What makes you different from other Zoochatters

I am 100% sure that my username is different than all other ZC members, and I don’t recall ever seeing anyone else who has the same profile picture as me even when like half of all members on this forum have the exact same profile picture which is a gray square with a white question mark in the middle of it.
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm like that when I see New Zealand plants used as "tropical" (things like cabbage trees and NZ flax). I get why they are used, but they look so out of place to a NZer.
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The plant like this for me are the temperate North American pitcher plants. I see those growing in my area fairly frequently, bit every tropical greenhouse and botanical gardens has them in their collection.
 
Most zoochatters are pretty intelligent and while I comfortably blow everyone I know in the real world out of the water when it comes to mammals, I'm pretty dumb by zoochat standards - but I take some joy in the fact I'm still learning and that every trip to a new facility is not only a chance to evaluate but also a chance to still learn new things about animals. I'm nowhere near the point where I visit a new zoo and get bored -- sometimes the 'new zoo smell' does lead to me giving remarks that may sound too generous, but I'm comfortable with the fact there are more critical zoochatters out there with the experience to do that for me.

I'm a very uncomfortable driver so that's probably different. I try to use public transportation where I can, and the zoo hobby has been fostering a greater appreciation for trains for me.

I am pretty obsessive about Brookfield Zoo's history in specific and I think a lot of my most productive posts have been relating to that subject. I am interested in the histories of many other facilities but that is the one where I have a lot of notes and experience and personal research.

I probably know more about the Zoo Tycoon games than all but one or two people on the board and am probably the only one who still designs for both. ;)
 
JVM said:
Most zoochatters are pretty intelligent and while I comfortably blow everyone I know in the real world out of the water when it comes to mammals, I'm pretty dumb by zoochat standards - but I take some joy in the fact I'm still learning and that every trip to a new facility is not only a chance to evaluate but also a chance to still learn new things about animals. I'm nowhere near the point where I visit a new zoo and get bored -- sometimes the 'new zoo smell' does lead to me giving remarks that may sound too generous, but I'm comfortable with the fact there are more critical zoochatters out there with the experience to do that for me.

I'm a very uncomfortable driver so that's probably different. I try to use public transportation where I can, and the zoo hobby has been fostering a greater appreciation for trains for me.

I am pretty obsessive about Brookfield Zoo's history in specific and I think a lot of my most productive posts have been relating to that subject. I am interested in the histories of many other facilities but that is the one where I have a lot of notes and experience and personal research.

I probably know more about the Zoo Tycoon games than all but one or two people on the board and am probably the only one who still designs for both. ;)
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I also am not a comfortable driver, and while I have driven myself around before I mostly rely on family and friends for transportation. I can't use public transit since it's essentially useless around here (I'd rather walk very long distances and occasionally do).

I am slowly getting more comfortable with it, though.
 
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birdsandbats said:
I also am not a comfortable driver, and while I have driven myself around before I mostly rely on family and friends for transportation. I can't use public transit since it's essentially useless around here (I'd rather walk very long distances and occasionally do).

I am slowly getting more comfortable with it, though.
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I'm actually glad to know it's not just me. Definitely a shame there aren't more transit options the in Wisconsin area -- I'm lucky that Milwaukee has turned out to be fairly easy for me to reach, but I've not had such luck figuring out my way up to Henry Vilas.
 
JVM said:
Most zoochatters are pretty intelligent and while I comfortably blow everyone I know in the real world out of the water when it comes to mammals, I'm pretty dumb by zoochat standards - but I take some joy in the fact I'm still learning and that every trip to a new facility is not only a chance to evaluate but also a chance to still learn new things about animals. I'm nowhere near the point where I visit a new zoo and get bored -- sometimes the 'new zoo smell' does lead to me giving remarks that may sound too generous, but I'm comfortable with the fact there are more critical zoochatters out there with the experience to do that for me.

I'm a very uncomfortable driver so that's probably different. I try to use public transportation where I can, and the zoo hobby has been fostering a greater appreciation for trains for me.

I am pretty obsessive about Brookfield Zoo's history in specific and I think a lot of my most productive posts have been relating to that subject. I am interested in the histories of many other facilities but that is the one where I have a lot of notes and experience and personal research.

I probably know more about the Zoo Tycoon games than all but one or two people on the board and am probably the only one who still designs for both. ;)
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I hate driving it gives me anxiety lol. I loved zoo tycoon I actually just got Planet Zoo recently, thats how I came across this forum. I thought forums like this were extinct in the wild tbh.
 
I dont drive at all and have no intentions to obtain a driving license. Of course, this is very much due to the nature of public transport both in my city and in this area of the world in general, where public transport within cities and inter-cities are very prevelance and there isnt a big need to drive. I very much rely on public transport when travelling as well.
 
Hello.

- I am one of the few catholic ZooChatters;
- I am one of the few ZooChatters to have seen a Brazilian merganser and a silky anteater (on the same day!);
- I spent months trying to figure out what species of tree-kangaroo was held by Rio de Janeiro between 1975 and 1991.
 
Being an Indonesian ZooChatters is a interesting experience of mine. The Indonesian community here is a very little group, probably no more than a handful. Despite of that, several other Indonesian users aren't active in the Indonesian side of things. I spend most of my time there trying not be a salesmen of sort trying to promote Indonesian zoos are wonderful places or anything, I try to be subjective in posting about anything that's going on here in relations to zoos. As I go on, I feel it's starting to become important to put into the front the perspective of people or users in certain regions regarding zoos and wildlife in general. A lot of the time, you'll hear more reviews and stories from visitors from European, North American, or other more active zoogoers regions. These regions might be considered to be the "hotspot" of where zoo enthusiasts are located, since they enjoyed greater access to interesting zoos and some might have the money to travel elsewhere, making enthusiasts from other regions seems "unreliable" or "biased". I think it's time for the Brazilian voices in the Brazilian forum, Thai voices in the Thailand forum, and of course Indonesian voices as well to be louder and heard as well.

Secondly, being mostly what peoples call "species hunter" is also quite an experience, especially as a Indonesian where that's a very rare interest especially when you're focused in zoos. Having a study in a social and politics as college student, that definitely have a huge impact on how I see things, including zoos and such. Putting a critical perspectives is something that I wish peoples here also do more, since there's a lot of problems that aren't just related "zoo haters" hating your favorite zoos because they're just zoo haters. Though, I try to refrain much especially most of the time when I'm only a minute away from bringing up class discourse after talking about elephant rides for some reason.
 
Rizz Carlton said:
I think it's time for the Brazilian voices in the Brazilian forum, Thai voices in the Thailand forum, and of course Indonesian voices as well to be louder and heard as well.
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Volume doesn't change the content. Adding more to the general cacophony doesn't guarantee listening - even when artifcially enforced.
 
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