Hello everyone, this is something common in the Zoo Tyccon 2 forums, they are known as Ultimate Zoos, and you basically create your own zoo and describe all of the aspects of your zoo (exhibits, animals, foliage, guest buildings, ect). I figured, I'd post my Ultimate Zoo that I am creating here!
North America:
As you first enter North America after walking a ways along the well shaded path you arrive at the first exhibit in the section of North America known as Eastern Trek. The first exhibit along the trail is home to a pair of Trumpeter Swans, a pair of Great Blue Herons, and a small flock of Wood Ducks. The exhibit has a nice sized shallow pond for the ducks and swans to swim in and the herons to wade in. The zookeepers stock the pond with live fish as enrichment for the herons. The exhibit, as is the rest of the trail is well shaded and has two large Poplar trees growing inside of the exhibit it's self. There are a few stands of Cattails along the edge of the pond and a few bushes planted around the exhibit as well. Nesting boxes for the Wood Ducks are made to look like tree stumps with a cavern inside. There are two of these artifical stump nest boxes placed in the exhibit.
As you walk down on the trail you come to the next exhibit. Within the exhibit is a large pond for the amphibious residents, the American Beavers. Due to the beavers nature of chewing down trees there are no trees within the exhibit. Though there is quite a variety of other foliage in the enclosure. The artificially made Beaver Lodge is on one side of pond up against the edge of the exhibit. There is a large window that lets the guest view the beavers inside of their lodge. The window is a two way mirror allowing the guests to see the beavers inside of their lodge, but the beavers only see a reflection of themselves and the inside of the lodge.
Continuing on down the path you arrive at the exhibit of another wetland denizen, the American River Otter. When you first arrive at the exhibit you arrive at a plexiglas window allowing view of the otters exhibit above the water. The otters are very playful and curious animals so there are many logs and rocks for them to climb over and to bask in the sun on. The zookeepers also place pieces of food in special hard to get to places to keep the otters busy. Then as you head down hill into a kind of building. On your left you have a wonderful under water view point of the otters. The otters love to swim in front of the vistors and do their twists and turns. This makes the otters one of the most popular animals at the zoo. A little past the underwater viewing area is a window allowing view into the otters' den. Where the otters can sometimes be found sleeping in a little pile.
Still within the building, if you look to the right is the huge Eastern America Aquarium. In a natural looking aquarium will many water plants, rocks, and fallen logs just like the rivers and lakes of Eastern America, there can be found such fish species as the Large Mouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar, Rainbow Darter, and even a pair of rare Paddlefish.
Heading on down the path to the exhibit you will see a huge aviary home to our majestic Bald Eagle pair. You have enter the aviary and walk out on the view platform to view the two beauties. From the open viewing platform you can see their whole exhibit. The enclosure has many tall trees in which the eagles love to pirch. Along with the many good tree pirches available, we have installed special pirches in their enclosure. Snaking through their enclosure is a small stream that the zookeepers often stock with live fish for the eagles. They love to swoop down and snach there own live fish. As do the guests love to watch them do this.They then take it to their pirch that they have determined as their snaking pirch and devour it.
You leave the Bald Eagle Aviary and head on down the trail to a much smaller aviary, the Song Bird Aviary. This beautifully decorated aviary is home to birds such as the Northern Bobwhite, Northern Cardinal, American Redstart, Lazuli Bunting, Eastern Bluebird, Balitimore Oriole, Dickcissel, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Whip-poor-will, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Grey Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, and the Yellow Warbler. The aviary is beautifully decorated with flowers and flowering bushes, along with other decorative plants. There are several feeding stations and bird baths for the birds scattered in the aviary. The Song Bird Aviary is one of the most beautiful places in the zoo both in sight and sound.
You exit the Song Bird Aviary and head on along the loop to a large open enclosure home to a herd of White-tailed Deer and a flock of Eastern Wild Turkeys. The exhibit is mainly open but there are still quite a few trees within the exhibit. At the far end of the enclosure there is a small shade canopy for the animals to escape the weather. The turkeys spend most of their time rooting around at the far end of the enclosure where there are the most trees, and leaf litter. Since turkeys roost in trees we have created species roosting bars that attach to trees. They look just like branches only they are much lower. The deer can usually be found either grazing in the sun or standing around the central pond drinking and wading in the water on hot days. Every spring we are surprised by little fawns. The fawns are always big attractions at the zoo after they are born.
You walk on down the trail to a small odd shaped building. This building is the Ohio Herp House. You walk in the doors to find out about and see some of the many native and some deadly amphibians and reptiles of the Buckeye State. You see such species as the giant Eastern Hellbender, Common Mudpuppy, Marbled Salamander, Longtail Salamander, Fowler's Frog, American Toad, Northern Spring Peeper, Wood Frog, Broad-headed Skink, Ground Skink, Northern Copperhead, Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Eastern Massasauga, Eastern Worm Snake, Spotted Turtle, Red-eared Slider, and Alligator Snapping Turtle. Each species is kept in their own specially created terrarium or aquarium.
Very excited you hurry up to the next exhibit along the trail. The exhibit of the zoo's American Black Bears. The bears have a very large enclosure complete with a runing stream, a water fall, and a perfect swimming pool. We brought in many large, flat rocks to build around the stream and water fall and the bears love to sun bathe on them, and even climb on them from time to time. In the far end of the enclosure their is a large synthetic cave where the bears spend quite a bit of time in on hot days. Just as with the beaver exhibit there is a view window into the cave, but again it is a two way mirror allowing the guests to see the bears, but at the same time allowing the bears their privacy. From time to time as enrichment the keeps will plant blue berry bushes in the bears enclosures for them to forage on as they naturally would in the wild.
You head on just a little bit down the path to the next enclosure. This encloure is home to one of the most widespread mammals in America, the Bobcat. This enclosure is especially designed for these clever felines. Just as with the otters, we have installed many rocks and logs for the Bobcats to climb on and pounce off of. We have also instaled leveled plat forms for them to climb on. There enclosure is very hilly and wooded perfect for hiding. It is often hard to spot the cats, but usually the can be found stalking along their stream or climbing on something.
Thank you, and until next time, Goodbye!
North America:
As you first enter North America after walking a ways along the well shaded path you arrive at the first exhibit in the section of North America known as Eastern Trek. The first exhibit along the trail is home to a pair of Trumpeter Swans, a pair of Great Blue Herons, and a small flock of Wood Ducks. The exhibit has a nice sized shallow pond for the ducks and swans to swim in and the herons to wade in. The zookeepers stock the pond with live fish as enrichment for the herons. The exhibit, as is the rest of the trail is well shaded and has two large Poplar trees growing inside of the exhibit it's self. There are a few stands of Cattails along the edge of the pond and a few bushes planted around the exhibit as well. Nesting boxes for the Wood Ducks are made to look like tree stumps with a cavern inside. There are two of these artifical stump nest boxes placed in the exhibit.
As you walk down on the trail you come to the next exhibit. Within the exhibit is a large pond for the amphibious residents, the American Beavers. Due to the beavers nature of chewing down trees there are no trees within the exhibit. Though there is quite a variety of other foliage in the enclosure. The artificially made Beaver Lodge is on one side of pond up against the edge of the exhibit. There is a large window that lets the guest view the beavers inside of their lodge. The window is a two way mirror allowing the guests to see the beavers inside of their lodge, but the beavers only see a reflection of themselves and the inside of the lodge.
Continuing on down the path you arrive at the exhibit of another wetland denizen, the American River Otter. When you first arrive at the exhibit you arrive at a plexiglas window allowing view of the otters exhibit above the water. The otters are very playful and curious animals so there are many logs and rocks for them to climb over and to bask in the sun on. The zookeepers also place pieces of food in special hard to get to places to keep the otters busy. Then as you head down hill into a kind of building. On your left you have a wonderful under water view point of the otters. The otters love to swim in front of the vistors and do their twists and turns. This makes the otters one of the most popular animals at the zoo. A little past the underwater viewing area is a window allowing view into the otters' den. Where the otters can sometimes be found sleeping in a little pile.
Still within the building, if you look to the right is the huge Eastern America Aquarium. In a natural looking aquarium will many water plants, rocks, and fallen logs just like the rivers and lakes of Eastern America, there can be found such fish species as the Large Mouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar, Rainbow Darter, and even a pair of rare Paddlefish.
Heading on down the path to the exhibit you will see a huge aviary home to our majestic Bald Eagle pair. You have enter the aviary and walk out on the view platform to view the two beauties. From the open viewing platform you can see their whole exhibit. The enclosure has many tall trees in which the eagles love to pirch. Along with the many good tree pirches available, we have installed special pirches in their enclosure. Snaking through their enclosure is a small stream that the zookeepers often stock with live fish for the eagles. They love to swoop down and snach there own live fish. As do the guests love to watch them do this.They then take it to their pirch that they have determined as their snaking pirch and devour it.
You leave the Bald Eagle Aviary and head on down the trail to a much smaller aviary, the Song Bird Aviary. This beautifully decorated aviary is home to birds such as the Northern Bobwhite, Northern Cardinal, American Redstart, Lazuli Bunting, Eastern Bluebird, Balitimore Oriole, Dickcissel, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Whip-poor-will, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Grey Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, and the Yellow Warbler. The aviary is beautifully decorated with flowers and flowering bushes, along with other decorative plants. There are several feeding stations and bird baths for the birds scattered in the aviary. The Song Bird Aviary is one of the most beautiful places in the zoo both in sight and sound.
You exit the Song Bird Aviary and head on along the loop to a large open enclosure home to a herd of White-tailed Deer and a flock of Eastern Wild Turkeys. The exhibit is mainly open but there are still quite a few trees within the exhibit. At the far end of the enclosure there is a small shade canopy for the animals to escape the weather. The turkeys spend most of their time rooting around at the far end of the enclosure where there are the most trees, and leaf litter. Since turkeys roost in trees we have created species roosting bars that attach to trees. They look just like branches only they are much lower. The deer can usually be found either grazing in the sun or standing around the central pond drinking and wading in the water on hot days. Every spring we are surprised by little fawns. The fawns are always big attractions at the zoo after they are born.
You walk on down the trail to a small odd shaped building. This building is the Ohio Herp House. You walk in the doors to find out about and see some of the many native and some deadly amphibians and reptiles of the Buckeye State. You see such species as the giant Eastern Hellbender, Common Mudpuppy, Marbled Salamander, Longtail Salamander, Fowler's Frog, American Toad, Northern Spring Peeper, Wood Frog, Broad-headed Skink, Ground Skink, Northern Copperhead, Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Eastern Massasauga, Eastern Worm Snake, Spotted Turtle, Red-eared Slider, and Alligator Snapping Turtle. Each species is kept in their own specially created terrarium or aquarium.
Very excited you hurry up to the next exhibit along the trail. The exhibit of the zoo's American Black Bears. The bears have a very large enclosure complete with a runing stream, a water fall, and a perfect swimming pool. We brought in many large, flat rocks to build around the stream and water fall and the bears love to sun bathe on them, and even climb on them from time to time. In the far end of the enclosure their is a large synthetic cave where the bears spend quite a bit of time in on hot days. Just as with the beaver exhibit there is a view window into the cave, but again it is a two way mirror allowing the guests to see the bears, but at the same time allowing the bears their privacy. From time to time as enrichment the keeps will plant blue berry bushes in the bears enclosures for them to forage on as they naturally would in the wild.
You head on just a little bit down the path to the next enclosure. This encloure is home to one of the most widespread mammals in America, the Bobcat. This enclosure is especially designed for these clever felines. Just as with the otters, we have installed many rocks and logs for the Bobcats to climb on and pounce off of. We have also instaled leveled plat forms for them to climb on. There enclosure is very hilly and wooded perfect for hiding. It is often hard to spot the cats, but usually the can be found stalking along their stream or climbing on something.
Thank you, and until next time, Goodbye!