speculative zoo

I remember my first visit to Adventure Aquarium like yesterday. It was one of the most magical experiences of my life. With a variety of species from arapaima to macaws and even green sawfish, it was an important formative experience for me, as it helped to continue and further my interest in...

This is a bit of fun to see people's different ideas on what zoos could get polar bears next. I am very excited to see the results of this thread.

Introduction The park that we all know as Kobe Animal Kingdom initially started as Kobe Kachouen in 2006 on the artificial Port Island in, well, Kobe. It was one of the few flower-and-bird parks founded by the horticulturist Kamo Mototeru. After seven years of operation, the managing company of...

While I work on my analysis thread, I'll also occasionally post on here. This thread will be for exhibits that I've thought about in the past, some for spec zoos that I stopped working on (not Las Vegas Spec Zoo). This meant to be realistic to an extent; ie. some animals might be rarer than...

Hello all, In the infancy of my Zoochat days back in 2018, I shared my plans on this website for what was essentially my dream zoo. You can se them here: Design a Zoo 2018 Even at the time, I knew that a zoo of this size, with so many species rare to nonexistent in the US (where my fictional...

Hello, all! I'm unsure how ~popular~ of a thread this might be, but I thought it would be fun to experiment with. I'm trying to get back into Planet Zoo, and thought it would be fun to create something between a spec zoo thread and a game thread. My goal here is to document my PZ process- from...

I contemplated waiting till 2025 to start this thread, but let's just say I'm a bit impatient. We return to Myrtle Beach, a tourist haven which has some smaller zoological facilities, but none that really stick out from the crowd. Until now that is. The Myrtle Beach Zoological Park hosts 945...

Hello, and welcome to my first speculative zoo project. The Las Vegas Zoo, possibly located near Henderson, mainly focuses on wildlife found in deserts, arid regions, and xeric regions. This zoo also reflects Las Vegas as “the City that Never Sleeps” as it’s a 24-hour zoo (with 2 short hours of...

Before I take on the inevitable Project of Designing a Whole Speculative zoo, I have decided to set out a goal to design smaller/ Large exhibits before taking on a whole zoo at once. Considering That I am new to Speculative Zoo design, When I design my exhibits, can I recieve feeback or...

Note: We still don't have a northern white rhinoceros clone; I don't think an aurochs will happen soon. Through breeding-back with less derived breeds of cattle and eventually genetic engineering, a joint effort between rewilding NGOs and several universities have produced the first...

Hello all, I am new to the forums so if this is in the wrong place i apologize! I am planning out a zoo currently, set in Maine. I am currently working on the species list and could use some help. Right now i am working on a section based on Bhutanese wildlife, tentatively called "Bhutanese...

this is a thread that i will post ideas for exhibits and exhibit complexes that i have. the first of which i will be posting soon.

Hello everybody, I introduce my speculative zoo thread for 2024. Here I will present 12 different projects, one per month. The first one is dedicated to the Islands of the World. Before releasing the map (I'll do it within the coming days), I explain that zoo is a re-edition of a previous...

The purpose of this thread is to discuss my speculative plan for changes the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium can make going forward. Much of this is based on information I know about future zoo renovations (publicly shared), but also my own personal thoughts/opinions over the different regions of the...

Hello, I submit you the last list of zoo themes for my future spec zoo thread, for the month of December 2024. You can choose up to 3 zoos, but you shouldn't change your votes, so it would be better to choose your favourite themes carefully. All the zoos will be located in France, in the...

Hello, I submit you a list of potential zoo themes for my spec zoo thread in November 2024. You can choose up to 3 zoos, but you shouldn't change your votes, so it would be better to choose your favourite themes carefully. All the zoos will be located in France, in the absence of opposite...

Hello, I submit you a list of potential themes for my spec zoo thread in October 2024. You can choose up to 3 zoos, but you shouldn't change your votes, so it would be better to choose your favourite themes carefully. All the zoos will be located in France, in the absence of opposite mentions...

Hello, I submit you a list of potential future themes for my spec zoo thread in September 2024. You can choose up to 3 zoos, but you shouldn't change your votes, so it would be better to choose your favourite themes carefully. All the zoos will be located in France, in the absence of opposite...

Hello, I submit you the potential list of zoo themes for my speculative zoo thread in August 2024. You can choose up to 3 zoos, but you shouldn't change your votes, so it would be better to choose your favourite themes carefully. All the zoos will be located in France, in the absence of...

Hello, I submit you the list of potential future themes for my spec zoo thread in July 2024. You can choose up to 3 zoos, but you shouldn't change your votes, so it would be better to choose your favourite themes carefully. All the zoos will be located in France, in the absence of opposite...