eastern Glass Lizard
Eastern Fence Lizard
Common Garter Snake
Rough Green Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Florida Pine Snake
Common Kingsnake
Copperhead
Cottonmouth Moccasin
Rough Earth Snake
Florida Crowned Snake
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake
Eastern Coachwhip
Queen Snake
Pygmy Rattlesnake
After you exit the reptile complex at the end of Lizards and Snakes, you go down a path that eventually intersects with the path that went forwards at the end of the Aquarium Tube Building. After you go up the Forwards path, their is a Paddock for Key Deer. Across from that paddock is a wire mesh enclosure encasing a makeshift dead tree with a tree hollow in it for Virginia Opposums. Next to it would be another wire mesh exhibit for Florida Marsh Rabbits. There would also be an indoor, dark exhibit for nine banded armadillos. To the right of The Key Deer, Oppossums, Rabbits, and Armadillo Exhibits would be the Glades Aviary, a walk through aviary For various waterfowl such as herons and egrets. It would have a simulated swamp with water, waterfalls, plants, and cypress trees.
GLADES AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Green Heron
Smooth Billed Ani
Florida Scrub Jay
American Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Reddish Egret
Mottled Duck
Anhinga
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Crowned Night Heron
Wood Stork
Great Egret
Tricolor Heron
Brown Pelican
The Final Exhibit of Down South would be an open air mangrove swamp exhibit for West Indian Manatees, also in this exhibit would be some larger saltwater fish like permit, bonefish, and snook. On the left and righ sides of the manatee exhibit respectively, would be two freshwater exhibits for American Paddlefish and Alligator Gar. after a walk down the path to the left of the manatee exhibit, you come to the end of Down South. Next Time, I will cover the last two areas of the North America Part of The Americas, Great Plains and The American Deserts......
The zoo would be split into 6 sections, The Americas, Wild Africa, Down Under, Eurasia, Polar Zone, and Wild Gardens.
The first of these sections is The Americas, with animals from both North and South America.
THE AMERICAS
After entering the zoo, you walk down a path with various Gift Shops, Resturants, and Stalls for Maps and other brochures. At the end of this path is a Sign with "The Americas" on it. Once you pass this sign, there is anpthernsign saying "The Appalachian Mountains, and now we move on to the first Area of the Americas
The Appalachian Mountains
The first exhibit of this area is a wooded paddock for a herd of Whitetail Deer, across from it would be a wire mesh exhibit with trees and logs for raccoons. Next to the Raccoon exhibit would be a similar wire mesh aviary with various shrubs, plants, and logs for Ruffed Grouse. Across from the Ruffed Grouse and Raccoon Exhibits would be the Appalachian Vivaria House, with various Vivariums for Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish from The appalachian mountains
APPALACHIAN VIVARIA HOUSE SPECIES LIST:
Eastern Newt
Spring Peeper
Northern Dusky Salamander
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Cave Salamander
Blue Ridge Spring Salamander
Tellico Salamander
Red Cheeked Salamander
Southern Appalachian Salamander
Red Legged Salamander
Green Salamander
Wood Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Northern Green Frog
Timber Rattlesnake
Wood Frog
Black Rat Snake
Broad Headed Skink
Common Snapping Turtle
Speckled Trout
After you exit the Vivaria House, you are right next to the forested Black Bear Exhibit, with Similar Red Fox and Bobcat Exhibits to the left and right of the bears respectivley. Across from the Bobcat Exhibit would be an aboveground underground exhibit for Groundhogs with a glass veiwing panel into a groundhog burrow. Next to the Groundhog Exhibit would be a mesh wire walk through aviary with various trees, logs, shrubs, and other plants for the 5 species of Tree Squirrel that occur in the appalacian mountains, The Eastern Gray, Fox, American Red, and Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels, Also in this exhibit would be Eastern Cottontail Rabbits and Mourning Doves. The Final Exhibits in this Area would be a series of Aviaries for Great Horned Owls, Barred Owls, Common Ravens, Northern Goshhawks, Red Shouldered Hawks, and Red Tailed Hawks. The Final Exhibit would be a small open area with logs, rocks, small trees and branches, and other things for a flock of Wild Turkey. At the end of the Appalachian Area would be a split path, With two signs at the enterance of each path, one saying "Up North" and one saying "Down South"
Up North
Up North exhibits animals from Northern North America, Namely The Northern USA, Canada, and Alaska. After walking up the path, you come to the first exhibit, a forested, rocky exhibit for canada lynxes, further up the path would be a similar exhibit for mountain lions, After the Mountain Lion exhibit would be a circular area of path, on the right side of it would be a forested 1/2 acre paddock for moose, and on the left would be another 1/2 acre paddock for Roosevelt Elk. In the center of this would be the Great Lakes Aquarium, a circular building with various species from the Great Lakes.
In the center of this building would be the Circular Great Lakes Exhibit, with Logs, Rocks, Branches, Plants, and Variois Fish Species from The Lakes
GREAT LAKES EXHIBIT SPECIES LIST:
Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Freshwater Drum
Common Sunfish
Green Sunfish
Freshwater Drum
Smallmouth Bass
White Bass
Rock Bass
Walleye
Burbot
Bluegill
Bowfin
Lake Whitefish
White Perch
White Sucker
Round Whitefish
On the wall of the aquarium would be an exhibit for the endangered Lake Sturgeon, with signage about how sturgeon species are becoming endangered due to over harvesting of their eggs and meat. Also on the wall would be a tank for Muskellunge and Northern Pike. There would also be Various Terrariums and Aquariums for Eastern Tiger Salamander, Blue Racer, American Toad, Western Chorus Frog, Gray Tree Frog, Blanding's Turtle, and Calico Crayfish.
The Circular Paving Area (from now on I'm just going to call it the circle) also leads to an area called Carnivore Mountain, which has a rocky path going upwards, after a few yards, you come to the first exhibit, a pit typed thing surrounded by a vertical wall of rocks, in the pit would be a pool of water, trees and shrubs, rocks, and other things for Grizzly Bears, there would be two ways to see them, a panel of glass that allows you to view the Bears on ground level and a glass panel to see them when swimming in the water pool, and an area to see the Bears from looking down into the pit. Further up the path would be a glass paneled, forested exhibit for a pack of gray wolves. After the wolf exhibit would be a bend in the path, and it would start to head back to the circle, along the path would be various exhibits for Bald Eagles, Gray Foxes, Stoats, Wolverines, and Striped Skunk. after getting back to the circle, you see the final exhibit, a very rocky paddock For Bighorn Sheep, Dall Sheep, and Mountain Goat. At the side of the circle opposite you entered would be a path that would lead to the next area, Down South, Which would feature Animals from the Southern U.S
Down South
The Area starts off with a building that would have an aquarium tube init that would be divided into two sections, one part of the tube would be for fish and turtles, it would have various branches and plants underwater.
AQUARIUM TUBE SPECIES LIST:
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle
Painted Turtle
Florida Softshell
Red Eared Slider
Yellow Bellied Slider
Eastern River Cooter
Diamondback Terrapin
Chicken Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Barbour's Map Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Black Crappie
White Crappie
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Bluegill
Channel Catfish
Brook Silverside
Blue Spotted Sunfish
Banded Sunfish
Redbreast Sunfish
Redear Sunfish
The other half of the tube would be used for underwater veiwing of American Alligators. after you get to the end of the building, there would be a ramp going up to a second floor with a hole in the roof the turtles and alligators can bask. There would also be a stream of water for the alligators leading out of the building and onto a hill where an outdoor swamp habitat would be. This would be acessed by a path that would go to the right and up the aforementioned hill, outside their would also be two other paths, one would go left and to the reptile complex, and the other would go forward and to the rest of the exhibits in the area. I am going to start with the reptile complex, basically it's a reptile house with a few other things like small fish and mammals (although that kind of beats The purpose of calling it the Reptile Complex, anyways) The reptile complex starts with a walk up the path, and then infront of you is the first exhibit and the building of the reptile complex. The first exhibit would be a pit full of water and a sandy shore for basking for American Crocodiles, a set of stairs would go down to a glass paneled wall of the pit for underwater veiwing of the Crocs. After going inside the building, in front of you is a series of terrariums housing Gopher Tortoise, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Green Anole, Florida Scrub Lizard, and Southern Ringneck Snake. To the Left of the entrance would be a series of Terrariums for Various Salamander, Frog, And Toad Species
AMPHIBIAN TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
Striped Newt
Pine Barrens Treefrog
Barking Treefrog
Pine Woods Treefrog
Green Treefrog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Bullfrog
Southern Leopard Frog
Bronze Frog
Little Grass Frog
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Florida Cricket Frog
Ornate Chorus Frog
Marbled Salamander
Gulf Coast Waterdog
Two Toed Amphiuma
Reticulate Flatwoods Salamander
To The right of the entrance to the reptile complex would be an exhibit called "Masters of Mimicry" featuring the deadly coral snake and its many Nonvenomous Mimickers.
MASTERS OF MIMICRY SPECIES LIST:
Eastern Coral Snake
Scarlet Kingsnake
Florida Scarlet Snake
Eastern Corn Snake
Next to Masters of Mimicry would be an exhibit called "Invaders of the Invasive Kind" With the invasive Burmese Python,The largest snake in the world, there would be two Exhibits, one of their native home in Asia, and one habitat of the Everglades, where they are invasive. Away from the entrance of the reptile complex would be and exhibit called The Pond, with various water centric species like small fish and salamanders.
The first exhibit would be a pool of water Split into two parts, one for Hellbender Salamanders, and the other for Common Mudpuppies. Across from it would be a 200 gallon freshwater fishtank decorated with rocks, branches, and plants. This tank would house various small fish species native to the southeastern U.S
FISHTANK SPECIES LIST:
American Flagfish
Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish
Carolina Pygmy Sunfish
Sailfin Molly
Amber Darter
Mangrove Killifish
Bluefin Killifish
Florida Apple Snail
Pygmy Killifish
Lined Topminnow
Golden Topminnow
Bluespotted Sunfish
Least Killifish
Next to the Fishtank would be 3 terrariums, one for the Banded Watersnake, one for the Green Watersnake, and one for the Salt Marsh Snake, The final exhibit in The Pond would be a pool of water with underwater veiwing and a basking area for an Alligator Snapping Turtle.The Final exhibit in the reptile complex would be Lizards and Snakes, featuring various Lizards and Snakes.
LIZARDS AND SNAKES SPECIES LIST:
Rainbow Snake
Reef Gecko
Six-Lined Racerunner
Mole Skink
Coal Skink
Five Lined Skink
Eastern Glass Lizard
Eastern Fence Lizard
Common Garter Snake
Rough Green Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Florida Pine Snake
Common Kingsnake
Copperhead
Cottonmouth Moccasin
Rough Earth Snake
Florida Crowned Snake
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake
Eastern Coachwhip
Queen Snake
Pygmy Rattlesnake
After you exit the reptile complex at the end of Lizards and Snakes, you go down a path that eventually intersects with the path that went forwards at the end of the Aquarium Tube Building. After you go up the Forwards path, their is a Paddock for Key Deer. Across from that paddock is a wire mesh enclosure encasing a makeshift dead tree with a tree hollow in it for Virginia Opposums. Next to it would be another wire mesh exhibit for Florida Marsh Rabbits. There would also be an indoor, dark exhibit for nine banded armadillos. To the right of The Key Deer, Oppossums, Rabbits, and Armadillo Exhibits would be the Glades Aviary, a walk through aviary For various waterfowl such as herons and egrets. It would have a simulated swamp with water, waterfalls, plants, and cypress trees.
GLADES AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Green Heron
Smooth Billed Ani
Florida Scrub Jay
American Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Reddish Egret
Mottled Duck
Anhinga
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Crowned Night Heron
Wood Stork
Great Egret
Tricolor Heron
Brown Pelican
The Final Exhibit of Down South would be an open air mangrove swamp exhibit for West Indian Manatees, also in this exhibit would be some larger saltwater fish like permit, bonefish, and snook. On the left and righ sides of the manatee exhibit respectively, would be two freshwater exhibits for American Paddlefish and Alligator Gar. after a walk down the path to the left of the manatee exhibit, you come to the end of Down South. Next Time, I will cover the last two areas of the North America Part of The Americas, Great Plains and The American Deserts......
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