Cool!
Most zoos (and most fictional zoos here) just copy each other (African savanna, Patagonian steppe etc. etc.).
It is great to see fresh concepts! Try to develop some more fresh ideas.
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Cool!
Most zoos (and most fictional zoos here) just copy each other (African savanna, Patagonian steppe etc. etc.).
It is great to see fresh concepts! Try to develop some more fresh ideas.
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It'd be almost impossible to build a big zoo in a small town as it would be a lot less visitation and thus less income and funding. When things get rough or you want to make an expansion don't expect the town or county's government to help you out.
~Thylo
it was just an idea.
It'd be almost impossible to build a big zoo in a small town as it would be a lot less visitation and thus less income and funding. When things get rough or you want to make an expansion don't expect the town or county's government to help you out.
~Thylo
Yeah, TA, you're not the one I'd expect to shoot down peoples' ideas and bring them back to reality, especially on a fantasy zoo thread. Let the man dream, haha.
I will start on the WorldWide Zoo. I will start with small cats. You enter and are greeted by 1.0 bobcat in a exhibit with small forest and a stream. Then you mini cat adventures continue with 1.1.2.0 sand cats in a rocky desert with basking rocks and desert plants. Following the sand cats is 1.0 Spanish lynx I plains exhibit with a stream and small pond. After him is 0.2 Andean cats in a mountain exhibit with climbing rocks. Next is 1.1 fishing cats in a riverbank habitat with climbing structure and live fish. Next is a black footed cat male and female in a natural desert exhibit followed by a serval pair in a replica savannah habitat. Next in a well planted tropical habitat is 1.2.1.1 ocelots. Next are sister caracals in a mixed desert,savannah exhibit. Next is in a slightly larger, but almost identical habitat to the ocelots is 2.0 clouded leopards. Next in a forested hill environment is 1.2 Eurasian lynxes. The final,and largest exhibit is a mix of a forest,plains,and mountain habitat for 1.1.1.1 pumas witch are large but some consider them small cats.So what do you think?
Sounds like a fun one. Hopefully there is more to come. Where are you wanting to locate this one?
I was thinking somewhere in New York.
Next up, Egg-Laying Mammals! As you enter a building where you catch a glimpse of brother short-beaked echidnas in a forested desert with soft substrate for if we introduce a female,they can naturally lay their eggs.Next is an elderly female long-beaked echidna in a temperate forest habitat with fallen leaves.The Majestic creature in this exhibit is a breeding pair of platypuses in a riverbank/stream habitat with a pre-made river-side burrow for the pair and in the future, hopefully eggs. When you exit you realize your snake and parrot aren't the only ones who hatch.Next exhibit I think I will do hyenas/aardwolves.
First part of WorldWide Zoo's African section is for hyenas and aardwolves.First you come to a desert/plains exhibit for 1.3 aardwolves and includes burrow,fallen logs, and a log structure(almost like a climbing frame) for them to go into for privacy.Next is 2.0 brown hyenas in a hilly desert with small desert cave.Next up is 1.1 striped hyenas in a hilly desert exhibit with cave and small forest.Last in this hyena/aardwolf part is 1.3.1.1 spotted hyenas in a hilly desert with patches of grassy spots, cave, small pond, and live feeding at 1:30.
This part isn't part of Africa, but still as exciting. I call it Bears of Asia! First you come across has 1.1.2.0 sun bears exhibit that is planted with tropical plants and trees and climbing frame and fallen logs. Next is 1.1 sloth bears in a mountainous plains exhibit with a cave and forest. Next is 1.0 asiastic black bear in a rocky plains exhibit with cave and forest. Next is the largest exhibit for 1.1.1.2 Eurasian brown bears in a forest plain and mountain exhibit completed with river,pond,waterfall,live fish,cave,and fallen logs.The final exhibit is a Chinese mountain plains exhibit for 1.1.2.2 giant pandas with bamboo forest,climbing structure,and pond.You realize grizzlies,black,and polar bears aren't the only bears this world has to offer.
echidnas don't bury their eggs, they carry them in a pouch.MikeZoo12 said:
And as asked above, what is the fourth number for in your animal listings? The numbers stand for male.female.unknown (so 1.4.2 would mean one male, four females and two of unknown sex). (I'm sort of guessing you think the first two numbers are adult males and females and the other two for baby males and females?)
I do this because I like it but for me the third number is male offspring and the fourth number is female offspring.
As posted above,yes, I use the third and fourth for the offspring's sex. I forgot echidnas had pouches,but they should still have soft substrate.
it is a fantasy thread but for the sake of explanation/elucidation, if you had one adult male, three adult females, six unsexed adults, two male offspring, five female offspring, and seven babies that hadn't been sexed yet, your number list would be 1.3.6.2.5.7 which would be fair enough under your system (if completely incomprehensible to everyone else in the zoo world 
). But some of your numbers are just things like 1.3.6 or 4.3.5.8 -- what does each number correspond to if you don't have all six numbers? And when does a female offspring move from being that number to an adult number?
The reason just three numbers are used (e.g. 2.4.7 for two males, four females and seven of unknown sex) is that it is immediately obvious what is what, and when/if the unknowns are sexed the number is modified. Some species cannot be sexed externally/visually so will remain as the last number for some time.
). But some of your numbers are just things like 1.3.6 or 4.3.5.8 -- what does each number correspond to if you don't have all six numbers? And when does a female offspring move from being that number to an adult number?The reason just three numbers are used (e.g. 2.4.7 for two males, four females and seven of unknown sex) is that it is immediately obvious what is what, and when/if the unknowns are sexed the number is modified. Some species cannot be sexed externally/visually so will remain as the last number for some time.
Alright,I will use it normally like you want.
Africa part 2 is for hyraxes and aardvarks!As you enter, you see 5.6.3 rock hyraxes in a mountainous desert exhibit including giant rock faces to hide in and lots of grass for their grass-lined nest.As you continue, you see a forested mountain.This is home for 3.3.2 southern tree hyraxes completed with climb able trees,plenty of shade,and multiple flat rocks to sunbathe.The final exhibit in Africa part 2 is a pains exhibit for 1.1.1 aardvarks completed with soft substrate to dig, artificial anthill with live ants and a pre-made burrow.Fun Fact:did you know aardvarks are also called ant-bears? It's true!
Next part is not part of Africa (but some of the species are from Africa) I call it Wild Pigs of the World! First is a forested desert exhibit for 1.1.5 collared peccaries completed with scattered fruits and vegetables to forage for. As you leave them behind, you see a tropical forest for 2.2 red river hogs with small pond and scattered food.Next up is a forested exhibit containing 1.1.5 wild boar with stream and scattered food.Next is 1.2 warthogs in a plains exhibit with trees for shade and scattered food. Next is a tropical exhibit for 1.1.2 babirusa with a stream and scattered food.Following that,is a tropical forest with 2.0 giant forest hogs with waterfall a area, and scattered food.The final exhibit is a plains exhibit with 1.2.4 Pygmy hogs with lots of foliage and scattered food.
Elephant Reserve is now open! First you come across a tropical forest with 1.5.2 Asiatic Elephants with their exhibit including a waterfall,large pond,elephant barn,food feeders,dense foliage,and mud wallow (these are all Indian subspecies).Next is a dense tropical forest with 1.2.1 African forest elephants with everything the Asiatic elephant's exhibit included.The last exhibit is forest/desert/plains exhibit with 1.3.3 African elephants with everything the other elephants had.
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