Dream Zoo

[OskarGC]

My dream zoo would be named Atlas Zoo and it would be located on the Gold Coast in QLD, Australia. There would be a number of themed areas with smaller themed areas within them.

Africa
Madagascar
a nocturnal house with viewing windows to outside enclosures which house Ring-Tailed Lemur, Black-&-White Ruffed-Lemur & a smaller netted one for Radiated Tortoise & madagascan birds (Grey-Headed Lovebird & Red Fody). Within the actual nocturnal house there are two paludariums, a rainforest one for Madagascan Giant Day-Gecko & Polleni Cichlid & a wetland one for reed-frogs (Madagascar & Marbled) & Blue-Legged Mantella. There are also two different types of terrariums, three forest floor ones for Madagascar Hissing-Cockroach, Lowland Streaked-Tenrec & Madagascar Tomato-Frog & three arboreal ones with Giraffe Weevil, Panther Chameleon & Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko.
Africa
the Africa precinct apart from the Madagascar area starts off with the African Walkthrough, a savannah-themed walkthrough-aviary home to African birds including Yellow-Collared Lovebird, Pin-Tailed Whydah, parrots (Senegal & Meyer's), Red-Cheeked Cordon-Bleu, Namaqua Dove, waxbills (Common & Violet-Eared), Green-Winged Pytilia, Southern Red-Bishop, Fan-Tailed Widowbird & Helmeted Guineafowl. Savannah Safari, a safari ride through a large open savannah exhibit home to White Rhinoceros, Helmeted Guineafowl, Plains Zebra, Ankole Cattle, Blue Wildebeest, Gerenuk, Thomson's Gazelle, Nyala, Saddle-Billed Stork, Grey Crowned-Crane, Southern Ground-Hornbill, Common Ostrich & White-Faced Whistling-Duck. After this are the other outdoor exhibits in the Africa precinct, in order of a kopje habitat for Klipsringer & Rock Hyrax, a coastal savannah habitat for Bontebok, Blue Crane & Kirk's Dik-Dik, two kalahari desert habitats with one for Abdim's Stork, Common Warthog & Springbok & another for Marabou Stork & Greater Kudu. These are followed by a number of usual savannah exhibits housing one species each, Cheetah, Spotted Hyena, African Lion, African Wild-Dog & Serval, a moated enclosure for Vervet Monkey & a netted flight-aviary for White-Backed Vulture. Ranger Outpost, which is the last part of the Africa precinct is a wooden ranger hut with a few small to medium enclosures containing one species each. The tanks include a wetland paludarium for African Bullfrog, two arboreal tanks with Eastern Green-Mamba & Turquoise Dwarf-Gecko, two terrestrial tanks for Ball Python & Black Mamba & last is a kopje tank with Rainbow Agama.

 

[OskarGC]

Northern Hemisphere
Canada
an area of the Northern Hemisphere precinct based on the various habitats of Canada including prairie, coniferous forest & tundra. The prairie habitat has two enclosures, a large open one for American Bison & Pronghorn & another smaller one with Black-Tailed Prairie-Dog & Burrowing Owl, the coniferous forest habitat has three exhibits, a medium riverside enclosure for Grizzly Bear, a large river pond/tank home to trout (Golden, Rainbow & Brook), Yellow Perch & salmon (Sockeye & Chum) & finally a netted flight-aviary with Bald Eagle. The last part of the Canada area is the tundra habitat with two enclosures, a small rocky exhibit for Arctic Fox & a netted aviary with Snowy Owl.
Northern Hemisphere
after the Canada area is Deciduous Forest, a deciduous forest walkthrough-aviary home to woodland birds & mammals from Europe, the Americas & Asia including European Rabbit, Fallow Deer, Common Pheasant, Common Blackbird, European Goldfinch, Wild Turkey, Eastern Chipmunk, squirrels (Eastern Grey- & Eurasian Red-), Northern Bobwhite, Alexandrine Parakeet, Song Thrush, Eurasian Skylark, Red-Crested Cardinal, European Greenfinch, Domestic Canary, Purple Finch, Eurasian Tree-Sparrow & Spotted Turtle-Dove. There are five other enclosures that make up the Northern Hemisphere precinct & a medium nocturnal house. The five outdoor exhibits include two small deciduous forest enclosures with one species each for Red Fox & European Badger, a hilly exhibit for Red Deer & Chamois, a netted cliff-face enclosure with Peregrine Falcon & a steppe exhibit for Przewalski's Horse. The nocturnal house has twelve enclosures with one species in each, two meadow exhibits for European Hedgehog & European Hamster, six forest floor enclosures for Fire Salamander, European Glass-Lizard, Corn Snake, Broad-Headed Skink, Marbled Salamander & Banana Slug, a mediterranean maquis enclosure with Hermann's Tortoise, a creekside exhibit for Northern Raccoon, a woodland enclosure with Raccoon Dog & a mountain exhibit for Pallas's Cat.

 

[Haliaeetus]

Northern Hemisphere
Canada
an area of the Northern Hemisphere precinct based on the various habitats of Canada including prairie, coniferous forest & tundra. The prairie habitat has two enclosures, a large open one for American Bison & Pronghorn & another smaller one with Black-Tailed Prairie-Dog & Burrowing Owl, the coniferous forest habitat has three exhibits, a medium riverside enclosure for Grizzly Bear, a large river pond/tank home to trout (Golden, Rainbow & Brook), Yellow Perch & salmon (Sockeye & Chum) & finally a netted flight-aviary with Bald Eagle. The last part of the Canada area is the tundra habitat with two enclosures, a small rocky exhibit for Arctic Fox & a netted aviary with Snowy Owl.
Northern Hemisphere
after the Canada area is Deciduous Forest, a deciduous forest walkthrough-aviary home to woodland birds & mammals from Europe, the Americas & Asia including European Rabbit, Fallow Deer, Common Pheasant, Common Blackbird, European Goldfinch, Wild Turkey, Eastern Chipmunk, squirrels (Eastern Grey- & Eurasian Red-), Northern Bobwhite, Alexandrine Parakeet, Song Thrush, Eurasian Skylark, Red-Crested Cardinal, European Greenfinch, Domestic Canary, Purple Finch, Eurasian Tree-Sparrow & Spotted Turtle-Dove. There are five other enclosures that make up the Northern Hemisphere precinct & a medium nocturnal house. The five outdoor exhibits include two small deciduous forest enclosures with one species each for Red Fox & European Badger, a hilly exhibit for Red Deer & Chamois, a netted cliff-face enclosure with Peregrine Falcon & a steppe exhibit for Przewalski's Horse. The nocturnal house has twelve enclosures with one species in each, two meadow exhibits for European Hedgehog & European Hamster, six forest floor enclosures for Fire Salamander, European Glass-Lizard, Corn Snake, Broad-Headed Skink, Marbled Salamander & Banana Slug, a mediterranean maquis enclosure with Hermann's Tortoise, a creekside exhibit for Northern Raccoon, a woodland enclosure with Raccoon Dog & a mountain exhibit for Pallas's Cat.

It's interesting to have many European species.
This continent is often overlooked in the zoos of other continents.

 

[Haliaeetus]

We would like to see the maps of these zones.

 

[OskarGC]

Rainforests of the World
Tropical Trek
the Tropical Trek encompasses the whole outdoor section of the Rainforests of the World precinct, it is an enormous rainforest dome/aviary with two floors & a conjoined nocturnal house connecting each floor. The dome/aviary is home to a lots of free-flying tropical birds & flying-foxes, these include parrots (Eclectus & African Grey-), amazon-parrots (Red-Lored, Cuban, White-Fronted & Yellow-Headed), conures (Painted, Sun, Golden & Green-Cheeked), Muscovy Duck, macaws (Military, Scarlet & Blue-&-Yellow), caiques (Black-Capped & White-Bellied), Grey-Headed Flying-Fox, Red Junglefowl, cockatoos (Salmon-Crested & Citron-Crested), pheasants (Lady Amherst's & Silver), pigeons (Nicobar & Pied Imperial-), Red-Whiskered Bulbul, lories (Red & Chattering), doves (Luzon Bleeding-Heart, Ruddy Ground- & Pacific Emerald-), finches (Red-Crested & Red-Throated Parrot-), Cuban Grassquit, Lavender Waxbill, Chestnut Munia, Australasian Figbird, Eastern Whipbird, Satin Bowerbird, Pied Heron, Royal Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis & Rainbow Lorikeet.
Upper Floor
the Upper Floor has nine enclosures based on the Amazon, Congo & Indonesian rainforests, each enclosure is home to the arboreal species of the Rainforests of the World precinct & viewed from suspended walkways. The Amazon has two enclosures, one for Brown Capuchin & Colombian Red Howler-Monkey & another with Geoffroy's Spider-Monkey. Only one exhibit is based on the Congo which houses monkeys (Diana & Black-&-White Colobus-). Majority of the Upper Floor is based on the Indonesian Rainforest, these enclosures have one or two species each each, these enclosures house Clouded Leopard, Francois' Leaf-Monkey & Silvery Lutung, Binturong, Sumatran Orangutan & Siamang, Storm's Stork & Lar Gibbon & finally Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo.
Nocturnal House
the nocturnal house starts on the Upper Floor directly after the outdoor exhibits & ends on the Lower Floor leading outside to those enclosures. The Upper Floor is based on the Amazon whereas the Lower Floor is based on the Congo & Indonesian Rainforest. The Amazon starts off with two heavily planted tanks for Green Anole & Mexican Alligator-Lizard, an aquatic tank with Mata-Mata, three planted ant-nest tanks with one species each for Army, Leaf-Cutter & Fire Ants, a bromeliad-filled paludarium with poison dart-frogs (Blue, Golden & Green-&-Black), three forest floor tanks for Atlantic Bushmaster, Cane Toad & a mix of Emerald Tree-Boa & Red-Footed Tortoise, a dimly-lit cave-themed aquarium with Blind Cave-Tetra, corydoras (Sterba's & Panda) & Otocinclus, two arboreal tanks for Hercules beetle & Eyelash Viper, finally there are three larger exhibits with Boa Constrictor, Argentine Black-&-White Tegu & the largest a canopy enclosure for Three-Striped Night-Monkey. Downstairs the Congo part of the nocturnal house starts with five forest floor exhibits with Giant African-Millipede, Goliath Beetle, Calabar Python, Gaboon Viper & Emperor Scorpion, a larger canopy enclosure for Senegal Bushbaby, after this all the other exhibits in this part of the nocturnal house are river enclosures, a community aquarium for Peter's Elephant-Nose Fish, Reedfish, Congo Tetra, Freshwater Butterflyfish & Rainbow Kribs, a bigger tank with Goliath Tiger-Fish, three smaller tanks for Blue Lyretail, Golden Pheasant-Panchax & Blue Notho, Jewel Cichlid & Cuckoo Catfish & the last with African Clawed-Frog, the biggest & last exhibit within the Congo is for African Dwarf-Crocodile, cichlids (Lionhead, Electric Yellow-, Peacock, Blue Dolphin- & Rusty), Upside-Down Catfish & Featherfin Squeaker. The rest & majority of the Lower Floor enclosures are within the Indonesian Rainforest section of the nocturnal house, there are five arboreal tanks for Jackson's Chameleon, Mangshan Pit-Viper, Cat Gecko, Tokay Gecko & D'Albertis Python, four large exhibits with Common Tree-Shrew & Indian Star-Tortoise, Burmese Python, King Cobra & Reticulated Python, six forest floor enclosures for Indonesian Blue-Tongue Skink, Blood Python, Blue Malaysian Coral-Snake, Long-Nosed Horned-Frog, Peach-Throated Monitor & Red-Eyed Crocodile-Skink, five invertebrate tanks with Gooty Sapphire Ornamental-Tarantula, Orchid Mantis, Malayan Jungle-Nymph, Spiny Orbweaver-Spider & Green Tree-Ant, a blackwater community aquarium for gouramis (Chocolate & Licorice), loaches (Kuhli & Clown), Siamese Algae-Eater, Glass Catfish & Harlequin Rasbora & finally two paludariums with Philippine Sailfin-Dragon & Painted Terrapin & the last for Earless Monitor.
Lower Floor
the Lower Floor has thirteen enclosures based on the Amazon, Congo & Indonesian rainforests, each enclosure is home to the terrestrial species of the Rainforests of the World precinct & viewed from boardwalks & paths. The Amazon has five exhibits, a smaller one for Galapagos Giant-Tortoise, a semi-aquatic enclosure with climbing structures with Brazilian Tapir & South American Coatimundi & three exhibits with climbing structures for Cotton-Top Tamarin & Red-Rumped Agouti, Golden Lion-Tamarin & Pygmy Marmoset & the last with Ocelot. The Congo has four exhibits, a semi-aquatic enclosure with climbing structures for Pygmy Hippopotamus & Mandrill, a larger open exhibit with climbing structures with Western Lowland-Gorilla & two densely forested hoofstock enclosures for Yellow-Backed Duiker & Okapi & Bongo Antelope & Red River-Hog. The last four exhibits are based on the Indonesian Rainforest, a smaller one with Komodo Dragon, an enclosure with climbing structures for Sun Bear, a semi-aquatic one with Malayan Tapir & Ruddy Shelduck & the last a muddy exhibit for Babirusa.

 

[OskarGC]

Wetlands & Waterways
the Wetlands & Waterways precinct begins with Flamingo Wetland, a waterfowl lagoon with geese (Egyptian, Canada & Chinese), Australasian Darter, American Wood-Duck, Northern Mallard, Mute Swan & Greater Flamingo, next are two netted aviaries with water-features for Shoebill Stork & Secretary-Bird & African Fish-Eagle, two semi-aquatic enclosures with Asian Small-Clawed Otter & Fishing Cat & lastly a larger open exhibit for Capybara, Southern Screamer & Coscoroba Swan.
Freshwater Aquarium
the Freshwater Aquarium is split up into two parts, one for Eurasia & the another for the Americas. The Eurasia section begins with three paludariums for Northern Crested-Newt, Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad & Luristan Newt, a smaller aquatic tank with Water Scorpion, a well-planted & watered enclosure with reeds for Eurasian Harvest-Mouse, three small planted aquariums with Siamese Algae-Eater, Zebra Danio & Cherry Shrimp, Paradise Fish, Giant Danio & Tiger Bard & the last for Flowerhorn Cichlid, two larger aquariums for Giant Gourami & Clown Knife-Fish & Fire Eel, Bumblebee Catfish & Senegal Bichir & a medium planted community tank with barbs (Cherry & Gold), Celestial Pearl-Danio & Honey Gourami. The Americas section starts with an enormous Everglades-themed exhibit with indoor & outdoor viewing for West Indian Manatee, two forest floor enclosures with Eastern Coral-Snake & Argentine Horned-Frog, two larger exhibits for American Alligator & Alligator Snapping-Turtle, smaller aquariums for cichlids (Firemouth & Convict), Jack Dempsey & the final with Oscar & Green Terror, an Amazon Giant tank for catfish (Red-Tailed & Suckermouth), Silver Arowana, Arapaima, Pacu, Peacock Bass & Xingu River-Ray, a small planted aquarium for Amazon Leaf-Fish, Bristlenose Place & Royal Whiptail, three large aquariums with Red-Bellied Piranha, Electric Eel & the biggest for Discus, Cardinal Tetra & German Blue-Ram, two planted community tanks with Black Ghost Knife-Fish, Mystery Snail, Freshwater Angelfish, Peppermint Pleco & tetras (Emperor & Rummy-Nose) & the other for Marbled Hatchetfish, Mystery Snail, tetras (Neon & Glowlight), Masked Corydoras & Silver Dollar, lastly there is three paludariums, a large one with Green Anaconda & two smaller ones for Northern Caiman-Lizard & Green Basilisk.

 

[OskarGC]

Atlas Aquarium
Rocky Shores
the Rocky Shores is an area of the Atlas Aquarium precinct based on different shorelines around the world & the seabirds which inhabit them. There are four exhibits, a cliffside exhibit based on the islands of Iceland with Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, King Eider, ducks (Long-Tailed & Harlequin) & Common Loon, a beach enclosure based on the South African coast for African Penguin & Inca Tern, an exhibit based on the beaches of Antarctica with penguins (King & Gentoo) & the final enclosure, based on the coastal forest of New Zealand for Fiordland Penguin, Black-Faced Cormorant & Shore Plover.
Islands of the Pacific
an area of the Atlas Aquarium based on the Pacific Islands & New Zealand, first are two aviaries, one based on rainforests of the Pacific Islands with lories (Black-Capped, Blue-Streaked & Dusky), White-Breasted Ground-Dove, Coconut Lorikeet & Fiji Parrot-Finch & the next based on forests of New Zealand for Paradise Shelduck, Tui, New Zealand Pigeon, Kea, Red-Crowned Parakeet, New Zealand Scaup, Takahe & Blue Duck. The next part of the Islands of the Pacific area is a nocturnal house, with five rainforest exhibits for Fijian Crested-Iguana, New Caledonian Giant-Gecko, Crested Gecko, Solomon Islands Skink & Emerald Tree-Monitor, a tropical aquarium with rainbowfish (Neon, Boeseman's, Lake Kutubu & Red), last are three forest exhibits, two small ones for Tuatara & Giant Weta & a large one with North Island Brown-Kiwi.
California Kelp Forests
the smallest area of the Atlas Aquarium precinct is based on the kelp forest habitat found off the California coastline, two large tanks for Giant Pacific-Octopus & Sea Lamprey & an enormous kelp forest aquarium with Smooth Stingray, Bat Ray, sharks (Leopard & Horn), Green Sea-Turtle, Garibaldi, stars (Sunflower Sea- & Morning Sun-) & Flounder.
Mangrove Estuaries
part of the Atlas Aquarium precinct that exhibits the mangroves, estuaries & seagrass meadows of coastal regions around the world. The mangrove habitat has nine enclosures, a large tank for Mangrove Jack, Spotted Scat, Banded Archerfish, Long-Spine Porcupinefish, Schooling Bannerfish, Dusky Flathead, Silver Moony & Yellowfin Bream, four semi-aquatic arboreal mangrove tree exhibits with Mangrove Monitor, Black-Footed Tree-Rat, Rusty Monitor & Mangrove Snake, a smaller mangrove sapling terrarium for Golden Orbweaver-Spider, two low-tide mudflat paludariums with Fiddler Crab & Bearded Mudskipper & the other for Giant Mud-Crab & a small aquarium with Halfbeak. The estuary habitat has a small tank for Portuguese Man-o-War & two big enclosures, one with Bull Shark & another for Nurse Shark, Smooth Stingray & Lockdown. The last habitat, seagrass meadow, has a large exhibit with Dugong & two sandy enclosures for Upside-Down Jellyfish & Spotted Garden-Eel.
Great Barrier Reef
The largest area within Atlas Aquarium is based on the Great Barrier Reef, there are two reef community aquariums with Yellowhead Jawfish, Reindeer Wrasse, Christmas Tree Worm, shrimp (Banded Coral- & Harlequin), Yellowtail Coris, Banggai Cardinalfish & Pyjama Nudibranch & the other for tangs (Yellow & Blue), Orange Clownfish, Foxface Rabbitfish, Copperband Butterflyfish, Moorish Idol, Blue-Green Chromis, Domino Damselfish, Clown Coris, Blue-Streak Cleaner-Wrasse & Royal Gramma, four smaller tanks with Dwarf Lionfish & Black-Saddled Toby, Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus, Pineapple Fish & the last for Mandarinfish, three large tanks with Yellow-Lipped Sea-Krait, Peacock Mantis-Shrimp & the final for moray-eels (Dragon & Snowflake), a touch-tank with Pincushion Starfish, sea-stars (Chocolate-Chip, Red-Knob & Blue) & Black Brittle-Star, the main exhibit in the Great Barrier Reef area is an enormous reef tank for wrasses (Blue-Streak Cleaner- & Humphead), Longhorn Cowfish, sharks (Whitetip Reef- & Zebra), Spotted Wobbegong, Hawksbill Sea-Turtle, groupers (Coral & Queensland), parrotfish (Bicolour & Green Humphead-), triggerfish (Clown & Lagoon), Needlefish, rays (Blue-Spotted Ribbontail- & Spotted Eagle-), Green Moray-Eel, Yellowfin Bream, angelfish (Emperor, Regal & French), Threadfin Butterflyfish, Maroon Clownfish, Achilles Tang, Southern Rock-Lobster, Harlequin Tuskfish, Great Barracuda & Guineafowl Puffer. The final enclosure in this area is an large exhibit with Common Bottlenose-Dolphin.

 

[OskarGC]

Deserts
the Deserts precinct is based on sandy & stony deserts around the world, first is the Desert Aviary, a canyon-themed walkthrough-aviary planted with palms, cacti & other desert plants it is home to bishops (Southern Red- & Yellow-Crowned), California Quail, Lilac-Crowned Parrot, Chukar Partridge, Barbary Dove, Rose-Ringed Parakeet, Orange-Breasted Waxbill, Purple Grenadier, Dybowski's Twinspot, Cut-Throat Finch & Black-Tailed Jack-Rabbit. After this there are eight exhibits, a rocky enclosure for Fennec Fox, a netted aviary with Egyptian Vulture, a rocky hoodoo/monolith habitat exhibit for Hamadryas Baboon & Barbary Sheep, two medium oasis-themed hoofstock enclosures with Dromedary Camel & a mix of Dama Gazelle & Gemsbok, a sandy exhibit with a rocky structure for Meerkat & Cape Porcupine, a Sonoran desert themed enclosure with cacti for Collared Peccary & a smaller rocky exhibit with Rhinoceros Iguana.
Nocturnal House
the nocturnal house is situated towards the end of the Deserts precinct & houses species from the Sahara & Sonora Deserts. The Sahara Desert section starts with two sandy kopje-themed enclosures for Armadillo Girdled-Lizard & a mix of Ornate Mastigure & Sinai Agama, a sand-dune exhibit with Common Sandfish, a burrow enclosure for Naked Mole-Rat, two larger oasis exhibits with Savannah Monitor & Sand Cat, two small rocky enclosures for Leopard Gecko & Namaqua Chameleon, an arboreal exhibit with Veiled Chameleon & a smaller mostly sand-filled terrarium for Ant-Lion. The Sonora Desert section has two shrubland enclosures with Western Diamondback-Rattlesnake & Gila Monster, two large canyon exhibits for Desert Tortoise, Eastern Collared-Lizard & Desert Iguana & a mix of Ringtail & Nine-Banded Armadillo, a cliff-face terrarium with Giant Vinegaroon & a shrubland terrarium for Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula.

 

[OskarGC]

India
the India precinct is based on the habitats of India including bamboo forest, the Himalayas & floodplain. The bamboo forest habitat starts with Bamboo Grove, a bamboo grove/forest walkthrough-aviary with sparrows (Java & Plain-Backed), parakeets (Blue-Winged & Plum-Headed), Mandarin Duck, pheasants (Golden & Reeves's), Koi, Japanese Quail, Silver-Eared Mesia, Oriental Magpie-Robin, White-Rumped Shama, Red Avadavat & Yellow-Breasted Greenfinch, a netted-aviary for Collared Falconet & an bamboo enclosure with Red Panda. The Himalayas habitat has a medium exhibit with a pond for Sumatran Tiger, three hoofstock enclosures, a large grassy one with a small lake with Banteng, Indian Peafowl, Blackbuck, Nilgai & Chital Deer, a marshy one with a small lake for Indian Rhinoceros & the largest with a medium lake with Asian Elephant.

South America
the South America precinct is based on the habitats of South America including Amazon, Andes & Cerrado. The Amazon habitat starts off with Atlantic Forest, a medium netted rainforest aviary for Pacific Parrotlet, conures (Crimson-Bellied & Jenday), Blue-Fronted Amazon-Parrot, Red-Shouldered Macaw & Black-Headed Siskin, an exhibit with undergrowth & climbing structures with Black-Capped Squirrel-Monkey & Paca, a rainforest-themed netted flight-aviary for Harpy Eagle, a metal-barred enclosure with marmosets (Emperor & Common) & a canopy-themed exhibit for Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth. The Andes habitat has a large plateau enclosure with a small lake & a stream running through for Guanaco, Patagonian Mara, Greater Rhea & Black-Necked Swan & a small mountain exhibit with Peruvian Guinea-Pig & Long-Tailed Chinchilla. The Cerrado habitat has a canopy enclosure for Green Iguana, two open savannah exhibit with Maned Wolf & Giant Anteater & an open-air enclosure for macaws (Hyacinth & Green-Winged.

 

[Batto]

The estuary habitat has a small tank for Portuguese Man-o-War

How exactly would that work? There are some older ZC descriptions of Japanese aquaria keeping them, but that seems to have been a "keep specimen till death, then put in new specimen" scenario. Would that be your goal?
Pygmy hippos don't live in the Congo and mixing them with mandrills can lead to interspecific aggression between the hippos and the dominant male mandrills.
The European constellations wouldn't work in regard to the suggested exhibit design and mixes.

Crotalus atrox is pretty much the most unimaginative choice for a rattlesnake species in that scenario.

So other than just listing a stamp collection of favourite species, what would be your USP?

 

[Sphenisciologist]

South African coast for African Penguin & Inca Tern, an exhibit based on the beaches of Antarctica with penguins (King & Gentoo) & the final enclosure, based on the coastal forest of New Zealand for Fiordland Penguin, Black-Faced Cormorant & Shore Plover.

Respectfully, I do not understand the placement of Inca terns with South African penguins, as Inca terns are not found in South Africa. If you were aiming for this to be a realistic mix, Humboldt penguins would be better for this exhibit. However, it could hypothetically work, as I’ve seen many zoos successfully mix animals that do not live together in the wild, but based on your design description it sounded like you wanted it to be geographic.
If you did not want to change the penguin species, another animal like African black oystercatcher or blank cormorants could work.

 

[Ebirah766]

Atlas Aquarium
Rocky Shores
the Rocky Shores is an area of the Atlas Aquarium precinct based on different shorelines around the world & the seabirds which inhabit them. There are four exhibits, a cliffside exhibit based on the islands of Iceland with Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, King Eider, ducks (Long-Tailed & Harlequin) & Common Loon, a beach enclosure based on the South African coast for African Penguin & Inca Tern, an exhibit based on the beaches of Antarctica with penguins (King & Gentoo) & the final enclosure, based on the coastal forest of New Zealand for Fiordland Penguin, Black-Faced Cormorant & Shore Plover.
Islands of the Pacific
an area of the Atlas Aquarium based on the Pacific Islands & New Zealand, first are two aviaries, one based on rainforests of the Pacific Islands with lories (Black-Capped, Blue-Streaked & Dusky), White-Breasted Ground-Dove, Coconut Lorikeet & Fiji Parrot-Finch & the next based on forests of New Zealand for Paradise Shelduck, Tui, New Zealand Pigeon, Kea, Red-Crowned Parakeet, New Zealand Scaup, Takahe & Blue Duck. The next part of the Islands of the Pacific area is a nocturnal house, with five rainforest exhibits for Fijian Crested-Iguana, New Caledonian Giant-Gecko, Crested Gecko, Solomon Islands Skink & Emerald Tree-Monitor, a tropical aquarium with rainbowfish (Neon, Boeseman's, Lake Kutubu & Red), last are three forest exhibits, two small ones for Tuatara & Giant Weta & a large one with North Island Brown-Kiwi.
California Kelp Forests
the smallest area of the Atlas Aquarium precinct is based on the kelp forest habitat found off the California coastline, two large tanks for Giant Pacific-Octopus & Sea Lamprey & an enormous kelp forest aquarium with Smooth Stingray, Bat Ray, sharks (Leopard & Horn), Green Sea-Turtle, Garibaldi, stars (Sunflower Sea- & Morning Sun-) & Flounder.
Mangrove Estuaries
part of the Atlas Aquarium precinct that exhibits the mangroves, estuaries & seagrass meadows of coastal regions around the world. The mangrove habitat has nine enclosures, a large tank for Mangrove Jack, Spotted Scat, Banded Archerfish, Long-Spine Porcupinefish, Schooling Bannerfish, Dusky Flathead, Silver Moony & Yellowfin Bream, four semi-aquatic arboreal mangrove tree exhibits with Mangrove Monitor, Black-Footed Tree-Rat, Rusty Monitor & Mangrove Snake, a smaller mangrove sapling terrarium for Golden Orbweaver-Spider, two low-tide mudflat paludariums with Fiddler Crab & Bearded Mudskipper & the other for Giant Mud-Crab & a small aquarium with Halfbeak. The estuary habitat has a small tank for Portuguese Man-o-War & two big enclosures, one with Bull Shark & another for Nurse Shark, Smooth Stingray & Lockdown. The last habitat, seagrass meadow, has a large exhibit with Dugong & two sandy enclosures for Upside-Down Jellyfish & Spotted Garden-Eel.
Great Barrier Reef
The largest area within Atlas Aquarium is based on the Great Barrier Reef, there are two reef community aquariums with Yellowhead Jawfish, Reindeer Wrasse, Christmas Tree Worm, shrimp (Banded Coral- & Harlequin), Yellowtail Coris, Banggai Cardinalfish & Pyjama Nudibranch & the other for tangs (Yellow & Blue), Orange Clownfish, Foxface Rabbitfish, Copperband Butterflyfish, Moorish Idol, Blue-Green Chromis, Domino Damselfish, Clown Coris, Blue-Streak Cleaner-Wrasse & Royal Gramma, four smaller tanks with Dwarf Lionfish & Black-Saddled Toby, Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus, Pineapple Fish & the last for Mandarinfish, three large tanks with Yellow-Lipped Sea-Krait, Peacock Mantis-Shrimp & the final for moray-eels (Dragon & Snowflake), a touch-tank with Pincushion Starfish, sea-stars (Chocolate-Chip, Red-Knob & Blue) & Black Brittle-Star, the main exhibit in the Great Barrier Reef area is an enormous reef tank for wrasses (Blue-Streak Cleaner- & Humphead), Longhorn Cowfish, sharks (Whitetip Reef- & Zebra), Spotted Wobbegong, Hawksbill Sea-Turtle, groupers (Coral & Queensland), parrotfish (Bicolour & Green Humphead-), triggerfish (Clown & Lagoon), Needlefish, rays (Blue-Spotted Ribbontail- & Spotted Eagle-), Green Moray-Eel, Yellowfin Bream, angelfish (Emperor, Regal & French), Threadfin Butterflyfish, Maroon Clownfish, Achilles Tang, Southern Rock-Lobster, Harlequin Tuskfish, Great Barracuda & Guineafowl Puffer. The final enclosure in this area is an large exhibit with Common Bottlenose-Dolphin.

If I may join in the nitpicking, royal grammas are from the Caribbean and not the Indo-Pacific like the other fish in the tank.

 

[OskarGC]

The next half of Atlas Zoo is based on the habitats & regions of Australia.

Tasmania
a small precinct based on the temperate island of Tasmania, Bruny Island is a fern forest metal-bar aviary planted with ferns & mana gum & home to Forty-Spotted Pardalote, Musk Lorikeet, Yellow Wattlebird, parrots (Orange-Bellied & Swift) & Brush Bronzewing, a woodland netted aviary with Grey Goshawk & a temperate forest exhibit for Tasmanian Devil. Next is a tiny nocturnal house with a coastal headland tank for Tiger Snake & two larger nocturnal enclosures, one for Eastern Quoll & the other mix of Eastern Barred-Bandicoot, Common Brushtail-Possum, Long-Nosed Potoroo & Short-Beaked Echidna

Savannah Country
the Savannah Country precinct is based on the savannah, floodplain & sandstone escarpments habitats of northern WA, NT & QLD in Australia. First is Arnhem Highway, a walkthrough-aviary including a medium pond, mock-rock sandstone escarpement & floodplain area but it is mainly dominated by the tropical savannah habitat, the bird species include finches (Star, Gouldian & Long-Tailed), Grey-Crowned Babbler, Hooded Parrot, Northern Rosella, Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo, Dollarbird, King Quail, pigeons (Squatter & White-Quilled Rock-), Rainbow Bee-Eater, Blue-Winged Kookaburra & Galah. Next are four small aviaries, a savannah netted aviary with Black-Breasted Buzzard & the other three are metal-bar aviaries, a floodplain one for Eastern Grass-Owl, an abandoned barn-themed one with Barn Owl & the last based on the grassland & a mix of Australian Pratincole, Banded Lapwing & Australian Bustard.
Nocturnal House
the nocturnal house includes exhibits based on the habitats of northern WA, NT & QLD. The first half is based on the sandstone escarpment habitat, first is a larger cliff-face enclosure for Kimberley Rock-Monitor & Gilbert's Dragon, three rock crevice exhibits with Kings' Monitor, Children's Python & Banded Knob-Tailed Gecko, a terrarium with a pityrodia bush for Leichhardt's Grasshopper & another cliff-face enclosure with Giant Cave-Gecko. The second half is based on the savannah woodland habitat with a larger exhibit with small trees, tree-stumps & fallen logs for Chameleon Dragon, Frilled Lizard & Northern Blue-Tongue Skink, two medium enclosures a rock one with a pool for Black-Headed Python & one with trees for Northern Carpet-Python, a larger spinifex grassland exhibit with Greater Stick-Nest Rat, Rufous Bettong, Ghost Bat & Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, a cane-grass enclosure for Coastal Taipan, a dead tree exhibit with Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko & two long scrubland enclosures for Fat-Tailed Dunnart & Yellow-Spotted Monitor.

 

[OskarGC]

How exactly would that work? There are some older ZC descriptions of Japanese aquaria keeping them, but that seems to have been a "keep specimen till death, then put in new specimen" scenario. Would that be your goal?
Pygmy hippos don't live in the Congo and mixing them with mandrills can lead to interspecific aggression between the hippos and the dominant male mandrills.
The European constellations wouldn't work in regard to the suggested exhibit design and mixes.

Crotalus atrox is pretty much the most unimaginative choice for a rattlesnake species in that scenario.

So other than just listing a stamp collection of favourite species, what would be your USP?

First about the Portuguese Man-o-War exhibit this would most likely by goal as the species has a rather short lifespan for a jellyfish (at least one-yr). The Pygmy Hippos are in the Congo section due to them being a rainforest-dwelling species & this being the best precinct/section to put them since the Africa precinct is mainly based around the savannah & Madagascar & many zoos have kept/do keep Mandrills & Pygmy Hippos together without much problems but there are some reports of the dominant male Mandrills being a bit aggressive towards the hippos. I don't know which exactly exhibits you're talking about in the Northern Hemisphere precinct as the only mixes are in the Deciduous Forest aviary & an exhibit shared by Red Deer & Chamois. I chose the Western Diamondback-Rattlesnake due to it being one the more common rattlesnake species out of the four which are kept in Australian zoos. Remember this zoo is meant to be based in Australia where variety in zoos is rare & they're mostly similar to each-other, USP's would be the large size of the zoo & how it would probably be the biggest in Australia, the unique species which aren't commonly kept/aren't kept in Australian zoos & the number of precincts/areas with Africa having a Madagascar nocturnal house (non-existent in Australia), savannah safari, Northern Hemisphere having a deciduous forest aviary (non-existent in Australia) & many European species (which are rarely exhibited in Australia), Rainforests of the World with a rainforest dome & an enormous exotic nocturnal house (both non-existent in Australia), Wetlands & Waterways with a full exotic freshwater aquarium, Atlas Aquarium having different areas which are rarely represented in zoos worldwide, the Deserts having an exotic desert aviary (non-existent in Australia), with India having other exciting animals (eg. tigers, rhinos & elephants) & finally with South America just exhibiting habitats & species rarely seen. I've just started with the first post for the other half of the zoo based on Australia which goes in-depth in the habitats of the country.

 

[OskarGC]

Respectfully, I do not understand the placement of Inca terns with South African penguins, as Inca terns are not found in South Africa. If you were aiming for this to be a realistic mix, Humboldt penguins would be better for this exhibit. However, it could hypothetically work, as I’ve seen many zoos successfully mix animals that do not live together in the wild, but based on your design description it sounded like you wanted it to be geographic.
If you did not want to change the penguin species, another animal like African black oystercatcher or blank cormorants could work.

I have chose to include the Inca Terns as they're an exciting species I wanted to include & not found in any Australian zoo, the exhibit itself is based on the South African coast but that does not mean the all of it's inhabitants have to be. Many zoos keep African Penguin & Inca Tern together but I see what you mean by how I described it, this exhibit seamed like the best option for me to place the Inca Terns in.

 

[OskarGC]

If I may join in the nitpicking, royal grammas are from the Caribbean and not the Indo-Pacific like the other fish in the tank.

I placed the Royal Gramma into the tank as they're a species I wanted include in the zoo & there was no area for Caribbean species. Most zoos keep marine fish species out of their geographic range mixed with species native to the region in which the aquarium is based off.

 

[Sphenisciologist]

I have chose to include the Inca Terns as they're an exciting species I wanted to include & not found in any Australian zoo, the exhibit itself is based on the South African coast but that does not mean the all of it's inhabitants have to be. Many zoos keep African Penguin & Inca Tern together but I see what you mean by how I described it, this exhibit seamed like the best option for me to place the Inca Terns in.

I see. That makes sense, I suppose I was just a little thrown off by the geographic description, it told me that you wanted the exhibit to represent a South African coast exclusively. But as I said, the mix does work so there’s no problem. No recommended changes.

 

[Batto]

First about the Portuguese Man-o-War exhibit this would most likely by goal as the species has a rather short lifespan for a jellyfish (at least one-yr). The Pygmy Hippos are in the Congo section due to them being a rainforest-dwelling species & this being the best precinct/section to put them since the Africa precinct is mainly based around the savannah & Madagascar & many zoos have kept/do keep Mandrills & Pygmy Hippos together without much problems but there are some reports of the dominant male Mandrills being a bit aggressive towards the hippos. I don't know which exactly exhibits you're talking about in the Northern Hemisphere precinct as the only mixes are in the Deciduous Forest aviary & an exhibit shared by Red Deer & Chamois. I chose the Western Diamondback-Rattlesnake due to it being one the more common rattlesnake species out of the four which are kept in Australian zoos. Remember this zoo is meant to be based in Australia where variety in zoos is rare & they're mostly similar to each-other, USP's would be the large size of the zoo & how it would probably be the biggest in Australia, the unique species which aren't commonly kept/aren't kept in Australian zoos & the number of precincts/areas with Africa having a Madagascar nocturnal house (non-existent in Australia), savannah safari, Northern Hemisphere having a deciduous forest aviary (non-existent in Australia) & many European species (which are rarely exhibited in Australia), Rainforests of the World with a rainforest dome & an enormous exotic nocturnal house (both non-existent in Australia), Wetlands & Waterways with a full exotic freshwater aquarium, Atlas Aquarium having different areas which are rarely represented in zoos worldwide, the Deserts having an exotic desert aviary (non-existent in Australia), with India having other exciting animals (eg. tigers, rhinos & elephants) & finally with South America just exhibiting habitats & species rarely seen. I've just started with the first post for the other half of the zoo based on Australia which goes in-depth in the habitats of the country.

Your sentence structure is giving me a headache.
Physalia utriculus isn't a jellyfish, but a hydrozoan. And I do not support this "throwaway" kind of animal husbandry.
Not every African rainforest is "the Congo". Could you please name all these "many zoos" successfully mixing mandrills & pygmy hippos?
One the one hand, you state that your species selection is limited to what you have in Australia. On the other, you eagerly list non-native species that to my knowledge are not kept in Australian zoos.
So what is your USP, other than throwing a frenetic quantity of species at us? Just the size is a bit uninspired, isn't it?

 

[Ebirah766]

I placed the Royal Gramma into the tank as they're a species I wanted include in the zoo & there was no area for Caribbean species. Most zoos keep marine fish species out of their geographic range mixed with species native to the region in which the aquarium is based off.

So, if you want royal grammas so badly, why not make a Caribbean tank? The species are well-known and easy to come by for zoos and aquariums.

 

[Great Argus]

Many zoos keep African Penguin & Inca Tern together but I see what you mean by how I described it, this exhibit seamed like the best option for me to place the Inca Terns in.

Are you sure they're African Penguins and not Humboldts or Magellanics? I've not seen Inca Tern mixed with African but I have with the South American species.