Zoosandstuff
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It sounds like an awesome idea! post more!
Design a Zoo
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It sounds like an awesome idea! post more!
Zoosandstuff
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Thanks! I had some other ideas from the paper i mentioned earlier. Here are some more:
Andean Adventure: This features animals from the Andes. It includes Andean bears, Andean Condors, llamas, chinchillas etc.
New Guinea: This would have sugar gliders, flying foxes, and two aviaries one featuring birds of paradise and another one where you can purchase feeding sticks for rainbow lorikeets.
Your zoo sounds like such a great one. It would be so nice if some of us could actually see this zoos actually come about. I keep saying I want to make a new one, I just have too many ideas in my head and can't seem to focus.
This is what I call, The Waterfowl Lagoon! All exhibits have 90% water and 10% land with some trees and shrubs with small feeders that release food every 3 hours. So I will list the order you see them:
Horned Screamer
Plumed Whistling Duck
Magpie Goose
Graylag Goose
Black Swan
Mute Swan
Mallard Duck
Green Winged Teal
Common Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Canada Goose
Cape Barren Goose
Muscovy Duck
White Winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Mandarin Duck
Torrent Duck
Blue Duck
Steller's Eider
Snow Goose
Horned Screamer
Plumed Whistling Duck
Magpie Goose
Graylag Goose
Black Swan
Mute Swan
Mallard Duck
Green Winged Teal
Common Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Canada Goose
Cape Barren Goose
Muscovy Duck
White Winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Mandarin Duck
Torrent Duck
Blue Duck
Steller's Eider
Snow Goose
Zoosandstuff
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Dont give up! Show us some of your ideas!
Ha, mine isn't going to be as elaborate or original as what you guys are coming up with! But shoot, I think I'll give it a shot! It would be somewhere in the United States, though I have a hard time deciding on specifics. It would be a massive aquarium. I was planning out a zoo + aquarium, but narrowing things down would be easier for me. (I get too carried away when you let me have the whole world, not that this one is crazy realistic, but maybe I'll post the ideas for that one another time) Not giving myself a budget but I'll try not to get TOO crazy. Mostly marine species here but there would also be some coastal, freshwater, and small island species. I'm a bit too tired right now to come up with all of the animals, particularly the fish species, but I'll try to update later. I guess I'll call it Waters of the World Aquarium. I'm not good at this...
Guest walks in, and is greeted by a big, lovely fountain featuring some playful dolphins. The main gift shop is here, as well as an indoor restaurant. Smaller shops/stands for gifts and food are around the zoo. Also some of those cool water fountains that look like animals, and when you drink it looks like you're sticking your head in the animal's mouth. (the type of animal varies from each section of the park) All around the park will be signs explaining the environments and animals, of course, but also the different threats they face and what the guests can do to help. From here the guest can go in a few different directions. To the left we have...
Dolphin Cove, where dolphins live and play. The dolphins in this section of the park would sometimes be given live food, at scheduled times so guests can see. These exhibits would all be equipped with machines that can create waves and currents.
First, a massive exhibit containing bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins. The tank would be designed to resemble a natural habitat; I'm totally sick of seeing cetacean exhibits that are just blank concrete and glass. Anyway, it has sand, rock formations, and various plants. In addition to signs about the dolphins, there will also be some about different kinds of plants. This exhibit has a big tank going straight through it, so guests can view the dolphins from all sides as well as see feel immersed in the habitat. For short times throughout the day, guests can purchase dead fish and feed the dolphins from a platform at the top of the tank. (though it would only be open during guest feeding times)
Nearby is a smaller, tropical-themed tank with spinner dolphins. Each day there would be a couple of short educational shows/talks where they display their spinning behavior and acrobatics while a keeper educates the guests about the dolphins and answers questions.
If "rescue" (from the wild or from shoddy marine parks) or retired orcas are available, we'd have a massive tank for that. The viewing areas for this one would mostly be indoor, though outside guests can walk up steps and view the surface area from further up. Once again the tank resembles a natural environment, and contains multiple species of plants and a few other animals, such as crabs, that the orcas can observe and interact with. The tank is plenty deep so the orcas can spyhop and breach easily.
Past Dolphin Cove, the guest makes her way to...
Galapagos Tour is a small section, showcasing some of the amazing animals from the Galapagos Islands. Here we have a Galapagos Tortoise exhibit, with a large metal statue nearby. Across from this is an information booth all about the discoveries of Charles Darwin, his work in the Galapagos and the theory of evolution by natural selection. Then there's a big, walk-through aviary where guests can look among the plants and rocks for the different birds. Many species of Darwin's finches, the blue-footed boobies and a few different frigatebirds. The aviary then leads into a room with a flightless cormorant exhibit, so guests can view the birds diving underwater. Outside the guests leaves this section and goes to...
The Salish Sea. The highlight of this section is the Kelp Forest exhibit, which guests can view above and underground. It is full of bull kelp and sea otters. In the underground section, there is a groove in the tank where guests can sit or stand and feel like they're in the middle of the kelp forest. This underground section also has tanks on the other side of the wall to feature kelp forest-dwelling species that can't be placed with the sea otters.
There's also an outdoor aviary with different species of seabird, such as the common murre, the western grebe, the osprey, and the double-crested cormorant.
Next to this is a large, aquatic themed custom carousel, where each seat is a different water-dwelling animal.
Between this and the next exhibit is a Sea Monsters! tunnel featuring sharks, rays, and eels. Some of the rays are kept in a shallow touch pool.
Next we have...
Mangrove Forests of Asia. Because mangrove forests and swamps are underrated. The guest is first greeted by a series of signs explaining what mangrove forests are, and the different parts of the world they can be found in. There is first a rock tunnel where guests can view, through glass windows, fishing cats and Asian small-clawed otters in separate exhibits, along with an Asian mangrove aquarium. Up next is a large pit exhibit containing saltwater crocodiles.
Between this and the next section of the zoo is the indoor Unnamed herpetarium, containing water-dwelling reptiles and amphibians. Includes the gharial, Nile monitor, and several species of sea snake. Also some sea turtles such as the leatherback. Amphibians include the Houston toad, the Panamanian golden frog, American green tree frog, the red-eyed tree frog, and different types of poison dart frogs. Outside the exit for this is the entrance to...
The Waters of Africa. Here we have African flamingos in a simple but nice exhibit. Across from this is a large African hippo exhibit, with an underwater viewing area. Nearby is an information stand showing how Nile animals have been viewed by the ancient Egyptians. The hippos would be placed with compatible fish species. (cause you know what's cool to see? The symbiotic relationship where the fish cleans out the hippo's mouth) Then we get a rocky coast where African penguins hang out. Diving area is partially viewable. There is also a Birds of the Nile walkway, a massive outdoor aviary with different bird species found on the Nile River Delta.
Then we have a large Prehistoric Seas hall. Most of this place would be information panels, murals, and pictures depicting life in the oceans through Earth's history, as well as a few reconstructions of the animals and possibly a few fossils. There would be some aquariums containing extant species closest to some early sea creatures, such as isopods, hagfish, a small species of shark, and horseshoe crabs. Outside of this hall is...
Waters of the Americas. Has American alligators, Amazon river dolphins, Florida manatees, green sea turtles, and a variety of fish species such as piranhas. There is also a large lake containing different species of duck, crane, and heron, right next to a big restaurant.
Guest walks in, and is greeted by a big, lovely fountain featuring some playful dolphins. The main gift shop is here, as well as an indoor restaurant. Smaller shops/stands for gifts and food are around the zoo. Also some of those cool water fountains that look like animals, and when you drink it looks like you're sticking your head in the animal's mouth. (the type of animal varies from each section of the park) All around the park will be signs explaining the environments and animals, of course, but also the different threats they face and what the guests can do to help. From here the guest can go in a few different directions. To the left we have...
Dolphin Cove, where dolphins live and play. The dolphins in this section of the park would sometimes be given live food, at scheduled times so guests can see. These exhibits would all be equipped with machines that can create waves and currents.
First, a massive exhibit containing bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins. The tank would be designed to resemble a natural habitat; I'm totally sick of seeing cetacean exhibits that are just blank concrete and glass. Anyway, it has sand, rock formations, and various plants. In addition to signs about the dolphins, there will also be some about different kinds of plants. This exhibit has a big tank going straight through it, so guests can view the dolphins from all sides as well as see feel immersed in the habitat. For short times throughout the day, guests can purchase dead fish and feed the dolphins from a platform at the top of the tank. (though it would only be open during guest feeding times)
Nearby is a smaller, tropical-themed tank with spinner dolphins. Each day there would be a couple of short educational shows/talks where they display their spinning behavior and acrobatics while a keeper educates the guests about the dolphins and answers questions.
If "rescue" (from the wild or from shoddy marine parks) or retired orcas are available, we'd have a massive tank for that. The viewing areas for this one would mostly be indoor, though outside guests can walk up steps and view the surface area from further up. Once again the tank resembles a natural environment, and contains multiple species of plants and a few other animals, such as crabs, that the orcas can observe and interact with. The tank is plenty deep so the orcas can spyhop and breach easily.
Past Dolphin Cove, the guest makes her way to...
Galapagos Tour is a small section, showcasing some of the amazing animals from the Galapagos Islands. Here we have a Galapagos Tortoise exhibit, with a large metal statue nearby. Across from this is an information booth all about the discoveries of Charles Darwin, his work in the Galapagos and the theory of evolution by natural selection. Then there's a big, walk-through aviary where guests can look among the plants and rocks for the different birds. Many species of Darwin's finches, the blue-footed boobies and a few different frigatebirds. The aviary then leads into a room with a flightless cormorant exhibit, so guests can view the birds diving underwater. Outside the guests leaves this section and goes to...
The Salish Sea. The highlight of this section is the Kelp Forest exhibit, which guests can view above and underground. It is full of bull kelp and sea otters. In the underground section, there is a groove in the tank where guests can sit or stand and feel like they're in the middle of the kelp forest. This underground section also has tanks on the other side of the wall to feature kelp forest-dwelling species that can't be placed with the sea otters.
There's also an outdoor aviary with different species of seabird, such as the common murre, the western grebe, the osprey, and the double-crested cormorant.
Next to this is a large, aquatic themed custom carousel, where each seat is a different water-dwelling animal.
Between this and the next exhibit is a Sea Monsters! tunnel featuring sharks, rays, and eels. Some of the rays are kept in a shallow touch pool.
Next we have...
Mangrove Forests of Asia. Because mangrove forests and swamps are underrated. The guest is first greeted by a series of signs explaining what mangrove forests are, and the different parts of the world they can be found in. There is first a rock tunnel where guests can view, through glass windows, fishing cats and Asian small-clawed otters in separate exhibits, along with an Asian mangrove aquarium. Up next is a large pit exhibit containing saltwater crocodiles.
Between this and the next section of the zoo is the indoor Unnamed herpetarium, containing water-dwelling reptiles and amphibians. Includes the gharial, Nile monitor, and several species of sea snake. Also some sea turtles such as the leatherback. Amphibians include the Houston toad, the Panamanian golden frog, American green tree frog, the red-eyed tree frog, and different types of poison dart frogs. Outside the exit for this is the entrance to...
The Waters of Africa. Here we have African flamingos in a simple but nice exhibit. Across from this is a large African hippo exhibit, with an underwater viewing area. Nearby is an information stand showing how Nile animals have been viewed by the ancient Egyptians. The hippos would be placed with compatible fish species. (cause you know what's cool to see? The symbiotic relationship where the fish cleans out the hippo's mouth) Then we get a rocky coast where African penguins hang out. Diving area is partially viewable. There is also a Birds of the Nile walkway, a massive outdoor aviary with different bird species found on the Nile River Delta.
Then we have a large Prehistoric Seas hall. Most of this place would be information panels, murals, and pictures depicting life in the oceans through Earth's history, as well as a few reconstructions of the animals and possibly a few fossils. There would be some aquariums containing extant species closest to some early sea creatures, such as isopods, hagfish, a small species of shark, and horseshoe crabs. Outside of this hall is...
Waters of the Americas. Has American alligators, Amazon river dolphins, Florida manatees, green sea turtles, and a variety of fish species such as piranhas. There is also a large lake containing different species of duck, crane, and heron, right next to a big restaurant.
Norwegian moose
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My fantasy zoo
In the zoo named Safsata zoo in the province of Fantasia in the country of Uzbekistan the world is turned upside down. When you enter the zoo you see the entrance. The entrance is 200 metres tall, pink and formed like two narwhales impinging their teeth against another. In the ticket booth will a live chupacabra be handling the tickets. Here would the souvenirshop and a cafe be situated. The cafe will look like a combined cuban internet cafe and a north korean bar. On the walls pictures of Kim Jong and Che Guevera will be hanging. The style of the cafe will be weird to say the least, as the furniture will be glued to the ceilling and the cafe will not have any internet access because it is communist driven. The food served here will be Icelandic hakarl and dead man in box. The animals working here will male mermaids without tails. The souvenirshop will look like a giant sombrero, but be eatable like a nacho. Inside will a lone dodo be housed and T-shirts campaining for George W.Bush will be selled in the souvenirshop. The people working here will be african bushmen in Hawaii shirts and aliens looking like Miley Cyrus. After you have been in the souvenirshop and cafe you will see the main part of the "zoo". You will move around in the zoo on flying, pink elephants that you sit on. These elephants will be free off charge, but will come with an extra fee if you would like to drink british tea handled to you by an indian businessman. The first theme will be the predator and prey exhibiton these mixed encloures will house compatible animals in mixed exhibitions: lions and zebras, tigers and deer, bears and salmon, fox and chickens, humans and mosquitoes and cane toad and corobree frog. The next theme will be the teddy bear zone. Five gigantic, deadly teddy bears will share a cage and fight til someone of them die. The next theme called "Common as mock" will feature extremely common animals, that are so COMMON that every zoo in the world have them. A mixed enclosure will house: saola, javan rhino, kakapo, Ivory-billed woodpecker, northern white rhino and Pinta Island tortoise. Adjoining enclosures will house woolly mamoth, Nessie the seamonster, unicorns and trolls. In the extremely rare part of the zoo will single individuals of the RAREST animals in the world live, like: budgie, guppy, goldfish, housecat, desert locust, red-billed quelea, indian peacock and brown rat. Also EXTREMELY rare zoo animals like asiatic short clawed otter, meerkats and ringtailed lemur will live here. The nighthouse of the zoo will feature 500 gay, mad ghosts all trying to be funny by telling corny jokes to people passing by. Also in the house will 50 mad gremlins and 200 sexy dracula vampires be living. The combined forest and mountain enclosure will have bigfoots and yetis. The safaripark in the zoo will feature dinosaurs. While you drive around in the comfort of your own veichle you can see animals like tyronasaurus rex, gigantosaurus and spinosaurus. All plant eaters would be ommited. The rainforest dome will feature animals typical of the rainforests of the world like polar bears, reindeer, snow leopards, killer penguins, gray squirrels, european badgers, dromedary camels and arabian oryx. The walktrough section of the zoo will feature harmless animals like africanized honey bees, black mambas, inland taipans, cape buffaloes, malaria mosquitoes and tse-tse flies. The swimtrough section will feature saltwater crocodiles, kraken, great white sharks and megalodon. A cage will hold a smoking chimp. The next enclosure will be called The best of the best and will be made as a hall of fame for replicas of the best and most sucsessfull zoo exhibits on earth. And because the superb animal exhibits will be far to good for animals to live in, people would live there instead, albeit the nicest and best people that have ever lived on earth. Examples would include Elephant Odyssey with George W.Bush, Alfred Brehm Haus with Adolph Hitler. Berlin sunbear enclosure with Heinrich Himmler. Angkor Zoo monkey enclosure with Pol Pot. Baghdad Zoo lion enclosure with Osama Bin Laden. Pyongiang Zoo elephant enclosure with Kim Jong Ill. Honourable mentions to zoos with good enclosures go to Surabaya Zoo, Cairo Zoo and Pata Zoo. The zoo will also have an amusement park. But the amusement park would feature only one atraction: a roller coaster being shot up in the air, then landing in an aquarium of piranhas. The last exhibit in the zoo would hold Safsata the uzbek dragon. This is the animal the zoo is named after. This mystical dragon would be the only one in the world, and sacred for all people. You would have to read a sacred codeword, to exit the zoo, and if you do not manage that you would be sent back and you have to see the rest of the zoo again.
Norwegian moose
In the zoo named Safsata zoo in the province of Fantasia in the country of Uzbekistan the world is turned upside down. When you enter the zoo you see the entrance. The entrance is 200 metres tall, pink and formed like two narwhales impinging their teeth against another. In the ticket booth will a live chupacabra be handling the tickets. Here would the souvenirshop and a cafe be situated. The cafe will look like a combined cuban internet cafe and a north korean bar. On the walls pictures of Kim Jong and Che Guevera will be hanging. The style of the cafe will be weird to say the least, as the furniture will be glued to the ceilling and the cafe will not have any internet access because it is communist driven. The food served here will be Icelandic hakarl and dead man in box. The animals working here will male mermaids without tails. The souvenirshop will look like a giant sombrero, but be eatable like a nacho. Inside will a lone dodo be housed and T-shirts campaining for George W.Bush will be selled in the souvenirshop. The people working here will be african bushmen in Hawaii shirts and aliens looking like Miley Cyrus. After you have been in the souvenirshop and cafe you will see the main part of the "zoo". You will move around in the zoo on flying, pink elephants that you sit on. These elephants will be free off charge, but will come with an extra fee if you would like to drink british tea handled to you by an indian businessman. The first theme will be the predator and prey exhibiton these mixed encloures will house compatible animals in mixed exhibitions: lions and zebras, tigers and deer, bears and salmon, fox and chickens, humans and mosquitoes and cane toad and corobree frog. The next theme will be the teddy bear zone. Five gigantic, deadly teddy bears will share a cage and fight til someone of them die. The next theme called "Common as mock" will feature extremely common animals, that are so COMMON that every zoo in the world have them. A mixed enclosure will house: saola, javan rhino, kakapo, Ivory-billed woodpecker, northern white rhino and Pinta Island tortoise. Adjoining enclosures will house woolly mamoth, Nessie the seamonster, unicorns and trolls. In the extremely rare part of the zoo will single individuals of the RAREST animals in the world live, like: budgie, guppy, goldfish, housecat, desert locust, red-billed quelea, indian peacock and brown rat. Also EXTREMELY rare zoo animals like asiatic short clawed otter, meerkats and ringtailed lemur will live here. The nighthouse of the zoo will feature 500 gay, mad ghosts all trying to be funny by telling corny jokes to people passing by. Also in the house will 50 mad gremlins and 200 sexy dracula vampires be living. The combined forest and mountain enclosure will have bigfoots and yetis. The safaripark in the zoo will feature dinosaurs. While you drive around in the comfort of your own veichle you can see animals like tyronasaurus rex, gigantosaurus and spinosaurus. All plant eaters would be ommited. The rainforest dome will feature animals typical of the rainforests of the world like polar bears, reindeer, snow leopards, killer penguins, gray squirrels, european badgers, dromedary camels and arabian oryx. The walktrough section of the zoo will feature harmless animals like africanized honey bees, black mambas, inland taipans, cape buffaloes, malaria mosquitoes and tse-tse flies. The swimtrough section will feature saltwater crocodiles, kraken, great white sharks and megalodon. A cage will hold a smoking chimp. The next enclosure will be called The best of the best and will be made as a hall of fame for replicas of the best and most sucsessfull zoo exhibits on earth. And because the superb animal exhibits will be far to good for animals to live in, people would live there instead, albeit the nicest and best people that have ever lived on earth. Examples would include Elephant Odyssey with George W.Bush, Alfred Brehm Haus with Adolph Hitler. Berlin sunbear enclosure with Heinrich Himmler. Angkor Zoo monkey enclosure with Pol Pot. Baghdad Zoo lion enclosure with Osama Bin Laden. Pyongiang Zoo elephant enclosure with Kim Jong Ill. Honourable mentions to zoos with good enclosures go to Surabaya Zoo, Cairo Zoo and Pata Zoo. The zoo will also have an amusement park. But the amusement park would feature only one atraction: a roller coaster being shot up in the air, then landing in an aquarium of piranhas. The last exhibit in the zoo would hold Safsata the uzbek dragon. This is the animal the zoo is named after. This mystical dragon would be the only one in the world, and sacred for all people. You would have to read a sacred codeword, to exit the zoo, and if you do not manage that you would be sent back and you have to see the rest of the zoo again.
Norwegian moose
In my zoo, there would be countries like Costa Rica, New Zealand, Botswana and Thailand and there is just one rule for these themeworlds: Animals have to live in one of these countries. For example: a parrot lives in Panama and not in Costa Rica, wich means he wouldn't live in my zoo, because there was no Panama-themeworld. In the zoo, visitors will feel they're abroad, the themeworld will be everywhere, even in restaurants, restrooms and attractions ( like a zipline and monorail in the Costa Rica themed world.) . Special Animals would be: Manatee, Quetzal, Beluga, Whale shark and Gerenuk. In my zoo there wouldn't be iron fences, only glass and wood and the animals will live in ( i don't know the word) great glas buildings (like in wich you grow tomatoes) . The visitors would be able to see hippoes and manatees underwater. My zoo would be just an amazing experience.
sorry for my English,
Hornbilly
sorry for my English,
Hornbilly
In the zoo named Safsata zoo in the province of Fantasia in the country of Uzbekistan the world is turned upside down. When you enter the zoo you see the entrance. The entrance is 200 metres tall, pink and formed like two narwhales impinging their teeth against another. In the ticket booth will a live chupacabra be handling the tickets. Here would the souvenirshop and a cafe be situated. The cafe will look like a combined cuban internet cafe and a north korean bar. On the walls pictures of Kim Jong and Che Guevera will be hanging. The style of the cafe will be weird to say the least, as the furniture will be glued to the ceilling and the cafe will not have any internet access because it is communist driven. The food served here will be Icelandic hakarl and dead man in box. The animals working here will male mermaids without tails. The souvenirshop will look like a giant sombrero, but be eatable like a nacho. Inside will a lone dodo be housed and T-shirts campaining for George W.Bush will be selled in the souvenirshop. The people working here will be african bushmen in Hawaii shirts and aliens looking like Miley Cyrus. After you have been in the souvenirshop and cafe you will see the main part of the "zoo". You will move around in the zoo on flying, pink elephants that you sit on. These elephants will be free off charge, but will come with an extra fee if you would like to drink british tea handled to you by an indian businessman. The first theme will be the predator and prey exhibiton these mixed encloures will house compatible animals in mixed exhibitions: lions and zebras, tigers and deer, bears and salmon, fox and chickens, humans and mosquitoes and cane toad and corobree frog. The next theme will be the teddy bear zone. Five gigantic, deadly teddy bears will share a cage and fight til someone of them die. The next theme called "Common as mock" will feature extremely common animals, that are so COMMON that every zoo in the world have them. A mixed enclosure will house: saola, javan rhino, kakapo, Ivory-billed woodpecker, northern white rhino and Pinta Island tortoise. Adjoining enclosures will house woolly mamoth, Nessie the seamonster, unicorns and trolls. In the extremely rare part of the zoo will single individuals of the RAREST animals in the world live, like: budgie, guppy, goldfish, housecat, desert locust, red-billed quelea, indian peacock and brown rat. Also EXTREMELY rare zoo animals like asiatic short clawed otter, meerkats and ringtailed lemur will live here. The nighthouse of the zoo will feature 500 gay, mad ghosts all trying to be funny by telling corny jokes to people passing by. Also in the house will 50 mad gremlins and 200 sexy dracula vampires be living. The combined forest and mountain enclosure will have bigfoots and yetis. The safaripark in the zoo will feature dinosaurs. While you drive around in the comfort of your own veichle you can see animals like tyronasaurus rex, gigantosaurus and spinosaurus. All plant eaters would be ommited. The rainforest dome will feature animals typical of the rainforests of the world like polar bears, reindeer, snow leopards, killer penguins, gray squirrels, european badgers, dromedary camels and arabian oryx. The walktrough section of the zoo will feature harmless animals like africanized honey bees, black mambas, inland taipans, cape buffaloes, malaria mosquitoes and tse-tse flies. The swimtrough section will feature saltwater crocodiles, kraken, great white sharks and megalodon. A cage will hold a smoking chimp. The next enclosure will be called The best of the best and will be made as a hall of fame for replicas of the best and most sucsessfull zoo exhibits on earth. And because the superb animal exhibits will be far to good for animals to live in, people would live there instead, albeit the nicest and best people that have ever lived on earth. Examples would include Elephant Odyssey with George W.Bush, Alfred Brehm Haus with Adolph Hitler. Berlin sunbear enclosure with Heinrich Himmler. Angkor Zoo monkey enclosure with Pol Pot. Baghdad Zoo lion enclosure with Osama Bin Laden. Pyongiang Zoo elephant enclosure with Kim Jong Ill. Honourable mentions to zoos with good enclosures go to Surabaya Zoo, Cairo Zoo and Pata Zoo. The zoo will also have an amusement park. But the amusement park would feature only one atraction: a roller coaster being shot up in the air, then landing in an aquarium of piranhas. The last exhibit in the zoo would hold Safsata the uzbek dragon. This is the animal the zoo is named after. This mystical dragon would be the only one in the world, and sacred for all people. You would have to read a sacred codeword, to exit the zoo, and if you do not manage that you would be sent back and you have to see the rest of the zoo again.
Norwegian moose
How........... Creative
In the zoo named Safsata zoo in the province of Fantasia in the country of Uzbekistan the world is turned upside down. When you enter the zoo you see the entrance. The entrance is 200 metres tall, pink and formed like two narwhales impinging their teeth against another. In the ticket booth will a live chupacabra be handling the tickets. Here would the souvenirshop and a cafe be situated. The cafe will look like a combined cuban internet cafe and a north korean bar. On the walls pictures of Kim Jong and Che Guevera will be hanging. The style of the cafe will be weird to say the least, as the furniture will be glued to the ceilling and the cafe will not have any internet access because it is communist driven. The food served here will be Icelandic hakarl and dead man in box. The animals working here will male mermaids without tails. The souvenirshop will look like a giant sombrero, but be eatable like a nacho. Inside will a lone dodo be housed and T-shirts campaining for George W.Bush will be selled in the souvenirshop. The people working here will be african bushmen in Hawaii shirts and aliens looking like Miley Cyrus. After you have been in the souvenirshop and cafe you will see the main part of the "zoo". You will move around in the zoo on flying, pink elephants that you sit on. These elephants will be free off charge, but will come with an extra fee if you would like to drink british tea handled to you by an indian businessman. The first theme will be the predator and prey exhibiton these mixed encloures will house compatible animals in mixed exhibitions: lions and zebras, tigers and deer, bears and salmon, fox and chickens, humans and mosquitoes and cane toad and corobree frog. The next theme will be the teddy bear zone. Five gigantic, deadly teddy bears will share a cage and fight til someone of them die. The next theme called "Common as mock" will feature extremely common animals, that are so COMMON that every zoo in the world have them. A mixed enclosure will house: saola, javan rhino, kakapo, Ivory-billed woodpecker, northern white rhino and Pinta Island tortoise. Adjoining enclosures will house woolly mamoth, Nessie the seamonster, unicorns and trolls. In the extremely rare part of the zoo will single individuals of the RAREST animals in the world live, like: budgie, guppy, goldfish, housecat, desert locust, red-billed quelea, indian peacock and brown rat. Also EXTREMELY rare zoo animals like asiatic short clawed otter, meerkats and ringtailed lemur will live here. The nighthouse of the zoo will feature 500 gay, mad ghosts all trying to be funny by telling corny jokes to people passing by. Also in the house will 50 mad gremlins and 200 sexy dracula vampires be living. The combined forest and mountain enclosure will have bigfoots and yetis. The safaripark in the zoo will feature dinosaurs. While you drive around in the comfort of your own veichle you can see animals like tyronasaurus rex, gigantosaurus and spinosaurus. All plant eaters would be ommited. The rainforest dome will feature animals typical of the rainforests of the world like polar bears, reindeer, snow leopards, killer penguins, gray squirrels, european badgers, dromedary camels and arabian oryx. The walktrough section of the zoo will feature harmless animals like africanized honey bees, black mambas, inland taipans, cape buffaloes, malaria mosquitoes and tse-tse flies. The swimtrough section will feature saltwater crocodiles, kraken, great white sharks and megalodon. A cage will hold a smoking chimp. The next enclosure will be called The best of the best and will be made as a hall of fame for replicas of the best and most sucsessfull zoo exhibits on earth. And because the superb animal exhibits will be far to good for animals to live in, people would live there instead, albeit the nicest and best people that have ever lived on earth. Examples would include Elephant Odyssey with George W.Bush, Alfred Brehm Haus with Adolph Hitler. Berlin sunbear enclosure with Heinrich Himmler. Angkor Zoo monkey enclosure with Pol Pot. Baghdad Zoo lion enclosure with Osama Bin Laden. Pyongiang Zoo elephant enclosure with Kim Jong Ill. Honourable mentions to zoos with good enclosures go to Surabaya Zoo, Cairo Zoo and Pata Zoo. The zoo will also have an amusement park. But the amusement park would feature only one atraction: a roller coaster being shot up in the air, then landing in an aquarium of piranhas. The last exhibit in the zoo would hold Safsata the uzbek dragon. This is the animal the zoo is named after. This mystical dragon would be the only one in the world, and sacred for all people. You would have to read a sacred codeword, to exit the zoo, and if you do not manage that you would be sent back and you have to see the rest of the zoo again.
Norwegian moose
Well, I think that was the most unique and creative zoo design on here yet!
Your fantasy zoo idea was pleasant to read.
I think yours was just fine for a first-timer. I particularly liked your inclusion of certain fish species in your hippo exhibit as to show how symbiotic relationships work - an excellent educational touch to the exhibit, as well as your ideas about more naturalistic cetacean exhibits and the prehistoric seas section.I know when I came up with exhibit plans, I had a hard time deciding whether I wanted to be more realistic or design the zoo of my dreams, so I know the struggle.
All in all, your description was nice. And seeing how yours actually had a little meat on it and wasn't just a slightly modified list of animals, I'd say yours was one of the better designs posted here recently (although Norwegian Moose's definitely takes the cake as one of more imaginative ones ever described.
)Zoosandstuff
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It's great! I especially liked the hippos and fish idea!
Your fantasy zoo idea was pleasant to read.
I know when I came up with exhibit plans, I had a hard time deciding whether I wanted to be more realistic or design the zoo of my dreams, so I know the struggle.
All in all, your description was nice. And seeing how yours actually had a little meat on it and wasn't just a slightly modified list of animals, I'd say yours was one of the better designs posted here recently (although Norwegian Moose's definitely takes the cake as one of more imaginative ones ever described.
Ha, thanks. The hippo thing was something I saw at the San Antonio Zoo. Prior to that, I had no idea there was such a symbiotic relationship, and it was kind of cool to learn that firsthand.
I really went into "dream" territory on this one (as well as my next one) in large part because I want to see better cetacean exhibits. Keeping them in blank, concrete and glass tanks seems pretty cruel. I also see a lot of places, even in the US, that outright mistreat them, but nothing can really be done because there's no place to put them. So there's the "fantasy" of rescuing dolphins and the like, as well as setting a higher standard for how they could be kept.
Okay, doing a different thing now, better than Waters of the World! This one I'd call Ocean Experience. Somewhere in the United States, but don't know where. Much of it is modified from Waters of the World. Despite the name, this zoo would also feature many freshwater species.
Anyway, this would be a seaside affair. Would start up slow, since there's no way any zoo would have this kind of money right away, but I'm talking about the end product here.
You go to the entrance. There's a round courtyard in front of it, with a big fountain featuring orcas at play. The entryway has a bottlenose dolphin statue on each side. The entrance is connected to the gift shop, which is also the main exit.
To the right is the Worlds Under Water indoor aquarium. The exterior of the building is painted with a mural that gives guests a preview of what they'll see. When the guests walk in, there is a main room where they are treated to a 5-10 minute video talking about the diversity of underwater environments. Each aquarium represents a different underwater environment: coral reefs, underwater caves, (like with those blind cave fish) mangroves, kelp forests, tide pools, and more. The kelp forest has a large groove, to allow the guest to feel as if s/he's actually in a kelp forest. A tide pool touch pool would be available.
A little further down and also to the right is an outdoor ray touch tank, where guests can pet and feed rays and small sharks. The pool would be sheltered by a large structure.
Further down, turn right and stroll down Pinniped Path. A number of large exhibits featuring California sea lions, Hawaiian monk seals, gray seals, and walruses. The sea lions would have an underwater viewing area.
Turn right and go toward the seaside. On the way you can stop at the Lighthouse Cafe, a restaurant designed to look like a lighthouse, of course. Further down and to the left is the Ocean Experience Hall, a convention-center type of room with a stage and ceiling projector. The place would be used to have shows, plays, and movies, as well as talks from marine experts and the like. There would also be some animal encounter shows here. The building could be reserved for parties and weddings, and would be used for things like camps.
The highlight of this place is the seaside exhibits. Large seapens, containing cetaceans that have retired from show business, got taken from overcrowded, neglectful, or closed zoos, aquariums, and marine parks, as well as injured or stranded animals. Wild-caught animals with potential to be rehabilitated and released would be given that chance, since there would be a lot of rescue work here. One seapen for orcas, and one or two others for other different types of dolphin. Another seapen for a great white shark, if it can be kept alive. One more seapen for rescue work of other types of animals.
There would be glass underwater tunnels that would go through the seapens, to give guests that ocean experience. (GET IT?) Some of the seapens could be viewed from above, from large docks that go through the pens. Some of the docks could be connected to large platforms, where guests could view shows. Some of the animals would perform a few shows a day, designed to exhibit mostly natural behaviors, with the trainers and keepers explaining them and answering questions. The animals would also be trained to hunt live food, which would be given at scheduled times so guests would have the chance to see.
When you're finished with that, walk left along the seaside path and continue the experience. The Pirate's Cove playground for children to the left; featuring a wooden pirate ship playset with a slide, rope climb, and set of swings. Or maybe I should change it to vikings? Next to this is the Manatees! exhibit
Further down is the C-shaped Early Oceans hall, a more museum-like building featuring murals, fossils, and model reconstructions of different animals that lived in prehistoric oceans. In addition, there would be a number of videos panels for guests to view. There would also be a small fossil dig pit for children, where they would be encouraged to dig up fake fossils and identify them with a book. This hall would also contain a number of aquariums, as well as a large crocodile exhibit behind glass, featuring types of marine animals that have been around for a long time.
You exit the other end of the hall and go through Otter Trail! Sea otters, Asian small-clawed otters, river otters, and those cool giant otters that I've always wanted to see. These would all have underwater viewing areas resembling natural environments. The river otter exhibit would have a small tunnel going through it so children could crawl through and look around. Beyond this is a smaller restaurant, with most of the tables being in a sheltered outdoor area. Go left and there's a big outdoor aviary (the Waterside Aviary) featuring birds that live on or near water. Wooden bridges and dirt paths lead you through water-heavy landscapes where birds fly and swim about. Cranes and herons, (such as whooping cranes, great blue herons, white egrets, and more) gulls, African penguins, ibises, and different kinds of cormorants and ducks. The aviary would be split into different sections for different environments/locations.
Outside of this, would be a custom marine-themed carousel where all of the rides are different marine animals.
Across the way, you can cross a wooden bridge to a pagoda-like gazebo in the center of a large koi pond. The koi can be fed with food from a vending machine. The pond is surrounded by sakura trees. The Japanese Gardens gazebo can be reserved for parties and weddings.
Past this is Alligator Junction, where guests cross a bridge path (with glass panels over the wooden railings, to get rid of risk of a kid falling in, ha ha) over a large pit containing American alligators. Soon after the end of this is the Everglades Splash n' Play Area, where in the spring and summer, children can cool off in a play area with fountains, small water slides, and tunnels, all designed to resemble Everglades flora and fauna.
Keep going down and there's the Scales and Slime! herpetarium, featuring amphibians and aquatic reptiles. Sea turtles, for which Ocean Experience would be active in breeding, would be displayed prominently here, as would gharials, Cuvier's dwarf caiman, and sea snakes. (sea snakes don't get enough zoo love!) The outdoor Nile crocodile exhibit would have the underwater area partially visible from a glass window here.
Once you've exited this, the next exhibit is the African Wetlands, featuring African hippos and greater flamingos. There would be a small underground viewing area that would allow guests to see the hippos underwater. A separate nearby exhibit would feature pygmy hippos.
After all this, you're back at the entrance; you just circled the place! Go around again or exit through the gift shop. We'd be happy if you bought a souvenir!
Lots of focus on education, but can't forget the fun! Ocean Experience would be about immersion into marine habitats, and close-up encounters for different animals. The zoo would regularly host events and days dedicated to certain causes and animals. Certain births, arrivals, and releases would warrant celebration and/or awareness days, with special events and even souvenirs to celebrate. The zoo would be decorated with statues, arches, and light posts, designed based on whatever exhibits they're near.
Anyway, this would be a seaside affair. Would start up slow, since there's no way any zoo would have this kind of money right away, but I'm talking about the end product here.
You go to the entrance. There's a round courtyard in front of it, with a big fountain featuring orcas at play. The entryway has a bottlenose dolphin statue on each side. The entrance is connected to the gift shop, which is also the main exit.
To the right is the Worlds Under Water indoor aquarium. The exterior of the building is painted with a mural that gives guests a preview of what they'll see. When the guests walk in, there is a main room where they are treated to a 5-10 minute video talking about the diversity of underwater environments. Each aquarium represents a different underwater environment: coral reefs, underwater caves, (like with those blind cave fish) mangroves, kelp forests, tide pools, and more. The kelp forest has a large groove, to allow the guest to feel as if s/he's actually in a kelp forest. A tide pool touch pool would be available.
A little further down and also to the right is an outdoor ray touch tank, where guests can pet and feed rays and small sharks. The pool would be sheltered by a large structure.
Further down, turn right and stroll down Pinniped Path. A number of large exhibits featuring California sea lions, Hawaiian monk seals, gray seals, and walruses. The sea lions would have an underwater viewing area.
Turn right and go toward the seaside. On the way you can stop at the Lighthouse Cafe, a restaurant designed to look like a lighthouse, of course. Further down and to the left is the Ocean Experience Hall, a convention-center type of room with a stage and ceiling projector. The place would be used to have shows, plays, and movies, as well as talks from marine experts and the like. There would also be some animal encounter shows here. The building could be reserved for parties and weddings, and would be used for things like camps.
The highlight of this place is the seaside exhibits. Large seapens, containing cetaceans that have retired from show business, got taken from overcrowded, neglectful, or closed zoos, aquariums, and marine parks, as well as injured or stranded animals. Wild-caught animals with potential to be rehabilitated and released would be given that chance, since there would be a lot of rescue work here. One seapen for orcas, and one or two others for other different types of dolphin. Another seapen for a great white shark, if it can be kept alive. One more seapen for rescue work of other types of animals.
There would be glass underwater tunnels that would go through the seapens, to give guests that ocean experience. (GET IT?) Some of the seapens could be viewed from above, from large docks that go through the pens. Some of the docks could be connected to large platforms, where guests could view shows. Some of the animals would perform a few shows a day, designed to exhibit mostly natural behaviors, with the trainers and keepers explaining them and answering questions. The animals would also be trained to hunt live food, which would be given at scheduled times so guests would have the chance to see.
When you're finished with that, walk left along the seaside path and continue the experience. The Pirate's Cove playground for children to the left; featuring a wooden pirate ship playset with a slide, rope climb, and set of swings. Or maybe I should change it to vikings? Next to this is the Manatees! exhibit
Further down is the C-shaped Early Oceans hall, a more museum-like building featuring murals, fossils, and model reconstructions of different animals that lived in prehistoric oceans. In addition, there would be a number of videos panels for guests to view. There would also be a small fossil dig pit for children, where they would be encouraged to dig up fake fossils and identify them with a book. This hall would also contain a number of aquariums, as well as a large crocodile exhibit behind glass, featuring types of marine animals that have been around for a long time.
You exit the other end of the hall and go through Otter Trail! Sea otters, Asian small-clawed otters, river otters, and those cool giant otters that I've always wanted to see. These would all have underwater viewing areas resembling natural environments. The river otter exhibit would have a small tunnel going through it so children could crawl through and look around. Beyond this is a smaller restaurant, with most of the tables being in a sheltered outdoor area. Go left and there's a big outdoor aviary (the Waterside Aviary) featuring birds that live on or near water. Wooden bridges and dirt paths lead you through water-heavy landscapes where birds fly and swim about. Cranes and herons, (such as whooping cranes, great blue herons, white egrets, and more) gulls, African penguins, ibises, and different kinds of cormorants and ducks. The aviary would be split into different sections for different environments/locations.
Outside of this, would be a custom marine-themed carousel where all of the rides are different marine animals.
Across the way, you can cross a wooden bridge to a pagoda-like gazebo in the center of a large koi pond. The koi can be fed with food from a vending machine. The pond is surrounded by sakura trees. The Japanese Gardens gazebo can be reserved for parties and weddings.
Past this is Alligator Junction, where guests cross a bridge path (with glass panels over the wooden railings, to get rid of risk of a kid falling in, ha ha) over a large pit containing American alligators. Soon after the end of this is the Everglades Splash n' Play Area, where in the spring and summer, children can cool off in a play area with fountains, small water slides, and tunnels, all designed to resemble Everglades flora and fauna.
Keep going down and there's the Scales and Slime! herpetarium, featuring amphibians and aquatic reptiles. Sea turtles, for which Ocean Experience would be active in breeding, would be displayed prominently here, as would gharials, Cuvier's dwarf caiman, and sea snakes. (sea snakes don't get enough zoo love!) The outdoor Nile crocodile exhibit would have the underwater area partially visible from a glass window here.
Once you've exited this, the next exhibit is the African Wetlands, featuring African hippos and greater flamingos. There would be a small underground viewing area that would allow guests to see the hippos underwater. A separate nearby exhibit would feature pygmy hippos.
After all this, you're back at the entrance; you just circled the place! Go around again or exit through the gift shop. We'd be happy if you bought a souvenir!
Lots of focus on education, but can't forget the fun! Ocean Experience would be about immersion into marine habitats, and close-up encounters for different animals. The zoo would regularly host events and days dedicated to certain causes and animals. Certain births, arrivals, and releases would warrant celebration and/or awareness days, with special events and even souvenirs to celebrate. The zoo would be decorated with statues, arches, and light posts, designed based on whatever exhibits they're near.
Zoosandstuff
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I completely agree
I'm back! I continue the WorldWide Zoo! Africa part 3 is hoof stock and other herbivores. Note: all exhibits are savannah unless I say the biome. First is an exhibit for 4.4.2 African wild asscompltede with a small pond and acacia bushes.Next is an exhibit for 1.2 warthogs with burrows and small pond. Next is a desert exhibit for 2.2.1 Dromedary camels with cacti a,small pond, and a salt lick. Next is a mixed species exhibit for 3.10.5 Nyala, 1.2.1 Greater Kudu, and 2.0 Bushbucks completed with large pond,small forest,and hills. Next is a tropical exhibit with 4.7.3 Bongos completed with small pond and dense foliage. Next is another mixed species exhibit with 4.5.2 Sitatunga and 3.0 Common Eland with small pond, tall grass, and a few trees.Next is an exhibit for 7.12.5 African Buffalo completed with hills,forest and large pond.Next is a very large mixed species exhibit with 1.2 Bush Duiker,2.3.1 Waterbuck,2.4.2 Kob,4.7.3 Puku,2.3.1 Bohor Reedbuck,2.3.2 Roan Antelope,and 2.4.1 Sable Antelope with forest,large pond,hills,and tall grass.Next is a very important desert exhibit with 2 of the rarest creatures I have seen,3.4.1 Scimitar-horned oryx and 2.3.1 Addax with a few trees,small pond,and cacti.Next is a marshy exhibit for 1.4.1 Lechwe with shallow river and aquatic foliage.Next is the smallest exhibit for part 3, and it is for 1.1 Natal Duiker with small pond and a forest.Next is slightly larger than the last exhibit for 1.2.1 Kirk's dik-dik with small pond and rocks to climb on. Next is another large mixed species exhibit for 1.2.1 Hartebeest,4.4.2 Bontebok,2.3 Topi,5.5.3 Gemsbok,1.1.1 Steenbok,and 2.2.2 Oribi with trees,large pond,and tall grass.Next is a mountain exhibit for 2.2 Klipspringers with small stream coming down the mountain. Next is a large exhibit for 10.12.5 Wildebeest with large pond and foliage.Next is a mixed species exhibit for 8.14.6 Impala,4.6.2 Gerenuk,3.3.1 Thomson's Gazelle,and 4.5.2 Springbok with large pond and foliage.Next is a mountain exhibit for 5.6.3 Nubian Ibex with a few trees and many climb able rocks.Next is a mountainous desert for 1.3.1 Barbary Sheep with cacti and climb able rocks. Next is a plains/riverbank/river exhibit for 1.2 Common hippopotamuses with large lake,aquatic plants and underwater viewing.Next is an exhibit for 6.6.3 Grevy's Zebra with trees and small pond. Next is an exhibit for 2.0 Southern White Rhinos with trees and medium pond.Next is an exhibit for 1.1 Central Black Rhinos with medium pond and trees.The final exhibit is for 2.5.2 African Elephants with large lake,many trees,foliage,and a viewable nursery for any newborn elephants with their mothers.
I'm a sucker for African hoofstock. This sounds like a great one.
Thanks.I worked really hard on this one.Next I may do a Birds of Prey exhibit.
Why so male heavy? The number of males doesn't have to be the same as females. They're not human. Ratio doesn't have to be like a relationship/marriage.
And how come every single species in your zoo has multiple young? Like damn.
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