Hello.
Out of all zoos near me, the last one I had yet to visit was Arca do Noah, in Guaratiba. It is a very small zoo (more like a farm park with a few wild animals) which is around an hour away from my house. The entrance fee is rather expensive (80 reais for people over 21 and half the price...
Zoos that don't have the space or money for elephants, big cats, apes, or bears tend to focus on specific themes for their collections of small animals. I remember the central park zoo having the theme of temperate and tropical habitats, and the Bermuda zoo I visited last summer had a theme of...
Based on the "Small Zoo starter pack" on the Meme thread (can't find the link now, sorry).
Its upcoming masterplan is coming up next!
Species list in the comments.
Based on my Gardener Park Zoo: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/gardener-park-zoo-1990.541246/
In this version, the zoo never exceeds its original boundaries, resulting in a rather small zoo with a limited collection of animals. Species list in the description.
The penultimate park in Zoo City, built on the slopes of a hill (the lighter the green, the higher the terrain, brown patches are sheer cliffs) downtown, is the modestly sized Midday Gardens Zoo, which has an equally modest entry fee. The next issue will be the Royal Recess Park Zoo.
After an unexpectedly long wait, welcome back to Zoo City, a city with five distinct zoological collections! This time, we'll visit the Newbed Zoo, a free-admission zoo found in a large park, which mostly focuses on European animals. Species list in the description. Next issue; Midday Garden Zoo.
How good a small zoo idea is this assuming there is a catchment area of visitors?
Insectarium
Larger scale design based on Warsaw museums (not the zoo) arachnid exhibits. Uncluttered, light, airy and featuring mainly 40cm squared footprints for spiders, scorpions, cockroaches and the like...