You havent read this carefully enough thyclaine alive
none of those species lived in the area in question:western sahara
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You havent read this carefully enough thyclaine alive
none of those species lived in the area in question:western sahara
You havent read this carefully enough thyclaine alive
none of those species lived in the area in question:western sahara
If this is the second part of the carnivore complex, where's the first? Is it that mouse house exhibit? I thought this was the first of the carnivore complex
BTW, the Northwest "Saharan" Cheetah does live in the western Sahara.
I haven't gotten any responses from my Texas exhibit but have decided to go ahead and add the African section. This section will be called African mosaic. After leaving the Texas exhibit the motorist drives into a massive enclosure with trees and a patchwork of lakes and ponds. This is to mimic the Okavango Delta. This area will mostly focus on animals found in a wooded savannah. Animals that are able to approach the vehicle include greater kudu, sable antelope, red lechwe, sassaby, impala, and waterbuck. Animals that are visible from the vehicle but not able to approach are black rhino, Cape buffalo, warthogs, and bull elephants, each in their own sections. Hippos live in the largest lake in the exhibit, separate from the road. As the motorist prepares to enter the next section of African Mosaic, they see three separate packs of African hunting dogs, separated cleverly from their prey species.
The motorist then enters a section resembling the Serengeti filled with simulated acacias, baobabs, and termite mounds (like the previous section). Animals that can approach vehicles include ostrich, plains zebra, blue wildebeest, Thompson's gazelle, white rhino, eland, fringe-eared oryx, Masai giraffe, and roan antelope. A separate island with a troop of olive baboons is in the center of the exhibit. A herd of cow elephants is in the distance, unable to approach the vehicle. As the motorist exits this section of the park, two kopjes rise up from ahead. On either one is a small pride of lions facing each other. As the motorist prepares to enter the next section, a coalition of male cheetahs (including one king cheetah) is visible.
After viewing the cheetahs, the motorist enters the final section of the African Mosaic. This one has few trees and several rocky outcrops and small waterholes with a few palm trees surrounding them. Upon closer inspection, the motorist sees groups of Barbary sheep. Other animals roaming this area include African asses, Scimitar-horned oryx, addax, slender-horned gazelle, and dama gazelle. All of these animals are free to approach the vehicle.
The next section of the safari features Middle Eastern wildlife.
The motorist then enters a section resembling the Serengeti filled with simulated acacias, baobabs, and termite mounds (like the previous section). Animals that can approach vehicles include ostrich, plains zebra, blue wildebeest, Thompson's gazelle, white rhino, eland, fringe-eared oryx, Masai giraffe, and roan antelope. A separate island with a troop of olive baboons is in the center of the exhibit. A herd of cow elephants is in the distance, unable to approach the vehicle. As the motorist exits this section of the park, two kopjes rise up from ahead. On either one is a small pride of lions facing each other. As the motorist prepares to enter the next section, a coalition of male cheetahs (including one king cheetah) is visible.
After viewing the cheetahs, the motorist enters the final section of the African Mosaic. This one has few trees and several rocky outcrops and small waterholes with a few palm trees surrounding them. Upon closer inspection, the motorist sees groups of Barbary sheep. Other animals roaming this area include African asses, Scimitar-horned oryx, addax, slender-horned gazelle, and dama gazelle. All of these animals are free to approach the vehicle.
The next section of the safari features Middle Eastern wildlife.
Very nice exhibit. I like how you had both bull and cow African Bush Elephants. The king Cheetah was a nice touch. When did you post your Texas exhibit? I don't remember seeing it.
Thanks! I always figured bull elephants are harder to house so an exhibit like this would be good. I posted the Texas exhibit three days ago but here it is:
I can't think of a name for this zoo, but this is located near Austin, TX, a big city with no zoo. It is a combination zoo and safari park, like I have posted before for a California location. I will split this up into sections for ease of reading, starting with the safari park.
As visitors enter the park in their own vehicles, they first go into a preserve called Our Backyard. This features wildlife from Texas that currently exist in the state and wildlife no longer found in the state. The terrain resembles East Texas at the beginning and at the end of the drive will resemble West Texas. The barriers between the sections will not be visible to the motorists. The first section of the preserve is a wooded area featuring animals from East Texas. White-tailed deer are able to approach the vehicles and black bears and red wolves, while visible from the road, are kept away from their prey.
The visitor then exits the forested area and is now in an area resembling the plains. In this area, bison and pronghorn are able to approach the vehicles. Visible but separated from their prey are coyotes. Ponds are also present to attract native waterfowl.
The visitor exits this transition area to reach an area with rocky outcroppings as well as pinyon and juniper trees. This is the West Texas area. In this area, desert bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk, and javelinas are able to approach visitors' vehicles. Separated from their prey are Mexican wolves. Upon leaving the Texas exhibit, visitors prepare to enter the Africa section, which will be mentioned later on.
Oh yeah I remember this one now. Very nice but I'd try to be a bit more detailed. It usually takes me weeks to plan out, design, and type up an exhibit (if you're jbnbsn you take over a year
). I type mine up on a word document before I present it. Still good exhibits and better than my orginal designs (very short description and a species list). They're somewhere on this thread if you want to go find them. I only did Thylacine Reserve and Arctic Circle before I started making more detailed ones (coincidentaly that's the only detailed ones I've released as well).
Oh yeah I remember this one now. Very nice but I'd try to be a bit more detailed. It usually takes me weeks to plan out, design, and type up an exhibit (if you're jbnbsn you take over a year
I don't know if I have the attention span to take a week to create an exhibit. Maybe after I create the drive-through safari area I'll put some more thought into the walking area. And I have two other zoos in mind that I can put some more thought into. I also overlooked a species in the Serengeti area: a pack of spotted hyenas on the opposite side of the cheetahs.
Ever since I started making the more detailed version of Thylacine Reserve I've been making a list of my exhibits and the animals that go with it. I have been editing it ever since. This way I have everything pretty much how I want it when I start to type. I continue to edit while I'm typing it as well.
Ok well since it appears no one is voting anymore I guess I'm doing American Great Plains next. I'm not sure how long it'll take me but if the world doesn't end I have all of winter break to work on exhibits.
Can't wait to see it!
This is just one of the species lists I have for a zoo not currently in progress.
By the way I haven't given up on the western sahara zoo.
I present to you alaskan arctic tundra.
Alaskan arctic tundra
20 acre tram ride
Canada goose
Caribou
Moose
Musk ox
Sandhill crane
Tundra swan
Mammal walkway
Alaska marmot
American beaver
American golden plover
American mink
Arctic fox
Arctic ground squirrel
Arctic hare
Ermine
Gyrfalcon
Hoary marmot
Least weasel
North American tree porcupine
Northern river otter
Red fox
Snowy owl
Land of the great bear
American brown bear
Canada lynx
Coyote
Gray wolf
wolverine
honest opinions wanted.
epickoala123
By the way I haven't given up on the western sahara zoo.
I present to you alaskan arctic tundra.
Alaskan arctic tundra
20 acre tram ride
Canada goose
Caribou
Moose
Musk ox
Sandhill crane
Tundra swan
Mammal walkway
Alaska marmot
American beaver
American golden plover
American mink
Arctic fox
Arctic ground squirrel
Arctic hare
Ermine
Gyrfalcon
Hoary marmot
Least weasel
North American tree porcupine
Northern river otter
Red fox
Snowy owl
Land of the great bear
American brown bear
Canada lynx
Coyote
Gray wolf
wolverine
honest opinions wanted.
epickoala123
If I were you, I'd wait until I finished designing the exhibit before reveiling the species that will be in it as it ruins the thrill of reading the post to find out what animals are in it. It isn't the only reason people read our exhibits but it's a big factor.
NOTE: In the near future I may be doing a big edit to Thylacine Reserve as I now am planning an Islands of the Pacific exhibit and I might invest in removing the few non-Australian species I snuck into the exhibit.
NOTE: In the near future I may be doing a big edit to Thylacine Reserve as I now am planning an Islands of the Pacific exhibit and I might invest in removing the few non-Australian species I snuck into the exhibit.
The next part of my still-unnamed Austin, TX zoo is the area featuring Middle Eastern wildlife. This area is called Crossroads as it represents a crossroads between Europe and Asia. This area is a simulated desert with rocky hills scattered throughout and simulated oases with palm trees. acacias are few and far between. On the rocky outcrops Nubian ibex and wild goats climb for a better view of the motorist ambling through the preserve. A large herd of Arabian oryx gathers near the waterholes or approaches the vehicle, curious of the occupants. Dorcas gazelles, mountain gazelles, Neauman's gazelles, and dromedaries roam throughout the preserve as well. I debated on dromedaries since these are a domesticated species and even considered featuring them in the Australian exhibit later on since that is where they are most like wild animals, but decided this would have represented their ancient homeland. As the motorist leaves this section, they notice two areas cleverly separated from the main exhibit. These areas have rocky outcrops for vantage points as well as trees for shade and flatter areas. On the left are a pair of golden jackals and on the right is a troop of Hamadryas baboons.
The motorist leaves this area for a habitat simulating the Indian grasslands.
The motorist leaves this area for a habitat simulating the Indian grasslands.
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Canine kingdom
This is the second part of the large predator area, and will focus on members of the dog family.
Coming out of the cat area, you immediately come across a large, watered area. Basking in the water is a large Nile crocodile(crocodylus niloticus). Walking down a flight of stairs, it takes you to a underwater tunnel. Walking through the tunnel in awe, a large female and her young swim above your head. Disappointed to go , you decide to move on
The next exhibit is the largest, and holds striped hyena(hyaena hyaena). The exhibit is a large grassy expanse, filled with trees and rocks. The left hand side has a small lake/pond. In the middle there is a large area of tall grass.
The last large dog in the area is the golden jackal(canis aerus). This is exhibit is almost identical to the one for the striped hyena. The main difference is a bit more area of rock for climbing.
Coming from the larger animals area, you come across a artificial area, designed like a cave. Coming through two artificial rocks, into a building with glass sides that look into exhibits.
The final area is for smaller animals. On the left there is a exhibit for ruppells fox(vulpes rueppellii). The exhibit is smaller than the ones for the hyena’s and coyote’s, but still well sized. The exhibit is sandy, with a lot of native desert bush species. At the back of the exhibit there is a hilly area designed to look like a desert dune.
The final enclosure of this section is for fennec fox’s(vulpes zerda). This exhibit is nearly identical to the ruppels, but has a artificial burrow built in to the dunes area.
Hope you have enjoyed this and as always, honest opinions wanted.
Epickoala123
This is the second part of the large predator area, and will focus on members of the dog family.
Coming out of the cat area, you immediately come across a large, watered area. Basking in the water is a large Nile crocodile(crocodylus niloticus). Walking down a flight of stairs, it takes you to a underwater tunnel. Walking through the tunnel in awe, a large female and her young swim above your head. Disappointed to go , you decide to move on
The next exhibit is the largest, and holds striped hyena(hyaena hyaena). The exhibit is a large grassy expanse, filled with trees and rocks. The left hand side has a small lake/pond. In the middle there is a large area of tall grass.
The last large dog in the area is the golden jackal(canis aerus). This is exhibit is almost identical to the one for the striped hyena. The main difference is a bit more area of rock for climbing.
Coming from the larger animals area, you come across a artificial area, designed like a cave. Coming through two artificial rocks, into a building with glass sides that look into exhibits.
The final area is for smaller animals. On the left there is a exhibit for ruppells fox(vulpes rueppellii). The exhibit is smaller than the ones for the hyena’s and coyote’s, but still well sized. The exhibit is sandy, with a lot of native desert bush species. At the back of the exhibit there is a hilly area designed to look like a desert dune.
The final enclosure of this section is for fennec fox’s(vulpes zerda). This exhibit is nearly identical to the ruppels, but has a artificial burrow built in to the dunes area.
Hope you have enjoyed this and as always, honest opinions wanted.
Epickoala123
You know Striped Hyenas aren't canines right? The exhibit is called Canine Kingdom yet you only have three canine species (and not even popular and well known ones like Grey Wolves or African Wild Dogs). I don't understand why there's a Nile Crocodile exhibit here and why am I disappointed after seeing a female and her young swim over you? Also, jbnbsn moved all your other exhibts to your other thread so why are you posting this on here?
clearly this is confusing people what counts as an western saharan species so I might as well give up on this.
I'm confused on the whole Sahara thing! If it's Sahara animals then make it clear at the top of the post above your exhibit. My points still stand that hyenas aren't canines and Nile Crocodiles don't belong in a canine exhibit! Also, both Grey Wolves and (I believe) African Wild Dogs used to exist in North Africa so they could still fit in.
P.S. I still don't get why West Saharan Cheetahs don't fit in your Western Sahara feline exhibit?
Don't give up on it, just do a hyena section with the three species of hyena (maybe even add aardwolf even if they aren't hyenas) and have a reptile area.
I still haven't been able to come up with a name for the zoo in Austin I've envisioned and not much feedback except for ThylacineAlive. Anyway, the next section of the drive-through preserve is an Indian grasslands exhibit, called Treasures of Assam. This area looks much different from the Crossroads exhibit featuring Middle Eastern wildlife. Several streams and marshes are scattered throughout the exhibit. In a separate wetland area not approachable to the vehicle, are bull Asian elephants. These animals are able to see each other but each has his own separate enclosure to protect against fighting. In another separate area Indian rhinos are visible to the vehicle but are unable to approach. Animals that are able to approach the vehicle include nilgai, blackbucks, water buffalo, chinkara,and barasingha. This section leads into an Indian forest exhibit.
How about the Austin Wild Safari Park (& Zoo). Nice exhibit. Again, I like how you have bull elephants instead of all females.
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