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If you'd like another exhibit, yours is the Gir Forest in India, diurnal.
Sure, you can get the coasts of South Africa and the Cape, diurnal.
Absolutely! How about the deserts of South America (Chaco or Patagonian, namely), diurnal?
TheZooMan10
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I will have a theme
How about the South American pampas, nocturnal?
Penguin Bay
This dome is quite small and has a short species list but here we go.
The floor of the dome is mainly covered in sand with lots of rocks and tall dune grass. The illusion of this whole area is to create the feeling that all of the animals share the same stretch of water.
As you enter the dome (you are probably overwhelmed by the incredible stench but oh well
) you will firstly here the sound of lots of seabirds. As you continue to move down the raised boardwalk pathway you will start to see several birds flying overhead.
Free flying birds:
Bank Cormorant
African Darter
African Oystercatcher
Blacksmith Plover
Great White Pelican.
You come to a large rocky wall placed up against the side of the dome, this wall has lots of ledges and holes for the seabirds to nest. Next you come to a medium netted exhibit held up by support beams. Inside this exhibit there are South African Fur Seal. This exhibit has a large deep pool with a small ground section made up of a rocky island.You can view this exhibit through several glass windows. The next exhibit will be the most popular (and the noisiest.........and the smelliest). This exhibit holds a large colony of African Penguins. Their exhibit is a slight slope with sandy floor and small tufts if dune grass and rocks. They have a large pool to swim in. Now we go underground. You enter a tunnel that takes you beneath the dome. The first exhibit here is a medium tank which holds Spotted Stargazers, Cape Sole and Cape Gurnard. The next area in this underground section is a long glass tunnel that passes under the fur seal and penguin exhibits allowing you to get underwater viewing of them. The bottom of the penguin exhibit has lots of rocks and plants, if you look here you will notice the penguins actually share their pool with some Black Sea Catfish.
Sorry it took awhile and I know it's not great.
This dome is quite small and has a short species list but here we go.
The floor of the dome is mainly covered in sand with lots of rocks and tall dune grass. The illusion of this whole area is to create the feeling that all of the animals share the same stretch of water.
As you enter the dome (you are probably overwhelmed by the incredible stench but oh well
) you will firstly here the sound of lots of seabirds. As you continue to move down the raised boardwalk pathway you will start to see several birds flying overhead.Free flying birds:
Bank Cormorant
African Darter
African Oystercatcher
Blacksmith Plover
Great White Pelican.
You come to a large rocky wall placed up against the side of the dome, this wall has lots of ledges and holes for the seabirds to nest. Next you come to a medium netted exhibit held up by support beams. Inside this exhibit there are South African Fur Seal. This exhibit has a large deep pool with a small ground section made up of a rocky island.You can view this exhibit through several glass windows. The next exhibit will be the most popular (and the noisiest.........and the smelliest). This exhibit holds a large colony of African Penguins. Their exhibit is a slight slope with sandy floor and small tufts if dune grass and rocks. They have a large pool to swim in. Now we go underground. You enter a tunnel that takes you beneath the dome. The first exhibit here is a medium tank which holds Spotted Stargazers, Cape Sole and Cape Gurnard. The next area in this underground section is a long glass tunnel that passes under the fur seal and penguin exhibits allowing you to get underwater viewing of them. The bottom of the penguin exhibit has lots of rocks and plants, if you look here you will notice the penguins actually share their pool with some Black Sea Catfish.
Sorry it took awhile and I know it's not great.
Penguin Bay
This dome is quite small and has a short species list but here we go.
The floor of the dome is mainly covered in sand with lots of rocks and tall dune grass. The illusion of this whole area is to create the feeling that all of the animals share the same stretch of water.
As you enter the dome (you are probably overwhelmed by the incredible stench but oh well
Free flying birds:
Bank Cormorant
African Darter
African Oystercatcher
Blacksmith Plover
Great White Pelican.
You come to a large rocky wall placed up against the side of the dome, this wall has lots of ledges and holes for the seabirds to nest. Next you come to a medium netted exhibit held up by support beams. Inside this exhibit there are South African Fur Seal. This exhibit has a large deep pool with a small ground section made up of a rocky island.You can view this exhibit through several glass windows. The next exhibit will be the most popular (and the noisiest.........and the smelliest). This exhibit holds a large colony of African Penguins. Their exhibit is a slight slope with sandy floor and small tufts if dune grass and rocks. They have a large pool to swim in. Now we go underground. You enter a tunnel that takes you beneath the dome. The first exhibit here is a medium tank which holds Spotted Stargazers, Cape Sole and Cape Gurnard. The next area in this underground section is a long glass tunnel that passes under the fur seal and penguin exhibits allowing you to get underwater viewing of them. The bottom of the penguin exhibit has lots of rocks and plants, if you look here you will notice the penguins actually share their pool with some Black Sea Catfish.
Sorry it took awhile and I know it's not great.
Wow! This exhibit is really well thought-out, and I like how you even included fish found off the coast! Great job. If you'd like another biome, try the steppes of Mongolia and northeastern China. I'd look at birds for this one, or small mammals.
TheZooMan10
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Pampas in the Night
This will be a dimly lit dome containing mainly small mammals and birds.
Free Flight Birds:
Pampas Meadowlark
Hudson's Canastero
Red-Winged Tinamou
Southern Lapwing
Embernagra
Scale-Throated Earthcreeper
Ringed Warblng Finch
The first exhibit you see is a 5,000 foot habitat that acts like a pit.
It contains Pampas Foxes.
Next is a 15,000 foot habitat with a termite mound.
Giant Anteaters Call this space home.
The next exhibit is the largest in the building at 20,000 square feet.
You might see Maned Wolves.
Next is a 3,000 foot enclosure for Southern Pudus.
Next is a small habitat for a Viscachas.
As you leave,there is an information panel explaining how to save the animals of the pampas.
I will have another theme
This will be a dimly lit dome containing mainly small mammals and birds.
Free Flight Birds:
Pampas Meadowlark
Hudson's Canastero
Red-Winged Tinamou
Southern Lapwing
Embernagra
Scale-Throated Earthcreeper
Ringed Warblng Finch
The first exhibit you see is a 5,000 foot habitat that acts like a pit.
It contains Pampas Foxes.
Next is a 15,000 foot habitat with a termite mound.
Giant Anteaters Call this space home.
The next exhibit is the largest in the building at 20,000 square feet.
You might see Maned Wolves.
Next is a 3,000 foot enclosure for Southern Pudus.
Next is a small habitat for a Viscachas.
As you leave,there is an information panel explaining how to save the animals of the pampas.
I will have another theme
I'm assuming the wolf and fox enclosures are netted then? I'm not sure how many of those birds are nocturnal either. But, still, nice exhibit. Your next biome is the forests of Tasmania and New Zealand (yeah, you can use species from both), nocturnal.
TheZooMan10
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Yes,the fox and wolf enclosures are netted
The Steppe
Medium-sized open dome with a desert environment, a few trees dotted around and a small rock formation in the centre. This dome focuses on a lot of free-flying birds. You can see bustards on the ground, rollers flying about above and spot a crane on the hill. Look closely and you may spot a marmot in the sand or a ground squirrel running about.
Free-Ranging Animals:
Demoiselle Crane
White-Throated Bush-Chat
Brown-Eared Pheasant
Glossy Ibis
Little Bustard
Pallas’s Sandgrouse
Hill Pigeon
Red Turtle Dove
European Roller
Eurasian Hoopoe
Grey Marmot
Daurian Ground Squirrel
The path takes you towards the rocks in the middle. There are three small-medium sized glass-fronted exhibits here. One for Marbled Polecat, one for Long-Eared Hedgehogs and one for Mongolian Three-Toed Jerboa. As you walk round the rocks, you see a canyon cutting down the middle of one of them. This canyon has a netted top and a glass-panel on the front. Here is a group of Corsac Foxes.
The final exhibit is a large aviary for Golden Eagles, their aviary is held up by a singular dead tree which also provides lots of perches for them. There are lots of signs to explain the relationships between the eagles and their falconers that use them to hunt on the steppe.
Medium-sized open dome with a desert environment, a few trees dotted around and a small rock formation in the centre. This dome focuses on a lot of free-flying birds. You can see bustards on the ground, rollers flying about above and spot a crane on the hill. Look closely and you may spot a marmot in the sand or a ground squirrel running about.
Free-Ranging Animals:
Demoiselle Crane
White-Throated Bush-Chat
Brown-Eared Pheasant
Glossy Ibis
Little Bustard
Pallas’s Sandgrouse
Hill Pigeon
Red Turtle Dove
European Roller
Eurasian Hoopoe
Grey Marmot
Daurian Ground Squirrel
The path takes you towards the rocks in the middle. There are three small-medium sized glass-fronted exhibits here. One for Marbled Polecat, one for Long-Eared Hedgehogs and one for Mongolian Three-Toed Jerboa. As you walk round the rocks, you see a canyon cutting down the middle of one of them. This canyon has a netted top and a glass-panel on the front. Here is a group of Corsac Foxes.
The final exhibit is a large aviary for Golden Eagles, their aviary is held up by a singular dead tree which also provides lots of perches for them. There are lots of signs to explain the relationships between the eagles and their falconers that use them to hunt on the steppe.
TheZooMan10
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Islands off of Australia
This dome will have some very unique species living inside of it
Free flight birds:
Australian Bittern
Banded Rail
New Zealand Dotterel
Stitchbird
Tomtit
Yellowhead
The first exhibit is 10,000 square feet.
It contains Tasmanian Devils.
Next is three netted flight cages.
The first displaying a Kea,the second a Kakapo,and the third a Kiwi.
Next is an enclosure that is around the same size as the devil's.
It houses Common Wombats.
Next is a 5,000 square foot enclosure with a small termite mound.
It is a home for Short-Beaked Echidnas.
The last domed enclosure is for a Pademelon.
Once you are back outdoors,there is one diurnal exhibit that can't be viewed in the dome but connects to it.
It has an equal amount of land and water.
It contains Little Penguins.
I will have another theme
This dome will have some very unique species living inside of it
Free flight birds:
Australian Bittern
Banded Rail
New Zealand Dotterel
Stitchbird
Tomtit
Yellowhead
The first exhibit is 10,000 square feet.
It contains Tasmanian Devils.
Next is three netted flight cages.
The first displaying a Kea,the second a Kakapo,and the third a Kiwi.
Next is an enclosure that is around the same size as the devil's.
It houses Common Wombats.
Next is a 5,000 square foot enclosure with a small termite mound.
It is a home for Short-Beaked Echidnas.
The last domed enclosure is for a Pademelon.
Once you are back outdoors,there is one diurnal exhibit that can't be viewed in the dome but connects to it.
It has an equal amount of land and water.
It contains Little Penguins.
I will have another theme
A very nice exhibit! I'd be a little worried for the ground squirrels and any eggs or fledglings with rollers, ibises, and cranes about, but otherwise amazing job. Your next biome is the Canadian taiga, diurnal.
Great exhibit! Can I ask what kind of pademelon and kiwis, though? I'm not sure bitterns would do too well with smaller rails and dotterels, either. Your next biome is the Chinese temperate forests, diurnal.
TheZooMan10
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Temperate China
This large dome will focus on the temperate forests of China.
Free roaming birds
Golden Pheasant
White-Crested Laughing Thrush
Mandarin Duck
Red Breasted Goose
Chinese Monal
Common Spoonbill
As you enter you are met with a pond for some Koi.
The first exhibit is a 25,000 square foot habitat that is very grassy.
It contains Pere David's Deer and Red Crowned Cranes.
The next exhibit is a 20,000 square foot habitat with a glass viewing panel.
Amur Leopards are the residents of this habitat.
The next exhibit is also 20,000 square feet.
It is a home for South China Tigers.
Next is a 3,000 square foot habitat that is mostly water.
It contains Chinese Alligators.
Next is the largest habitat in the dome at just under an acre.
Giant Pandas call this habitat home.
Next is a 10,000 foot habitat with a giant tree at the center.
Normally perched in it is a Red Panda.
The final habitat is 15,000 feet and has lots of climbing structures.
Climbing around are Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys.
The dome ends with educational displays showing how we can save China.
Next theme please
This large dome will focus on the temperate forests of China.
Free roaming birds
Golden Pheasant
White-Crested Laughing Thrush
Mandarin Duck
Red Breasted Goose
Chinese Monal
Common Spoonbill
As you enter you are met with a pond for some Koi.
The first exhibit is a 25,000 square foot habitat that is very grassy.
It contains Pere David's Deer and Red Crowned Cranes.
The next exhibit is a 20,000 square foot habitat with a glass viewing panel.
Amur Leopards are the residents of this habitat.
The next exhibit is also 20,000 square feet.
It is a home for South China Tigers.
Next is a 3,000 square foot habitat that is mostly water.
It contains Chinese Alligators.
Next is the largest habitat in the dome at just under an acre.
Giant Pandas call this habitat home.
Next is a 10,000 foot habitat with a giant tree at the center.
Normally perched in it is a Red Panda.
The final habitat is 15,000 feet and has lots of climbing structures.
Climbing around are Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys.
The dome ends with educational displays showing how we can save China.
Next theme please
I'm assuming most of these exhibits are netted, because otherwise there will be problems with the free range birds. Your next biome is the marshlands of the Danube in Romania, diurnal.
TheZooMan10
Well-Known Member
Yes,every exhibit except for the Deer are netted.
TheZooMan10
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The Danube Dome
This is just one free flight aviary and an aquarium tank plus one mammal.
First up is the aquarium tank.
It is 45,000 gallons
Fish species:
Danube Sturgeon
Starlet
European Sea Sturgeon
Huchen
Next is an exhibit with an equal amount of water and land.
It contains Eurasian Otters.
Next is the free flight aviary
Free roaming birds:
Squacco Heron
Glossy Ibis
Great Egret
Red-Breasted Goose
Little Egret
Eurasian Spoonbill
Great Crested Grebe
Next theme please
This is just one free flight aviary and an aquarium tank plus one mammal.
First up is the aquarium tank.
It is 45,000 gallons
Fish species:
Danube Sturgeon
Starlet
European Sea Sturgeon
Huchen
Next is an exhibit with an equal amount of water and land.
It contains Eurasian Otters.
Next is the free flight aviary
Free roaming birds:
Squacco Heron
Glossy Ibis
Great Egret
Red-Breasted Goose
Little Egret
Eurasian Spoonbill
Great Crested Grebe
Next theme please
Not to be rude, but could you put a little bit more description into the enclosures and design of the exhibits? Thanks. Your next biome is the Arctic tundra, diurnal. I'd recommend small birds and maybe smaller mammals.
TheZooMan10
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The Arctic Tundra
Most of this dome's habitats are indoors with two outdoor habitats.
Free roaming birds
Arctic Tern
Arctic Skua
Snow Goose
The first exhibit is 5,000 square feet and netted.
Each habitat will have artificial snow to match the animal's natural habitat.
This habitat contains Arctic Foxes.
The foxes have lots of play toys and treats near the front of the habitat to keep them in guest view.
Next is a small building with one habitat that can be viewed from a glass viewing panel.
It has a rocky outcrop and a pool
It contains many Atlantic Puffins.
After exiting the building,visitors see a large flight cage with evergreen trees for perches.
It contains Snowy Owls.
Next is a 10,000 foot yard with less artificial snow than the other habitats.
It contains a Wolverine.
Next is the outdoor section which the birds don't have access to.
The first habitat is the largest at one and a half acres.
It has an acre of land and and a half an acre pool.
It also has an underwater tunnel through the pool.
It no surprise contains two Polar Bears.
The last habitat is three quarters of an acre.
Around 15% of it is land while the rest is water.
It too has an underwater tunnel.
It contains Harp Seals.
Next theme please
Most of this dome's habitats are indoors with two outdoor habitats.
Free roaming birds
Arctic Tern
Arctic Skua
Snow Goose
The first exhibit is 5,000 square feet and netted.
Each habitat will have artificial snow to match the animal's natural habitat.
This habitat contains Arctic Foxes.
The foxes have lots of play toys and treats near the front of the habitat to keep them in guest view.
Next is a small building with one habitat that can be viewed from a glass viewing panel.
It has a rocky outcrop and a pool
It contains many Atlantic Puffins.
After exiting the building,visitors see a large flight cage with evergreen trees for perches.
It contains Snowy Owls.
Next is a 10,000 foot yard with less artificial snow than the other habitats.
It contains a Wolverine.
Next is the outdoor section which the birds don't have access to.
The first habitat is the largest at one and a half acres.
It has an acre of land and and a half an acre pool.
It also has an underwater tunnel through the pool.
It no surprise contains two Polar Bears.
The last habitat is three quarters of an acre.
Around 15% of it is land while the rest is water.
It too has an underwater tunnel.
It contains Harp Seals.
Next theme please