Wild Planet

Davdhole

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Final time, and my apologies if this is getting tiresome for other Zoochatters in this forum, but I enjoy sharing my goal and would like to hear from others, however, my lack of knowledge on what ratios meant (they confused me for a while), as well as the several typos have made me want to redo this for the final time, I just couldn't delete my previous park post. I've also wanted many species to add and correct some exhibit designs.

For those familiar with my previous park revised post, I will just copy and paste most of what I have on there and edit a few things such as species, and add the ratio now that I know what they mean and can give a proper number on animals I aspire to have in my facility. I feel the lack of responses came from, I guess I could say, "unprofessional" look, saying, for example, 2-5 river otters instead of maybe 1.3 river otters.

Anyways, the final revision of my park with key edits. This park will likely be in North Carolina.


Park Entrance

Right after guests get past the ticket booths, there will be a large pond-type habitat. Separated from guests by a fence of wood is a small flamboyance of Chilean flamingo.

Not far past the flamingos, a similar habitat will house roseate spoonbill, emperor goose, white ibis, and ruddy duck. With these birds, black-knobbed map turtles and yellow perch. A large chunk of land will be behind the pond in this habitat, along with logs in the water to provide basking opportunities for the turtles. A few trees are spread about, giving the animals cover.

Further down and on the opposite side of the waterfowl and turtle habitat, a large exhibit with a fence of wood keeping the animals in, and a large pond with a large land area. Live trees, bushes, and other foliage will provide cover. Living in here, 1.1 black swans and 1.2 coscoroba swans.
 
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Wildlife Walk

Guests will stroll down a path where teasings of wolf sightings will await them. Signs, paw prints indented into the pathway, and audio of howling will prepare guests until they reach a path to the right. They will journey down it where more audio of howling, rustling foliage, and playful wolf yipping can be heard. Once all the teasing is done, a large fenced or netted habitat with mock rock, logs, an uprooted tree, and a small pond housing a pack of 1.4 Mexican wolves. This exhibit will lead guests to stairs and a ramp that shows more of the exhibit and ahead, a small cabin. Inside, many reading opportunities that teach about the history of wolf conservation and their role in the environment will be about, and the domestication of dogs. Near the exit of the cabin, another viewing opportunity of the wolves, this time from behind glass.

After the wolves, guests will head out of the cabin and continue back on the main path, eventually coming across a smaller netted habitat for 1.1 red foxes. Almost right next to the fox habitat is a walkthrough aviary for North American songbirds and a few other birds. The aviary will have a deciduous forset look and a large pond. The birds featured here are-

American robin
House finch
Painted bunting
Mourning dove
Cerulean warbler
Blue jay
Northern mockingbird
American goldfinch
Killdeer
Scarlet tanager
Brown thrasher
Tufted titmouse
Red-bellied woodpecker
Wood duck
Tricolored heron
Northern cardinal
Spotted towhee
Eastern bluebird
Gray catbird
White-breasted nuthatch
Red-winged blackbird
Belted kingfisher
Cedar waxwing



Two netted-off sections of the aviary will house a bird of prey. The first will have a red-tailed hawk. The second, and closest to the exit, will be for a great horned owl.


After the aviary, the main path continues, of course, eventually to two large wooden pens like some may use for rabbits outdoors, complete with a house-like shelter attached (I'm not the best at describing some things.) One pen will hold a Virginia opossum, and the other will have a raccoon.

The last exhibit of this pathway is under a shelter (poor description again) most like many glass viewing areas. This will be a large freshwater tank, about the size of the giant fish tank in Zoo Miami's Amazon and Beyond. In this tank, mock rock, logs, and living aquatic plants. The animals-
Largemouth bass
Blue catfish
Pumpkinseed sunfish
Redear sunfish
Bluegill
Warmouth
Longnose gar
Painted turtle
Brown bullhead
Black crappie
Bigmouth buffalo
Walleye
Common snapping turtle

More to come.











 
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Park Central

This will serve as the main hub of the park, with small restaurants, gift shops, and a few animal exhibits nearby. From this area, guests can access each trail in the park.

In the middle of Park Central is a large, grassy habitat with live coniferous trees scattered about, along with other live plants. Logs will be placed randomly in here to provide climbing and hiding opportunities. A large pond is at the front of the habitat, and in the back, an artificial waterfall keeps a constant flow of fresh water into the pond. In here, a small group of 2.3 North American river otters.

A path leading away from the otters will continue down and away from all the shops and restaurants. Guests will notice the pathway begin to elevate slightly and become a wooden bridge-like structure as water begins to surround them, along with the sounds of singing frogs. Soon, they will discover they were slightly lifted from a swamp of American alligators and Peninsula cooters. After observing the ancient reptiles and moving on, a large den-like walkthrough will appear. In this den, a few terrariums in its walls. One terrarium will have pine straw, dead leaves, and coconut husk as substrate. A half-log hide and some plants will provide a hiding opportunity for a broad-banded copperhead. Near the pit viper, a similar but larger terrarium with some scattered pinecones will house an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake, and gray rat snake. Across those terrariums in this den-like shelter, more terrariums. One will be a similar size to the mixed snake exhibit, but with sand, rocks, and some succulents. Residing in here, a Western diamondback rattlesnake and Mojave green rattlesnake. A terrarium near the desert snakes will have reptile bark for substrate, and log and rock hides, all for a giant ameiva. Next to the lizard are the last four terrariums, one similar to the Eastern diamondback exhibit. In here, a Fowler's toad. In a similar-sized habitat, a substrate of coconut husk, dead leaves, and wood chips will blend together, and log hides and leaning sticks decorate the tank, all for the scarlet kingsnake. Next to the kingsnake, an identical but larger habitat for an Eastern coral snake. The final tank has coconut husk and large river stones leading to a small filtered pond for an American bullfrog.


Guests will exit the semi-outdoor den structure and proceed down the path. Surprisingly, another pond habitat for 3.3 muscovy ducks. With them, 1.1 common gallinule and 1.1 yellow-crowned night herons.

Past the birds, guests come across another grassy habitat, which will be the back of the otter habitat, but closed away from them. This habitat will have more trees and less water, and in here, 2.3 white-nosed coatis. The final habitat is a small aviary with perches and some live foliage, keeping 1.1 tawny frogmouths and 1.1 crested wood partridge.

From here, guests can go to any other trail throughout the park.
 
Amazon Explorers
This section will remain heavily planted with trees and other native foliage of the state the park will be in, giving a forest-like appearance. Various bird and frog calls will be played from speakers hidden behind the vegetation. The first exhibit fences the guests away from 1.0 southern tamandua. With the anteater, fake termite mounds, hollow logs for hiding and sleeping, and both living and mock trees and other structures for climbing.
Proceeding down the path, a large island will soon come to view. Several trees and clusters of bushes decorate the island. Inhabiting the water-surrounded chunk of land, 1.1 scarlet macaws, 1.1 blue and gold macaws, 1.1 military macaws, and 1.1 hyacinth macaws. With the macaws, swimming in the pond and coming on the island as they please, will be 2.2 white-faced whistling ducks.

Not too far from the macaws, a couple of aviaries appear. Each is clustered with live foliage, and a few logs and perches will also be present. In the first, 1.2 green oropendola, 2.2 paradise tanagers, and 1.1 hawk-headed parrots. The next aviary will house 1.1 collared aracari and 1.1 silver teal.

Continuing further into the great forest, two larger islands also full of trees and other foliage will be here. On the first island, 3.3 South American squirrel monkeys. On the other island, 2.2 black-handed spider monkeys.

A short stroll away from the islands, a large moderately planted exhibit with a moat will house 0.1 giant anteater. Continuing down the trail, an exhibit is situated a bit lower than the guests, and a few bushes are scattered around. Several trees, including one right in the middle of the exhibit, will all be for a 1.2 Hoffman's two-toed sloths. Just yards away from the sloths, another huge netted off habitat for several small monkeys with perches, live trees, artificial trees, and other foliage, including-
1.2 Golden lion tamarin
2.3 Cotton-top tamarin
1.1 Emperor tamarin
Across the tamarins, a couple of replicas of their habitat for a small troop of 3.4 common marmosets, and the other for 0.1 toco toucan and 0.1 keel-billed toucan.

A large tank will come after the sloths and monkeys. In this giant tank-
Black pacu
Redtail catfish
Arapaima
Silver arowana
Peacock bass

Two more tanks will be almost beside this giant river tank. The larger of the two will be for a shoal of red-bellied piranha, and the smaller one across the carnivorous fish will be for an electric eel.


Almost at the end of this trail, a giant stony building made to look like an anaconda's head will gape before guests. Visitors will enter into the snake's jaws and into a small reptile house. The first terrarium is the largest. This enclosure is green with live plants clustered about, and giant hollow logs and small fake trees add to it. As the reptile fogger adds humidity and an eerie vibe to the tank, guests will be searching in the plants, logs, and water for a green anaconda. Across the world's heaviest snake and a few feet down, a terrarium for an Amazon basin emerald tree boa. Living with this beautiful snake are several strawberry poison dart frogs.

A large terrarium will be similar to the anaconda's, just with shallower water. In here, a plumed basilisk. Across the lizard, an exhibit with coco husk and dead leaves. For hiding, several large live plants and bark stacked to hide the large bushmaster and his tank mates, the golden poison dart frogs. Down the dark hall are the last terrariums. The largest of them is an aquatic exhibit with sand for substrate, lilypads scattered across the surface, and a few logs and aquatic plants underwater. Red-spotted river turtles, yellow-spotted river turtles, and a mata-mata will reside here. A small tank with live moss and other plants, along with a small artificial stream and several log hides will be for the mimic poison dart frogs, red-backed poison dart frogs, Zimmermann's poison dart frogs, Amazon milk frogs, fringed leaf frogs, white-spotted glass frogs, hourglass tree frogs and a green thornytail iguana. The final terrarium and the one across the turtles will be identical to the bushmaster, but for another viper, the fer-de-lance.

After surviving being "eaten" by the anaconda, visitors now are back outside and soon come across another low-sitting habitat. This one is mostly grassy and has fewer trees and bushes, but a large pond for 1.1 giant river otters. However, this is a rotation habitat, so once the otters go in for the day, they will be replaced by a small pack of 1.2 bush dogs.
We're nearing the end of the Amazon, and we're approaching a cave. Large paw prints are indented in the ground and are entering the cave. Fake but realistic animal bones are randomly placed in the cave. Leading up to the cave dweller, small terrariums with creepy creatures. In the first to be seen, a coconut hide, stacked bark, plants, and bark substrate makes a home for a goliath birdeater. Across the giant spider, a similar but larger terrarium for an Amazonian giant centipede. Further down, more fake but realistic animal bones begin piling up, and a replica of some large animal's carcass, likely a tapir. The end of the cave has been reached, and large hollowed out area, like a giant hole in the wall, seemingly hides the moat in front of the large grassy habitat with a few spread-out trees, clusters of bushes, and a pond, giving the illusion that the big cat is more than capable of jumping into the cave and reaching the guests. A female jaguar will be out when the male black jaguar is inside and vice versa.

More to explore tomorrow.
 
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Journey to Africa

Guests enter Africa, the largest section of the park, with traditional African music greeting them, along with two large African sculptures facing each other. A small African town with fruit, meat, and seafood stands and markets will add to the atmosphere. Past the stands and markets, a sign reading Safari will guide guests to a hut-like building where the queue begins. The queue will feature a few small fenced-in exhibits with smaller animals for the guests to observe as they wait. The first enclosure is pretty basic and grassy, with some perches and artificial trees placed around the habitat. It'll be for 1.1 Southern white-faced owls. As guests continue down the queue, an indoor climate-controlled exhibit separating guests from the animals with glass will house two different species depending on the season. During the fall and winter, this enclosure will be heated for 2.2 African spurred tortoises. During spring and summer, the exhibit will be slightly cooler and house 0.2 African crested porcupines.

The queue continues into an indoor section with a small lobby with African carvings of animals such as giraffes and elephants, adding to the theming. On the desk, a large tank decorated live plants, large gravel for substrate, and some driftwood in the water. Living in here are a few African cichlid species and one other fish-
Red zebra cichlid
Kenyi cichlid
White-spotted cichlid
Rainbow krib
Daffodil cichlid
Reedfish


After exiting the lobby, the last two exhibits are more outdoor habitats similar to the owls'. The first is quite large and features a pond near the back, and a moat keeps the animals back as a fence made of small logs or branches keeps guests back. Live trees for perching are scattered about. In here, 1.1 African openbills. The final habitat is entirely fenced away and features hut-like structures with horizontal perches. Covering the entire habitat is a hut-like roof with more structures for hanging. Here lives a small colony of straw-colored fruit bats.
The queue finally ends, and open-air trucks empty one batch of guests and fill up with the next. Now we go on a safari.

Masai Safari
This ride is inspired by Busch Garden's Serengeti Safari, Animal Kingdom's Kilimanjaro Safaris, and North Carolina Zoo's savanna habitat.

The first section the truck enters is themed on the Sahara and Namib Deserts. There will be few plants here, and considering the location, the red clay dirt exposed after park construction will give the desert look and feel, although there will be large stretches of grass for the hoofstock's safety during rain since it'll become muddy, as well as for food. Here, herds of several antelope like the 1.4 addax will go as they please. With the small herd of addax, a group of 1.3 scimitar-horned oryx and 1.1 addra gazelle lives. The truck drives past the antelope and stops in front of a habitat separated by a moat. Rocky outcroppings provide hiding and enrichment for 0.2 fennec foxes. This short barren yard doesn't come to an end without the mention and appearance of a domestic but feral animal, the 1.4 Namib wild horse.

The truck drives over a cattle grid and moves on into the largest and most diverse area of the safari. Acres of green grass, sparse trees, and bushes give the savanna appearance to this area. Feeding on the canopy of the trees, a small herd of 2.3 reticulated giraffes. Feeding below the giraffes and across the entire savanna, several hoofstock and bird species-
1.1 Grant's gazelle
1.3 Sable antelope
1.2 Common ostrich
1.4 Grevy's zebra
2.2 African gray-crowned crane
1.1 Giant eland
1.1Lappet-faced vulture
1.3 Lowland nyala
2.4 Cattle egret
In this yard, another exhibit separated by a moat will house one of two of a previously mentioned species, once again, depending on the time of year. During the cooler months, the African crested porcupines live beyond the hoofstock, birds, and trucks. During the warmer months, the African spurred tortoises replace the rodents.
The truck continues over another cattle grid keeping savanna yard 1 animals separated from savanna yard 2. Before entering too far into yard 2, another moat habitat keeps guests safe from 1.2 Cape buffalo. The moat is filled with water and lilies for 1.3 African jacanas.

Yard 2 is insights and a herd of 1.4 Southern white rhinoceros grazes and wallows about. Not too far away-
1.1 Marabou stork
1.1 Southern ground hornbill
1.3 Gemsbok
1.1 Secretary bird
2.2 Topi
Another habitat in this yard is separated by a long, deep moat, and decorated with trees and some enrichment items. Earlier in the day, a troop of 2.2 vervet monkeys lives here. Later in the day, the vervets go inside and are replaced by a troop of 1.2 olive baboons.

The truck crosses a bridge suspended above the ground indented with elephant tracks. Adding to the signs of elephants, fallen trees and trampled vegetation. Another cattle grid and more teasing now brings the truck full of guests to a grand exhibit similar to North Carolina Zoo's elephant habitat. The exhibit spans so far that the elephants appear to be tiny if they walk back far enough. Trees will be sparse, and across the grassy habitat, bushes are scattered about. One section of this grand habitat will be separated by a large wall of fake boulders for a bull African bush elephant. In the bigger yard, a small herd of 0.3 African bush elephants.
Two more moat habitats will come after a short drive from the elephants. To the right is the smaller exhibit with a rocky den, fake and live trees, and other foliage that holds 2.0 servals. A bit further down and to the left, the last rotation habitat with a few trees, bushes, and a larger rocky den in the center. During the earlier times of the day, a pack of 2.3 African wild dogs roams. Later in the day, the dogs head inside and give the habitat to 1.1 leopards.

Yard 3 is past the cattle grid, and here are more cattle egrets. A few of other species that stock this yard-
2.4 Impala
1.4 Nile lechwe
1.1 Kori bustard
A pond with a medium-sized island keeps 2.2 African black ducks, 2.2 African spoonbills, and a flamboyance of lesser flamingo.

After the island, an infamous rocky outcropping known as the kopje appears, and built on the center of it, a den for the great beasts to rest in. Hidden by the deep moat, grassy land for a pride of 1.3 African lions to stroll, play, and relax. After the big cats, another cattle grid separates the final yard, but instead of a savanna, this is a small forest. A fence made of wood bound together similar to the fence at the Chilean flamingo exhibit keeps a small group of free-roaming 2.3 red river hogs. The truck continues on and crosses a large, sturdy bridge. Below the bridge, a large pond, and large chunks of land on either side can be seen. Here, safari-goers will get to see the African slender-snouted crocodiles. A bit more of the forest is ahead before the safari ends, and here, guests can see 1.2 sitatunga and 1.1 woolly-necked storks. After the final cattle grid, the truck comes back to the drop-off station.
 
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Africa will have two more trails in it, so guests won't have to head back to Park Central to see more African wildlife. After the safari, the first seen trail will have a statue of a gorilla leading to another heavily planted trail.

Expedition Congo

After venturing past the sign and gorilla statue, guests head into this forest and are soon greeted by a Congolese village. Visitors can go inside the huts where a few will have terrariums in the walls. The terrariums will have a pretty identical design with some variation in size, hide placement and type, and substrate. Living in these enclosures-
Gaboon viper
Eastern green mamba
Cameroon toad
Rhinoceros viper
Taxicab beetle
Senegal running frog

Past the village and further down the path, a moderately planted and grassy exhibit separated from guests with a moat holds 1.1 okapi, and with the creature, 1.1 yellow-backed duiker. Guests continue on and eventually come across a bridge elevated above two habitats on each side, similar to the one at Jacksonville Zoo in their Africa loop. On the left side, a habitat similar to the okapi and duiker's, just a few more plants. In here, 1.1 Eastern bongo, and with it, 1.1 blue duiker. On the right side, a giant net is sprawled out to keep the bridge of guests and antelope separate from the large exhibit filled with both real trees and artificial leafless ones with ropes connected to them all. Here, 1.1 Wolf's guenons, 1.1 De Brazza's monkeys, and 1.3 Angolan black and white colobus monkeys. Continuing down the bridge, the net ends and is replaced by a cluster of trees remaining. Soon, more netting appears for the next exhibit, nearly identical to the smaller monkeys', but for a troop of 1.2 mandrills.

The bridge leads to a small building where a giant viewing window holding back gallons of water meets guests. In the water, a massive school of various African cichlids and other fish-
Big-mouth hap
Emperor cichlid
Lionhead cichlid
Burtoni cichlid
Giraffe cichlid
Humphead cichlid
Electric yellow cichlid
Convict cichlid
Demanson's cichlid
Lemon cichlid
Electric blue hap
Bumblebee cichlid
Lyretail cichlid

The other fish species in here include-
Ornate bichir
Mbu pufferfish
Ripon barbel

The rest of this habitat is land with grass, rocky outcroppings, and a few trees, all for the 1.1 pygmy hippopotamus and the 1.1 saddle-billed storks that live here. To the right of this large window, a smaller aquarium built into a large fake tree. Swimming in the tank of lilies and other aquatic plants used for cover, a leopard bushfish.
To the left of the giant window and across the bushfish tank, wooden double doors are the first barrier before the hanging rubber chains. Guests sift through the chains and enter a walkthrough aviary. This large, heavily planted habitat houses-

African gray macaw
Goliath heron
Blue-bellied roller
Pied kingfisher
Black-bellied seedcracker
Hamerkop
Black-cheeked lovebird
Great blue turaco
Bruce's green pigeon
Speckled mousebird
Purple glossy starling
White-cheeked turaco
Bearded barbet
Green wood hoopoe


Similar to the Wildlife Walk aviary, there's a fenced-off habitat for a pair 1.1 palm nut vultures.
The guests exit the aviary and take a bit of a walk down the path where audio of beating chests, snarls, and huffs come from the foliage. More trees appear, providing shade. Evidence of some animals resting here remains, like giant leaf nests on the ground (artificial of course to keep the appearance and to keep insects and other animals from eating them). A deep moat protected by a wooden fence separates a large habitat with a moderate amount of trees and a few artificial ones. A waterfall rushes into a stream in the moat. A family of 1.4 Western lowland gorillas lives here. Past the gorillas, the path essentially circles back around where guests can get a different viewing angle of certain habitats as they exit this trail.
 
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African Plains
Before I begin this section, I'd like to point out that on the safari for the red river hogs, I said there would be a wooden fence but that they'd be free-roaming. The hogs will free-roam and have no fence or other boundary, however, since most of the descriptions are copied and pasted from my previous thread, I forgot to delete the fence part of the description. The fence was originally keeping the crocodiles away from the hogs, but the crocs will be beneath a bridge instead.

This trail provides a viewing opportunity mainly for savanna animals not featured on the safari. More traditional African music plays as visitors stroll to the first exhibit. This habitat is separated by a moat and is similar in appearance to the Grevy's zebra and meerkat habitat at Disney's Animal Kingdom, with a large, grassy land area in the back, with some trees and bushes. The moat will feature logs, hiding holes, and some scattered foliage. A pair of 1.1 common warthogs live in the grassy area, and in the moat, 2.4 dwarf mongooses.

Moving on, a habitat with a moat to keep the animal(s) back is large and grassy with few trees, and in the middle of it, a rock den. This is a rotation habitat for 1.0 aardvark and 1.1 spotted hyenas. Further down the path, two large habitats are across each other. One is up on a balcony where stairs and a ramp give the guests access to it. Over this balcony, guests get a view of the safari's yard 3, where they can watch the trucks drive by and see-
Impala
Nile lechwe
Kori bustard
Egyptian goose

(I forgot to add the goose before)
From a distance, the kopje will be in view, so if lucky, the lions can be seen from the balcony, too.

Downstairs and the ramp, the habitats across the balcony safari view will be similar to Zoo Atlanta's old savanna habitat, with a larger habitat right next to a smaller habitat, but separated by a wall of mock rock. A large savanna exhibit with mud wallows, a pond, and rock outcroppings houses an Eastern black rhinoceros, a male earlier in the day and a female later. If possible, 1.1 lesser kudu will live with the rhinos. In the habitat on the other side of the rocks, another grassy exhibit with a few trees and a small pond. In here, 1.1 blesbok, 3.3 crested guineafowls, 1.2 Chapman's zebra, and 1.1 blue cranes.

Further down the trail, a fenced-in habitat similar to Chewhaw Zoo's red wolf exhibit is next. In here, a pair of 1.1 black-backed jackals.

Not too far from the canids, a small building is off to the side but in perfect view. Guests enter and are met with several terrariums varying in size for-
Nile monitor
Red spitting cobra
Black mamba
Geometric tortoise
Meller's chameleon
African rock python
Western leopard toad
Orange baboon tarantula
Puff adder
Giant land snail
Spotted thick-toed gecko
Tanzanian red-legged millipede



Past the reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates and near the exit, a large wall with several small windows is here. Each window has a tunnel, all for the colony of naked mole rats.

After the indoor area, guests continue down the trail of African animal sculptures and happen upon a couple of small aviaries with some small live trees and a few perches. The first will hold-
1.1 Golden-breasted starling
1.1 Racket-tailed roller
2.2 Superb starling
1.1 Southern yellow-billed hornbill
2.3 Red-cheeked cordon-bleu


The second aviary will be slightly larger and keep-
2.3 White-headed buffalo weaver
2.2 Taveta golden weaver
2.3 Speke's weaver
1.3 Violet-backed starling

Near these small, fenced-in habitats, a larger outdoor habitat with perches and trees is closed off from guests and viewable via a window, keeping a flock of Southern carmine bee-eaters.
Another large outdoor habitat with a big, artifical leafless tree in the center, along with a few live trees and other plants, is for the pair of 1.1 African fish eagles.

The last habitat is a big grassy yard with sparse foliage. Here, 1.1 cheetahs lives. After the cats, guests head to one of the exits of this section and into either Park Central or take a direct trail to another section.









 
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Quest In Asia
The first exhibit is an outdoor viewing via a large window, mostly grassy with a large pool and a couple of trees. During the warmer months, an Asian water monitor lives here. During the cooler months, the lizard goes into its indoor habitat that's closed from the public during warm months, and vice versa.
Guests continue down the trail in the middle of crumbled ancient ruins. On the ruins, carvings of various plants and animals together. An entrance to a temple leads guests into a dimly lit hall where a tropical terrarium holding a king cobra is seen first. Audio of chattering monkeys and snarling big cats adds to the ambiance. An old sign warning of venomous reptiles prepares guests for a large enclosure protecting the temple travelers with glass. Inside, rock outcroppings, rock dens, artificial vines, a small pool, and live plants make the Komodo dragon feel at home. In the temple's wall to the right of the dragon, a terrarium holding a banded krait. Guests traverse past the reptiles, and a light at the end of the tunnel gives signs of an exit, but not without another glass viewing. This exhibit is around the same size as the dragon's, but with hollow logs, artificial trees, vines, and a hammock hanging in between two of the fake trees. In this habitat, 0.1 binturong. After the bearcat and further down the hall, a short stone wall keeps guests away from the habitat situated lower than them. A waterfall rushes into a pond, and the chunk of land provides a basking opportunity for 1.1 mugger crocodiles, spotted pond turtles, and Indian roofed turtles. Across this habitat, a large terrarium holds a mainland reticulated python. The final terrarium feet before the exit is a small tropical one with a shallow pool of water at the bottom, and large river stones as substrate. A small mangrove tree near a heat lamp gives the mangrove snake a chance to warm up.

Visitors exit the ruins and traverse down the trail to a cave-like overhead exhibit. Behind the glass, a few trees and ropes provide shelter and hanging areas for a small colony of Indian flying foxes. Across the bats' habitat are two islands clustered with trees and bushes. One island holds 1.1 Javan gibbons and 1.1 siamangs. On the lush island across the lesser apes, a rotation exhibit for one species but different individuals. For some of the day, a male Bornean orangutan has the island to himself. For the rest of the day, two female Bornean orangutans stay here. Each island has ropes connected to the entrance/exit of the apes' indoor habitats.


Proceeding further down the trail, about an acre of land comes into view. In this grassy plains exhibit with a few trees spread out, several herbivores and some birds live here. The 1.2 bantengs are the biggest animals in here, and with them, 2.3 axis deer, as well as a small herd of 3.4 blackbucks. The last animals living with the ungulates are a pair of 1.1 painted storks and 1.1 sarus cranes. A giant wall of boulders sections off this habitat for 1.1 babirusas.

Moving on, visitors happen upon an exhibit similar to Disney's lemur habitat. Fake leafless trees, real trees, and ropes provide climbing for 0.1 clouded leopard. Not too far from the cat, a grand exhibit with a few trees and mostly grass is separated by a moat. A large pond is off to the side, all for the 1.1 Indian rhinoceros.
A bit past the rhinos, large paw prints lead guests deeper into the "forest" where more trees begin to become present. Growls and chuffs are heard and are soon followed by bird and monkey alarm calls. Signs warning of tiger sightings appear before an ancient temple cracking as vines grow over and in it. Under a shelter of the temple but still outdoors, a grand viewing window gives guests a peek into the habitat. Right at the glass, a pool. The majority of the exhibit has bushes, openings in the temple's walls that provide hiding, and a crumbled statue in the middle. Here, 1.0 Sumatran tiger lives. Further down and still a part of this temple, another glass viewing, but lusher. This is where 0.1 Sumatran tiger resides. A wall with realistic illustrations of each living tiger subspecies allows guests to compare their size with the big cats.

Leaving the tigers and down the path, a jungle exhibit with a moat is home to 1.0 sloth bear.
After the bear, guests notice the trail change a bit. Thickets of bamboo appear as music from an erhu is played from hidden speakers. A small curving bridge extends over a clear stream making a home for koi. Bamboo is on the other end of the bridge, and not too far from it, a window keeps guests away from a large habitat with clusters of bamboo and a small stream flowing. In this peaceful exhibit, 1.1 red pandas. Past the pandas, a small building resembling East Asian architecture comes within sight. Before entering, a fenced-in yard houses 1.1 red-crowned cranes. Guests now enter the building, and inside, a room full of reading opportunities and actual items that teach about East Asian culture. A few animal exhibits are in here, too. An enclosure similar to something in Birmingham Zoo's Predators building is a home for 2.2 Japanese dwarf flying squirrels. Down the hall, a long terrarium full of plants and almost hidden by the fogger's fog is a pair of 0.2 Chinese mountain vipers. The final terrarium is for the pair of 1.1 Eurasian harvest mice.

Exiting the building, we near the final exhibit in Asia, another walkthrough aviary. A lush jungle-like habitat with some clusters of bamboo, a stream, and several trees makes several species of birds feel at home. In here-
Common green magpie
Palawan peacock pheasant
Red junglefowl
Pied imperial pigeon
Siamese fireback
Indian peafowl
Black-naped oriole
Golden pheasant
Bali myna
Goldie's lorikeet
Indian paradise flycatcher
Jambu fruit dove
Mandarin duck
Common myna
Victoria crowned pigeon
White-crested laughingthrush
Temminck's tragopan
Straw-necked ibis
Nicobar pigeon
Blue-crowned hanging parrot
Scaly-sided merganser
Red-billed leiothrix
Metallic starling

A netted-off section will keep 1.1 rhinoceros hornbills.

More soon
 
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Adventure in Australia

This section may be something that would come a few years after the park opens.

Audio of didjeridoo music playing prepares guests for their adventure. To the right is the first exhibit. A medium-sized sandy habitat has a fence made of artificial logs crossed across each otherwith trees as a backdrop. In here, 1.1 yellow-footed rock wallabies live with 0.3 emus. A bit further down, a similar but larger habitat with rock outcroppings and dens makes a home for 2.2 red kangaroos and 1.2 Australian brush turkeys.
Guests walk a bit further down to a large fenced-in habitat for a male double-wattled cassowary. Slightly further down and across the cassowary, a large netted-in aviary with several perches, live trees, and logs provides a home for 1.0 laughing kookaburra. Not too much further down the path, a glass viewing is under an overhead shelter with an aboriginal hut-like roof. In this habitat behind the glass, a few artificial trees and live eucalyptus trees are for 1.1 koalas. Diagonal to the koala enclosure, another habitat similar to the jackals' but with a more desert appearance houses 1.1 dingoes. Yards across the dingo, a small building accessible via stairs and a ramp. In here, guests find out it's a small reptile house. The exhibits are all desert-like, except the frogs', just varying in size and placement of things like rocks, hides, and other items. The animals in here include-
Inland taipan
Tiger snake
Black-headed python
Shingleback skink
Thorny devil
Australian water dragon
Sydney funnel-web spider
Australian huntsman spider
Magnificent tree frog
Northern corroboree frog

After exiting this building and walking a bit further into this area, another aviary is ahead, and in it, 1.2 masked lapwings.

Once guests are done viewing the birds, another small building is further down and makes a dead end. In here, three tanks. One large tank is to the right when you enter, and is an outdoor exhibit with a large pool of water and most of it being land. In here, 1.1 saltwater crocodiles. To the left is a small bubble tank with bubble-tip sea anemones and a pair of 1.1 maroon clownfish. The main attraction in this building is a massive aquarium around the same size as the Indo-Pacific Reef tank at Georgia Aquarium. Various species of coral live here, and the fish that thrive with them are-
Yellow tang
Blue hippo tang
Powder blue tang
Tasselled wobbegong
White-tip reef shark
Blue-spotted stingray
Moorish idol
Sailfin tang
Orange shoulder tang
Achilles tang
Blonde naso tang
Bluespine unicornfish
Mandarinfish
Copperband butterflyfish
Yellowbanded sweetlips

 
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World Creature Watch

This last section of the park (that is planned to open with the park as more lands will come in the future) focuses on conservation and has species from any part of the world. The first exhibit is to the immediate left after entering this land. A large red clay habitat with stretches of grass is for a small herd of 1.3 Arabian oryxes. This part is a bit of a walk, but on the way, signs and other educational options teaching about conservation are on the side of the path on the way to the next exhibit, a grassy nearly treeless habitat for 1.2 key deer.

Further down the path, a trail to the right brings guests to a large building with three statues of conservation success species on the roof: a bald eagle, American alligator, and gray wolf.

In the building, guests first see a large desert-like terrarium right in front of them. In here, 1.1 Aruba Island rattlesnakes. Guests continue to the left and enter a large room with more terrariums, a large outdoor habitat viewable via a large window, and interactive exhibits and signs teaching about endangered species, conservation, caring for the environment, and even a separate room that acts as a tribute or memorial for extinct species such as the thylacine, golden toad, dodo, and more. This will range anywhere from taxidermied specimens, to pictures, and to videos or audio of the species. In the main room, one of the first seen terrariums has pine straw, pinecones, and a hide made of bark. In here, an Eastern indigo snake lives with a gopher tortoise. Next to the snake and tortoise, a tropical forest-themed terrarium is home to 1.1 Arakan forest turtles. Before the final habitat on this side, a large aquatic enclosure decorated with live plants, sand for substrate, and driftwood is for a Lake Zacapu salamander. The last terrarium on this side is the largest and is a beach theme, with sand for substrate and leaves of coastal trees. In here is a Jamaican iguana. In the middle of this large interactive room, a large corner tank clustered with live plants, vines, and a few rocks provides housing for Limosa harlequin frogs, lemur leaf frogs, and Panamanian golden frogs. Another large corner tank in the center of the room has more of a temperate forest look. In here, a pair of 1.1 Wyoming toads. On the wall of the other side of this room are three terrariums. The first is a large desert habitat. Living here, a Mexican beaded lizard. The next terrarium is around the same size and is made to mimic a coastal forest for a tuatara. The final terrarium holds a moderately low level of water and is decorated with driftwood and live plants, all for 1.1 bog turtles that live here. The large window showing the outdoor habitat full of trees and other foliage is for 1.1 Florida panthers, with the male and female rotating during different times of the day.

Another room in this large building holds more exhibits. All of these are viewable via glass. The first is pretty large and has fake trees for climbing and some live plants on the floor. In here, 1.1 Matschie's tree kangaroos. Next to the kangaroos is a tropical habitat with perches, ropes, artificial trees, and several live plants. Here, 2.3 red-handed tamarins and 2.2 pygmy marmosets live together. Next to the monkeys is a massive tropical habitat with several perches and live trees for 1.1 Philippines eagles. On the other side, across these animals, the first exhibit is similar to the eagles' but smaller. Hollow logs and bushes provide cover for 1.0 brown kiwi. The exhibit next to the kiwi has artificial red rock designed to have a desert or canyon appearance. Like the eagles, netting tops this habitat and keeps a pair of 1.1 California condors inside. Near the end, a habitat with ropes, fake and live trees, and a small cave are for 1.0 fossa. The final habitat is a large tropical exhibit with a large pond in the middle and is clustered with foliage, live and artificial. Tall perches are also scattered in this habitat. Living in here, 1.1 Orinoco crocodiles and 1.1 wood storks.


American Invaders
This massive room will be a part of this building and may come with it some years later. It highlights invasive species of North America, and will tell their native range, where they're invasive, problems they're causing, how they got to where they are now, and what solutions are being done to stop them.

The first exhibit in this room is a vertical tank decorated with driftwood, log hides, live plants, and rocks, making a home for a few Mediterranean house geckos. Further down on the same wall, a larger horizontal tank similar in appearance houses brown anoles, curly-tailed lizards, and Cuban tree frogs.

A bit down, still on the same side, a larger enclosure than the last with a small pond, and a tropical setup. In here, brown basilisk.

Down the hall, guests can peer through a large window into an outdoor exhibit with nets keeping the animals contained. In here, a small flock of red-crowned parrots. A smaller viewing window into an outdoor habitat to the immediate right of the parrots is for a flock of European starlings.

Across the room, a massive enclosure with fake trees, live plants, a large pond, and logs makes a home for a Burmese python. Near the giant snake, an exhibit with artificial vines, plants, giant log hides, and other naturalistic climbing structures is for a red tegu. I haven't heard of red tegus being found in the U.S. like the black and white tegus, but I've seen reds a lot less in captivity although they're not too uncommon as pet lizards, so I chose this seemingly less common species that can still get the point across about invasive tegus in Florida.

In the same wall as the python and tegu tanks is another tank. Reptile bark and coco husk coats the bottom of the enclosure, and two log hides on opposite ends, as well as an empty overturned flower pot, plants, and a fake rock hide give hiding opportunities for the cane toad.

Further down on the same side as the toad, an enclosure with shredded aspen for substrate, artificial climbing structures, and a few other items such as small hammocks and hides are all for a couple of 1.1 black rats.

In the middle of this large room are two big corner tanks. In the first tank, plants clutter around the vertical pieces of wood and other climbing structures. In here, a pair of brown tree snakes. In the second that's slightly further down, live kudzu wraps around the small artificial tree, and stacks of wood all provide cover for the swarm of kudzu bugs.

The last couple of exhibits are fully aquatic and near the exit of the room, back into the main area of the conservation building. The first exhibit is a huge freshwater tank. River stones serve as a substrate, and large rocks, wood, and aquatic vegetation are all for a Northern snakehead.

The last exhibit is a bit bigger and saltwater. Sand and crushed bivale shells coat the bottom, and rock and artificial coral make a reef-like appearance. Living in here, a small school of red lionfish.

Outside of the building and to the right of the exit, a fence of sticks bound together keeps a small group of 2.3 Galapagos giant tortoises in their grassy habitat. With the tortoises, a small flock of 2.4 brown pelicans.

After the tortoises and birds, guests take this diverted path back to the main path. Not much longer, to the right is a sandy habitat with rock outcroppings, dens, and live plants accompanied by a large pool of saltwater, all separated by two large windows. A colony of African penguins lives here. Across the penguins' side and a bit further down, an island full of trees, real and artificial, as well as other plants and ropes connected to most of the trees provides cover and enrichment for 2.3 ring-tailed lemurs, 1.1 red-ruffed lemurs, and 1.1 mongoose lemurs. Down the path, a moat separates a grassy enclosure with a large artificial baobab tree in the middle and some other live trees spread out. In here, 1.1 Coquerel's sifakas.

Further down the main path, another trail diverges. Here, guests are led to a large blue building with fake icicles hanging from the ceiling and snowy peaks on the roof. Once you enter, a blast of crisp air cools you off, and a grand window allowing a view into a half rocky half grassy habitat and rocky mountain-like outcroppings may allow a sighting of a snow leopard, a male and female who rotate. Further down, another large window allows guests to see into a larger rocky and grassier exhibit. At the artificial rock shore with fake snow on the mock rock, a large pool of cold water provides a swimming opportunity for a polar bear, another rotation habitat for the male and female bears. A huge rock den sits in the middle of the exhibit, and in the corner of the habitat, a den guests can see into with the walls carved and painted to look like Arctic ice, and at the end of the den is the door to the bears' indoor sections. Outside of the building, a viewing with just a moat holding the bears back allows a different angle to see the habitat and bears.

The last section may not be too popular with Zoochatters, but provides a bit of extra fun and interaction for visitors. Here is a large barn that guests walk through to see pens where the animals go in for the night. In the barn walls at the end of the building, large tanks can be seen. Both have live plants and schools of various goldfish varieties. This may not be too exciting, but it can provide a chance to educate the public on the care of these fish since most people seem to not provide what they truly need.

Outside of the barn, a large petting zoo. Logs, boulders, live plants, and climbing structures provide enrichment for the domestic animals. In the main yard-
2.3 Nubian goat
2.3 Nigerian dwarf goat
1.3 Black Welsh mountain sheep
2.2 Toggenburg goat
2.2 Southdown babydoll sheep
1.1 Juliana pig

There will be a few fenced-off sections of the petting zoo for other animals. This allows guests to pet larger animals without much risk of injury.

The largest fenced-off section will be for 0.2 Holstein cows. Next to the cows, 0.2 miniature donkeys and 1.0 Shetland pony. The next fenced away area will be for 1.1 llamas. The last fenced away section will be for the birds, which will be 1.4 Plymouth rock chickens, 1.1 Chinese geese, and 2.2 Cayuga ducks.

These are all the sections that will open with the park (except maybe Australia, but I just wanted to add it now in this thread). The last couple of things I will add will be things I planned to open years later.

 
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Here's the last major section. Bugs fascinate me, and I'd love to have a large bug house to exhibit many species of arthropods, mollusks, and more, as well as educate the public about these eccentric creatures. This will be a building separate from the previous areas, and it is mostly based on Zoo Atlanta's Scaly, Slimy Spectacular. I'll describe different sections of the building, but not each exhibit.

A Small World
A large building with a sculpture of a giant praying mantis stalking a giant sculpture of a grasshopper on the roof prepares guests for what's waiting inside. Automatic doors open and introduce guests into the smaller world. A large fairly lit room is decorated with artificial grass and flowers. A few tanks are in the trunks of fake trees that "tower" high. This room is meant to represent a meadow that lets guests experience what being a bug is like. In the exhibits in this meadow-like section-
Horse lubber grasshopper
European mantis
Mole cricket
Redheaded ash borer
Ladybug
Wheel bug
Spiny orb-weaver
Regal jumping spider
Buff-tailed bumblebee


A hall leads guests into a cave-like section where it's dimly lit and the walls have a rocky appearance. Fake stalactites hang from the ceiling, and a few fake stalagmites are scattered about. In these enclosures-
Tailless whip scorpion
House centipede
Giant cave cockroach
Cave shrimp
Stone centipede


A light at the end of the hall puts guests in a desert-themed area of the building. These walls also have a rocky appearance, but instead of a reddish color, and large fake boulders, along with artificial cacti and rock pillars add to the desert look. In the desert enclosures-
Giant desert hairy scorpion
Sonoran desert millipede
Texas brown tarantula
Giant desert centipede
Mexican redleg tarantula
Texas ironclad beetle
Camel spider
Vinegaroon


Up ahead, the largest section awaits. This area doesn't have a theme, rather, it's a dimly lit area where most of the light comes from the exhibits and a bit from the info signs. Most of the bug house's animals reside in this room. In the exhibits here-
Goliath beetle
Titan beetle
Western black widow
Leafcutter ant
Peacock spider
Hercules beetle
Bullet ant
Diving bell spider
Golden edge diving beetle
Tiger leech
Imperial tortoise beetle
Brazilian wandering spider
Orchid mantis
American burying beetle
Carolina wolf spider
Domino roach
Malayan jungle nymph
Greenbottle blue tarantula
Red velvet ant
Goldsmith beetle
Thistle mantis
Carolina tiger beetle
Giant weta
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Flat rock scorpion
Giraffe weevil
Bald-faced hornet
Giant Malaysian leaf insect
Jerusalem cricket
Honduran curlyhair tarantula
Cuckoo wasp


In this hall, a different exhibit setup breaks up the tanks before they continue on. These are open exhibits where a spider rests on the web. Just a low barrier keeps guests away from the arachnids. No glass, screen, or anything else between guests and the animals. Kept like this are three species-
Yellow garden spider
Ogre-faced spider
Golden silk orb-weaver


More tanks are past these three spiders.
Red-eyed devil katydid
King baboon tarantula
Pacific banana slug
Antilles pinktoe tarantula
Green June beetle
Giant blue earthworm
Dung beetle

Flamboyant flower beetle
Platymma tweediei
Golden scarab beetle


The final section past the main hall is aviary-like. Live trees, flowers, and other plants are everywhere. Free-ranging butterflies and moths reside in this huge netted-in exhibit. Near the end of this area and not too far from the exit is a nursery where caterpillars of all butterfly and moth species are raised. Species guests may encounter-
Monarch butterfly
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Red admiral
Common buckeye
Cloudless sulphur
Zebra longwing butterfly
White admiral
Zebra swallowtail
Luna moth
Long-tailed skipper
Karner blue
Checkered white
Glasswing butterfly
Rosy maple moth
Viceroy
Blue morpho butterfly
Atlas moth


That's the bug house.
 
Ambassador animals and bird show

These are the last things I'm adding for the park (maybe, because knowing me I might forget something I want to include).
The first is the bird show which will be set on a stage made to resemble the Medieval time period. In this raptor show, the audience will see different European birds of prey and learn how falconers in the Middle Ages used these birds to help hunt.

Northern goshawk
Golden eagle
Lanner falcon
Black kite
Eurasian eagle-owl
Griffon vulture

Ambassador animals will be species featured in keeper talks or taken to local places such as libraries, schools, or small outdoor events. These animals won't be seen on the grounds and will have nice behind-the-scenes outdoor/indoor habitats, except for a couple. A * means the animal has a main habitat viewable to the general public on the grounds.

Gray fox
North American porcupine
Rankin's dragon
Barn owl
Chinese cave gecko
Nine-banded armadillo
Texas rat snake
Hooded skunk
Umbrella cockatoo
Indian python
Skeleton tarantula
Pink-tongued skink
Virginia opossum *
Crawl cay boa
Prehensile-tailed porcupine
Serval *
Arizona mountain kingsnake
European hedgehog
 
Wild Planet's Sister Location

I've thought about doing this for a bit and having visited Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge for the first time earlier this year and loving it, I was inspired to add this. I doubt this is anything I'll actually go forward with, but I just thought it'd be fun to imagine. Since this would be a sister location to my main park that I actually want to open and own someday, I'm just adding it to this thread.

Wildlife Lodge

Set in North Carolina just a few minutes from Wild Planet, this is a hotel similar to DAKL that houses several animals based on two continents: Africa and North America. Similar to Disney's hotel, this lodge will be split, with Africa being the prominent building and North America being a short drive or walk away, yet still connected.

Africa
The grand building has a design you'd expect to see from an actual safari lodge in Africa, and the lobby is decorated with African art and architecture. In a long, tall tank behind the check-in desk, a freshwater tank housing several fish, with dark sandy substrate, driftwood, and live plants.
Giraffe cichlid
Blue peacock cichlid
White-spotted cichlid
Afra cichlid
Livingston's cichlid
Saulosi cichlid
Blue dolphin cichlid
Congo pufferfish
Masked Julie cichlid
Flavescent peacock cichlid


Down a double set of stairs, a large viewing window and several glass doors gives a peak outdoors to the first savanna. Just before exiting, an enclosure in a nearby wall separated by glass contains wood chips, logs, large natural hides, a small pond, and live plants for a radiated tortoise.

Outside, guests are separated by a fence of sticks bound together and can look into a grassy savanna that spans far back, and the entire savanna can be viewed from several areas just by walking down the trail. Trees and bushes are sparse, and there are a few ponds scattered. Living in here-
2.4 Masai giraffe
2.3 Fringe-eared oryx
1.4 Grant's zebra
1.3 North African ostrich
2.3 Black wildebeest
1.3 Greater kudu
1.1 Yellow-billed stork
3.5 Thomson's gazelle


The massive African section of the hotel has more to be seen, and guests can walk down a trail that leads them past common hotel activities, and nearby the pool, a large habitat with a large pond, a land area with trees, live and artificial, and scattered logs as decoration. In here, a flamboyance of greater flamingos.

Guests keep going, enter another section of the hotel and continue straight, where more glass doors tease another savanna. Although large, this one doesn't have as many viewing areas with different pathways like the previous one, and some of this habitat is a bit more forested and clustered with trees. In this habitat-
1.2 Waterbuck
2.2 Aoudad
1.3 Gerenuk
2.2 Mountain reedbuck
3.3 Cape teal
1.2 Klipspringer
1.3 Beisa oryx
1.1 White-headed vulture
1.2 African forest buffalo

Both savannas can be viewed from guests' rooms, so they can sit on their balconies and have a nice view of the animals any time of day.


 
North America

A shuttle or a short walk will lead guests to a large cabin-like building, and inside, a wilderness lodge look. A chandelier of antlers (ethically sourced) hangs in a large lobby resembling a hunting lodge. Totem poles and Native American art decorates the lobby, and a stony fireplace is near the viewing window and glass doors down a set of stairs. Similar to the African lobby, behind the desk is a large tank that resembles the last, but in here-
Largemouth bass
Bluegill
White crappie
Flathead catfish
Dollar sunfish
Shoal bass
Fallfish
Common shiner


Outside is a large grassy habitat with several large rocky structures for climbing, and multiple pathways that allow for different viewing areas. Living in this habitat-
1.2 Mule deer
1.3 Roosevelt elk
1.5 Wild turkey
1.1 Mountain goat
2.2 Northern pintail
1.2 Woodland caribou

Moving on, guests pass through another indoor section and are led outside to another large grassy habitat. In this one, a large section with a rushing pond is sectioned off with a moat from the rest of the habitat for 1.1 Western moose. Living in the pond is a small school cutthroat trout.

In the larger section-
2.3 Pronghorn
1.2 Columbian black-tailed deer
1.5 Plains bison
1.2 Snow goose
1.3 Yellow-bellied marmot
1.2 Dall sheep

Again, these habitats can be viewed from the hotel rooms and balconies.
 
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