Well here we go again! 2014's challenge thread (pheasants) went a lot better than 2013's (penguins), so why not keep the fun going for all of those who want to play, but don't live in the UK!
This year's theme- Rodents! Members of the order Rodentia are found on every continent except Antarctica so I feel this is a good, solid group to work from. They're usually well represented in captivity but not to the point where someone could visit one zoo and more or less instantly win.
Rule are the same as last year:
1. You have to actually see the animal, even if just for a second. You don't score if you visit a collection but don't see the animal (harsh, but fair);
2. Proof via photographs is not required, your word is your bond;
3. You have to see the animal via normal public access (i.e. not including zookeeper for the day or photography days behind the scenes) during normal public opening hours (i.e. no scoring because you know the keeper and can get access before/after hours). Basically the species has to be seen as Joe Public would;
4. Any severely limited opening or private collections don't count for this challenge. Controversial I know, but see previous point and I didn't think it fair to include a handful of days these collections might be open to the public as this might logistically disadvantage a large number of people;
5. Pet stores and shops also don't count. Let's keep the exotic pet trade out of this, plus animals are often too vaguely displayed here to know whether something is a domestic or wild species.
6. Report/update your progress on this thread as you go along;
7. Only one subspecies per species can be counted. If you see a subspecies that's controversial (i.e. is believed to be in need of a split) just ask about it in here and I'll decide on a case-by-case basis;
8. Domestics do not count, the animals must be in a non-domesticated form. You can count a species that's been domesticated just as long as the animal you're looking at isn't (i.e. non-domesticated varieties of House Mouse and Brown Rat count);
9. Wild animals do not count, all species must be seen in captivity under all the conditions listed above;
10. Except for the unlikely event that someone gets to see all the species potentially see-able by 12/31/15 the winner will be deemed to be the person(s) who's seen the most at that date.
As always, thanks to Shorts for the majority of the rules and for the challenge idea in general! And congrats/thanks to TLD for winning last year's challenge and coming up with the idea for this years!
Now get out there, have fun, and good luck!
Apologies to anyone who lives in a country/continent/region where you're either unable or at a disability to compete (i.e. probably New Zealand)!
~Thylo
This year's theme- Rodents! Members of the order Rodentia are found on every continent except Antarctica so I feel this is a good, solid group to work from. They're usually well represented in captivity but not to the point where someone could visit one zoo and more or less instantly win.
Rule are the same as last year:
1. You have to actually see the animal, even if just for a second. You don't score if you visit a collection but don't see the animal (harsh, but fair);
2. Proof via photographs is not required, your word is your bond;
3. You have to see the animal via normal public access (i.e. not including zookeeper for the day or photography days behind the scenes) during normal public opening hours (i.e. no scoring because you know the keeper and can get access before/after hours). Basically the species has to be seen as Joe Public would;
4. Any severely limited opening or private collections don't count for this challenge. Controversial I know, but see previous point and I didn't think it fair to include a handful of days these collections might be open to the public as this might logistically disadvantage a large number of people;
5. Pet stores and shops also don't count. Let's keep the exotic pet trade out of this, plus animals are often too vaguely displayed here to know whether something is a domestic or wild species.
6. Report/update your progress on this thread as you go along;
7. Only one subspecies per species can be counted. If you see a subspecies that's controversial (i.e. is believed to be in need of a split) just ask about it in here and I'll decide on a case-by-case basis;
8. Domestics do not count, the animals must be in a non-domesticated form. You can count a species that's been domesticated just as long as the animal you're looking at isn't (i.e. non-domesticated varieties of House Mouse and Brown Rat count);
9. Wild animals do not count, all species must be seen in captivity under all the conditions listed above;
10. Except for the unlikely event that someone gets to see all the species potentially see-able by 12/31/15 the winner will be deemed to be the person(s) who's seen the most at that date.
As always, thanks to Shorts for the majority of the rules and for the challenge idea in general! And congrats/thanks to TLD for winning last year's challenge and coming up with the idea for this years!
Now get out there, have fun, and good luck!
Apologies to anyone who lives in a country/continent/region where you're either unable or at a disability to compete (i.e. probably New Zealand)!
~Thylo
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