Roll for Zoo

[CarnotaurusSastrei]

I initially posted this idea in the "Quizzes, Competitions, and Games" forum, but was told that it would be a better fit for this forum. The premise is relatively simple: you get to design a zoo as you see fit, but the number of exhibits and either the number of enclosures within each exhibit or the number of animals on display in each exhibit are determined by rolling dice.

Part 1: Exhibits
To determine the number of exhibits/regions your zoo has, roll 4 four-sided dice (4d4). Ideally, each exhibit should have some sort of overlying theme that unites the organisms and enclosures that it contains, but the general theme for each exhibit is up to you.

Part 2: Enclosures/Animals
To determine what each of the exhibits look like in terms of species composition, you have two options:

Option 1: Go exhibit-by-exhibit and roll 4 six-sided dice (4d6) to determine the number of enclosures that each exhibit has. With this option, feel free to make as many or as few mixed-species you want, though ideally keep the number of species included within reason.

Option 2: It's a similar process to what's stated above, but instead you roll 6d6 to determine the number of species and/or subspecies that each exhibit holds.

Part 3: Populating/Organizing
Given the numbers you rolled in parts 1 and 2, feel free to populate your zoo with animals as you see fit. My main suggestions would be to stick with extant animals and ideally give some amount of preference to animals that have some sort of history of being in captivity, but that last part isn't necessarily a hard and fast rule.

 

[MOG2012]

Can I go in detail of each exhibit one by one?

Here is what I got for the probability, I did option 2.
This would be located in Barnstable MA, United States.

Exhibit 1 - Entry Plaza (12 species)
Exhibit 2 - the Land Down Under (18 species)
Exhibit 3 - the Nocturnal Kingdom (20 species)
Exhibit 4 - Big Sur (16 species)
Exhibit 5 - Inside Africa (18 species)
Exhibit 6 - the Great Steppe (12 species)
Exhibit 7 - Mediterranean Trek - (15 species)
Exhibit 8 - Lobos del Cerado (15 species), name credit -> @Austin the Sengi

I'll talk about the animals later either in a list or in detail, depending what's allowed

 

[CarnotaurusSastrei]

Can I go in detail of each exhibit one by one?

Here is what I got for the probability, I did option 2.
This would be located in Barnstable MA, United States.

Exhibit 1 - Entry Plaza (12 species)
Exhibit 2 - the Land Down Under (18 species)
Exhibit 3 - the Nocturnal Kingdom (20 species)
Exhibit 4 - Big Sur (16 species)
Exhibit 5 - Inside Africa (18 species)
Exhibit 6 - the Great Steppe (12 species)
Exhibit 7 - Mediterranean Trek - (15 species)
Exhibit 8 - Lobos del Cerado (15 species), name credit -> @Austin the Sengi

I'll talk about the animals later either in a list or in detail, depending what's allowed

Feel free to include at least a list of the species you've chosen

 

[MOG2012]

Feel free to include at least a list of the species you've chosen

I mean can I go exhibit by exhibit doing it like a spec zoo?

 

[CarnotaurusSastrei]

I mean can I go exhibit by exhibit doing it like a spec zoo?

Sure, I don't see why not

 

[MOG2012]

This is for the entry plaza with 12 species.

When you pass ticket booths, there is an 8,000 sq. ft. aviary that is 16 ft. tall There are shallow wading pools, foraging pools with brine shrimp, mudflats, plants, and trees. It's home to a non-pinioned flamboyance of 12.12 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor.

Lesser Flamingos, Image Credit -> @Fat-tailed dwarf lemur

Possible Enclosure Look, Image Credit -> @snowleopard

Then, there is the Penguin Cafe on the right side of the pathway, and the Education Center on the left side of the pathway, housing ambassador species. In the Polar Cafe, there is a 1,200 sq. ft. large and 12 ft. tall enclosure. It has a 5 ft. deep saltwater pool, nesting platforms, rocky features, and a land area. Cafe-goers can watch a waddle of 6.6 Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus.

Chinstrap Penguin, Image Credit -> @phraps

Possible Look of Enclosure, Image Credit -> @Mr Gharial

If you go in the Education Center, there are various species native to New England. The first enclosure you will meet inside, is a 3,000 sq. ft. aviary with a height of 16 ft. It simulates the Cape Cod coast, having vegetation, sandy areas, mudflats, shallow pools, and nesting areas. There, you can see a flock of 4.4 Atlantic Short-Billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus griseus, a parcel of 2.2 Mainland American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus palliatus, and a tangle of 5.5 Red Knot Calidris canutus. These birds would ideally be rescues.

Short-Billed Dowitcher, Image Credit -> @RatioTile

American Oystercatcher, Image Credit -> @SusScrofa

Red Knot, Image Credit -> @splendens

Possible Look of Enclosure but Netted, Image Credit -> @Astrotom3000

After that, there is a 1500 gallon aquarium with a sandy bottom, rock crevices, and artificial reef structures. There is also a shallow touch pool for the crabs connected to the enclosure. I would house a cast of 2.4 Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus and a school of 1.4 Planehead Filefish Stephanolepis hispida.

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Image Credit -> @MagpieGoose

Planehead Filefish, Image Credit -> @Astrotom3000

Possible Look of Tank but It Would Be A Bit Larger, Image Credit -> @amur leopard

Then, the enclosures would transition from saltwater to freshwater with a 300 gallon aquarium being next. It would have sandy patches, plants, open swimming areas, rocks, and driftwood which would allow a school of 0.0.36 Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos.

Northern Redbelly Dace, Image Credit -> iNaturalist

Possible Tank Look (without pumpkin), Image Credit -> @TinoPup

After that, there would be a 32 sq. ft. large enclosure with a height of 3 ft. It has vegetation, rocks, and a shallow pool. It would be home to a bale of 1.2 Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta rescues.

Wood Turtle, Image Credit -> @Astrotom3000

Possible Tank Look, Image Credit -> @CarnotaurusSastrei

After these aquatic enclosures, there would be an education room about different species in New England and how they adapt to the cold. The first enclosure is 2 ft. tall, 1.5 ft wide, and 1.5 ft deep. It has branches, twigs, vegetation, and has a group of 0.0.6 Northern Walkingstick Diapheromera femorata.

Northern Walking stick, Image Credit -> iNaturalist

Possible Enclosure Look, Image Credit -> @TinoPup

The second enclosure there is 18 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 24 inches tall. There are plants, a shallow water dish, cork bark, branches, and vines. It would house an army of 2.2 Grey Treefrog Hyla versicolor.

Possible Enclosure Look, Image Credit -> @Neil chace
The final enclosure is 6 sq. ft. large, with hollow logs, and bark pieces. It's home to a breeding swarm of 3.3 American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus.

American Burying Beetle, Image Credit -> Xerces Society

Possible Look of Tank, Image Credit -> @Moebelle

I’ll continue with the next exhibit, later this week.

 

[CarnotaurusSastrei]

Here's a zoo I made as a bit of an example. For part 2, I decided to go with option 2

Number of Exhibits: 11
I've decided to try and theme each exhibit around some sort of broad biome/geographical region.

Exhibit 1: Deserts (23 taxa)

Spoiler

1. Scimitar-Horned Oryx
2. Dama Gazelle
3. Fennec Fox
4. Sand Cat
5. Black-Footed Cat
6. Addax
7. Northwest African Cheetah
8. Meerkat
9. Domestic Bactrian Camel
10. Mongolian Wild Ass
11. Southern Viscacha
12. South American Gray Fox
13. Gila Monster
14. Mojave Sidewinder
15. Common Chuckwalla
16. Javelina
17. Crested Caracara
18. Zebra-Tailed Lizard
19. Greater Roadrunner
20. Burrowing Owl
21. Perentie
22. Thorny Devil
23. Red Kangaroo

Exhibit 2: Mountains (18 taxa)

Spoiler

1. Snow Leopard
2. Himalayan Red Panda
3. Puma
4. Bighorn Sheep
5. Alpine Ibex
6. Alpine Chamois
7. Llama
8. Mountain Tapir
9. Lesser Rhea
10. Domestic Yak
11. Eurasian Brown Bear
12. Eastern Imperial Eagle
13. Markhor
14. Argali
15. West Caucasian Tur
16. Spider-Tailed Horned Viper
17. Mangshan Pit Viper
18. Ethiopian Mountain Viper

Exhibit 3: Tropical Grasslands (24 taxa)

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1. African Savanna Elephant
2. Reticulated Giraffe
3. Eastern Black Rhinoceros
4. Ostrich
5. Grévy's Zebra
   
6. Common Impala
7. Water Buffalo
8. Black-Tailed Wildebeest
9. African Lion
10. Common Warthog
11. Olive Baboon
12. Maned Wolf
13. Brazilian Tapir
14. Red-Legged Seriema
15. Common Wallaroo
16. Short-Beaked Echidna
17. Eastern Gray Kangaroo
18. Roan Antelope
19. Giant Eland
20. African Wild Dog
21. Greater Kudu
22. Black-Crowned Crane
23. Gerenuk
24. Kori Bustard

Exhibit 4: Lakes (17 taxa)

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1. Baikal Teal
2. Lake Sturgeon
3. Baikal Seal
4. Caspian Turtle
5. Beluga Sturgeon
6. Spotted-Necked Otter
7. Haplochromis nyererei
   
8. Burbot
9. Lake Whitefish
10. Titicaca Water Frog
11. East African Black Mud Turtle
12. Nile Crocodile
13. Greater Flamingo
14. Ninespine Stickleback
15. Bigmouth Buffalo
16. Lake Erie Watersnake
17. Wels Catfish

Exhibit 5: Wetlands (15 taxa)

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1. Nile Hippopotamus
2. African Spoonbill
3. West Indian Manatee
4. Scarlet Ibis
5. Snowy Egret
6. Wattled Jacana
7. American Alligator
8. Greater Capybara
9. American Bullfrog
10. Giant Otter
11. Alligator Snapping Turtle
12. Mangrove Whipray
13. Atlantic Mudskipper
14. Great Blue Heron
15. Coconut Crab

Exhibit 6: Tropical Forests (24 taxa)

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1. Eastern Bongo
2. Okapi
3. Red-Flanked Duiker
4. Western Lowland Gorilla
5. Bornean Orangutan
6. Malayan Tapir
7. Sumatran Tiger
8. Green Anaconda
9. African Gray Parrot
10. Jaguar
11. Ocelot
12. Mainland Clouded Leopard
13. Binturong
14. Prevost's Squirrel
15. Orinoco Crocodile
16. Red Piranha
17. Arapaima
18. Electric Eel
19. Arrau Turtle
20. Eastern Green Mamba
21. Pygmy Slow Loris
22. Mandrill
23. Angolan Colobus
24. Scarlet Macaw

Exhibit 7: Islands (20 taxa)

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1. Galápagos Tortoise
   
2. Laysan Teal
3. Guam Kingfisher
4. Santa Catalina Rattlesnake
5. Japanese Giant Salamander
6. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
7. Ring-Tailed Lemur
8. Fossa
9. Black and White Ruffed Lemur
10. Ryukyu Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
11. Socotra Chameleon
12. Fiji Crested Iguana
13. Rhinoceros Iguana
14. Aldabra Tortoise
15. North Island Brown Kiwi
16. Golden Jellyfish
17. Milos Viper
18. Taiwan Macaque
19. Komodo Dragon
20. North Sulawesi Babirusa

Exhibit 8: Oceans (18 taxa)

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1. California Moray
2. Leopard Shark
3. Giant Sea Bass
4. Garibaldi
5. Striped Surfperch
6. Ocellaris Clownfish
7. Regal Blue Tang
8. Yellow Tang
9. Lookdown
10. Green Sea Turtle
11. Atlantic Tarpon
12. Bonnethead Shark
13. Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
14. Moon Jelly
15. Peacock Mantis Shrimp
16. Epaulette Shark
17. Striped Burrfish
18. Cownose Ray

Exhibit 9: Polar Regions (18 taxa)

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1. Beluga Whale
2. Emperor Penguin
3. Chinstrap Penguin
4. Gentoo Penguin
5. Adélie Penguin
6. Southern Rockhopper Penguin
7. Polar Bear
8. Reindeer
9. Arctic Fox
10. Snowshoe Hare
11. Moose
12. Snowy Owl
13. Crested Auklet
14. King Eider
15. Walrus
16. Pigeon Guillemot
17. Atlantic Puffin
18. Arctic Grayling

Exhibit 10: Temperate Grasslands (18 taxa)

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1. American Bison
2. Pronghorn
3. Coyote
4. Sandhill Crane
5. Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
6. Greater Prairie Chicken
7. Eurasian Badger
8. Striped Hyena
9. Wild Boar
10. Corsac Fox
11. Red Deer
12. Przewalski's Horse
13. Prairie Rattlesnake
14. Nine-Banded Armadillo
15. Patagonian Mara
16. Striped Skunk
17. Elegant Crested Tinamou
18. Eastern Cottontail

Exhibit 11: Temperate Forests (17 taxa)

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1. Amur Leopard
2. American Black Bear
3. White-Tailed Deer
4. Wisent
5. Eastern Gray Squirrel
6. Eastern Wolf
7. Raccoon Dog
8. Western Capercaillie
9. North American Beaver
10. Golden Eagle
11. Red Fox
12. Stoat
13. Tasmanian Devil
14. New Zealand Forest Gecko
15. Koala
16. Albert's Lyrebird
17. Virginia Opossum

 

[MOG2012]

I feel like this should have more rules to make it more of a challenge. Also, I'm not going to finish my zoo for this as I'm no longer interested in it. However, I would happily do another version of this, albeit it has a lot harder rules to make it more fun