Say some animal you want in the game but have rarely or never seen anyone ask for that animal!
My list is huge, i love hoofstock and i dont care too much about cats and stuff like that
Some animals that i want but i rarely see someone asking for:
Grevy's Zebra
Elands
Waterbuck
Kudus
Sitatungas
Pukus
Bushbucks
Tsessebes
Topis
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Sloth bear is soo awesome!
I would go crazy if he comes in the Birthday content
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giraffe
Javan Rhino.
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I would really like to see short-eared dogs! Civets, genets, or linsangs would be pretty cool too, and so would the solenodon (perhaps as an exhibit animal since they’re so small!)
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Invertebrates are generally too small to be a full habitat species in the game unless you look at fully aquatic options, which Frontier seems reluctant to do. But there is one potential option that is both impressive enough in size and is fully terrestrial
I give you, the coconut crab
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Walrus
Saiga antelope
I want an eland and a kudu too
And a Takin
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you mean Chinese alligators? because there aint no living Alligators native to japan.
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bobcat and serval
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I made a whole list of animals in the post What extra animals would you add to the already existing DLC Packs
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Golden Lion tamarins
They are too cute oml
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We already have armadillos lol
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Cool yeah
Idk if they would add it, since its similar to the Southern White rhino that we already have
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Greater kudu is needed!
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The Arctic wolves actually ARE a subspecies of the timber wolf, Canis lupus arctos
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bob cat and serval
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skill issue
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devs clearly went through the start of this for eurasia pack huh?
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I know only one zoo has them in the entire world… but leopard seals, I want to have some interesting zoo lore!
Quokka bc why not
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Wait what
I swear I’ve never seen them
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Ahhh ok
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CARIBBEAN ANIMAL PACK
• Howler Monkey
• Spider Monkey
• American/Cuban Crocodile
• Whitetail Deer
• White-Nosed Coati
Exhibit Animals
Cuban Tree Frog
Green Anole
Cuban Knight Anole
• Cabbage Palm
• Cuban Royal Palm
• Ironwood
• Hibiscus
• Sand Fence decor
• Other Caribbean/Pirate/Mexican/Mayan decor
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Isn't sloth bear already in the game?
Oh I didn't see turkeyfox already said that lol whoops
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Damn how did I get that deep back without noticing HAHA
We got takin too 😭 your predictions are wild
Avian pack idea (likely all the habitat birds will be made flightless ingame)
Habitat Species Possibilities:
● Southern Ground Hornbill
● Egyptian Goose
● Northern Bald Ibis
● Shoebill
● Helmeted Guineafowl
● Golden Pheasant
● Great White Pelican
Walk-through Exhibit Species:
● Budgerigar
● Nicobar Pigeon
● Java Sparrow
● Cockatiel
● Scarlet Macaw
●Toco Toucan
● White Crested Turaco
Another pack idea i had imma dub the mountain pack
Habitat species:
● Spectacled Bear
● Vicuña
● Guanaco
● Mountain Goat
● Yak
● Long-Tailed Chinchilla
Exhibit species:
● Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth
● Kea
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Same but realistically I highly doubt we will be getting any flying habitat animals ever
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Hence why I left those out
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Yeah but realistically given that Habitat fencing isn't built to keep a flying animal in
I doubt we will get a flying Habitat animal
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Mayhaps in a planet zoo 2
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Kinda like how jwe 2 added aviaries and aquariums for more dino options
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The closest I could see us getting to either of these as far as the game goes
Secretarybirds
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Yeah but I could see their being issues with fully aquatic animals
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For one I'm pretty sure it's literally impossible to make a habitat without land
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Plus personally I think Habitat would be restricted to just manatees
Given the controversy around captive cetaceans
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To me it makes perfect sense why he have grays and not leopards
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I think prime candidates to get into the game are animals that are often kept in zoos world wide
And a reputable for how easy they are to keep
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Leopard seals notoriously do not fair well in captivity at all
They starve to death within a short period of time
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Proboscis monkeys are one of the weird choices I think they chose because it's a well known species that's rarely kept in captivity
Just for a funky choice
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Honestly another animal I'd like to possibly see
Darwin's rhea
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My local zoo breeds them and keeps them in a mixed species enclosure with capybara
They're basically a south american ostrich
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Yeah but if they made a bird based pack
I also like the idea of muskox and walrus simply because I think we need more tundra animals
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Yeah I feel like the arctic wolf was pointless
It's just a subspecies of an animal we already had
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Arctic wolf, himalayan brown bear and siberian tiger kinda take up valuable slots
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Technically we only got 3 canis lupus animals in the game
Timber wolf as canis lupus itself
Canis lupus arctos the arctic wolf
And canis lupus dingo
The dingo
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Personally I give the dingo a pass
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It is not a wolf
It has wolf in the name but is not a wolf at all
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Behaviourally, generically and anatomically a different animal
Maned wolves are their own lineage of canid
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Maned wolf is the more unique of them
Given its diet is more plant based
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I also think Victoria crowned pigeon would be a good animal
They spend alot of time on the ground
Which means perfect habitat species
Burrowing owls too
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Since planet zoo likely won't make flying animals at all
I could see them just not flying
That's why I give ground dwelling birds as bird suggestions
Unless for walk-through exhibits
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Eh
I dont think a single zoo out there breeds brown rats (the species the average city rat is)
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A mountain pack could honestly also include klipspringer
A species of tiny antelope from africa
Alpine marmot too
I would have suggested pika but those are seemingly rare in zoos
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Personally i think crocodilians take up a majority of the habitat reptiles
Gharial, american alligator, cuvier's dwarf caiman, spectacled caiman and saltwater crocodile
Tbf theres not much more we could really do for habitat reptiles other than crocodilians and monitor lizards
African spurred tortoise, red footed tortoise, yellow footef tortoise and leopard tortoise maybe
Honestly i think an india based pack could be pretty cool
Blackbuck, chital, nilgai, pygmy hog, sambar deer and indian star tortoise
I like that pack idea. I personally would like to see muntjac too, but I'm sure not everyone would agree because there's already a lot of deer in the game
I feel like they're unique enough from the rest of the deer to still be worth adding
There's only 4 deer
Antelope are not deer
Antelope (except for pronghorn) are bovids like cattle
Deer are in the family cervidae
I wasn't counting the antelope but ty for the info anyways lol
I think we could benefit from atleast a few more deer
Reeves's muntjac is a pretty good choice honestly
A japanese based pack could also be interesting
Japanese raccoon dog, japanese serow, sika deer and japanese dwarf flying squirrel could be cool
I could see flying squirrels being exhibit animals
Specificlly walkthrough
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Unfortunately iguanas are likely to all be exhibit species
There are two as exhibit animals
Green and lesser antillean
If we ever do get flying bird i like the idea of white crested turaco, rhinoceros hornbill, nicobar pigeon, luzon bleeding heart, pied imperial pigeon and superb starling
Java sparrow, spix's macaw and hawaiian crow are also pretty cool choices
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I know we already have 2 otters in game
But
If we were to have atleast one more
I'd say sea otter
They look and behave distinctly differently from the other 2 otters
And they are commonly bred in zoos and aquariums for conservation purposes
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Personally i like rock monitors
They got chunky heads
Agouti is fun
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But also paca, chinchilla, coypu, nutria and mara
More rodents
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Personally i like the idea of a giant mixed dlc
With some of the most requested animals
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Personally i dont like some choices people want in games because appearance and behaviour are too similar to animals we already have
We dont need grant's zebra
We already have plains zebra (grant's zebra is a subspecies of plains zebra)
We dont need asiatic lions
We dont need any more timber wolf subspecies
We dont need anymore tiger subspecies
We dont need anymore brown bears
We dont need anymore giraffes
Honey badger most people would argue is too similar to wolverine
But honestly i could see it being very much different
I could see honey badgers being able to use foraging wall
An enrichment feeders thats currently only used for 2 animals
Plenty of exhibit animals i think we are missing
Some kind of mantis for one
Giant african millipede
African bullfrog
Pacman frog
Leopard gecko
Bearded dragon
Ball python
King cobra
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Yeah
That was weird
I type quickly and tend not to recheck the message
so i found out some zoos do keep certain species of lagomorphs irl
so my example of rabbits and hares i wanna see
european rabbit (wild or domestic)
european brown hare
mountain hare
snowshoe hare
japanese hare
eastern cottontail and or desert cottontail are also both good choices
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Philippines Animal Pack With 9 Wonderful animals and Scenery pieces
Mudskipper (Exhibit)
Philippine Forest Turtle
Philippine mouse-deer
Tamaraw
Grays Moniter
Philippine Eagle (MAYBE)
Red Vented Cockatoo (Walk through) Visayan leopard cat Visayan spotted deer
Red Vented Cockatoo (Walk through) Visayan leopard cat Visayan spotted deer
Indian black buck and Asiatic lion!
Personally i dont like the idea of adding any subspecies for an animal wr already have
Because they dont really add anything new at all
Blackbuck i really want because its my favourite species of antelope
But i am heavily against asiatic lions and african leopards
The only sub species I'm interested in having are ones that look or act unique
Like, I love clouded leopards, but there's basically no reason to put their subspecies into the game because the only big physical difference is slightly different coat pattern
dingo is the only one i actually liked
and the domestic donkey
i think aardwolves are a fun animal we could have
it would be our third hyena in the game
and it would use termite mounds for enrichment
hawaiian monk seal, hawaiian crow and nene
alot of pretty cool madagascar, indonesian and philippines animals we havent gotten either
philippine mouse deer, visayan warty pig, aye aye and celebes crested macaques come to mind
also coconut crabs
actually not sure if there are any coconut crabs in zoos
AND MUDSKIPPERS
okay people have probably asked for this before but i would literally take any gecko at this point
omg i forgot about them! we need geckos and mudskippers
Leopard geckos, tokay gecko, madagascar giant day gecko and yellow headed day gecko are pretty food ones
New Caledonian giant gecko and african fat tailed gecko are pretty good too
Turquoise dwarf geckoes too
Gargoyle geckoes also
Didn't mention crested gecko because to my knowledge they are common pets but not common zoo animals
Weird and sad when an animal is more common as a pet than it is in captive breeding conservation programs
yes bro i want leachianus geckpo
Personally some other lizards i wanted to see
Central bearded dragon, argentine black & white tegu, brown basilisk and green anole
Sheltopusik legless lizards would be cool too
i want more asian exhibit box critters caus we only have like one tropical one and two desert fellows so i had nothing to put in my bornean rainfirst dome
Common house gecko
That's a good animal we could have
Indonesian pit viper
King cobra
Burmese python
Chinese water dragon
Russian tortoise
Leopard gecko
Chinese fire belly newt
Reticulated python
Indian python
Just for alternatives to burmese pythons
Veiled chameleon
Red headed krait
Yeah unfortunately most of these would be snakes
I can't think of many animals that are in zoos or captive breeding programs
they wont fit in the exhibit things, they need water to walk on
if im thinking of the right one
they are also kinda larger
They don't walk on water
oh wrong one then
That's Basilisk you are thinking of
And they don't need to walk on water
That's a defense to get away from predators
Captive bred animals have no predators or reason to fear
yaaa but they are also kinda large
No
Basilisk are pretty small
As for the water dragon, it's basically smaller than the iguana
Plus the fact exhibit animals are programmed ingame to barely move
Only using a looped animation
The thing I think would be cool about Indonesian pit viper
Trimeresurus insularis
gaboon viper on top, best snake of all time
Is that they naturally come in three colours in the wild
Green, blue and yellow
Love an animal with good camouflage
i love a chunky
Largest fangs of all snakes
phat
chunky
I love pythons
They are chonkers
Chunk noodle
i like the gaboon viper cause its fat and short and looks funny
Meat rope
Burmese star tortoise could also be one
But given their size
They could easily be a small habitat species
Same goes to indian star tortoises
Honestly small animals are heavily overlooked
Prevost's squirrel is a species that would be pretty cool
Greater bilby
Dang I'm basic the only stuff I want for the game is some geckos, shoebill and flexicolour bricks with visible grout 😅
Northern bald ibis
American mink please and thank you
Honestly i like it
Would love some more small mammals
Like greater bilby, goodfellow's tree kanagroo, hoffmann's two toed sloth, aye aye and rock hyrax
maybe even something like a martin, flying squirrel, Weasel, Raccoon dog, ect.
While it would be cool for a raccoon dog
We have enough canids
Black footed ferret, long tailed chinchilla, domestic guinea pigs and domestic rabbits would also be fun
Coypu
Lowland paca
Wild boar 🐗
Already in the game
Eurasia pack
Unless of course you're a console player
Which in that case you gotta wait a while
there is goodfellow is planco dictionary so there is a little hope
What?
tree kangaroo may be real
Oh
Raccoon dogs are a must have imo. They’re such a unique canine that they don’t resemble any other.
Coati Mundi are needed too
We have enough canids already but okay
We got about 8 canids if im not mistaken
Thats more than the pigs
And thats saying something
There’s so many canids that can be used tho. I’d prefer a fully complete planet zoo before they cut off supports
Yeah but id rather they not add too many
We already got far too many cats
About 13 of those if im not mistaken
No such thing as too many for me
I wouldn’t be mad if they expanded on the mustlid family
Id rather something more interesting than generic dog number 265
Raccoons dogs are not generic like the others. They’re far smaller and differently shaped by a lot
I think in nature and in zoos herbivorous animals tend to outnumber carnivores
Eh its about the same shape as a fox
And size too
Only real difference is the eye marks and the fact its the only canid to hibernate
I don’t really want generic antelope then
The antelope outnumber everything by a lot
Sumatran rhino
There’s already 4 rhinos no?
Most of them look the same anyway they’re just small subspecies
Yeah and only 5 of the worlds rhinos can exist in zoos
Sumatran being the most unique of them all
A small 2 horned hairy forest dwelling species
Similar to the Indian rhino
No
They look very similar
If anything they need to expand on the water animals
Indians have one horn
Other than the horn
There’s little differences
Thin layer of fur
These are almost entirely different
Ah yes this totally looks exactly the same
Ah yes these looks almost the same too
All im saying is its similarly built and in size to foxes
They however have destinct enough features
Such as their fur colour
And their overall behavioural traits
Raccoon dogs being shorter, less long but yeah they’re definitely the same
As mention they are the only canid that hibernates
But like
Carnivorans particularly canids are kind of an over done group every animal based games fandom suggests
Raccoon dogs vs fox’s are far different compared to the 2 you suggested
I want more mustlids mostly
One of the reasons i wanted sumatran rhino is because its the most unique species among the rhinos
And is very significant in zoo breeding programmes for conservation purposes
Its a very rare species we could be on the verge of losing if not many people are aware it exists
Which given its total wild population is a scary likelihood
But here’s the thing it’s very minor difference between the rhinos. Canines vary insanely like coyote and foxes almost look nothing alike
But again aquatic animals need more
Like manatees, walrus and sea otters
These are 3 different species
Guess them
All for walrus and sea otters
Manatees are a no go
They’re all coyote
WHAT
Wrong
All sub species of coyote
Coyote, golden jackal and african golden wolf
Wait
No
Fixed the error
All closely related to coyote if I’m not mistaken
My point is that there’s so much variety between canines
Canis taxonomy is the worst honestly
Constantly changing classifications
Dingo regularly switches its scientific name
To me dingo is just dingo
Ok so why no manatees
Sometimes its canis dingo, canis lupus, canis familiaris, lupus familiaris, canis lupus dingo or canis familaris dingo
Due to how the game and habitats are currently programmed
Fully aquatic animals are no goes
I can actually see them saving manatees for a planet aquarium game
They'd just be dropped on dry land immediately
Or a planet zoo 2
Same for aviaries and proper flying birds
This also applies to domestic dogs too
Sometikes they are considered canis lupus familiaris
In other words a subspecies of wolf
I’m not counting domestic dogs into this it gets too messy
Sometimes they are canis familaris
Their own species
Planet aquarium can be so good
Canis genus has always been the most confusing genus taxonomically
Imagine building a big shark tank
Red wolf is a species that they csnt decide on
Sometimes its its own species
Sometimes its a timber wolf subspecies
Sometimes its treated as a hybrid between timber wolves and coyotes
Would be neat
While i know alot of people would be expecting great whites thats no likely due to the fact great whites dont fair well in captivity
Stress levels and their overly specific diet
Great whites have only been kept successful at the monetary bay aquarium
Which is constantly pumped with water from the bay
And then only temporarily
And even then it was temporary
Yeah
Due to the fact great whites require alot of space
And live prey
And not small fish either
They definitely won’t be added unless they just wanna go the sandbox feel
They prefer big meaty animals such as tuna, seals and other sharks
The live prey thing is why leopard seals are also a struggle
And why we likely wont have them in planet zoo
I can see hammerheads and tiger sharks both
Exhibit possibilities are endless
Hammerheads and nurse sharks are the likeliest
Cownose rays too
Bonnet heads
Black tips
Zebra sharks
Bull sharks potentially
We could use more mongoose in planet zoo honestly
Only species we got is meerkats
I was just thinking that
Id like something like egyptian mongoose, common dwarf mongoose, banded mongoose or javan mongoose
Although civets would be a more unique animal choice
While we do have a viverrid in the game
The binturong
We dont have its cousins
Civets
Im thinking asian palm civet would be pretty cool
Im very partial to little arboreal omnivores ngl
Asian palm civet
In that case you’d love American fishers as an editor
Prevost's squirrel is another species ive mentioned once too
Edition*
European pine martens would be fun
They look the same as the ones from the states
Flying squirrel tho that can be a fun walkthrough exhibit
Kinkajou and south american coati are also really fun
Would add more to the coon family too
Coati are found all the way up to Arizona btw
Specifically these guys
Japanese dwarf flying squirrels
Just think japan needs more rep ngl
All they got is the wild boar, red fox, red crowned crane and japanese macaque
Deer need more too ngl
Sambar would be fun
Caprids too ngl
Japanese serow is one i like
Its so fluffy
Muskox is one i would have prefered instead of arctic wolf for the arctic pack
Arctic wolf being literally just a white timber wolf was honestly a waste of space
Pere davids deer, water deer, sika deer, reeve's muntjac and southern pudu are some fun deer
Honestly looking at it too
Raccoon dogs are a pretty fun idea
They are omnivores
So their diet could be a little different from the foxes
So perhaps some of their entirchment would be different too
Such as the forage box
Scavenging piles maybe would be another idea
Which would make them distinct enough to warrent them being in game
This idea
But specifically bones and other parts the animals dont eat
American mink are my still most wanted
Like hooves, horns and antlers
Would be a fun chewing enrichment for the carnivores
Particularly hyenas
For me its goodfellow's tree kangaroo
My favourite marsupial
They so goofy and sleepy
They look like they’re constantly uncomfortable
Common brushtail possum are also fun
Forgot to mention
Not only do i like arboreal omnivores
I also like arboreal herbivores and insectivores
Common brushtail possum
Sulawesi bear cuscus are funny
india and asia in general are lacking in ungulates ngl
if we ever get planet zoo 2 and it allows for fully aquatic animals
heres some id like to see
west indian manatee
silver arowana
oscar cichlid
redtail catfish
clown featherback
giant gourami
tambaqui
these are all based on actual big freshwater fish that are often taken in by zoos, aquariums and animal parks whenever they get too big for pet owners
they are often in their own exhibit to display the fish
or they are in hippo and manatee exhibits
tuatara would be fun
its no actually a lizard
its its own seperate order of reptiles
so convergent evolution
would also add to the games new zealand diversity
even if just an exhibit
gonna make a wishlist for the planet aquarium concept we were talking about:
The Great hammer head
bonnethead
the sand tiger shark
the blacktip reef shark
I want dogfish
They aren't super impressive sharks but they have unique spines and they travel in groups
sandshark (babys could be in a touch exhibit)
Zebra shark
I wanna catch a shark one day
just catch and release
I did it by accident lol
That's a crab trap!
I thought that was a one of those tether nets
It was really awesome though. Funny that my record fish was caught in a $20 crab trap, by accident
when you're trying to get fish up high
I wonder how he got into such a small crab trap
Munching on the crabs, lol
And then it got tangled in the net
never knew they were crab eaters
Me neither, but when I searched their diet, fish and crustaceans were the top two things listed lol
Also I'm pretty sure that's half a crab hanging off the bottom of the trap in the pic I posted, lol
haha
Zebra sharks are soo cute
They're my 2nd favorite shark
I don't know why they're called zebra sharks, though. All the ones I've seen have spots, not stripes lol
Oh my gosh I just noticed how TINY their eyes are
they're like nurse sharks but smaller
Dogfish have huge eyes in comparison
They kinda look like babies permanently because of the eye size, I think
The ones we caught while crabbing were adults, about 30 inches long, but they can grow up to 5 feet if they get old enough
The spines are really unique, too. Apparently they're mildly venomous!
I didn't know that they even had spines like this until after I grabbed that one to release it. Im lucky that I didn't get spiked 😅
honestly i got plenty of ray ideas too
both freshwater and saltwater variety
xingu river stingray
my personal favourite freshwater ray
cownose ray
a common aquarium marine stingray
spotted eagle ray
another big marine stingray
this one being endangered and im pretty sure theres been several captive breeding attempts
blue spotted ribbontail stingray
one of the prettiest marine stingrays
I wanted to get one of these before
also known as a black diamond stingray
giant eagle ray would be cool
Guitar fish would be cool too
i'd like to also see the sawfish as a edition in a conservation pack
we cant forget other kinds of marine fish
of course not but I just love my sharks and those types of fish
red emperor ssnappers are pretty cool
I'd like to see some jack trevalli
goliath grouper
gosh your naming all the easy ones😭 GET MY FAVS
this would be epic for either a planet aquarium or a planet zoo 2
cant forget the little guys either
OSCAR FISH!! PUFFER FISH!! SNOWFLAKE EELS!!
THOSE ARE THE BEST!
blue streaked cleaner wrasse
i mentioned oscars way further up
you can barely see those things, you need those in a coral tank
this
oh
tehe
you got only the tiger oscar
you need the lemon
long fin
no
YES!!!
not mentioning fancy captive bred pettrade variants
Tigers are prop the best
eh, still
i dont like giving man made morphs attention
>;o
i meann
i get thatt
long fins are the worst trait you can give fish btw
ik
its a hindrance to their swimming and gives other fish easy access to nipping
although, some fish are born with long fins
zoos and aquariums focus on showcasing natural variations and behaviour usually
and conservation
showcasing fancy manmade varients defeats the point
i mean some have captive bred
i see flowerhorns in aquariums, smh
mbu pufferfish was one i think is a cool puffer idea for freshwater atleast
often zoos and aquariums take in unwanted pets
ya so they have long finned animals 🤷♂️
ik that flowerhorns are not longfinned
still dont like the idea of that
flowerhorns are hybrids too
ik
im thinking about setting up my 6th tank for them
which planet zoo hasnt even added any of those likely due to controversy and their existance simply being painful
i honestly dont even care if we dont get hybrids
certain subspecies already take up valuable spots
african arowana and alligator gar would be cool too
i hope if frountier makes another game, like planet aquarium. they BETTER add real sickness
they better add ick
wait does planet zoo not state was illnesses the animals get
stresses, and the difficulties of fish tanks
no bird flu or canine distemper?
maybe because adding actual diseases to worry about would have made the game even harder
wasn't the bird flu not know as much when it released?
its already hard enough focusing on several things at once
animal wellfare
barrier quality
guest happiness
building enclosure
making sure the animals dont die
making sure the animals dont escape
making sure no pickpockets or vandalism occurs
dealing with protesters
habitat cleanliness
selling/releasing animals when enclosures get crowded
having to worry about proper disease outbreaks would make it worse
bird flu wiping out an entire flamingo flock
mammals getting rabies
I know everyone is sick of antelope at this point
But there's still a few I'd like to see
Bontebok
A species belfast breeds
More specifically its blesbok subspecies
Blackbuck
An Indian species that dublin breeds
Common eland
Just a unique looking species
And a zoo/safari park regular
Nilgai
The largest Indian antelope species
Funny enough the pronghorn doesn't count as an actual antelope
Infact antelope isn't a proper animal classification
It's just a term given to several subfamilies of ungulates in the bovidae family
Weirdly enough despite them being from the family antilocapridae pronghorn are not true antelope and are closer to giraffes
Pretty sure antilocapra directly translates to antelope goat
Shove all of these in a pack and I'd love it honestly
I just hope we don't get any more swines, we have 9 already
ok fine. black triggerfish
The clown triggerfish
the striped sea robin
gag grouper
bumble bee grouper
the gulf toadfish
cobia
panther grouper
strawberry grouper
Pretty sure we only got 6
He have like 9 canines though
Nope we have 9
Wait
No we have 6
I read the wrong one
😭
But still I think we have enough
Yeah I think that's what I saw
Supposedly any number over 2 is too many according to some people
Ive heard someone suggest we dont need any more bats
We only have the 2
Guess we cant have tree pangolin
2 would be too many
Bumblebee grouper isnt an actual species btw
If i recall correctly
Its the juvenile form of a goliath grouper
Stand corrected
Not goliath
But infact Giant grouper
I know but you can’t tell me bumblebee grouper doesn’t sound better
Also just remembered
Technically
Only 5 swine
Swine are mammals from the suidae family
Collared peccary are not of that family
One day I wanna have a big 1500 gallon tank with a horned shark or something
They are closely related but are not true swines
Peccary belong to tayassuidae
Which consists entirely of the 3 peccary species
Peccary gotta be the coolest pig besides maybe the red river hog
They arent proper pigs really
Close cousins though
If you think red river hogs are cool wait till you see giant forest hogs
I mean I kinda get that though
Its this big species from african rainforests
Sadly we arent likely to get it in game
Since not a single individual is in a zoo to my knowledge
Also in my top 3
Planet zoo can change that!!!
Eh
Planet zoo is nore grounded on the realism of what is and isnt in zoos
With some rare species that are hardly in any zoos
Such as wild water buffalo and goliath frog
If we have a new swine species I would assume it would be something like the visayan warty pig
Point being all the animals we got in the game have been in a zoo irl at some point in human history
Would finally give us philippines representation
Sadly alot of locations dont have and likely wont get any representation of their wildlife in the game at all
Yeah surprisingly with 3 penguins not a single one in game is from antarctica
Also philippines the tarsier would be a cool walk through or something
Eh i base walkthroughs on what is a walkthrough irl
I wanna see more sheep ngl like blue sheep
And what would be safe for both the person and animal
Tarsiers are little nocturnal predators with needle like teeth
If a guest annoys it by trying to pet it someone is getting bit
A good walkthrough could be humming birds maybe?
Slow loris are a worse option due to being venomous
They added butterfly so it’s possible for hummingbird
Im not even sure if we got hummingbirds in zoos
They are constantly on the move and need a constant sugar intake to stay alive
San Diego zoo has kept them before if I’m not mistaken
Never been but ill take your word for it
I think for a while pangolins were actually a challenge to keep in captivity
They’re building an enclosure for them actually
First chinese pangolin born in europe happened a little while ago
FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News
A look inside San Diego Zoo’s new hummingbird habitat ahead of Tues...
A new state-of-the-art hummingbird habitat is set to open at the San Diego Zoo on Tuesday.
Belfast zoo built a beehouse
For black irish honeybees
Bees can be cool but not sure how they’d work
Maybe an exhibit animal
Im just massively fascinated by nocturnal houses
Pretty much yeah
The twilight pack wasn't it for me
Technically the animals in the pack were nocturnal
Hummingbirds are def possible tho
They just dont act as such ingame
Crepuscular mostly but not really all suitable for nocturnal houses
I know that wasn't really the point but that's what I'm saying
Aardvarks are nocturnal too
However they also dont act it
Ringtail cats would be a cool nocturnal animal
I wish they did
You dont need to add cat to it
Its not a cat
Not even remotely close to one
Everyone calls them ringtail cats
They’re apart of the raccoon family tho
I think
I call them ringtails
You can simply just call them ringtails
It's not a big deal 😭
Ringtail cat ties it together well
Its the same thing as genets and civets
When people plaster the word cat on the end
It doesnt need to be there
Not everyone knows animals
It's a zoo game
Wait till you find out its closer to a dog than a cat
Not a bit deal it’s just a name locals gave it
Listen I know they aren’t cats
People call fishers, fisher cats
It’s just another name for them that people made up
Lol
Just because something is a slender carnivore
They get called cat
Okay with civets i get due to them being distant relatives of cats
But mustelids and raccoon family members are closer to dogs
Tbf yeah the game refers to pronghorn as pronghorn antelope
When it is infact nowhere near closely related to one
I didn’t make the names blame other people
I just call em ringtails
I know people would be confused if im talking about the lemur
But idc
Im not calling it a cat
Or cacomistle
Cacomistle is the name of its similar looking cousin
Remembered some rodents that would be cool to have honestly
North luzon giant cloud rat
Gambian pouched rat
European hamster
Trust me the hamster is not as small as you expect
Its surprisingly about the size of a guinea pig
Compared to a syrian hamster
Also funfact syrian hamsters naturally occur in the wild
And are also an endangered species in their natural habitat
Also known as golden hamsters due to their natural sandy golden blond fur
Any mammal or bird roughly around the same size as the prairie dog is eligible for habitat in my opinion
Well other than sloths and bats
Bats due to the fact they fly and sloths are just too slow to even reach feeders without starving to death
Apparently my Aldabra tortises starve to death even when I have 3 feeders and a keeper assigned to only them
Dont know how you managed that
I typically keep a pair on a decently not too big not too small enclosure
So they can actually reach the feeder
And add a bunch of enrichment feeders such as dogball, fruit spike tree and frozen fruit block
I just have bad luck with them
I know with reptiles people are sick of tortoises
But theres some i like and wanna see ingame
As habitat species
Because they are larger than the Hermann's tortoise and too big for exhibit
Oh me too
Red foots would be nice
African spurred/sulcata tortoise
Unique shaped shell
Third largest living tortoise species
Would make use of the burrow
Personally i think the large tortoises should get access to the mud bath
Galapagos tortoises are know to wallow in mud alot
Leopard tortoise is another cool species to have
Gopher tortoise would be a nice edition
While talking reptiles might aswell add the alligator snapping turtle
I’d also like to see larger monitor lizards
Id find like the koala they'd make it unnaturally more active than irl
Which im weirdly okay with
If the koala was constantly sleeping on a climbing frame it would he a little uninteresting
Same if an alligator snapping turtle was just sitting at the bottom of the water with its mouth gaping open
all the time
Probably also why the nocturnals are often awake during the day
It would be unfun if there was only a short time you could see them
I can see planet zoo making it fun
I could see it being an idol position when theyre in the water
But id mostly see them swimming, walking and basking
Maybe they can have a bottom walking mechanic
Or a underwater foraging mechanic
Like the hippo
Funfact thats how hippos swim
They are too heavy to swim so they just walk
Banteng is a type of wild cattle i wanted to see
Its a pretty cool species
They'd be more interesting to look at out of the cattle
Sounds like me when I was younger and couldn’t swim
Not too heavy part
They display sexual dimorphism, males being black and females being ginger
But the walking part
I dont even know if its the hippos weight
Elephants and some rhinos can swim
Quite well
Maybe hippos aren’t smart
I mean they got stubby legs
So do rhinos tho
Fair
Ah
Its the bone density
I want more primates but idk which ones
Hippos have dense bones
Theres plenty of cool ones ngl
Gelada being a big ethiopian monkey from the Highlands
They eat mostly grass which is unusual for monkeys
Oh I remember those
There’s another Ethiopian primate I can’t remember the name of
It has longer hair than that one and it’s black and white
Its likely one of the black and white colobus species
Mantled guereza
Hamadryas baboon is another fun one
Also from ethiopia
Mantled guereza
Yup
Crowned sifaka a more unique lemur from madagascar
I saw these at the San Diego zoo. They look crazy territorial
They move like this
Baboons are highly social animals
With each other yeah
Not with anything else tho
Aye aye is an obvious one
Baboons are opportunistic omnivores
They've been known to hunt and eat flamingoes
Aswell as small antelopes such as gazelle
Chimpanzees are worse
Chimps eat the young of other chimps
Chimps may be more brutal but something about baboons freaks me out but I love em for it
They eat smaller primates
Such as bushbabies and red colobus
And also reportedly eat small antelope and tortoises
Honestly fear is a response you want to have around wild animals
For your safety and theirs
Fear is a good thing as long as you don’t let it overcome you
Tayra is a cool mustelid to have
I saw a picture of a baboon with a baby antelope head in its mouth
South american mammal
Looks similar to a fisher
Brazilian guinea pig would be cool too
Domestic guinea pig was a species we could have had for barnyard
Long tailed chinchilla
European rabbit, one of the few rabbits that exist in captivity
They should do the lionmane rabbits as a petting zoo animal
This monkey looks like an old rich lady and I can't explain why
Honestly we dont have enough new world (american) monkeys
We only got the one
Colombian white faced capuchin
Common woolly monkey would be fun
White faced saki
Monkeys are the strangest yet most fascinating animals
Black capped squirrel monkey
Colombian red howler
Black headed spider monkey
Coppery tit monkey
Common marmoset
Such a large variety of american monkeys we could have had
Are there any monkeys in the states that are native
I don't think so
Not very well educated on primates but I'm pretty sure most of their native ranges end around the divide of North America and south America
I know there’s an invasive species in Florida
nope
monkeys dont reach to the states
but they do go as far as mexico
beleive it or not jaguar actually are native to the states kinda
I don't believe it! /jk
well not currently anymore
their range did extend to texas and arizona
My question is how does Europe have a species of monkey but australia does not
the southern states
australia's wildlife is very unique
Theres probably a legit answer to that if you do enough digging around
mostly marsupials and monotremes
It was a rhetorical lol
with a handfull of native rodents, chiropterans and pinnipeds
there have been modern siting of jaguar in texas and arizona
but they are pretty rare
speaking of america and marsupials
virginia opossum
and its cousin the common or southern opossum
Yess
I know lots of people think opposums are ugly but I think they're kinda adorable in their own skrunkly way
They look a bit like giant blow-dried rats heheh
opossum, raccoons, skunks, rats, mice and pigeons all seem to be in the same boat
theres people that see them as nasty, ugly and diseased
then theres people that find them cute and adore them
Can seagulls go in that list too 👉👈
honestly yes
seagulls can be very cute
when they arent being selfish agressive goblins
I fully acknowledge that seagulls can be total assholes, but tbh I feel like that applies to all birds. Seagulls are just less afraid of people I think
infact funny enough
several species have been bred and kept in zoos
I'd like to see gulls in PZ but I feel like most people would hate them
the mediterranean gull is a fun one
There's not really a good way to implement them anyways I think
But theoretically, it would be something I would enjoy
the sad truth of planet zoo is theres so many cool and amazing animals in zoos worldwide
that just arent likely to ever get in
mayhaps in a future game but likely the same animals from this game would take up slots for a sequal
Anything that can fly AND swim would have to reallllly be worth the effort and $$ it costs to actually implement it, I think
heres some birds that would be fun for a sequal
inca tern
spix's macaw
That's a crow with a moustache and glasses disguise
white crested turaco
Von der Decken's hornbill
hawaiian crow
guam kingfisher
socorro dove
laughing kookaburra
toco toucan
scarlet macaw
4 of these birds i posted are extinct in the wild
guess which 4 they are
actually im not done
theres still some cool birds left
javan green magpie
java sparrow
pied imperial pigeon
red billed blue magpie
the possibilities of birds for a possible planet zoo 2 is endless
likely we'd be getting large popular birds though
such as bald eagle
I know one of them but only because of Rio 😂
spix's macaw, hawaiian crow, guam kingfisher and socorro dove
three of those are island dwelling species
causes of loss in the wild
habitat loss, introduction of cats, rats, snakes and mongoose
more birds i think would be cool for planet zoo 2
nicobar pigeon
bali myna
superb starling
galah
keel billed toucan
luzon bleeding heart
cockatiel
budgerigar
whooping crane
blue and gold macaw
white necked raven
peregrine falcon
and that is the list of birds i hope to see in planet zoo 2
They just need to add more birds than general. The Avery I see people build up cool
flying birds are not likely for the current game
perhaps some small ones as walkthrough exhibits
but thats about it
proper flying birds would be a sequal thing
so here would be a list of birds id like to see in planet zoo one (all the birds in this list can actually fly but spend alot of time on the ground so are easy to do)
southern ground hornbill
grey crowned crane
lesser flamingo
saddle billed stork
shoebill (only because people would yell at me if i didnt mention it)
hamerkop
western cattle egret
helmeted guineafowl
wild turkey
mandarin duck
egyptian goose
black swan
golden pheasant
secretarybird
great bustard
and ill stop here because its basically spam at this point
Havent seen enough invertebrates being mentioned
Giant african millipede
Simandoa cave roach (this one is extinct in the wild)
lesser hedgehog tenrec
lowland streaked tenrec
tailless tenrec
greater hedgehog tenrec
the 4 species of tenrec i know for a fact zoos breed
even some sold in exotic pet trade (im highly against the sale of exotic mammals as pets)
@Rin Raiden I love those
Would love to see them in game
long eared hedgehog
tree pangolin
daurian pika
Red rumped Agouti
Marmot and Mara
The likeliest for these two i see us getting if we do get them would be patagonian mara and groundhog
Yes groundhogs count as marmots
The zoo in my city has a red rumped agouti. I love how silly they look and want them in PZ, lol
Like with pika, marmots are weirdly uncommon animals to have in captivity
They're becoming weirdly common as pets in the states
Typed wrong
Pika?
I replied when it said groundhog lol
Honestly would love to see agouti too
Never heard of pet groundhogs
Prairie dogs are a fairly common exotic pet though
Prairie dogs are so fricken cute
They're native to where I live, so I see them often.
They'll infest fields and be cute while destroying everything
Theres 5 different species of prairie dog did you know
The utah prairie dog is endangered
black-tailed prairie dog is whats around here
Ah yes
The most common one
Both in wild and captivity
Anyway i think lowland pacs would be cool
I've never seen that animal before, it's delightful
Looks like someone combined a baby tapir with a rat
I love it
South american rodents are funky as heck
Most people would probably want north american porcupine
I wanna see brazilian porcupine added to the game
Fun how alot of small south american mammals have prehensile tails
I fricken love prehensile tailed porcupines
I do also want to see a north american porcupine
I also like the idea of these fellas
Asiatic brush tailed porcupine
Invertebrates are still heavily under appreciated
Chinese red headed centipede
Giant vinegaroon
Also some kind of rhino or stag beetle
Not sure what species
Since im not well informed on captive beetle species
whip scorpion would be cool
Stick insect and mantis too
We already have centipede ☝️ 🤓
exhibits get a pass
they are all basic animals with looped animations
plus
lesser antillean iguana and green iguana are the same freaking model just differently coloured
swan goose could be cool
knob billed duck
south african shelduck
lady amherst's pheasant
crested partridge
great crested grebe
golden tamerian
and more small birds for all over the world
Golden lion tamarin you mean?
Gouldian finches would be cool
Australian zebra finch
Java sparrow
European goldfinch
Yeah they'd all be too similar
But they'd likely be walk-through exhibit species
And could probably be similar to the butterflies
Superb starling
Bali myna
Common myna
Common starling
All birds i know for a fact are zoo, aviary and cage birds
ya i see them in a small mammel house before and birds i feel like we need more of that have more colors and not the simple palets we have
Starlings and myna are interesting because of the ability to mimic noises, voices and other bird calls
*mayna ☝️ 🤓
Emerald starlings
Correction asshole
I spelt it right
mhm
its so fun to be encyclopedia man frfr ong
The alternative spelling is mynah
Eurasian bullfinch is another fun one
Trust me i am picking the birds that fit under the description of small and most of these are as colourful as they get
For species i know zoos keep
i see zoos were u can walk in and feed birds and loved those. a zoo with a bird secton feels great but in planet zoo to me it feels like the birds are to big ( Most of them that is )
Yellow canary are pretty bright
I've mentioned Budgerigar many times
I would prefer these natural green variants
But i know for a fact people want the fancy human produced captive pet trade varieties
Okay technically getting a little larger with these birds
Galah
White crested turaco
Rainbow lorikeet
Keel billed toucan
Parrots and toucans are kinda a generic choice to me
Tbf theres atleast one species of parrot in every zoo irl
But there are other attractive colourful birds other than parrots
Victoria crowned pigeon
Also sometimes simplicity in bird colours can be beautiful
The laughing kookaburra is just brown
But i think its a rather handsome bird
actually tawny frogmouth would be pretty fun
also this is what their newborns look like
also they have albino variants
EW
sorry
i shouldnt judge a animall
im sorry birdy
Potoo
Love how other than owls the main abaptation of nocturnal birds are giant mouths
Frogmouths, nightjars and potoos
Out of all the birds in the world people wsnt to see
Vultures rarely get mentioned
And thats sad
Such important and vital parts of big ecosystems
So heres some vultures and condors that would be neat
Lappet faced vulture
Egyptian vulture
Palm nut vulture
Turkey vulture
California condor
Bearded vulture
White backed vulture
Most vulture species are endangered
I find it important for frontier to add endangered species not many people are aware of
I dont think many people knew what an addax was until it was added to planet zoo
Frontier is not adding flying birds
am aware
but these are still likely for a possble sequal
because knowing planet zoo's popularity
and the fact planet coaster got a sequal
a planet zoo 2 is inevitable
I would like a few 😂 like I would like some more exhibit animals like
Fish lol
Sharks.
Dolphin,
Whales.
And a few more bugs.
I sure hope so
Save the fish for planet aquarium
Haha they bring it out?
Sharks and dolphins ate too big for exhibit
They can do habitat 😂
And no baleen whale is kept in captivity to my knowledge
Due to the fact they are too big to supply adequate space for
And their overly specific diet
or planet zoo 2
because some zoos actually keep fish too
they arent exclusively an aquarium thing
Most bigger aquatic animals such as sharks are usually reserved for aquariums
im pretty sure ive seen manatees and dolphins in zoos
same to beluga
Planet aquarium would bring a whole new aspect to aquarium games tho
eh its essentially just planet zoo but all aquatic
even having some of the same animals types
like seals, otters and penguins
perhaps it could be more set in an indoor area or atleast it starts with a indoor area
We got alot of crocodilians already and its hard to keep them more interesting
But like
Cuban crocodile
Would give us some caribbean representation atleast
Oh wait
Forgot we had the lesser antillean iguana
But cuban crocodile would give us caribbean habitat rep
Kagu
A ground dwelling bird from new Caledonia
Sunbittern
The kagu's south american cousin
Roseate spoonbill
A large bird that breeds in florida
Would finally gives us north american bird representation
Alternatively we could have the wood stork
American white ibis
American white pelican
Brown pelican
Sandhill crane
Wood duck
Or wild turkey
I want geladas (nicknamed bleeding heart monkeys)
heck yes
someone appreciates interesting primates
honestly if we didnt already have 3 lemurs i would have wanted blue eyed black lemur
one of the most interesting lemurs to me
the pitch black fur of the male, the piercing blue eyes and the obvious sexual dimorphism with the ginger females
also would have preferred spectacled bears instead of himalayan brown bear
himalayan brown bear is honestly a waste of space, just being an asian grizzly
Black throated monitor would be cool
dont know why you had to go as specifc as the subspecies
rock monitors are cool though
very goofy looking guys
love their thick wide snouts
They’re my favorite monitor
I would also like to see the liger added.
Maybe they can add cross breeding into the game 🤷♀️
Nah, ligers are so unethical
I hope they never make it into the game
Boooo
It was an idea 🤷♀️😂
north american river otter >
HIGHLY AGAINST THESE
hybrids are unethical
they should exist irl
and they shouldnt exist in the game either
i prefer spotted necked otters
but north american river otter is also another very cool choice
ooooooooo I can get behind that
my idea for a Madagascar based pack would include Malagasy civet, Coquerel's sifaka, aye aye, radiated tortoise, madagascar ibis, nile crocodile, ring-tailed vontsira and yellow billed stork
see i made it interesting without it just being lemurs
heck if we wanna throw in a exhibit species i got one right here
madagascar tomato frog
infact lowland streaked tenrec could either be a really tiny habit species or the first non walkthrough exhibit mammal
blue-footed booby 🙏
Chacma Baboon
Grew up around them so
i absolutely support this + giant jumping rats
Honestly any baboon could work
Hamadryas are the most unique looking
But when i think baboon my brain goes to the olive baboon
since we only got the one armadillo i wanna suggest some more
southern naked tailed armadillo
screaming hairy armadillo
six banded armadillo
southern three banded armadillo (the only one of these suggestions that can roll into a ball)
giant armadillo
Only one I see working is giant armadillo
eh they could all easily work
Pink Fairy armadillo!
these are a no go sadly
to my knowledge any attempt at raising these in zoos resulted in the animal dying
they do not fair well in zoos
There are some in captivity, but most die since they're all wildcaught/haven't been able to breed in captivity
I can still hope though
all of my choices are made on what i know for a fact are in zoos quite regularly
and are ethical
tbf the game already has some weird options already
such as wild water buffalo, a species only kept in a single zoo in nepal
aswell as goliath frogs and spectacled flying fox, two species i cant find any zoo info for
celebes crested macaque would be neat
yellow cheeked gibbons too
francois langur
I want orchid mantis as an exhibit animal
Real 👍
any mantis honestly
any mantis that is in a zoo
cant find much info on insects or other invertebrates
i assume alot of the same shit in pet-trade are also in zoological trade too
The orchid mantis is my favorite by far
Yeah they are in the pet trade now
mine would be the indian flower mantis
mark on its wings almost looks like a yin yang symbol
They’re cool too
This may be far fetched but seeing a ant colony would be super interesting
wonder how they managed this without them eating eachother
Split second photo
would love congo chafer beetles
or caucus beetle
i just like beetles
True, I js wanan see them cause they are why I love primates haha
honestly main reason i hope we get fish in a possible sequal is to make aquatic habitats look more alive
some zoos put fish in hippo exhibits
this is clearly a zoo hippo because giant gourami and iridescent sharks arent native to africa]
I'd prefer them to be their own thing so its more directed towards fish
cohabited enclosures are just a regular occurance
even specific fish species dont get their own specific enclosure in aquariums
theyre almost always shared with some other aquatic species
Like I said i'd prefer a more focued game. the interspecies enrichment
for fish can still work
some people still would like them in planet zoo
Planet aquarium is miles better
as a concept
eh
doesnt really roll off the tongue very well
the amount of syllables alone
Planet Aqua
thats even worse
sounds more like a water park than aquarium
Planet ocean
also doesnt sound very good
Yes! This is really cool, at Chester zoo there are turtles with the gharials and it gives you something to look at when you can't see the gharials
To be honest it doesn't need too be anything to major from frontier, I would just be fine with a function that allows you to drop a bunch of fish in a body of water a few times
only time i recall seeing a crocodilian in a zoo was dublin's west african crocodiles
some more marsupials id like to see
tiger quoll
eastern barred bandicoot
I just hope the next pack brings us some more unique types of animals that we don't have at all/have many of
sugar glider
my number one hope is for goodfellow's tree kangaroo
I highly support that and I've been waiting for it
short beaked echidna and rock hyrax would be some fun critters too
In my opinion we need no more crocodillians or swines, and slightly more primates: loris would be nice, as well as a new world monkey or something
Don't get me wrong we have a great amount of primates but while there is variety, there's not much variety at the same time
honestly a species i am shocked i havent mentioned at all yet
black and rufous sengi
also known as black and rufous elephant shrew
i tend to use the term sengi to avoid confusion
while they are distant cousins of elephants
they are not at all shrews
I kind of wish that having multiple habitat gates is possible
It would be good for compatible species especially
Nice
also shocked we dont have hedgehogs yet so i like the idea of four toed hedgehogs
although long eared hedgehogs work very well too because how how unique they are
I wish we had a rat species
or european hedgehogs just to give europe a little more diversity
i got ya covered
north luzon giant cloud rat
For a country with such vast and varied wildlife I wish the Philippines had more recognition in game
Love that
funny you say that
because the rat i suggested is a philippines species
philippine mouse deer could be fun
visayan spotted deer is also another fun one
Tarsier, tamaraw and Philippine Cobra maybe
Tarsier maybe not actually
i know you just said too many pigs and crocs
Visayan warty pig gets a pass
If you're thinking that
They are amazing
philippine crocodile
Beautiful, saw one last week
visayan warty pigs are goofy
tamaraw too
i know we have alot of hoof stock and crocodilians
but like
idc
i like them
i like canids too but i think they get too much attention
same with cats too honestly
if we had flying birds id love the philippine eagle
a less generic choice than bald eagle
sorry guys
its true
if you asked people what bird they wanted in the game
the first choice is bald eagle
thanks to mute swans we can have waterfowl so philippine duck is likeliest philippines bird
Over the sea but chinese giant salamander would be cool
yes
always welcome to the idea of more endangered species to the game
i think they need the attention and public awareness
while not a philippines species i like the idea of pygmy slow loris
YES
We need this
although bengal slow loris could also work well too
Javan Slow Loris are very cute
or maybe sunda slow loris
eh these are the only three i know for a fact zoos keep
I'd take any to be honest
i usually base my suggestions on what i know zoos keep or have kept successfully
West African potto would be cool
so while zoos have kept afghan pika in the past, they were unsuccesful
hence why i wouldnt suggest the afghan pika
yeah
I'd love to see a potto honestly
Such interesting creatures
I managed to see one last week as well
ah yes west african pottos
the only potto i know is in zoos
its yet again another african species but its unique enough
Yeah
i know most players are sick of african favouritism at this point
True
Very interesting creatures though
but honestly africa has some of the most interesting species to me
The zoo nesr me has them because they were sadly found in a box outside Paris zoo in 2008
near*
usually when a new species enters the zoo breeding program today its usually due to them being rescued from illegal exotic pet trade
hence why slow lorises seem to be popping up in zoos more
yeah
these would be fun in the game
turquoise dwarf geckoes
A gecko would be very nice actually
As far as I can think we don't have a gecko species in game at the moment
a few of these guys ended up in uk zoos a while ago because they were taken from a guy who illegally smuggled them from afria
the dude was gonna sell them as pets
London zoo has them not sure if that's how they would've got there
belfast has em too
it wouldn't shock me.. someone tried to smuggle a chinese giant salamander through the uk border and that's how it got there
tbf their presence in the captive breeding program is important
they are a critically endangered species
however sometimes getting animals to breed is a difficult task
rhinos are most notorious for that
I truly truly wish that habitats could have multiple gates at once
It would be so much easier
more geckos i think would be fun
leopard gecko
gold dust day gecko
mediterranean house gecko
tokay gecko
african fat tailed gecko
new caledonian giant gecko
yellow headed day gecko
gargoyle gecko
crested gecko
i already mentioned i think exhibits can get away with being too similar
since they usually just sit around doing a looped animaton forever
afterall the green iguana and lesser antillean iguana both use the same animations
and are from the same genus
three of these geckos were suggested to give representation to new caledonia
an island in oceania that i dont think any of its species have been covered at all in the game
I'd love to see some more butterflies added and some moths added
Sphinx moths are pretty neat, and Rosy Maple Moths and any luna moth will be a big hit
I like atlas moths
Southern tamandua would be a great edition
Maybe a type of mouse possum 🤔
Just realised this could also apply to colour morphs
Piebald moose
Psuedo melanism in the amur leopard could be fun (worth noting the leopard in the image isnt an amur leopard but its still possible amurs could have this gene)
Piebald bison and wisent (both species are part of the same genus i think we could get away with assuming they both carry the piebald gene)
Piebald reindeer
Piebaldism doesnt seem to occur in deer that much
Only some select species
Particularly moose, reindeer and white tailed deer
Yeah basically i wanna see piebald in things other than just the fox
And camel
Forgot it pronghorn, kiwi, little penguin and nyala have it ingame too
Aye-aye
rin raiden is single handedly keeping this chat alive
I'm right here ☹
Hamadryas Baboon
olive baboon
Impala (Coming in black as a variant)
African leopard
African civet
lesser bushbaby
Nile crocodile
Barbary macaque
barbary sheep
Watusi cattle
Personally dont think we need african leopard
We already got the amur
And i already talk about how much of a waste of space arctic wolf, himalayan brown bear and siberian tiger are
Being virtually the exact same animal as their counterpart with slight differences
Prefer additions of new species not subspecies of a species we already have
Unless the subspecies is distinctly different enough in every way to warrent being added
Such as the dingo
Watusi cattle are one id like honestly
Despite being a subspecies of Bos taurus they are distinctly unique enough
amur is a lot different
2 different continents entirely
Other than thicker fur and preference for cold climate
Thats literally my arguement against it
amur is smaller
by alot
Grizzly bear and himalayan brown bear are the same animal just a different continent
Sure theres slight differences like size and colour
30 lbs less than the african leapord
But its virtually the same
Only difference between african and amur leopards
differences*
Africans are larger with a shorter coat and prefer warmer climates
Amurs are smaller with thicker coats
Its literally the same as the brown bears
The only difference is size and coat
They're still likely to come in the same colour variations
Use the same animations
And use the same enrichment toys
They can incorparate a new mechanic for the african being they climb into a tree to eat their food
Pretty much how the timber wolves come in shades of greys but the arctic wolf is the same exact thing but white
Plus personally i think we have enough big cats as is
never enough big cats for me
Like we got 13 cats
That is literally enough
not for me
I ak just not a fun of adding subspecies
6 pigs is too much but 13 cats isnt enough?
Double standards much
Or do cats get pretty privilege
not enough
I want more pigs too
I want the giant river hog
Giant forest hog
They arent likely
forgot the name of it
Not a single zoo to my knowledge keeps them
they were kept in a zoo for 2 years I think but didnt do as well
Likeliest reason i can think of is that they weren't discovered when people were capturing animals on explorations for zoos
And that todays public dont like the idea of taking an animal from the wild just to put it in a zoo
Also from how hard it is to transport an untamed animal of that size and strength
In relation to the watusi what so you think about its indian cousin
Zebu
no but it has happened they just didnt do well when they had them
Some of planet zoos animal choices are weird to me
Goliath frog and spectacled flying foxes are 2 animals i dont think zoos have today
I want banteng and wild ox
we have goliath frog dont we?
Wild water buffalo exist in one singular zoo in nepal, water buffalo elsewhere are the domestic water buffalo
The animal you just shown is a yak
Mhm
I meant to say yak I had ox in my head
I know for a fact thats the wild ox
To my knowledge attempts have been made several times to keep them
Goliath frogs just dont breed in captivity
Hard to simulates the conditions required
Not sure about spectacled flying foxes
But flying foxes of varying species have been kept in captivity
Including the Rodrigues flting fox
They dont appear to fair very well at all in zoos
The page states they live up to 15 years in the wild
But only 5 years in zoos
I wanna see african bullfrog
Obese pickle
On the topic of large amphibians
Cane toad
Native to the neotropics (south and central america)
But an invasive nightmare in australia and florida
Chinese firebelly newt would also be fun
Honestly i dont think exhibits get enough appreciation
Sure they are a little boring compared to the habitats
But reptile and bug houses are iconic staples of any zoo
The fact we haven't gotten central bearded dragons yet either confused me
Argentine black and white tegu
One of my favourite lizards
We got alot of snakes already but how can you blame me
Burmese pythons are iconic
They are a staple in reptile houses
Next to their cousin
The ball python
You can actually differentiate the species by their pattern
Pancake tortoise
If you are a fan of the shell bois like i am
Been debating grevy's zebra for a while
Part of me thinks its too similar to its cousin
The plains zebra
But then its got distinct features such as its closer but thinner striping and its large round mouse like ears
I think its a little different enough
Given that the plains zebra has thicker more spaced out stripes
boring
Also grevy's zebrs are endangered
Worth noting
Other option for a new equine mammal would be onager
Asiatic wildass
Also kinda hypocritical when you suggested a subspecies of an animal we already had
Mine may have been a little too similar to the plains zebra
But atleast its a different species
no mine are better
As mentioned im not entirely a fan of subspecies
Like other than continent there wouldnt be much difference between west african and asiatic lions
While yes amur leopards and african leopards prefer different climates
It would result in the same issue i have with the bengal and siberian tigers
Put next to eachother they aren't easily destinguishable to the untrained eye
Tbf yeah i did mention with grevy's zebras theres practically no difference
Do you want leopard or leopard but fuzzy
If it werent for the snow you woulr barely tell
The same issue would apply to the leopards
Weirdly enough i think the zebras ear shape and stripe pattern is enough of a passable difference
But not enough for it to be an animal i absolutely want in game
Just a fun little idea for someone who wants more equid options
We spoiled for choice on felids rn
I want small cats
This is supposedly both tigers fighting and i still cant tell you which is which
While i agree we have few small felines as i mentioned before 13 cats is alot
Avoiding suggesting mountain zebras
Only notable difference between them and plains zebra is the mountain zebra neck flap
Right one is fatter
Ah yes size
The only notable difference
The same notable difference between the himalayan brown bear and grizzly
Gonna be honest, overall hoof stock isn’t nearly as appealing as cats so that’s why there’s more cats than zebra
Eh we could honestly use more primates
Avoiding eastern lowland gorilla and sumatran orangutans
Not enough notable differences there
How come we haven't gotten langurs or any kind?
Like francois langur
Or east javan langur
Overall prefer a seperate species than subspecies because subspecies are the same species but slight difference to adapt to their location
So like arctic wolves being timber wolves but white to adapt to cold environments
Or siberian tiger just being a big fluffy tiger to cope with cold
Infact last time i checked its not even considered a subspecies
Its an ecotype
Its adapted to a lifestyle
But isnt genetically destinct to warrent the subspecies classification
Infact kinda surprised we didnt get shetland ponies are part of the barnyard pack
Theyre iconic little guys in petting zoos
I suggested some primates earlier if you’d like to take a look
Yeah baboons
Pretty good choices
The unique looking hamadryas
And the iconic olive
And the barbary macaque
May be a little similar to the japanese macaque in some ways but its species status and golden colouration are enough of a difference in my book
We desperately need more baboons
We just need baboons
Well we don’t have them technically
Mandrills are not baboons
I was gonna say that
Similar in looks but separate family completely
Tbf only good modding is for in my opinion is when you want a specific subspecies of an animal we already got
So you can just slap on an asiatic lion skin over the west african
Or something
Once planet zoo stops support I can see modders working their way in a lot more
Modding actually works really well if the animal your modding in is a subspecies
Or part of the same genus
You could mod just about any macaque species of the japanese macaque with ease
But that doesnt mean i still wouldn't prefer to see celebes crested macaque or crab eating macaque actually official to the game
Its weird some differences are different enough in species for me
But some just aren't
Despite size, coloration and tusk shape
African forest elephants are too similar to african savannah elephants to me
Would like to see panther chameleon and Veiled chameleon
Parson's chameleon too
This isnt wishing for a new animal
More for new pelt variants on a pre-existing mammal
Black fur dingo
Brindle dingo
Pied dingo
Still think the dingo was done dirty to only have 3 morphs
And all just sandy colours
Actually king morph for the blue wildebeest would be cool too
Crocodile monitors are silly
Round thicker snout than the current 3 species
Rock monitors too with their shorter but wide snout
Savannah monitors snouts are even shorter but smaller than the rock monitors
hyrax!
Rock hyrax specifically
One of the only 3 species of hyrax i know are kept in captivity
Fly river turtles and leather back sea turtles. Could be a cool way for a better seas pack, you could also add like swordfish.
Gonn stop you right there
While the fly river turtle is a fun idea
The swordfish is an awful idea
Not a single swordfish is kept in captivity at all
The size, speed and general dangerous shape of any billfish makes them hard to keep
There was supposedly some kept in a fukushima aquarium way back in the early 2000s
But they likely died very quickly
Also to my knowledge not a single leatherback turtle exists in captivity either
Sea turtles aren't very common at all
Kemp's ridley seems to be the most common sea turtle in zoos and aquariums
Most captive sea turtles are rescues and mostly temporary
With the few exceptions of those too badly hurt to ever return to the wild
Oh yeha true, the swordfish idea was jsut a random thought while writing
Diamondback terrapin should have had an albino
Gemsbok should have had a golden variant
As well as this morph called painted
Which is kinda similar to the king/queen springbok
And saddleback
Just wish more animals had other variants outside of the simplistic albino or leucistic
While i think there are too many of certain animal groups
There are still a few of said groups I'd still like to see in the game
Visayan warty pig is a critically endangered species my local zoo breeds
Its a fine little animal that woule give up some Philippines representation
While i think we have far too many cats
Theres atleast 3 i wanna see atleast one of
Serval, ocelot or fishing cat
We have alot of canids already
But if we were to get alteast one more id like it to be between bush dog, common raccoon dog, bat eared fox or black backed jackal
We already got 3 rhinos so one more couldnt hurt, sumatran rhino is a fun option
Distinctly unique for its forest preferences and its thin layer of fuzzy hair on its body (a feature absent in most rhino species)
Yes we already have 3 big ground birds already
But an iconic species in my local zoo and a south american inhabitant
Darwin's rhea
We only have 2 pinnipeds in the game
So i wouldnt be mad if we got walrus
Spectacled bear and american black bear are the only bear species we are missing
Honestly grizzly and himalayan brown bear should have been just brown bear
They are both subspecies of Ursus arctos aka the brown bear
So they should have been just that
A wasted slot that could have gone to spectacled bear or american black bear
Aardwolves are the worlds smallest hyena species
And they feed on mostly termites
Hence the name
this is better
I also want all the baboons
all of them
Worlds largest caprid
I'm not joking
Muskox are closer to goats than cows
Yeah I'd say no more swine species except for this which gets a pass in my opinion
Tbf peccary don't count as swine
They are close relatives
But are not infact swine
okay
yeah
I see the resemblence
Gonna stop you right there albinos have worse lives than their normal morph countrparts so no turtle for you ☝️ 🤓
TRUE
Usually I don't like albinos for some animals because of the uniqueness and pure white but the terrapin actually has detailed that could help in the albino
Tbh i think only uniqueness is shell being not full white because it's bone
Still cool critter morph tho
Gonna keep doing this anytime you make that kind of reply
Literally one of worst opinions are from you frfr
Tanooki be friendly: impossible challenge
i dont like hipocrite
Every time I check this server you're just being an ass, like for real
real
Why don't you want anyone to like you?
Genuine question
Or do you just really like arguing so much that you can't help it?
i dont need to be liked like just it
rin always bring up stuff like my opinion good your bad
but its literally second version of that
How come you're so active in chat if you don't care about the interactions youre having?
being liked and talking is different
Well, generally people Interact with people who they have positive rapport with
So it's confusing to me that you're in here so often to be negative to others
That's not something I commonly see, to be honest
My observations of rin seem to be more that they're just a person who REALLY likes animals, and learning about animals, and sharing the information they've learned.
Says the obnoxious asshat
This is true but it can lead to me being being annoying to some people
you are the know it all about animals in server about animals and conservation of them
You're the one that obnoxiously replied to people with snarky toxic replies
Yeah, I understand that info dumping could get on some peoples nerves. But the distinction for me is that your intention isn't to argue, mostly just to educate. Tanooki seems to be intentionally grating to basically everyone, and I can't figure out why
Do you enjoy negative attention or something, tanooki?
i was copying you
Personally I find negative feedback to be extremely discouraging but not everyone feels that way
I think he feeds on negative emotions
It's possible, but I don't want to jump to conclusions without giving him a chance to speak honestly about it
Infact are they a he?
We could have been misgendering them
If so i am sorry
I have no idea, pls correct if he/him are not your chosen pronouns, tanooki.
Typically i just say they/them until proved otherwise
Their profile has among us for the pronouns so I'm guessing they probably don't care but 🤷♀️
You know how current age Internet is
Honestly a snake i wanna see in the game
Indonesian pit viper
Pretty colours
A species that naturally comes in three different colours in the wild
I believe the blue is more common on komodo
That's crazy! Do you have any idea why?
Not sure actually
My guess is something to do with climate
The colour seems to he a population thing
So a population on one island may be yellow
While the others would be green or blue
I'd love to see japanese common toads too
Its a bit simplistic in appearance
Its brown skin and black markings
But sometimes the simple look can be the nicest appearance
Kookaburra are quite pretty birds despite being brown
That makes sense, like Darwin's finches
I used to have a pet toad
Looked kinda like this
He was extremely stupid, I loved him so much lol
Tiger salamanders are fun too
Would try to eat shadows and my fingers
Sounds like my tortoise
He's a Hermann's tortoise but i jamed him Darwin
After Charles Darwin
Toad vision is exactly like the stereotype for T-Rex vision, where they only notice things that are moving
So funny
Bearded dragons are the same way actually
Probably saves brain power to only process what's moving
And they're omnivores so its difficult to get thek to eat vegetables
When all they pay attention to is movement
Lol yeah I can imagine
Feeding them a salad must be so annoying
Infact toads and bearded dragons are quite similar in defences
Inflate themselves with air to make themselves look big
One of my teachers in highschool had a bearded dragon, and the one time I brought it out to hang out on my desk, it shit EVERYWHERE in the middle of a lesson
Im still surprised we didnt get central bearded dragons in the game at all
Frilled lizards too actually
Why couldnt we get this with the australia or oceania packs
Both frilled lizards and central bearded dragons are part of the agama family of lizards
Honestly we havent gotten enough exhibit lizards at all
We have a grand total of 4 ingame
And 2 of them are iguanas
I'd love to see bearded dragons, getting geckos would also be cool
Tokay geckos and leopard geckos
new caledonian giant gecko
Leachies!! Yea those guys are so cool
It's on my list of critters to get
madagascar giant day gecko
Getting a legless lizard would be cool
Such a majestic lizard
Asian glass lizard would be stellar
honestly i dont think we have enough european exhibit species
we have like 6 and 2 of those are walkthough
so i wanna see sheltopusik aka european glass lizard
nose horned viper could be fun too
Which is wild considering how much biodiversity there is across europe. The European green lizard would be cool
some european amphibians and reptiles are weirdly common in zoos and pet trade
we need european tree frogs
also european pond turtle
Red eyed crocodile skink
Another australian species
Uroplatus phantasticus
Southern pudu
Honestly gonna agree with the southern pudu
This is a species i desperately want
Its a species my local zoo breeds
It would be our official 5th species of deer
Its a tiny ungulate so would be a more unique addition to the hoof stock
And its a south american species
We dont have many south american ungulates outside of baird's tapir, collared peccary, llama and alpaca
And 2 of those are domesticated
I wish that there were more ocean animals! Like whales, sharks, stings rays! Also coral decorations - and fish (food) that actually swim around so my display windows have more life to it than the occasional penguin.
real
Repeated many times why whales don't work
Captive orca situations are awful
It ain’t real bro 😂
Game is still realistically based on animal wellfare
Welfare is a key part of the game
Whales would never have good enough welfare
polar bears, elephants, apes, etc: 💀
They brought in actual zookeepers and zoologists to help make them game
With proper facilities and conditions those animals can have decent welfare
orcas too then duh
Cetaceans never fair well at all
Beluga are the closest to having normal lives
you are literally biased fr
However their Lifespan is drastically shortened
Find me a case where a pod of orcas managed to live longer than 50 years without committing self harm or ending their own life
In captivity
find me really happy intelligent animals that arent mentally disabled
any way i think for really marine animals like orcas there should be new coastal or island biome where you can watch over them in bay
If people are annoyed with how much space the polar bears require they'd definitely despise the amount of space the orcas would need
game vs irl
womp womp
Again I repeat
They had actually zookeepers and zoologist work on this game
It's almost entirely based on realism
Welfare, stress, habitat, diet, enrichment, social groups and required space
Compatible species
The "its just a game" logic doesn't entirely work
where are animal attributes like "obidient" or "intelligent" like in jwe2 then?
also animals instantly accepting each other if they are under grouped
You know what
I've had it with you asshole
Stfu
skill issue fr
Also key difference is jwe2 is a improved sequal to an older game
Obnoxious twat issue
Pz will likely add improvements such as personalities, introduction and other features in a possible sequal
Anyway blocked tanooki's ass and will forever ignore is obnoxious negative ass from here on out he has done nothing but make me hate humanity
Will likely take a break from here for my mental health's sake
Sure hope we get the takin, sloth bear and alpaca
Try being respectful to people that might get you on their good side, otherwise it’s hypocritical
bro u scrolled up that far to reply to a message
Im respectful as i can possibly be to people i barely know
Tanooki is just a dick to me exclusively
I say being a dick is only allowed for certain people for specific reasons like they being a dick. Hope u do well and ya blocking them I would do that to
Yeah what made this worse is it hasn't been a good weeek for me
He made it worse
Sry to hear that hope u do well
It comes up with the first message when you open the forum for the first time
All I saw was u replied to a message from last year and I wondered y
Okie dokie
Tanooki is just a jerk tbh. He's a dick to nearly everyone, especially if you talk to him for more than a couple messages
The only person I've seen him be polite to is leaf lol. Go figure
I've had a couple genuine attempts at asking tanooki what his deal is, and both times he's stopped responding when he stopped having an argument to respond to
I could speculate on what's going on there. But it wouldn't be helpful to anyone.
He only acts nice to the youtuber
Go figure
my favourite youtuber
Z@€K(RW,GK)_500+ovrall
its quite crazy the species we have in game that arent common in zoos at all
i think they meant out to bring endangered / rare species first
thats cool idea but kinda eh
thats how i found out black wildebeest was actually on edge of extinction but got back up
Some species are rare to find in real world zoos due to a few reasons
One reason is they dont fair well at all and its hard to get thek to breed
The other reason being some animals are restricted to a handful of zoos due to animal transportation laws
ik but some of them arent even in zoos apparently
I think it'd be neat to get more species that are near extinction in the wild but have okay populations in zoos.
Bring more awareness about preservation breeding programs in zoos
Platypus only recently made it to zoos outside of australia
Thats most the endangered species we got
Tigers especially
ye thats sad ngl
yeahh ik
okay but I want more
Like tigers have a population of somewhere around 3000 in the wild total
And a rather high captive population
5,600 according to WWF
Oh they improved?
i thought there was no captive populations of titan beetles
Thats great to hear
Same with goliath frogs actually
There's been more effort into preserving what little habitat is left and boosting wild populations
Wild water buffalo are only held in one singular zoo in nepal
yeah
Any other water buffalo in a zoo is the domestic water buffalo
Why do you think ive heen suggesting sumatran rhinos for so long
its quite hard to keep titan beetles in captivity, especially because they spend a long time in their larval stage and not much time as adults, living for a short period of time
pretty impossible
Theres only a small estimate of 34 to 47 sumatran rhinos still living in the wild
and also because titan beetles are longhorn beetles it likely feeds on tree roots
i would
really like to see them in game
I love them actually
Theyre a small forest rhino with short fuzzy hair on their skin
Most rhinos are mostly hairless with a few hairs on their tails
i know we have a lot of rhinos but they are an exceptio
exception
I wouldnt day 3 rhinos is alot
Certainly less than the 13 cats we have
that is true, however there is a lot more variety in cats
We need more unique animals like the sumatran rhino
I'd love to see a species of small deer and/or fanged deer (some fanged are smol)
Atleast 5 of those cats are from the Panthera genus
by the way if i come off as like too direct or argumentative i apologise i have like a bunch of mh related things just lmk
yes
Give me pudu
yess i said pudu the other day also
i would love it
Muntjac are a fun choice
They are small deer
With both antlers and fangs
with their weird scent glands on their face
I'd say Reeves's muntjac specifically
It appears to be one of the more common species of muntjac in captivity
And is the species that was introduced to my home country as an invasive species
Would also love the water deer
Because its cool
And asia needs more ungulate rep
For north american deer representation
Id either go with
White tailed deer
Or
Elk
The elk may come off a little too similar to the red deer in some ways
u know what they say to do wear a face
Love white tailed deer. They're super common here
But its got the unique call for it
Everyone recognises elk for that famous screaming call
could do with an agouti
YAS
Red Rumped Agouti
Lowland paca
omg look at its little face
Patagonian mara
Maras ❤️
@Rin Raiden how many accounts do u have casue i see u with 2 different photos
There's a kangaroo farm that also has Mara's in BC
So I've been able to pet maras and omg
goodfellow's tee kangaroo
they are delightful
Nitro allows you to use different pfps in servers
Yes my favourite
The number one animal i want in game
i thought it was a different account with like a single difference and it hurt my head so muchon how
Long tailed chinchilla could be fun too
kirk's dik-dik
Love those goofy tiny antelope
Yes im the one psycho that knows the difference between antelope and deer
I know most people are sick of ungulates but i still think theres some more unique looking ones we could still have
how about the philippine spotted deer? also gives the philippines some rep as rin raiden likes
oops
Greater kudu
I mean just look at those horns
so cute
wow
i call deer in the forest antelopes i just think of africa
Visayan spotted deer are some cute philippines animals
Which is funny since plenty of antelope live in forests too
Including bongo
ya i just think of the savahna when i think of that tho
in zoos the those are the most common area they are from
Common eland is an animal ive seen plenty of people request
Some zoos i visited have african rainforest section next to savannah sections
They normally have things like chimps, gorillas, red river hogs, okapi and bongo
ya my area thats where the apes and elephants are
ya my zoos arnt that speacile they are more simple
Same here
Infact some zoos hahe entire sections dedicated to just primates
Belfast zoos primate walk for example
Weirdly enough they keep the tree kangaroos in this section lately
ya most zoos where i live have a house, one even had a high rope the oragotan would climb across time to time but they closed that never knew y but they did and years later added a new animal where the rope went
Dublin has that
philippine water monitor
tamaraw
Fun to scroll thru this channel and just see all the cool animals
The only animals ingame that arent in zoos irl are small exhibit animals
Exhibits are the only ones i let slide with the not in irl zoos thing because small animals need more attention and representation
Olm would be a fun exhibit species
They could add a new background type for it
Cavern background
It looks like an axolotl went wrong
its an actual cave dweller
unlike the axolotl
@Rin Raiden bit of a random one but I'm trying to convert this building in my zoo into a Philippine species specific place but I can only think of the Saltwater Crocodile and Binturong to go there, are there any more?
(ps. frontier give us more 🙏)
oh wait asian short clawed otters according to the wiki, but I'm looking for something preferably bigger
Wild boar
I mean i said there was a serious lack of philippines representation in game
yeah
i know
We have about 4 philippines natives in the game
But no endemic species (species only found in a specific location)
Our lack of asian exhibit species is kinda sad
Id like to see some more types of lizards
Chinese water dragon, veiled chameleon, tokay gecko and emerald tree skink
I want more creepy crawlies
There are SO MANY that are kept in captivity that would be super cool
Heres a list of funky little critters i wanna see in game either in the next dlc or perhaps a sequal
Asian palm civet
Kinkajou
South american coati
Ringtail
Sea otter
Black-footed ferret
European mink (its critically endangered and i just think europe needs more rep)
Egyptian mongoose
Common genet
Virginia opossum
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
Southern tamandua
Tree pangolin
walrus
elephant seal to i gusss
This is true
We need more pinnipeds
We only have two ingame rn
more underwater stuff
a dlc with coral maybe
ibis
Fully aquatic is not likely for the game rn unfortunately
Unless exhibit
Such as the axolotl
not liek that
like mainly aquatic
If coral gets added as a plant im gonna be pissed
The reason id be pissed is because coral is actually an animal
like maybe underwater tunnels or tunnels
that lead to another exbit
Although tbf we had a mushroom as a plant and fungi are not plants either
we will prob
But yeah id like to see mofe semi-aquatic and water reliant animals
i went to a zoo and they had a underwater tunnel for the freshwater croc
Such as water deer and bush dogs
Or even fishing cats
i just want the last dlc to have fish
I dont think fish or flying birds will be likely at all
Unfortunately
maybe in planet zoo 2 if we ever get one
Given the popularity of planet zoo
And the fact planet coaster of all things got a sequal
A planet zoo 2 is very much likely to happen eventually
i just want a ecosytem mode
But with barnyard pack only existing for a short bit and console only being recently out and unfinished a planet zoo 2 probably wont happen for a long while
where you can either ai genrate maps download them off the workshop or make them
or in sandbox mode you can place them down like in zoo tycoon 2
anyway ima get some mods
Was gonna use roseate spoonbill as an example of what bird id like to see but now im just laughing at this image
Look at how ugly the babies are
They look like rejected muppets
id love to see any spoon bill in planet zoo
I will only say that with a gif
Would be neat but i think micro animals are too small
Takin would be cool. They are in the San Diego zoo so it’s very possible
We already have them
In the eurasia pack
Mountain goat and markhor could be fun caprids
Didn’t realize we had them
I never got Eurasia
Pretty sure it was one of the most heavily advertised for the pack
Along with wolverine and wisent
I have all the dlcs exept for the arid, barnyard and eurasia
🔬
I want wolfs guenon
Congo peafowl
Common patas monkey
The fact we only got 4 monkeys astonishes me
I dont count lemurs or apes
They may be primates but they aint monkeys
Counting the gibbons we got 6 apes
Vervet monkeys could be fun
Iconic african monkey
I believe we really are in need of more sea/river/Aquatic animals like Eletric Rays or Electrophorus electricus
Electrophorus electricus is the fish there
these Clumsy little guys too
unfortunately fully aquatic animals are not at all ever likely for the current game
😦
why
multitude of reasons
If they ever do a planet zoo 2 I want em all sea boys
for one its how habitats are
aquatic animals and flying birds are very likely for a sequal
infact they are better suited for a sequal than the current game
well jw2 did it, though im pretty sure it wasn't that good
is there a sequel coming/confirmed?
not outright confirmed
but given the first games popularity
im worried now
and the upcoming planet coaster 2
like
do I buy it or wait it?
a planet zoo 2 is very much likely to happen
eventually
and what about the people that spended like 200 dollars on every DLcs?
thats why a sequal hasnt been announce and isnt planned yet
because console edition only just came out
?
and pc has atleast one more confirmed dlc
do I get it?]
and whats that dlc?
we dont know
what it is or when it comes
all we know is its in production
its mostly speculation rn on what we might get
what are the main theories?
so alot of people seem to think we might get a bird themed dlc
i dont think thats likely
birbs
why bird tho?
didnt u say about birds not being able to fly?
or birds for sequel?
some people have been saying we might get a latin america themed dlc
dont we already have a south america one?
yeah but theres plenty of south and central american animals people still want and that we are missing
like what ones?
such as howler monkeys, ocelots and opossum
howler monkeys?
oh]
they go by the name of Nail monkey from where im from
I know them
one of the more notable animals id like to see from that possibility is the andean bear
one of only 2 bear species we are missing from the game
I want this snake then, its from the specific isle of Queimada Grande in Brazil, its a rare snake, btw we have poisonous snakes in the game? we have animal attacks?
i think you mean venomous
but yeah we have a few
yea
I mix up
after all, english aint my native language
so i mix up sometimes
such as puff adder, common death adder, eastern brown snake, western diamondback rattlesnake and desert horned viper
btw the antidote of that snake is rarely produced so, well dunno if it may be a good idea since its deadly and almost no antidote exists
Basically most the games snakes are venomous
Only 2 non venomous species in the whole game, boa constrictor and yellow anaconda
Corn snake and burmese python would be fun non venomous snakes
olive baboon
I repeat sumatran rhino
does these snakes bite kill? like the venom kills it?
Not all venom can kill that easily
Some are more lethal than others
But yeah most the snakes we got in game are lethal
there are antidotes right?
now that I think the golden lancehead that i suggested may be a bad idea cuz antivenom is barely produced and its really lethal
Alot of these snakes have anti venom i think
Especially the diamondback rattlesnake
White nosed coati
Tayra
Red junglefowl (wild ancestor of the domestic chicken)
Crested partridge
Mangshan pitviper
please
i've seen two, amazing creatures
Don't know how visible the bbs would be in game but I would love to have the rusty spotted cat
I think these would be cool if there was an exhibit but bigger because they are pretty small
Those are great
btw I want em too
Idk if anyone recommends this but aqautic life like dolphins and sharks would be really cool
I've recommended them but they said it was too unprobable to happen
Loris Would be very cool and I haven't seen anyone request them.
Well
Yall who requested african leopard
Yall one
Now we got another damn subspecies
People recommend them alot
And repeatedly need to be told why its not likely
Oh
I would appreciate farm subspecies, like a 1.20 meters talll chicken
like this
The farm species technically count as subspecies
What you suggest was just a breed
Domestic chickens are subspecies of red junglefowl
Domestic pigs are subspecies of wild boar
Domestic donkey is a subspecies of african wildass
still, 1.20 meters chicken would be cool
would still function entirely the same as the sussex
I’d argue Tegus are big enough for normal enclosures:
So are iguana
But look at them
Tegu are about the same size as green iguana
Even though I'd love a habitat tegu
Time for a change then🤷♂️
Tegus are cool
I support it
btw missed such and opportunity to put tegus in the south america pack, I bet they are like the most famous south american reptile other than alligators and maybe iguanas
id argue green anaconda are more famous than them
Forgot em but still, a staple of the lizards in south america
its kinda hard to find an animal i havent already mentioned now
pancake tortoise i guess
geoldi's monkey
rodrigues flying fox
common vampire bat
white stork
sandhill crane
That is naturally occuring?
yes
its a species
a critically endangered species
Malacochersus tornieri
I really like turtles
argentine horned frog
Pacman Frog!
Given that we know the next PC DLC is gonna be a highlands pack
Heres some animals i hope we get in it
Yak
Alpine marmot
Guanaco
Spectacled bear
Alpine chamois
Vicuña
Long tailed chinchilla
vicuna is literally alpaka fr
no joke
at least guanaco got white underside for it
but other than revealed one im hoping for monal
himalayan one
females are kinda cool too
i mean it is the ancestor of alpaca
ye
just very subtle colour change
i think the key difference is the shorter coat and coming exclusively in these sandy colours
its alpaca but releasable
i mean the lemurs all use the same model and animations
tree kangaroo
black swan
Golden pheasants
Even though the game is basically done
We can still use this for what we wanna see is possible future anniversary updates and a sequal
So fill this place with unique and or fairly common zoo animals we still haven't got
we dont know they might do 1 or 2 more after this pack
Zookeeper pack honestly suggests its the last pack
Jurassic world evolution 2s last pack was the park managers pack
i gues sbut jwe 1 didnt have that kind so im still wondering if its not the end
Shetlandspony😍😍
Really surprised we didn't get this in the barnyard pack
Flemish giant rabbit
Muscovy duck
Some primates i hope we get in planet zoo 2 or anniversary updates
Colombian red howler
Aye aye
Pygmy slow loris
Golden lion tamarin
White faced saki
Gelada
Crowned lemur
Black headed spider monkey
Common marmoset
Black capped squirrel monkey
Vervet monkey
Celebes crested macaque
Tufted capuchin
Some cats I'd like to see
European wildcat
Serval
Ocelot
Fishing cat
Asian golden cat
And honestly idc about species being too similar anymore
So bobcat
Yes its a little similar to eurasian lynx
But its north american
And like taiga, temperate, grassland and desert biomes
Grey crowned crane
Alpine chamois
White stork
Golden eagle
Eurasian otter
Bearded vulture
California condor
West indian manatee
Honestly in a possible sequal they could easily replace some of the subspecies we have
So we could have stuff like
Asiatic lion
Iberian wolf
Eurasian brown bear
Cause honestly some of the animals we currently have are honestly interchangeable
You could easily replace the plains zebra with another species of zebra
Or even just a subspecies of plains zebra
You could easily replace the reticulated giraffe with any other giraffe species and or subspecies
Id say wolves, lions, tigers and brown bears are pretty interchangeable with their subspecies and ecotypes
Coyote
WhiteTailed Deer
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Jaguarundi
American Black Bear
Roosevelt Elk
Howler Monkey
Scarlet Macaw
All For a potential Americas Pack
Likely the zookeepers pack is the last pack for planet zoo 1
But
There is high hopes for a planet zoo 2
The first game did too well for them to not make a sequal
i dont think it is
It most definitely is
Park managers pack is the last pack for jwe2
A game also released by frontier
They haven't announced anything rn so stop getting people worried
why would someone be worried about a game
it isnt that srs
Im not even worried about this being the last dlc
I think its quite a solid pack
Planet Coaster ended without any announcements, tho.
games dont need to announce when they are over
I don't think that's true lol
I don't even play plan co but I think it's generally considered to be the best modern game in it's genre
Tell that to its sequal
Clearly it was popular enough to warrant a second game
In the event a possible planet zoo 2 adds more birds
These are the birds i think are some of the likeliest to be added
Bald eagle
Scarlet macaw
Secretarybird
Toco toucan
Laughing kookaburra
Blue and gold macaw
Peregrine falcon
Snowy owl
Grey crowned crane
Southern ground hornbill
Helmeted guineafowl
Darwin's rhea
Some other random birds id like to see
Western barn owl
Green cheeked conure
Inca tern
Northern rockhopper penguin
Galah
Keel billed toucan
Victoria crowned pigeon
Common raven
I want a gullery
i want a weasel
Blue poison dart frog
Ah yes the least weasel
Yes i knew the specific species from a photo alone
Sue me
Sun conure
Sulphur crested cockatoo
Von der Decken's hornbill
White crested turaco
Great grey owl
Nicobar pigeon
Palm cockatoo
Military macaw
Pied imperial pigeon
Tawny frogmouth
Hyacinth macaw
Basically putting alot of birds in here because i feel like planet zoo 2 would add alot of birds
Guam kingfisher
Hawaiian crow
Spix's macaw
Guam rail
Scarlet ibis
Lappet faced vulture
Common emerald dove
Domestic guinea pig
Domestic rabbit
White nosed coati
Pretty ugly birds but i like marabou storks
mbu pufferfish would be a neat freshwater fish addition to the game
silver arowana
pirarucu
xingu river stingray
oscar cichlid
clown featherback
redtail catfish
electrophorus electricus electric eel
We prop, or most likely not get them in planet zoo 1
Most my animal suggestions now are for planet zoo 2
Since planet zoo 1 is more than likely finished
White tailed deer
Chital
Sika deer
Southern pudu
Palm nut vulture
I actually like these guys for being really unique
One of the few vultures with nearly fully feathered heads
And to my knowledge
The only "bird of prey" that mainly eats fruit
African pygmy falcon
I try to limit my predatory bird suggestion since raptors seem to be the most generic pick for birds to add to planet zoo
I see alot of people's most wanted birds list
And its almost entirely stuff like eagles, owls and falcons
False Gharial
Crocodilians are epic
Chinese alligator
The small critically endangered cousin of the american alligator
Cool if you wanna build Asian habitats for Alligators.
I also like it because it gives yangtze river some representation
Chinese giant salamander
Critically endangered and world's largest amphibian
Nicobar pigeon
Luzon bleeding heart
Socorro dove
Barbary dove (this is a domesticated species related to collared doves)
Diamond dove
Domestic rock dove
European fire bellied toad
Emerald tree boa
Black footed ferret
Yellow mongoose
Common dwarf mongoose
Banded mongoose
Madagascar ground boa
Glossy ibis
Black crowned night heron
West indian manatee
Chilean flamingo
Chinese water dragon
American badger
Tree pangolin
Frilled lizard
u mean clown knifefish
Goes by two names
Animals can have more than one name
Cougar, puma and mountain lion are all just different names for the same species
Plus the fact clown "knifefish" are closer related to arowana than actual knifefish
Butterfly peacock bass
Congo peafowl
Four toed hedgehog
Leopard tortoise
African civet
Common genet
African bullfrog
I dont really like spiders at all
But
I think we could have more tarantulas
Same here, some fish in exhibits would be nice too.
Ive been suggesting quite a fair bit of fish
Mostly stuff i know as common household aquarium fish
But they are quite common in freshwater exhibits in public aquariums
And often in zoos too
Disappointed there were none in the aquatic pack
I feel like fish as of now are best suited for a sequal
Same with proper flying birds
5 of the birds we got ingame are capable of flight irl but dont ingame
Yes chickens and peafowl technically fly
Its not very far or high
But its powered flight by technicality
Gliding would be a slow fall towards the ground
Chickens and peafowl can actually propell themselves forward and upward by flapping their wings
That counts as flight
Red legged seriema
Boomslang
Blue monkey
Golden snub nosed monkey
I’m aware, my chickens get over there meter high fence all the time, so we mostly just accept it now and let them have the whole backyard if they want.
Lion tailed macaque
Coppery titi
The coppery titi seems to be a very common primate in UK zoos
Black capped squirrel monkey
African forest buffalo
One of the few subspecies i think looks distinct enough to warrant being added
Blue spotted tree monitor
Desert tortoise
Geoldi's marmoset
Linnaeus's two toed sloth
Madagascar tree boa
White's tree frog
Spider tortoise
Spotted necked otter
I know its a joke but no
Id rather not have a chow chow painted black and white
Golden lion tamarin
Cotton top tamarin
Emperor tamarin
White headed marmoset
Pied tamarin
Red bellied lemur
Rodrigues flying fox
King colobus
Sugar glider
Patagonian mara
At this point i may be repeating animals ive said before
White tailed eagle
Asian golden cat
White nosed coati
Harbor seal
Common raccoon dog
Russian tortoise
Turtle looks very moist
Russian tortoises just have very dark skin
For some reason darker skin on tortoise looks wet
Tbf in species like Hermann's tortoise their skin does darken when they get wet
I mean like irl wild ones are a lot lighter in colour
I mean understandable
Its in desert, a lot of sand
Like this one i found on a road once, very light compared to captive ones
That one looks like it might have been suffering from a bit of shell rot
Or had received shell injuries
There's atleast 3 holes on its carapace
Duh, it's a wild animal
Wasnt born yesterday
Maybe some animal tried to eat it
Likely a dog
Prob
Hercules beetle
King vulture
Père David's deer
i would just love more birds in game
Planet zoo 1 wont have flying birds
Just saying that now
Most my bird wishes are for a sequal
Which is more than likely
Given planet coaster got a sequal
Planet zoos popularity
And the amount of improvement planet zoo could use
Several of our current birds can fly irl but dont ingame
Greater flamingo, red crowned crane, mute swan, indian peafowl and sussex chicken
Grey crowned crane and southern ground hornbill are some of the birds i see likeliest to be added
Secretarybird is the animal most of the player base want in the game
Helmeted guineafowl, golden pheasant and red junglefowl are some birds I'd like
White faced whistling duck, muscovy duck and mandarin duck
The bird I really want is a rhea
I have no idea if I spelled that right
You did
Id specifically like darwin's rhea though
swan goose
lady amherst's pheasant
superb starling
abyssinian ground hornbill
ocellated turkey
black crowned crane
i tend to do alternate options to choices ive already done
im fine with getting either
great white pelican
harpy eagle
grey parrot
i think if we are to get parrots in future
we must have a grey parrot
highly intelligent and interesting birds
also endangered
red tailed black cockatoo
Gentoo penguin
I know most people are sick of penguins
But i want this
My local zoo breeds them and they are extremely common in zoos world wide
The fact planet zoo is yet to have them astonishes me
Crimson bellied parakeet
Common myna
Cape barren goose
Red billed blue magpie
Javan green magpie
African olive pigeon
Its likely in the event we do get birds
Well
We already have birds
But i mean flying birds
Most of them are likely gonna be parrots from south america/central america and oceania
I see plenty of zoos having macaws, cockatoos, amazons and conures
Eels would be cool as like a tiny exhibit at the entrance
any idea how big eels can get?
There are some smaller species
Garden eels mostly
Red-breasted parakeet also known as moustache parakeet
Madagascar ibis
When i give bird suggestions i like giving a wide variety of groups from different locations
Japanese quail
I know most people when it comes to adding birds want "bright and colourful" or predatory birds
But i like quails and they are sometimes in zoos
Andean goose
Hamerkop
Budgerigar
Australian zebra finch
Cockatiel
Would you rather bird exhibits or fish exhibits in pz2?
Prefer neither to be exhibit
Already disappointed in the fact bats are exhibit
white nosed coati
kinkajou
common woolly monkey
giant armadillo
Fijian crested iguana
Red footed tortoise
Red bellied short necked turtle
African softshell turtle
Philippine eagle if ever they add birds
Piebald moose variant
They already have birds
I hate how people act like we dont
We have birds
They just dont fly
We currently have over 10 birds ingame
Just because they don't fly doesnt mean they arent birds, by that logic butterflies are birds since they can fly
Spotted garden eel
Coconut palm beetle
Umbrella cockatoo also known as white cockatoo
Milk snake
Corn snake
Veiled chameleon
Panther chameleon
Leopard gecko
Green winged macaw
Yak
Man, seriously stop fr, you are repeating yourself over and over
You are going insane
How does it hurt anyone?
Hurting himself
Yeah i forget which animals ive already done
Any repeats its because im trying to focus on animals in captivity
South american snapping turtle
Verreaux's eagle
Red headed krait
Black footed cat
Yellow backed duiker
Roan antelope
Elk/wapati
Mountain goat
Banteng
Indian zebu cattle
Iberian lynx
Andean flamingo
Turkey vulture
Black backed jackal
Aardwolf
De Brazza's monkey
Brown pelican
Probably a handful of repeats in there but idc honestly
The more attention an animal gets the better
Jungle cat
Common raccoon dog
Ocellate river stingray
Surprised you haven’t ran out of animals yet
Given how many exist
Its virtually impossible to run out of options
I think to give us more petting zoo options we could have more farm animals
Vietnamese potbelly pig
Indian runner duck
Shetland pony
Anglo nubian goat
I like their floppy ears
And i prefer an exotic african breed over a basic european breed like the alpine goat
Why was most of barnyard pack just european/british?
American standard donkey and alpaca were the only ones that weren't
Eastern rosella
But knowing you soon you’re gonna be up to microorganisms
Trust me nowhere near that
Southern screamer
He will start using small exhibit animals in like few months real
Ive done been doing exhibits
You not been noticing the snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and beetles?
I mean like when you run out of bigger animals and wont repeat(you will)
We are lacking in species that are extinct in the wild
Simandoa cave roach
I think there is handful that could be actually done
By frontier
This species became extinct in the wild when their home cave in africa collapsed
Zoos and insect enthusiasts have kept the species alive through captive breeding
Postman butterfly would be a fun addition to the butterfly houses
I like paperkites though
They are simplistic but pretty
They are also poisonous
I beleive its also one of the largest butterfly species
I dont think we would get anymore butterflies though
Given that with the exception of cats and primates, if an animal group goes over 5 species its "too many"
Or in some cases like the bats any number over 2 is too many
This community is double standards ngl
15 cats isnt enough but 6 pigs is too many
Desert locust
Its a species london zoo breeds
And its commonly kept in the insect and reptile pet trade
Not only for people just looking to raise locusts but as food for reptiles
Panamanian golden frog
This species is either critically endangered or extinct in the wild
Either way its a species at high risk
Perhaps being added to the game would spread awareness of its existence
Dont know if i have mentioned these before but im doing them anyway because i think they're cool
Mangshan pitvipers
Critically endangered also at high risk of extinction
Alot of cases i want an animal ingame its because they are fairly common in a zoo
Other times its because they are close to extinction and need more awareness
Mata mata turtle
African clawed frog
Tiger salamander
Death's head cockroach
I mean we only have one roach species
I had to suggest atleast 2 more
I think we could do with more of a variety in new world monkeys
My ideal roster for new world monkeys
So we already have a capuchin with the Colombian white faced capuchin
But i think we could do with
1 spider monkey
1 howler monkey
1 squirrel monkey
1 woolly monkey
1 saki monkey
1 night monkey
1 titi monkey
1 uakari monkey
1 tamarin
1 marmoset
Atleast 1 species from each of these groups
Ive already mentioned a handful of species from each group
So imma try my best to not repeat any
Either eastern or western pygmy marmoset
Whichever one doesn't matter
Bald uakari
Three striped night monkey
Black bearded saki
White eared titi monkey
Peruvian spider monkey
Black howler
Humboldt's squirrel monkey
Red handed tamarin
I feel like marmosets and tamarins could function a bit like lemurs
We could have a large variety that all use the same model and animation rig
Green junglefowl
Blue winged goose
Eurasian hoopoe
Lesser mouse-deer
Siberian musk deer
Water deer
Only one of these three is actually a deer
Guess which one
Reeves's muntjac
Gray brocket (just to add south american diversity)
Dalmatian pelican
Klipspringer
I think what could be fun with Klipspringers is they could be the only non goat animal to play with the goat rock
Hamadryas cant use goat mountain 😭
I just found out
They can't?
Oh i see they have access to all the basic primate toys
Rosy starling
Rhinoceros Iguana
Love those guys
Spotless starling
Outside of parrots and pigeons
Starlings and myna are the main birds i pick
Mostly because they are fairly common zoo/aviary/cage birds
They can be fairly pretty at times honestly
Violet-backed starling
Emerald starling
Red-winged starling
White-cheeked starling
Black-winged myna
Common starling
Purple starling
Red-crested turaco
Violet turaco
Great blue turaco
Grey-headed lovebird
Eurasian jay
Red-crested cardinal
Australian magpie
Cuban tree frog
Not every animal has to be brightly coloured
Mediterranean gull
Eurasian magpie
Desert iguana
Sandfish skink
Great crested grebe
Reticulated python
American goldfinch
Wood duck
Im trying my best to find interesting birds from each continent
That arent just eagles, falcons, hawks or owls
Most people seem to not predatory birds specifically
I like a wide variety in bird types
Northern cardinal
Ngl i think it would be lovely to make north american garden bird aviaries in the game
Yall have some rather pretty and adorable birds over there in the states
House finch
Red cheeked cordon bleu
Yellow fronted canary
Wyoming toad
This species is extinct in the wild
Common vampire bat
Pied avocet
New zealand kaka
Kea
I think what would be cool with the kea
They would be really unique parrots
Most parrots if planet zoo ever got flying birds
Most parrots would be tropical and grassland
With some species being temperate or desert
Kea would be very unique
In it would likely be a taiga animal
These parrots live in cold mountain regions of new zealand
Kea also eat meat
Northern hog badger
Marbled polecat
Naked mole-rat
Coypu also known as nutria
African jacana
Brown hyena
Domesticated ferret would make a fun barnyard option
Java mouse deer
Southern hairy nosed wombat
Eastern grey kangaroo
Numbat
Perth zoo in australia is the only zoo in the world to breed these but i think they are interesting enough to be added
Literally more bland red kangaroo
I mean we dont have many australian animals ingame and this is one of the most common species in captivity
And its one of the few species i know for a fact i haven't listed until now
Not gonna continue just a reminder
My local zoo started keeping the eastern grey kangaroo
Along with red necked wallabies
Ground cuscus
Ya know what
Was gonna skip it because only auckland zoo in new zealand breeds them
But its too interesting to skip
Kakapo
The only flightless parrot
Pyrenean chamois
Just wanna see more spanish species
Sulawesi bear cuscus
Black vulture
How would birds work as a habitat species?
Birds already work as habitat species
Peafowl, flamingo, swan, crane, chicken, kiwi, penguins, emu, cassowary and ostriches are birds
Flying birds may be habitat in a sequal
But most birds likely for planet zoo one will be ground dwelling
The same way they do irl…
What I’m saying is the barriers don’t come with roofs, and I’m sure the average player (not the ones who play religiously like us lot) wouldn’t be bothered to add a roof
I think they could make like auto generated flat roof
That would be neat if a canopy just automatically generated when a bird is placed in a habitat
Golden jackal
European roe deer
More far east / north asia animals would be cool fr
That would be complex and annoying if you wanted to make your own roof, but being able to turn it on and off would be useful.
Yes
Japanese badger
Common raccoon dog
Sable
Cackling goose
Chiru
Japanese serow
Crested ibis
Just some russian, chinese, japanese, mongolian and tibetan animals I thought were cool
I meant like something far east deer
Idk english name
Siberian crane too
Sika deer?
1 min
Water deer?
I found it
Its called manchurian wapiti
Idk how to pronounce the name we use in English
That is a subspecies of elk
Wapati is just the eurasian name for elk
Since moose are called eurasian elk over here
I was actually gonna suggest elk
But i think I've done so already
Personally I'd like to see some ibis
Maybe some pheasants
Actually imma post some ibis and ask which ones you like best
Glossy ibis
African sacred ibis
Madagascar ibis
Scarlet ibis
American white ibis
Northern bald ibis
Hadada ibis
Crested ibis
Alternatively we could go woth the african sacred ibis cousins instead
Australian white ibis
Malagasy sacred ibis
All mid
sneaking in here to gently place one of my favourite animals, the banded linsang
Yes another viverrid enthusiast
I love them
I'd also love african civet
Or
Asian palm civet
I love Asian palm civets I think they're adorable
Viverrids, procyonids and mongoose are animals we need more of
Please just give us south american coati and i can die happy
Swamp wallaby
Campbell's mona monkey
Sumatran laughingthrush
Lowland anoa
Red fronted macaw
Azure winged magpie
Cinereous vulture
Collared mangabey
Honestly would love more of a variety in smaller cats
Aswell as other small carnivores/omnivores
Black footed cat
Steppe polecat
Are some of my ideas
Common dwarf mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Asian badger
Gray fox
Hispaniolan solenodon are a neat choice
Yeah only one zoo in the Dominican Republic breeds them
But if proboscis monkeys, wild water buffalo and goliath frogs can get in despite their rarity in captivity then so can this
Eurasian/great bittern
Little egret
Javan Palm Civet!
And GENETS
I think I've already mentioned the african sanga cattle
But what about zebu
Bos taurus indicus or Bos indicus
A long list of animals I would've loved to see
RedWay6697
YouTube
What Extra Animals I would put in Planet Zoo's DLC Packs
In this video I showcase what extra animals I would personally add to Planet Zoo's DLC Packs. As in, what other animals I'd put along with the reindeer, Arctic wolf, Dall sheep, and polar bear in the Arctic Pack, and so on.
Don't know if Frontier will ever take these into account for the DLC Pack coming next year, OR maybe a future game, but an...
King quail
Palawan peacock pheasant
Chinese ferret badger
Palawan stink badger
I want OSPREY
We need woylies
Just any australian animal really
We are lacking in australians and south american species
I've been wanting goodfellow's tree kangaroo (technically a new guinea species), greater bilby and short beaked echidna for ages
And the talk about australian animals reminded me
Yellow footed rock wallaby
Imagine them having access to the goat climbing rock
California condor
Bro almost predicted every animal on that list
this thing
mole
I think moles are too small for Habitat but too complexed for exhibit
Other than the walkthrough exhibits which just have a set loop of flying in circles then landing
Almost all the exhibit species are animals that spend a lot of time sitting still
I'd like coyotes
good climbers, would be challenging to contain
All youd need is a 3m not climbable fence
Done
Presto
Can escape
None of the other animals are hard to keep contained ingame
And orangutans and capuchins are notorious escape artists
However tall the fence need to he to contain big cats should hold a coyote
yeah I'm assuming the game would not map perfectly onto the animal's real life capabilities but it would still be pretty cool lmao
American black bear is literally the only bear species we dont have
Sumatran rhinoceros is the only other rhino that can be captive bred that we don't have
Yes javan rhinos have historically been present in zoos but with little success at breeding attempts
Just to back up my statement
MANATEE
Manatees are fully aquatic
Probably better for the sequel
golden lion tamarin
maybe as exhibit
I think they are far too complex for exhibit
Most mammals and birds are
The only reason most reptiles are exhibit has nothing to do with size
Its the fact they spend more time basking than moving
Meaning they sit in place regularly
The walk-through exhibits fly in looped circles
Meaning they repeat the same animation and path constantly
And the sloth is virtually the same except it just crawls slowly for a bit then stops
Tamarins are highly active and highly complex little guys
They run, they jumps, they leap, they play fight
rip
I'll never see my little dudes on game
they're too small and too active
Tamarins are squirrel sized
They arent that small
Approximately a little smaller than prairie dogs
Also i double checked
Golden lion tamarins can reach 10 inches
At the smallest a meerkat will be 10 inches
I think we can have tamarins
I was just saying i wouldn't waste them on exhibit
Had to edit those
As a european i get confused between centimetres and inches
Groundhog
yayy
me too (not an european tho)
Only thing i remember for imperial-metric is 1 meter equals to 3,33 feet
white tailed deer (or mule deer)
common loon
canada linx
Orchid Mantissss
Honestly
Just any kind of mantis
I just want mantises bro
I still think we need more monkey representation
White throated guenon
Common patas monkey
Common woolly monkey
White faced saki
Common marmoset
Cotton top tamarin
Black capped squirrel monkey
Stump tailed macaque
White headed marmoset
Tufted capuchin
Guianan squirrel monkey
Geoffroy's spider monkey
Not too sure on the spider monkey but I am most certain these are all the species of monkey kept at the monkey world primate rescue in Dorset
Not including lemurs or apes
Barbary Macaque? (Idk if you mentioned it) I saw a ton in Algeria and their definitely zoo material
Super playful and curious (like most monkeys but we need more North African animal rep)
I saw a troop of them in wild ireland animal park
Macaques in general are just fun goofy little guys
Heres some other monkeys from zoos ive visited
François' langur
Coppery titi monkey
Red backed bearded saki
Colombian red howler
Black headed spider monkey
Mantled guereza
Pied tamarin
Emperor tamarin
Golden lion tamarin
Western pygmy marmoset
White naped mangabey
Celebes crested macaque
Goeldi's marmoset
King colobus
De Brazza's monkey
Where'd you get a pic of me??
new england primate conservancy website
Cacomixtles. I think in English they are called Bassarisk
Also idk if it would be weird but I’d love seeing possums in a zoo
Thats an opossum
The terms possum should only apply to a group of australian mammals such as this australian brushtail possum
But yeah Virginia opossum would be a fun animal ingame
Same with the ringtail cacomistle
Idk Tlacuaches are all same to me hahah 😭
I see
Tlacuaches? Wtf does that mean?
Oh its the mexican/central american way of saying opossum
It’s how we call possums/opossums in Mexico 😭
Yeaaa
Yeah possums and opossums arent the same things
I thought it was the same for both too lol
The more you know I guess !
I did remember there were two names but I didn’t know which ones were the ones with an “o”
Americans tend to use massively incorrect terms for animals
Most americans call this an antelope
When a pronghorn is not at all an antelope
To be fr we didn't have genetics back then
In all fairness from what i can tell english isnt your first language so i can excuse the mistake
Its not even a back then thing
Since most americans still use those terms
Old habits die hard
Like imperial system or French "language"
French language is actually more confusing than english
And english is described as a confusing language
I mean like the letters are silent most of the time
The letter x has a higher track record of being silent specifically in the french language
I wanna see elk
Whitetail and mule deer too
If only there was a offical server and they could hear what we want 😭 😭
Frontier discussion site thingy
Personally I'd like to see some asian species of deer
Reeves's muntjac comes to mind
Sika deer
Water deer
I realise that my suggestions are 3 species that are introduced and invasive in my home country
But yeah i think we need more north american rep too
Also technically elk occur naturally in asia too
They are known as wapati in asia
Idk if these are the Muntjacs in the UK but I love seeing them when driving down the road lol
they are
the uk muntjac are reeves's muntjac
they are not native
They’re adorable either way
Love them
I’m Australian and I would love to see the deer I see literally all the time irl.
Rusa deer
Many people don’t know what the Wallaroo is, and no it’s not a hybrid between a Kangaroo and a Wallaby. It is bigger then a Wallaby and smaller then a Kangaroo. This is an animal I would love to see in the game, a Common Wallaroo.
Basically with macropod naming its very similar to bovid gender naming
Small bovid males are rams, small bovid females are ewes, large bovid males are bulls and large bovid females are cows
Ah yes
Javan rusa
Indonesian representation
Would also love indian hog deer, sambar deer and chital
Mountain goat is a species i surprisingly don't see mentioned an awful lot
Probably one of the most iconic north american mammals in my opinion
Egyptian goose
Yup
I reallllly want an osprey!!
Muntjac! Cute lil guys with fangs, unique horns plus some cool scent glands. Another name for them is the Barking Deer, which I find funny :>
I’m not desperate for new animals, what we need is colour grading like in JWE, I’ve never been to a family zoo where it’s not grey skies
You mean like colour filter stuff?
Its in the game iirc
You can change intensity of light, make vignette, etc
Ooh
I should check that out
To have waterbuck that would be awesome
it could also be enriched by living with SO many other species
Yk what they are missing
Ducks
Ducks should be able to be in ponds of enclosures
At least we got swans tbh but ye
Antlers not horns
This is literally the discussion for new animals
I know
But it won’t destroy the world if I type that here
I would like to see situnga in the game, they look for similar to bongos and nyalas
Thats because they are from the same genus as bongo and nyala
The key difference is sitatunga like wetland conditions
Ive noticed particularly with african bovids that longer hair is a common feature on semi aquatic ungulates
As its a feature present in waterbuck and somewhat in african buffalo
And cuz they can hybridise
Well thats to be expected with any animal within the same genus or family
If only they could actually see what we want
I do not want hybrids ingame
No
Like
Heavily against hybrids actually
A new animal
Like a
Brand new
Some other people might like them though
Well those people can suck it
Because a hybrids existence is constant suffering
Well others have opinions
Adding hybrids to the game just glorifies there existence
Which encourages people to breed hybrids
That’s true but it’s a game
Which makes more hybrid animals to suffer
It’s a game 🙏
Popularity of hybrids ingame could make breeding animals irl more popular
That I can agree but like still would be cool to see them
You have no idea the affect entertainment has kn the animal breeding industry
Correct but still cool t see in game
Think of it this way
This game was made
Using actual zoological experts for advice
Really?
Wait actual
Yes
That’s kinda cool fr
To my knowledge they brought on Steve Backshall
Most zoological experts don't condone the breeding of hybrids
And im pretty sure the game would also heavily punish you for actively trying to produce them
Like massively punish
So
the game
Punishes
players
for breeding
when they payed
money
Probably have entertainment value guests for a short while
But then attract massive amounts of protesters
And make you lose Conservation points
Also even better because it works this way irl
The hybrids die really quickly
Question
not tryna be a pain but like how come zorses live a long time?
Most hybrid animals live short lives due to health complications
Because the parent species belong to the same genus
Although despite ligers parents also being in the same genus they tend fo suffer quite alot
I think ligers suffer alot from growth pains and heart conditions
What causes the pains
The fact they grow unnaturally larger
Larger than tigers
I would literally rather we get barbary lions instead of any hybrid
Oh yeah
Same
And I don't even like adding subspecies to the game
Baraby lions are so cool
But I do
There is hardly any noticeable difference to most people
So adding basically a second version of the same animal is somewhat pointless
but it’s not always
Cuz there is people who know the difference
It's why I hate the himalayan brown bear and bengal tiger being in the game
I am infact one of those people
Same
Well I would say so
The issue being there's just substantially not enough of a difference to warrant adding most of them
I also like to take their habit preferences into consideration aswell actually
Btw can you get mods on PlayStation
like animals that aren’t in the game
The dingo may just be considered a subspecies of timber wolf
no
NO
no no
It is
Never say that again
NEVER
The game game considers it a subspecies
Timber wolf is Canis lupus
Dingo is Canis lupus dingo
ok well they are nothing like a timber wolf
they act NOTHING like it
They act exactly the same
Irl
..
they do not
but ok
ummmm
what to talk about
Large terrestrial carnivores that live in close family groups
ok zawg we get it
Consisting of the alpha mating pair and their offspring
In all fairness behaviour doesn't mean it is the same species
ok thank you
The dingoes taxonomic classification is heavily debated
what animals do u wanna see in game
Some people treat it as a subspecies of timber wolf
..
Some people treat it as its own species
Yas
Some people treat it as just a domestic dog
uh
fair
Some people treat it as a subspecies of domestic dog
It is the most debated canid
ok 4 options too many
I see that now-
Either way it's a unique canine lineage only found in australia
And I beleive preserving them is important
Yes very
There’s a population that lives very close to me
Too many options
Tell
I must known
Know*
pls
🙏
I legit practically have a list
Waterbucks were one that I wanted to see
Grey crowned crane
Black swan
Andean goose
I’m back
Same
yes pls
Klipspringer
Interesting looks
Pig nosed/fly river turtle
Cute
Another Australia representative
R u Australian
Sadly no
oh
Fly river turtles are
ye
Cute little guys
very
Sadly endangered
oh
a lot of the turtles in Australia are endangered
Illegal exotic pet trade most likely
also habitat loss
Seems to be the issue with most wildlife in Australia and Indonesia
lately we’ve been having ALOT of removing wildlife
And only now the government takes action
I mean I've heard of the outdoor cat ban
That's good
yes
No one listens to that
That's bad
Good thing dingoes exist
Cuz a cats a cat
ye
They take care of rabbits quite well I here
yes
So do wedge tailed eagles
They find them
yam
Just goes to show you regardless of what species of where they live
yeah
Canids and eagles cant resist a juicy rabbit
can or can’t
Oh k
ye ikr
foxes addicted to rabbits
For a fox if it's small and made of meat they are game
Ye
They're a native species in my area
What country?
UK
if u don’t mind me asking
ah yes
you are supposed to have bison, lynx, reindeer/caribou snd wolves aren’t ya?
But you don’t
Anymore
I hate the fact that "foxes are the top predator of the United Kingdom" I'd even an actual statement
That is correct
Well the bison and reindeer thing is half truth
2 lynx got introduced into the wild of uk th other day
Illegally
oh
They were recaptured
Is that good or bad
It's good that they were recaptured
They could have died
True
They were released at the absolute worst time of the year to do a release
I think they should add more extinct in the wild animals
Into planet zoo
There's not many they can add
The scimitar oryx was the only one for a while
But they got officially reintroduced to their home region recently
What about Pere’ David’s deer?
I think they should add them
The pere david's deer is the only mammal we can add
Or Habitat species in general
wait really
Here's some three little lovely species I'd like to see as Habitat birds
K
Spix's macaw
YES
Guam kingfisher
yessss
Hawaiian crow
interesting but yes
Gotta add an exhibit species
So
Wyoming toad
It's so chunky I love it
ribbit
🐸
There's the possibility of some species and subspecies that may be extinct in the wild
But we currently do not know the status yet
For exhibit
I want them to add
Sydney funnel web spoder
spider*
And Red bellied black snake
White cloud mountain minnows were a species that were observed once in the wild, a handful were collected for captivity and they were never seen in the wild again
oh
Panamanian golden frogs are neat too
Oooo they prettyyy
I beleive they may be extinct in the wild
they should add eastern gray and western gray kangaroo
There was a fungus scare with one of their last know wild populations a while back
And wallaroo
And they got rounded up and collected
Fungal infections are deadly to amphibians btw
The leading cause of modern amphibian extinctions
Not good
Climate change increases the chances of the fungal viruses
They should add Sun Conures
I also have one as a pet
I love sun conures
They look like mangoes
Sadly also endangered
That's the sad pattern with alot of birds and reptiles
Alot of them are endangered from habitat loss and illegal exotic pet trade
Anyway imma sleep
My pet sun conure is called mango lol
Gn
Some sort of parrot that educators can walk around with on their arm to educate people
carbs and mantis shrimp along with fish and other sea animals
Peacock pantis shrimp would be fun
Wanna see a picture of my pet one in like 30 mins?
I would love to see Himalayan Tahr in the game.
Yes
Overall just any animal that would use the goat climbing rock
Exactly
It's inhumane
Carbs
Am i crazy or is your pfp basil from omori?
You are crazy
It's actually barbie
We need tree kangaroo
Ive been saying we need goodfellow's tree kangaroos for ages
In Sandfish Skink we trust there so silly
Yes
agouti :Р
Honestly i wanna come up with a list of 10 animals for each continent and yall can tell me if you like these choices
Europe:
1. European roe deer
2. White stork
3. Mallard
4. Alpine marmot
5. Western capercaillie
6. European wildcat
7. European polecat
8. Alpine chamois
9. European pond turtle
10. European tree frog
Asia:
1. Blackbuck
2. Golden jackal
3. Visayan warty pig
4. Sika deer
5. Water deer
6. Reeves's muntjac
7. Celebes crested macaque
8. Golden pheasant
9. Chinese alligator
10. Nilgai
Africa:
1. Secretarybird
2. African sacred ibis
3. Common patas monkey
4. Mantled guereza
5. Marabou stork
6. Helmeted guineafowl
7. Nile crocodile
8. Egyptian goose
9. Great white pelican
10. Grey crowned crane
Oceania:
1. Eastern grey kangaroo
2. Short beaked echidna
3. Spotted tiger quoll
4. Common brushtail possum
5. Red-bellied short-necked turtle
6. Black swan
7. Cape barren goose
8. Magpie goose
9. Central bearded dragon
10. Inland taipan
North America:
1. American black bear
2. White tailed deer
3. Ringtail
4. Wild turkey
5. Wood stork
6. Muskrat
7. American badger
8. Coyote
9. Gray fox
10. Mountain goat
South America:
1. South American coati
2. Red-footed tortoise
3. Cane toad
4. Vicuña
5. Guanaco
6. Ocelot
7. Bush dog
8. Linnaeus's two toed sloth
9. Kinkajou
10. Southern pudu
And im not covering antarctica at all because the only options are just seals and penguins
I honestly could have picked better choices
Coconut crabs would be great
I wish if they would be officially added they would be as habitat animals
Yes
I agree
I wanna see sharkgul in game
I want oceanias black swan added ❤️
If frontier puts that in the game- 💀💀
YES PLEASE
Yeah same that would be awesome
Western capercaillie
For 3 reasons
We need more birds
We need more european animals
We need more taiga biome animals
My opinion with birds in the game
As long as they are either or both ground nesting or spend a majority of time on the ground
They can be in the game
That's why eurasian spoonbills are also a bird I wanna see
Expending the range of foxes, as they are very disctinct in behavior, habitat, and possible enrichtment items.
-Simien Fox / Ethiopian Wolf (Family groups of up to 20 adults, with distinct social hierachy - hunts small prey alone, larger in groups)
-Crab-Eating Fox (small, cute, hunts in pairs)
-Darwin's Fox (not a true fox, but still. Docile enough that people would just club it to death ...)
-Bat-Eared Fox (Very social, unique appearance, similiar to many monkey species they very frequently groom each other to cement social bonds within the group)
-Island Fox (Very unique fox without fear of predators that is a good climber and has almost been driven to extinction just 25 years ago, bouncing back in record times after rescue effords were made. one of the foxes that wouldn't mind visitors as much)
-Gray Fox (The bigger and less specialized ancestor of the island fox.)
-An arid habitat dwelling vulpes like Begal/Cape
-Tibetan Fox (Lives in symbiosis with brown bears as they cover each others weaknesses as they hunt for Pikas, a rodent that digs dens, making it one of few carnivores in the game that can live together with other species)
There are many species that look too similar, but i think these are distinct enough to deserve consideration at least.
Also, talking about birds: I do not care about captive flying birds you put in bird houses as much as I care about wild animals you do not keep in habitats but that just start appearing as you build your zoo and call trees and places near food stands their home. I want some sort of randomness in zoos. I want stuff to happen that you did not cause. A squirrel stealing french fries from the floor is exactly that. And it happens in real zoos.
ʻIʻiwi
we need birds! also it would be the first hawaiian animal.
nectarivorous feeder types would be cool too
The simien "fox" is the furthest thing from a fox
It's part of the Canis genus which means genetically and taxonomically its closer to wolves and coyotes
Making the name ethiopian wolf more appropriate
true.
i was treating the "fox" as "everything that is named fox and is fox shaped", which is why darwin's fox is also included.
South american foxes I kinda count as foxes a way
Also you excluded foxes that loom too similar
Yet
Included the gray and island foxes
Other than size these are extremely similar looking foxes
Like almost identical
Its mainly a size difference of 30%, along with behavioral differences like gray foxes being very shy, contrary to island foxes which were almost driven to exctinction because they have the survival instincts of a quakka. Island foxes also have other adaptations like shorter legs and tails. but right.. in planet zoo itself the sole differences between the two would likely them being tiny, docile and slightly more vivid in coloration.
so you have the choice between a very numberous animal and its smaller cousin that is the poster child of conservation efforts due to its histroy. i would still want both. but.. yeah.. i could build an entire zoo with nothing but foxes and canines matching their appearance or behavior.
Honestly I'd overall prefer limiting overly similar in appearance animals
We already got the grizzly and himalayan brown bears
And the bengal and siberian tigers
so.. which one would you choose?
gray fox seems more reasonable, as there are 58 zoos that keep them in the USA, with only island foxes deemed unfit for release being kept in 3 zoos in the USA.
in favor of gray fox would be realism.
in favor of island fox would be the game's leaning into conservation and breeding efforts, which suit the history of the island fox very well, as it has been saved from extinction recently.
OMG YES
Gray foxes yes please, they have a GORGEOUS piebald as well!
Tiger salamander
I think we need more salamander and newt representation
Tiger salamander tend to range from greenish colouration or even yellowish greens
Some animals from my local zoo I'd like to see as habitat species ingame
European hedgehog
Eurasian red squirrel
European wildcat
Bontebok
Darwin's rhea
Red footed tortoise
Southern screamer
Southern pudu
Crowned lemur
Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
Visayan warty pig
Vicuña
Eastern grey kangaroo
African sacred ibis
Yellow mongoose
make this one free roaming in the park surrounding a nice tree, and i am in.🐴
Id prefer we don't have free roaming at all
Guests and animals already cause enough lag
Random wild birds and squirrels would increase it
Except unlike guests and zoo animals
You can't just close the park or box them up to reduce lag
Theres no getting rid of the wild ones
Sure they'd add atmosphere
But they'd also add to performance issues
...then add spawners for ambiance animals, so you can make the choice. dont the butterflies work like that?
The butterflies are exhibit species
Technically you can make the walls of the walk through exhibit invisible
But the key difference being is that they have a set locked flight pattern
And you still profit off them aswell
Also love how people look at the 6 different pigs we have ingame and go "we have too many pigs"
But them look at the 14 cats we have ingame and go "we don't have enough cats"
2 of them started getting angry at me yesterday
Yeah people don't realise how often herbivores can get angry
Alot of people just think because they are herbivofes means they are harmless
Southern ground hornbill
Secretarybird
Shoebill
Great white pelican
Helmeted guineafowl
White stork
Glossy ibis
Its exclusively gonna be ground dwelling birds
So don't get your hopes up
Id prefer they don't waste complex birds like eagles and parrots on walkthrough exhibits
And flying birds aren't built for habitats yet
So yeah
Golden pheasant
Hamerkop
Wood stork
Marabou stork
Dalmatian pelican
Egyptian goose
Oh ik how angry they can get if u were saying that to me
I’m in the Australia bush so I experience all of it-
meanwhile hippos.
Alot of people these days try to claim hippos ade omnivores
But i can find no evidence of them actively eating meat
We haven't had a new exhibit species since Hermann's tortoise
And we haven't had a new walkthrough exhibit species since spectacled flying fox
Just some examples i want to see for basic exhibits
Common/eastern collared lizard
Common box turtle
Central bearded dragon
European tree frog
Sheltopusik/european legless lizard
Orchid mantis
Giant african millipede
Common european adder
Leopard gecko
Corn snake
Veiled chameleon
Crested gecko
Burmese python
Hercules beetle
European pond turtle
To anyone hoping for anything more exciting for walkthrough exhibits
Im sorry
I can only ever imagine walkthrough gettings bats, sloths and butterflies
Perhaps even hummingbirds
But thats about it
Rodrigues flying fox
Pallas's long tongued bat
Common vampire bat
Linnaeus's two toed sloth
As a kid, i think herbviores are friendly and gentle not like the aggressive carnivores.
As an adult, i realized that herbivores are just dangerous as aggressive carnivores and even more dangerous than carnivores as well.
Theres a few animals i would never mess with irl
And most of them are herbivores
Yes pls
Its always baffled me that they weren't in the game from the start
Mmm I understand that
I do like Burmese pythons
Next to boa constrictors, burmese pythons are one of these most common snakes in zoos and sanctuaries
Saw one at the zoo the other day
Bro was MASSIVE
Ball pythons are also another fairly common species in zoos too
Oh yeah
I might of seen that one at zoo too
Ball python
Two other species that are very common in zoos that i wanna see ingame
But think they might be too similar to species we already have
Hmmm
Emperor scorpion
Here’s the Burmese python
Madagascar hissing cockroach
I saw at zoo
You call tell the difference between burmese and ball pythons based on the pattern of their skin
That one is a burmese for sure
I would go mental if that added that
I would not like it at all
Yo what’s better for my capybara walk in habitat
Have capybaras with Galapagos tortoise
Or
Giant ant eater
I can’t decide
@Rin Raiden
Im not rin but I think tortoise
alr thanks
Tortoise for sure
I mean its not much different from the giant burrowing cockroach
An exhibit species we currently have
Which btw the giant burrowing cockroach is an australian species
Emerald tree boa
Yes
No explanation needed
Just yes
Lady Amherst's pheasant
Argentine horned frog
African bullfrog
Chinese fire belly newt
Pond slider
Particularly the red-eared subspecies
Some animals from the continent oceania i want to see ingame
Common brushtail possum
Greater bilby
Short beaked echidna
Numbat
Tiger quoll
Cape barren goose
Magpie goose
Australian sea lion
Black swan
Perentie
Eastern barred bandicoot
Thorny devil
Carpet python
Frilled lizard
Central bearded dragon
Brolga
Inland taipan
Ground cuscus
Australian white ibis (known to locals as bin chickens)
what is that cuteness and how will it kill me?
Thrashing your body until done
Australian brushturkey
I have a lot of them they go into my attic
I have them
I am a friend with a wild turkey
Brushtail possum are basically the australian version of a raccoon
No
Really not
A nocturnal omnivorous mammals that breaks into places it shouldnt
They ain’t a raccoon
They better
They have peak singing voices
Aka night time screaming
Yes
Ik
Brushtail possums are goofy
they so silly
Fr
But yeah i have a huge interest in nocturnal arboreal omnivores
Nice
Like raccoons, possums, kinkajou and flying squirrels
Sugar gliders I have
Lots of them
Sugar gliders are a fun possum
Very
Gliders in general really
Also very weird at night
Make weird noises
Squirrel gliders and savanna gliders
Yellow bellied gliders
Mahogany gliders
Well They did with the JWE2 dinosaurs so why not with animals in planet zoo
all macaws...
military macaws are cool.
JWE2 was a sequal to JWE which didn't have flying animals
Except for the pteranodon which was added during the final update and is more of a glorified exhibit
Ditch harlequin and catalina since they are hybrids (i despise hybrids and they should never be added)
And honestly id only add 5 of those ingame if i had the choice
Spix's macaw because we need Extinct in the Wild representation
And their iconic status thanks to the rio films
Blue and gold macaw, scarlet macaw, military macaw and hyacinth macaw all just because they are alot more common in zoos than the others
Also JWE2 had flying creatures day one
Coded the ability to fly
Had specific barrier typed built for them
The fact that the greater flamingo is a bird that existed in the game since launch, can fly irl, but can't ingame
Really shows we are likely to never get flying habitat birds it planet zoo 1
Same applies with the red crowned crane and mute swan from the later updates
If they were never given the ability to fly ingame despite their capability in the real world
We are never getting flying habitat
Its just a sad fact
Maybe for a sequal
But not for the current version
Also frontier puts more effort on the JWE games
Given that a majority of dinosaurs have unique combat and hunting animations for particular species interactions
While the most we get in planet zoo is the carnivore leaping towards the prey and the prey animal just flopping over like a ragdoll
Any flying bird ive suggest is purely in the event we get a planet zoo 2
Where they will surely add flying habitats
Amd fully aquatic habitats
okay
they are both ugly so I agree.
My point was that the company was frontier for JWE2 and PZ so its not off the table and also PZ2 is a quite a while away and they still need to keep the game getting attention and active.
Eh honestly im going back on something i said a while ago
They may be difficult to care for and are rare in real world zoos and aquariums
Leopard seal
A few reasons for why i wanna see these guys
They are someone unique and scary in their own right
We need more of a variety in pinnipeds
We need more variety in tundra animals
And we need more variety in animals from antarctica
Plus if we can have animals like wild water buffalo, goliath frogs, north island brown kiwi and proboscis monkey (all 4 species are extremely rare and or uncommon in real zoos) ingame then we can have leopard seals
Would also like to see southern elephant seals for all the same reason
Also walrus and muskox to add to North American and Europe variety
As well as more tundra biome animals
And yes i know we are sick of penguins
But
Northern rockhopper penguin, chinstrap penguin and gentoo penguin
Gentoo and rockhopper mostly because they are extremely common in zoos
But aren't ingame
Would suggest the rare yellow eyed penguin from new zealand
But one main issue
They are rarely kept in zoos irl
Because
They refuse to reproduce in captivity
Adelie penguin just for one more option
Not sure if hawaiian monk seals would apply to tropical or temperate biome
Arctic hares are definitely viable
They are rare in captivity
But its still possible
Mountain hares could be a temperate, taiga and tundra
Elk would be neat
But theres the high risk people, myself included, would think its too similar to the red deer
Only things really distinguishing them is size, colour, continent and cry
White nosed coati
leopard seals would be very impressive. also i would love to have some animals in the game that require special care. some that are just harder to keep than others. a personal challenge, if you so will. that could be leopard seals, almost extinct animals, reasonable sharks in aquariums.. food specialists..
Proboscis monkeys i beleive are a species ingame thats actually harder to care for irl
i dont have the best knowledge on apes and monkeys..
but a short search helped me understand.. yes.. you are right.
zoos do bad with specalized diets.
i mean.. they run into problems with penguins having favorite fish that are expensive. so having monkeys prefer and even need specalized diets.. it will be expensive to care for them. and you need a steady supply.
I've never seen a koala in any zoo or park I've visited
Amd perhaps that's due to their ovet specialised diet of eucalyptus leaves specifically
And even then
Specific individuals favour specific varieties and refuse any other
yeah
koalas must be a bother to take care of.
The funny part is, they are very well capable of eating any kind of eucalyptus leaf
even the whole "you have to hang their food on branches so they recognize it as food"-thing..
They just refuse to eat any that arent the same variety their mother ate
Tbf i don't blame them
Koala are literally smooth brained
Not even kidding
They evolved a smooth brain to help reduce damage to their brain if they fall out of trees
At the cost of their intelligence
Say what you want about pandas being stupid
Atleast they will happily eat fruit, vegetables, meat and eggs if presented with it
Also did you know both koala and giant panda eat partially toxic food
Eucalyptus leaves are slightly poisonous
And bamboo contains small amounts of cyanide
Koalas are gets
Best*
I saw tons in a zoo the other week
i knew for koala. that they sleep so much to fight of poisons.
and all plants are poisonous in some way.
just tolerances are making most animals be able to digest them.
Koala getting wet
It is interesting to me how some plants specialize their poisons to fight certain types of animals and allow others to come close or even eat their fruit. A famous example would be chilis. Birds can just eat them and are not affected by the spiciness since the plants that allowed birds to spread their seeds thrived, while those that didn't died. Mammals can partially or fully digest the seed, so it was the opposite for them.
Proboscis monkeys actually have a large gut specifically to help digest leaves and unripe fruit
The unfortunate side effect is that proboscis monkeys are very gassy
Actually ngl
Gonna do a new format when i suggest an animal
I'll add what biome they'd likely be
Like example
Species: coyote
Biome: temperate, taiga, grassland and desert
Species: honey badger/ratel
Biome: grassland, desert, temperate and tropical
Species: water deer
Biome: temperate and aquatic
Species: sumatran rhinoceros
Biome: tropical
Species: Darwin's rhea
Biome: grassland
those are neat. some of their bigger cousins escaped in germany, and now they are treated as native wildlife since everybody likes them. there are hundreds of them, and they do not threaten local wildlife or flora at all.
Well that doesnt make them native still
If they aren't native
But
Don't effect the ecosystem negatively
I beleive thats called naturalised introduced species
The uk has a couple cases of those
Like the common pheasant and european rabbit
Yeah 2 species that are common throughout europe are actually not even native to most of the countries
European rabbits are native to Spain and Portugal but introduced elsewhere
yes. they arent native and obviously arent considered native yet.. but they arent considered invasive either. due to them being endangered, and thriving in part of germany, they are accepted.
there are farmers who complain about minor crop loss (less than 100k combined between all of them), which was enough for population control to be started, but those effords really arent popular.
so to not get public backlash, they are only damaging eggs they find - not even all of them.
also, it helped that the initial six animals that escaped some private zoo made their escape into a nature reservate. couldn't have planned that better.
Farmers complain about every animal
Theres no point in listening to them
indeed..
They were bitching about beavers in the uk because of the risk of flooding
And loss of potato crops from raiding
Beavers love potatos apparently
had a somewhat heated discussion with a woman last year that has farmer and shepherd friends. she complained about the few wolves we have in germany (after they have been driven to extinction for the very same concerns)..
i couldnt get it into her head that they are vital for a healthy forest and we have millions of damage each year because we have so many deer that trees barely have any chance.
we have 403k hunters in german, most of them contributing to keeping deer and boar numbers in check.
wolves could do all that.
and wolves that hunt sheep are usually injured and weak wolves. also.. just get a dog, for fucking sake..
meanwhile beavers being a keystone species..
The species currently targeted by uk farmers is the white tailed eagle
A recently reintroduced species of fish eagle
why?
They are blaming them for lamb losses
Same reason the scottish farmers also hate golden eagles
I get they are trying to protect their livelihood
But i think the overall health of the planet benefits humans more than money does
golden eagles do hunt mammals. but white tailed ones rarely do?
also, they literally brought bald eagles, who fulfill a similar role, on islands with small, vulnerable foxes because they knew they would rather hunt fish and keep away real threats just by being there.
but.. same solution.. why not add a dog or two to your herd.
Like honestly
If you sheep are getting hunted regularly by white tailed eagles
There must be something wrong with the ecosystem
very much so, yes..
Likely caused by farming as a whole
Slurry sometimes leaks into water sources and kills all the fish
Slurry which farmers use to fertilise crops
in germany certain fertilizers and pesticides turned fish populations infertile. so i guess it could be a similar cause.
yeah..
same though :p
same as foxes and wolves in the wild. if there is few of one animal, it is more likely for them to hunt the more abundant ones, since doing so is easier.
so these predators rarely damage populations unless brought into ecosystems not native to them.
Arabian wolves have been hunting more livestock
Due to the lack of sufficient prey
yes.. if it is too bothersome to hunt animals that become rare, why not go for the second best option that is still abundant?
when animals "become problems" it is most often exactly that.
same with herbivores.
"oh noes, them elefants be stealing our sugar canes!"
farmer, 15 years after burning down hundreds of acres of rain forest to create farm land.
of course they will eat it.
Its actually why pandas eat bamboo
Its not that they are stupid
Its that they are eating what's easiest to find
yes.. in captivity they eat just about anything.
Species: glossy ibis
Biome: temperate, tropical, grassland and aquatic
..that is about the most fitting name i have seen in a while.
Species: waterbuck
Biome: grassland and aquatic
Sorry for changing the subject
Needed to get back to saying animals we'd like to see
Since that's the topic of this discussion thread
Species: Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
Biome: tropical
Species: short-beaked echidna
Biome: temperate, grassland and desert
Species: tiger quoll
Biome: tropical and temperate
They go on my roads
So cute though
That just further pushes their hedgehog comparison
Imma have to stop you there
European hedgehogs are infamous for crawling on roads
STOP COMPARING FUCKING ANIMALS TO OTHERS
Its a thing called convergent evolution
They arent related but they share similar behaviours and characteristics
I’m happy you said that
I somewhat see echidnas like a convergence with hedgehogs somewhat
Their wobbly gives not shits attitude
Stumbling on roads on the regular
Echidna so goofy
But echidna also share many traits with anteaters too
I pat one on road years ago when I went super young
Actually ngl
Australia has alot of convergent species
What’s convergent
Mean
Alot of australian animals evolved similarly to other animals
They evolve similar traits and habits
But are in no way related
Example a flying squirrel and a sugar glider
Not related but very similar
mmm
Other examples of convergence would include newts and lizards
Pangolins and armadillos
LIZARDO
I love lizardos
Actually in terms of lizards
One of my local species
The viviparous lizard
huh
Is very similarly shaped to newts
Only difference being newts have bigger heads
And are more sluggish
Also we call the viviparous lizards because they give live birth
Lizardo
giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) as a large megabat habitat species
I'd actually love if we got these as habitat for a possible planet zoo 2
Since Habitat currently are not built to support flying animals
I imagine they need to improve their animal pathing to be able to pull that off. Finding open holes in domes etc.
Yes i know people will get annoyed at yet another hyena species
But im sorry i love these guys
Species: brown hyena
Biome: grassland and desert
Species: aardwolf
Biome: grassland
I actually could see the aardwolf being the only hyena to use the burrow
They are small enough to warrant it
shouldnt more of them be able to use it?
Theres alot of animals i think should use the burrows
African penguin, asian small clawed otter and giant otter to name a few
giant otter especially.. they are very known for them.
Almost all otters live in burrows
Otter burrows are called holts
just.. the planet zoo ones wont work, as they flatten the area in front of it.. and surrounding it..
burrows in planet zoo are a pain in the butt to work with..
and you cannot cover the weird design, as anything with a hitbox will block entry.
Pretty sure platypus build their burrows similarly to otters irl
Digging it into the river bank
But can use them normally ingame without them being in water
So it could work for the otters
sure. but i would really like to have burrows that locate the interior chamber elsewhere while also allowing for changing the design of the entry to more align with available scenery options.
the "have a river bank and plug it in there" doesnt work, even though it is the most popular style of burrow. just find a steep incline and dig in there.
maybe a modular option.. three different sizes of chambers, tunnels you connect like tubes, and an entry that imitates dirt or any of the retextured rock types found in the rock tab.
Personally don't think we are on any dire need of more tapirs
But im throwing these 2 in just for fun
Species: Brazilian tapir
Biome: tropical, grassland and aquatic
Species: mountain tapir
Biome: tropical, temperate, taiga and aquatic
I think they could be cool to have ingame
Because the brazilian tapir's large size and unique mohawk like fur on it back
And the mountain tapirs small woolly appearance
Species: american black bear
Biome: temperate, taiga, tundra and possibly aquatic
Species: bat-eared fox
Biome: grassland
pukeko
More new zealand rep would be epic
Species: kākāpō
Biome: temperate
Species: tuatara
Biome: temperate
Species: northern cassowary
Biome: tropical
Species: marine iguana
Biome: tropical and aquatic
Species: sea otter
Biome: temperate and aquatic, perhaps could include tundra and or taiga
I say they could be taiga or tundra because quite frankly
The game isn't clear on what taiga actually is
Is taiga biome for animals that like mountainous regions
Or
Coniferous forests
Or just a cold climate
But not cold enough to be tundra
I include tundra as a possibility for sea otters because they live in alaska and russia
And come on
Look at the amount of photos of them with icebergs and sea ice
That screams tundra candidate
That looks like something out of my nightmares
Is that the shaytan
Pretty sure its just salt from the ocean solidified on it's head
Either that or its seabird guano
very sure it is salt.
they sneeze out salt from their nostrils, so their heads are more "salty" than other parts.
Hehe "guano"
Species: muscovy duck
Biome: tropical, grassland and aquatic
Species: mandarin duck
Biome: temperate, taiga and aquatic
Species: gray fox
Biome: temperate, taiga, desert, grassland and tropical
Species: walrus
Biome: tundra and aquatic
Species: virginia opossum
Biome: temperate, taiga, tropical and possibly even grassland and or aquatic
Species: southern three-banded armadillo
Biome: grassland, tropical and temperate
Southern three-banded armadillo are one of the few armadillo species that actually curl into a ball
Species: kinkajou
Biome: tropical
Species: south american coati
Biome: tropical and possibly grassland
Species: african civet
Biome: grassland, tropical and possibly aquatic
Also when i add aquatic it tends to be if the animal tends like live in swamp, marsh or wetlands conditions
Some of the species ive listed do have those environments listed in their range habitats
In other cases where i list an aquatic species its because it straight up spends alot of time in water
Like a river, lake or the ocean
the bali myna would be nice
also we need birds
We have birds
we need more birds
We likely won't get any flying birds
The main birds everyone wants are too big, too dangerous or too complex for walk-through exhibits
That's why I mostly expect us to get flightless/ground dwelling species
Technically some of the birds we have ingame can fly irl
And the fact they haven't been programmed to do so is kinda proof we likely won't get flying habitat species
And I feel like suggesting to make all flying birds exhibit species is kind of a waste
But I agree bali myna would be nice
Is that where guano comes from
Spiny lobster
King Crab (ignore the fact it's dead)
I think aquatic exhibits would be cool
We already have aquatic exhibits
The axolotl and danube crested newt
Aswell as the diamondback terrapin and american bullfrog
Walrus
Giant eland
Kudu
Rothschild giraffe
Massai giraffe
African Golden cat
Asian golden cat
White pseudo melanistic tigers
Spotless giraffes
Spotted zebras
Ginger meerkats
White meerkats
Ginger raccoons
Playgrounds child guests can actually play in
The ability to change staff members hairstyle and color
While i would actually love more giraffe species
I feel like they'd feel too much like reskins
More zebra species too
Theres not much difference in the giraffe species/subspecies outside of spot patterns
I heard of one born at a zoo in Tennessee without spots
I mean as a person that researches most animals on the regular
I can differentiate a reticulated giraffe from a masai giraffe myself
The Spotless cheetah variant is based on one from Kenya that was a one-time thing I don't see why they couldn't have a spotless giraffe variant in the game even if it is a one-time thing in real life same with the black zebra with white spots
Im all for more giraffes and zebras actually
But i feel like most people wouldn't like it
And also an Arabian oryx
And more room to build
Oh hell yeah
All for the arabian oryx
We need more arabian variety
If the Zookeeper pack was the last expansion pack I can just download mods seems like new ones come out everyday on Nexus and if it is truly the last DLC I won't have to worry about them crashing the game
Also a gray fox
All the foxes
There is apparently official mention from frontier themselves that its not the last pack
We may get atleast one or 2 more
I hope they don't come out with a Planet zoo 2 where I'd have to basically buy everything all over again I put so much money into Planet zoo 1 and I'm living paycheck to paycheck
Planet zoo one is still fun to me
Likely knowing frontier
If its anything like jurassic world evolution 2
By the time I am able to afford Planet due to they will already have Planet zoo 20
And I will be a little old lady in a nursing home
All of the original game's animals including the DLCs will he part of the sequals basegame
Minus a few that might be part of the deluxe upgrade
People say Planet Aquarium would probably be it's own thing
Yeah usually fish and dolphins aren't all that common in zoos
Would still love to see manatees and sea turtles though
My childhood Zoo used to have an aquarium which was my favorite part until they basically destroyed it to make a exhibit about Florida Wildlife despite the zoo being in Ohio
So they could add some manatees
Cincinnati?
Yes
I think the Cincinnati Zoo may have had manatees in the early 1900s
The harambe zoo
That's the one
They could have handled it so much better
It's honestlt sad thats the thing Cincinnati zoo is most known for
I know of two other zoos were little kids fell in the gorilla exhibit and the gorilla didn't hurt them
I can tell you the Cincinnati Zoo has been up to some shady stuff way before harambe
The whole harambe thing started because of improper fencing on the enclosure
They do experiments on domestic cats to test out fertility procedures for endangered exotic Wildcats. When they were finished with them they used to send them to a local lab but now they offer them for private adoption. I don't know I think the whole thing just seems shady in general.
Tbf im the kind of person who thinks both parties were to blame
Cincinnati zoo should have had better protection on the gorilla enclosure
And the kid's mom should have kept closer watch on her kid
They should have made everybody go away then called harambe back to the holding area while paramedics got the child
Gorillas are usually more reasonable than chimps
Exactly
When a chimp is mad its mad
I heard of one in England or a little boy fell in and the gorilla Alpha just sat there and rubbed his back comforting him until help arrived
And one in the Bronx or a female gorilla picked him up and cradled him
Seriously the amount of times kids fall in gorilla enclosures is ridiculous
Either keep a closer eye on the kids or better security on the barriers
I have never heard of a story of a captive gorilla hurting the child
Atleast not directly or maliciously
I've heard of a bunch of meerkats having to be put to sleep for rabies testing because they bit the finger of a little girl who stuck her hand in and the parents we're super Karen's who insisted that even though the meerkats were vaccinated for rabies they still had to be tested
Because they didn't want their child have to get rabies shots
It happend sometime in the early 2000s
In Minnesota
Zoos by design are unfortunately gonna get into alot of controversy for merely existing
Because they are viewed as animal prisons
And treated in the same way a circus is
Which honestly is quite a weird comparison
The best zoos these days try to focus on welfare, conservation and education
Circuses are freaking animal torture camps
When I was a kid zoos would have an elephant show where they would make the elephants do tricks and have some type of Hook they used to lead the elephant around by its ear they claimed was just a big dog leash. Cincinnati Zoo would chain ts elephants by the feet
I saw the Louisville Zoo making its elephants do tricks too
Yeah elephants in zoos are a whole other controversy
Alot of one's in modern zoos are circus refugees
They used to put humans on display in zoos
And still have many of the physical and mental scars
Heard of that too
I think it was the London Zoo that had a teenager from Africa on display like a caveman in the monkey exhibit
Older zoos were a horrible sight to behold
Small cages and were meant solely for entertainment
I think this we're doing this to save endangered species stuff it's just a cover-up. Only a handful have been reintroduced into the wild. There are lots of animals that are extinct in the wild but still around in captivity
I've heard rumors for decades that they're going to clone thylicines from this puppy that's preserved in alcohol at a museum in Australia and then release the puppies back into the wild
Don't know how that's possible because they tested the DNA from that puppy and it's all broken up and unusable
Joey
I know but I think puppy sounds cuter
In some cases the location the animal used to live, either no longer exists or is no longer viable for the species to be reintroduced
Just like how I call those extinct things that supposedly evolved into whales "water puppers" because they have faces like dogs
I think they had to improvice with the Spix's macaw since their old habitat doesnt exist
A lot of the species that exist in captivity but no longer in the wild their original habitat is gone
If you want to save a species what you need to do is go to where that species lives in educate the children about why that species is important
Like when Prince Harry went to Vietnam to teach some kids about why they needed to protect the Rhinoceros
The axolotl seems to be delayed from extinction due to its popularity
Unfortunately its popularity also gets it introuble due to the pet trade
That's another thing only popular animals will be saved from Extinction
You can't save them all so people focus on the popular and ones that are cute and pretty
Not only are there captive breeders mass producing axolotls for pets
But i think they also get poached from the wild too
The Buffalo was saved from Extinction via private breeders
The American bison
I think a lot of species could be saved if we let people keep them as pets
Tbf idk if i would truly say the american bison is quite saved
I've seen pet tigers and lions that are way happier than captive ones
Most american bison populatioms live on human controlled ranches
And the yellowstone herd is one of if not the only truly wild herd
We're Mustangs ever truly a wild animal? Aren't they just popular feral horses?
I don't think horses evolved in North America
But everyone's like oh no we got to save the Mustangs
Well the mustang didn't
There is fossil evidence of horses in america
The issue being the species of horses went extinct during the pleistocene
I'm talking about mustangs I've always heard they're originally from Spain. They're descendants of horses that belong to conquistadors
The mustang is a breed descended from Equus ferus
Which is a european and asian species
The przewalski's horse being the last remaining wild subspecies
But aren't Mustangs technically just feral horses?
Feral is an animal of domestic descent
So yeah
I wonder why you don't have feral humans?
I've heard of feral children but that's just a term for an abandoned child that usually has a special need which is why it was abandoned in the first place
I don't get into conversions involving classifications of humans in biological terms due to how controversial that can get
I wonder if people who live off the grid could be considered feral
Well there are indigenous people are considered more primitive than the modernised humans but eh comparing that to feral is extremely offensive
No I don't mean them
I mean people who are self-sufficient who live off the grid as they call it
Not entirely sure on that
My parents used to want to live that life. Sell the house and live in an RV and drag me along with them.
Humans tend not to be my forte
Me neither I never wanted to be an anthropologist
I wanted to somehow turn into an animal or at least be a feral human and be accepted by Wolves or something
Humans technically are animals
I wanted to be a non-human animal
But just not in the same sence as a lion or a wolf
I have on occasion been intrigued by extinct human species like neanderthal
I always felt I was born in the wrong species. Not sure what species I supposedly was supposed to be just something that wasn't human
Was never really allowed to talk about it either
Because my parents were kind of conservative and thought that it would be a gateway into wanting to be a different gender
Like I said they were very conservative
But anyhow I really want some walruses for my game
And some rabbits some kind
Yes
Walrus
We have raccoons and Asian small clawed otters now we just need walruses and rabbits
Typically when i want to come up with an animal i wanna see in the game
I also want to see sea otters
I tend to make sure it atleast has a captive population
Guinea pigs
That too
Love sea otters
I think guinea pigs would be good
I've seen how sea otters walk
They're so goofy
They look so silly
I'd say specifically domestic guinea pigs
I just want to be able to put a raccoon, otter rabbit and walrus together
But what breed in particular confuses me
Perhaps peruvian
Call me crazy but microscopic animals
You could have a little Pavilion with little microscopes and stuff
Yeah
I want to see more sloths
But yeah in all fairness i do try to keep my ideas to animals that atleast have a population in zoos
I regularly mention the linnaeus's two toed sloth
Jacob sheep
In my opinion we don't need anymore bears or pigs
I thought we had all the Bears
6 pigs
8 bears
14 cats
I want to see an American black bear
And somehow people think we dont have enough cats
Same
We don't have enough cats
Its the last bear species we need
Every Zoo I've ever been to has a fishing cat, ocelot, and a serval
Honestly the split between grizzly amd himalayan brown was unnecessary
Just lump them into one
Same with arctic wolves in Timberwolves
Ursus arctos
Aka brown bear
Same with bengal tiger and siberian tiger
Aswell as african leopard and amur leopard
I want to see an asianic cheetah
And an asianic lion
We just talking about how adding subspecies of an animal we already have is pointless
Seems like most of the animals in the game are just subspecies anyway
No
I want to see it Tibetan antelope
Not really
And an Ethiopian wolf
American standard donkey and somali wild ass are subspecies of african wild ass
Siberian tiger and bengal tiger are both ecotypes of tiger
Amur leopard and african leopard as subspecies of leopard
Tanooki
Himalayan brown bear and grizzly bear are subspecies of brown bear
Arctic wolf and dingo are subspecies of timber wolf
Hedgehog
Dingo are wolves?
Bush dog
Well the zoopedia treats it as such
But
The classification of dingo is very controversial and messy
Gelada baboon
This animal would serve 0 purpose for the game plus would never use it but Jackals
Thylacine ( what if I want to pretend my Zoo takes place before they went extinct?)
Sometimes its Canis lupus dingo, sometimes its Canis familiaris dingo and sometimes its Canis dingo
Just to finish off the main North African predators
Black-footed cat
Infact sometimes they dont even include dingo in the scientific name at all
Canis lupus
Canis familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris
African wildcat
Dexter cattle
If you haven't guessed by the familiaris part
It's a domestic dog
Dingo are descents of the ancient domestic dogs
I've heard that too
But the reasoning for the wolf part is the classification of the domestic dog is also debated occasionally
Thought it was weird to see them in the zoo
Black-footed ferret Maybe
Dingo are a very unique lineage of dog
And fill in a long missing yet important role in the australian ecosystem
Just thinking of this time at the local Zoo as a kid they had domestic ferret in one of the animal cages and I'm thinking this is like going to the zoo just to see a dog
As the top terrestrial predator
I've been to plenty of zoos that have kept domestic ferrets in the barnyard section
That's where it was
We need more Mustilids
Idk if I spelt that right
My local zoo used to be one of them actually
Ermines
Weasels
Ferrets
It was a rather cute enclosure with climbing frames, hiding spots and hammocks
I was never impressed with petting zoos as a kid because I grew up on a farm
That's nice
Honestly I'd love to see honey badger, tayra and european pine marten
And I had a pet ferret too when I saw the ferret in the barnyard area
I know american mink are more common in zoos
But
I'd prefer european mink
My mom always had to explain to me that for a kid who grew up in the city seeing a pig or goat was just as exotic as seeing a tiger or lion to them
Its a critically endangered species
Plus i think europe could use a little more love in terms of animals
We're missing some penguins
I'm personally not that fond of penguins but I know a lot of people are
Specifically the gentoo penguin
Macaroni penguins
Chin strap penguins
Gentoo penguins are one of the most common species in zoos and aquariums
King Penguins
We have king penguins ingame
It was literally the first penguin added
Emperor penguins then
Aquatic pack
We need
Tbf i think emperors might be a bit too similar to kings
Are King Penguins and Emperor penguins the same thing? This person at the aquarium told me they were different but then another person at the aquarium also said Penguins only live in Antarctica and my parents would not let me correct him because they were afraid I would literally beat him up
The emperor is certainly bigger
And has slightly plumage differences
But i feel like most players would complain its too similar
I rarely use penguins in my zoos
Just African ones when I'm playing franchise mode to make people come
Then when I'm at the 25 million Mark I no longer have them
I'm just not a penguin person
Emperor and king penguins are different species
They are closely related though
I guess that person was right then. After that one person at the aquarium told me penguins only live in Antarctica I never trusted a word anyone who worked there said
King penguins are more widely distributed in the wild though
Emperors are endemic to antarctica
This person was saying penguins in general only lived in Antarctica
I had known since childhood most penguins live in tropical places
Did you know the furthest north you can find a penguin is the galapagos
I was always getting into fights at school with kids insisting Penguins only lived in cold places
I mean physical fist fights
Tbf people would always try to argue with me that owls were smart
Did you try to beat them up for it?
I was a weird kid
Owls are not very bright birds
People assume they are because of all the cartoons where they are the teacher or the guru
It's because of their big eyes
I'm guilty of making owls the teachers in my anthropomorphic animal stories too
Owls and foxes
Because I had a teacher who reminded me of an owl and I had another one who reminded me of a fox
I love the idea of a chimp being a science teacher in an anthro animal story
I think in the cartoon adaptation of Rupert the bear the teacher was a chimpanzee
There was a little human girl in the class
Honestly when it comes to the animals i wanna see
I was homeschooled so I don't really know how the non primary school system works. I was picture chemistry teachers being raccoons
There's alot of animals I'd loce to see ingame
Kindergarten and first grade teachers are always sheep
But i tend to stray away from using animals that are too similar to what we have ingame
Eh honestly i kinda picture kindergarten teachers as chickens sometimes honestly
One of the species i wanna see ingame but think its too similar to the llama
Species: guanaco
Biome: grassland, taiga and temperate
Species: bighorn sheep
Biome: temperate, taiga, desert and grassland
I also am aware people are sick of "hoof stock" aswell
Awwww
Sometimes bears too the mama bear stereotype. A lot of kindergarten teachers see their students as their children
Gym teachers as any of the stereotypically strong animals
Gorilla, jaguar, rhino, etc
In my story the only Jaguar is the music teacher who has and Irish accent because I refuse anyone other than jacksepticeye voicing him
And somehow his sister who is the school principal and school counselor has a Jamaican accent
They have completely different accents yet grew up together
I wonder if they have a human science elective like how some schools have an animal science elective which is not the same thing as zoology my at the time boyfriend learned the hard way
Species: wild turkey
Biome: temperate, grassland and tropical
Species: black-footed ferret
Biome: grassland and desert
Species: domestic rabbit (Dutch rabbit breed)
Biome: temperate, taiga, grassland and desert
Species: domestic guinea pig (american breed)
Biome: grassland, temperate, tropical
Biomes for domestic animals are based on the feral populations of the domestic variety as a whole
Or based on the habitat preference of their wild ancestor
Species: ringtail
Biome: desert, grassland, temperate and tropical
Species: red junglefowl
Biome: tropical
This is not a breed of domestic chicken
This is a wild species that the domestic chicken descended from
You gotta remember all domestic animals descended from a wild species
The domestic rabbit descended from this
Species: european rabbit
Biome: temperate and grassland
Species: mouflon
Biome: temperate, taiga, grassland and desert
Species: muskox
Biome: tundra
Species: yak
Biome: taiga
Species: roseate spoonbill
Biome: tropical and aquatic
Species: nile crocodile
Biome: grassland, tropical and aquatic
Species: harp seal
Biome: tundra and aquatic
Species: helmeted guineafowl
Biome: grassland and tropical
Species: Brazilian porcupine
Biome: tropical and grassland
I would definitely use that
It gives me a lot of nostalgia
Idk why
Species: golden pheasant
Biome: temperate, taiga and possibly grassland
Species: common genet
Biome: grassland, tropical and temperate
Yeah alot of these are just repeats of ones i know for a fact I've mentioned before
Im just using the new format i made
Species: gentoo penguin
Biome: temperate, tundra and aquatic
Yesss
Species: Cuban crocodile
Biome: tropical and aquatic
Yes pls
More crocs
Species: ocellated turkey
Biome: tropical and grassland
Species: vicuña
Biome: taiga, grassland and tropical
Species: visayan warty pig
Biome: tropical and grassland
Species: Australian brushturkey
Biome: tropical and grassland
Its kinda hard to do otters without them being too similar to other species we already have
But i can't help it
I want more european species
Species: Eurasian otter
Biome: temperate, taiga, grassland, tropical and aquatic
I say tropical because eurasian otters are also known to natively live in southeast asia
Species: European mink
Biome: temperate, taiga and aquatic
Species: European polecat
Biome: grassland and temperate
Species: European pine marten
Biome: temperate, taiga and grassland
And yes kinda hypocritical i say we have too many cats but here i am mentioning a cat
Species: European wildcat
Biome: temperate, taiga and grassland
I think we are lacking in smaller cats
What i consider small for a cat ranges from rusty spotted cat to maybe caracal and serval
Species: mountain hare
Biome: temperate, taiga, tundra and grassland
Species: western capercaillie
Biome: temperate and taiga
I'd love eurasian beaver
But i think its too similar to north american beaver
I dont think skull shape, fur colour and tail width are enough of a difference
But hey if we can have both himalayan brown bear and grizzly bear which are basically the same thing
Then we can have a second beaver i guess
Species: Eurasian beaver
Biome: temperate, taiga and aquatic
Species: corsac fox
Biome: temperate and grassland
Species: alpine marmot
Biome: temperate, taiga and grassland
Species: muskrat
Biome: temperate, taiga and aquatic
Species: North American river otter
Biome: temperate, taiga, tundra and aquatic
Species: American mink
Biome: temperate, taiga and aquatic
Species: American badger
Biome: temperate, taiga, grassland and desert
Species: hooded skunk
Biome: temperate, tropical and grassland
The interesting part about hooded skunks is that their coat pattern varies
Pelicans, even if they just behave like flamingos
Would love pelicans too
Typically i go into specifics of what species exactly I'd like to see
Because saying something as simple as "toucan" isn't specific enough
But that's just me
Species: dalmatian pelican
Biome: temperate, tropical and aquatic
Species: great white pelican
Biome: temperate, grassland, tropical and aquatic
Species: brown pelican
Biome: temperate, tropical and aquatic
Species: Australian pelican
Biome: temperate, tropical and aquatic
Species: pink-backed pelican
Biome: temperate, tropical, grassland and aquatic
Species: spot-billed pelican
Biome: tropical and aquatic
Species: American white pelican
Biome: temperate, tropical and aquatic
Species: peruvian pelican
Biome: temperate, tropical and aquatic
Im pretty at this point I've mentioned every species of pelican
Species: Indonesian pit viper (naturally come in 3 colours)
Biome: tropical
Trimeresurus insularis
And yes these are real
The most common variation is the green
The blue are extremely rare but seem to have a higher chance of appearing on Komodo island
Species: chital
Biome: tropical and grassland
Species: pygmy hog
Biome: tropical and grassland
Species: green peafowl
Biome: tropical and grassland
Species: bontebok
Biome: grassland
Species: tree pangolin
Biome: tropical and grassland
Species: impala
Biome: grassland
Species: gerenuk
Biome: grassland
Species: crowned lemur
Biome: tropical
Would certainly be cool
As the first lemur ingame with sexual dimorphism
Species: aye aye
Biome: tropical
Species: hartebeest
Biome: grassland and tropical
Species: serval
Biome: grassland and tropical
Species: shoebill
Biome: grassland, tropical and aquatic
Species: sambar deer
Biome: tropical, grassland, temperate and aquatic
Species: white stork
Biome: temperate, grassland, tropical and aquatic
Species: secretarybird
Biome: grassland
YESSSSS PLSSS
Omg yes please
Species: hamerkop
Biome: grassland, tropical, desert and aquatic
Species: Reeves's muntjac
Biome: temperate, tropical and grassland
Could they create likes mixes of colors irl?
To my knowledge
No
The colourations do not mix into a combination
I think they can breed and produce offspring on the most dominant colour gene
Which likely would be the green gene
Is it covered in poopy
mud
they tend to swim and live in swampy areas
They wallow in mud most of the time which is cool for a deer
Can deer be autistic
Technically? Yes.
There is no way to diagnose them, but all kinds of animals can show traits.
So how would I know
no idea. you can look up the wikipedia pages for that. there has been studies done on rodents specifically, but other mammals showed the same behavioral changes. so i guess if the animal shows certain types of behavior, that could be an indicator? you would never know for sure, though.
Neurodivergence is harder to notice in non human animals
indeed. animals can 100% get psychological illnesses and abnormalities, and it doesnt even need to be the smartest animals, but they cant exactly do 2 days of 8 hour testing you do for aspergers.
🐴
I don't think its appropriate to call autism an illness
Calling it an illness makes it sound like something that needs to be cured
Like yeah its considered a disorder but its something that can't be helped
And people on the spectrum shouldn't need to feel ashamed of it
I added abnormalities for that. And i am on the spectrum.
I would have just said mental disorder?
Ngl if I met a autistic deer I would try to hug it
those are synonyms?
10?
Common ostrich, greater flamingo, indian peafowl, southern cassowary, king penguin, african penguin, red-crowned crane, emu, north island brown kiwi, little penguin, mute swan and sussex chicken
Ohhhh
If its bipedal, has feathers, wings, a beak and lays eggs its a bird
Platypus may have beaks and lay eggs but they are mammals
Due to them being quadrupedal, having fur and producing milk
Okay tbf mammals aren't always quadrupedal and don't always have fur
But the main trait still stands
Milk
Dolphins and whales lack visible hair and only have 2 legs (flippers count as legs)
But they still produce milk
RedWay6697
YouTube
What Extra Animals I would put in Planet Zoo's DLC Packs
In this video I showcase what extra animals I would personally add to Planet Zoo's DLC Packs. As in, what other animals I'd put along with the reindeer, Arctic wolf, Dall sheep, and polar bear in the Arctic Pack, and so on.
Don't know if Frontier will ever take these into account for the DLC Pack coming next year, OR maybe a future game, but an...
How tiny do you think greater bilby is?
Its perfect enough to be a habitat species
tbf It made sense at the time when I edited the video
Its about the same size range as the meerkat and prairie dog
Would be a cute mini habitat in an australian zoo
It's actually one of my nost requested australian animals
Next to the tiger quoll and common brushtail possum
Also feel like yak and koi prefer colder climates than one southeast asia typically has to offer
Species: Southern Tamandua
Biome: Rainforrest?
Looks like my format has started to catch on
Biome: tropical, grassland and temperate
Tbh I just want more Canadian species
Like the Canada goose, I'm surprised how I see no one mention it
Since we already have a swan in the game it wouldn't be that hard to make
Although they are dicks so I could see why frontier might not want them
Altho so are swans
I've mentioned canada goose a couple times now
Oh sorry didn't see
Yummy
I wanna see this in game
Tony
Chimps like manatees
Who knew
Who doesn’t like manatees
Also saying that all chimps must like manatees because one did is a bold assumption
hoary bat
Yeah not sure if hoary bats are kept in captivity at all
To my knowledge insectivorous bats are extremely difficult to keep alive in captivity
yea but it would still be cool to see
Yeah i don't make suggestions based on what just looks cool
And the game doesn't just add what looks cool either
Every animal in the game has been in captivity irl
Yeah some are rarer like goliath frogs
But atleast they are kept in captivity
Well after all games are made to be fun so o don’t think it really matters
You also don’t need to have them in your zoo if you don’t want them
While this game has some unrealistic aspects such as a lack of unique individual personalities for every animal. Its almost entirely grounded in realism
Anything too unrealistic like an extinct animal or a species with zero individuals living in captivity breaks immersion
Fair enough, I suppose it’s probably better as a mod
Or though I wouldn’t say it’s realistic
Why Does tony like Manatees So much
lol
falanouc! not many people know about this animal, but I would love to see it ingame someday, whether officially or through modding.
You got a problem with that?
I'd love to see the yak in the game.
Ive been saying this for ages
yaks would be cool to see in the game
I love bovids
Weirdly enough
Bovids are actually the largest group we have in game
Sheep, goats and antelope (except the pronghorn) all count as bovids
I counted them all and I think we have about 24
That's even more than the cats
But we already have white rhinos tony
I meant to say bovinae
Wtf is that thing
and wild water buffalos are? :Koala_2:
Wild water buffalo are a seperate species from domestic water buffalo
Amd yes they are
Only one zoo in nepal breeds them
ah yes
random nepali zoo frfr
what a good example of wwb in zoos
I can't find any examples of hoary bats in zoos
So
so what??
who gives a shit
people post animals theyd like to see ingame
Ok but how about.....
eagles and condors?
The sea sponge
Okay
I want this ingame
All jokes aside
I've stated many times
All the animals currently in game either currently have a captive population or have had a history with living in captivity
And they will likely follow that with every animal they add
Yeah some of the animals like wild water buffalo, goliath frog and proboscis monkey are pretty rare
But atleast they've all had captive populations
I can't find anything on hoary bats or ethiopian wolves. And great white sharks straight up just die in captivity
So what
So fucking what
People like those animals
I don’t think this needs to be taken seriously it’s not going to influence frontier
And i like domestic dogs but its not like i wanna see them in game
Holy yap
Youre so fkin infuriating istg
Who gives a fuck????? People here post animals they want to see, but likely wont because no frontier dev is here
Fanmade server
No one says anything about the metric ton of random fkin species you post on a daily basis
Such a hypocrite istg
"I want this species of animal in the game!"
"Oh cool I want this one!"
"You cant do that"
???????
Im just saying for a game mostly somewhat grounded in realism, anything too unrealistic, like an extinct species or a species we know nothing about how they would cope in captivity, kinda breaks immersion. Yeah you could make the argument "its just a game who gives a shit" but most videogames have a sense of what should work and what shouldn't
These
Are people
Saying
Usually unrealistic
Species they want
Theyre never gonna get added
Just like your trillion species here
Yeah i know im an overly talkative, hyperfixated, no filter having, overly yapping, asshole
They share their fucking opinions because they can
For the love of all gods
I can't fucking help it i don't know how to filter myself
Its not a big fkin deal
Also wouldn't giving input on suggestions not count as opinions too
Yeah im aware im kind of a dick about it sometimes
Then dont
Its not hard
Except its not input
Its straight up telling them "you cant suggest this because x and y"
they can say anything and should be allowed to do so. thing is.. if frontier ever looks into this thread, they will not implement things like White Sharks (and many other larger fish species), that cannot be successfully kept alive in captivity. Same with species that have a highly specialized diet (many examples here, like snake-eating snakes) or are not considered for zoo keeping due to their protection status (Island Fox and co.)
having them in the game would steer Planet Zoo 2 into a vastely different direction Planet Zoo itself followed. It tries to allow you to manage a zoo that could, theoretically, exist und function in the real world - limited in certain aspects to successfully gamify this idea. they did not add an animal you would kill within half a year no matter how much you tried to perfect everything. and they did not add animals that cannot be kept in zoos due to protection status, import stops etc. And they for sure did not add extinct animals.
So while it is interesting to discuss these here and while I would love to see some of the recently extinct animals I assume they will only ever be added after successfully being brought back by science - maybe as a special celebration free update.
There are for sure more than enough animals I consider "Planet Zoo worthy" that frontier wont ever run out of animals that fit their own theme.
That said. Imagine they brought back the Thylacine (or other animals we have genetic data for) and Planet Zoo gave you a free update that had both a scenario following its revival efforts and its following breeding for release into the wild. Like the game celebrates this victory. I would shed tears seeing that.
Nice points
However
Frontier will never look at this thread
Indeed.
Any reptiles
Indeed
Coyote and American Badger! These 2 animals need to come in the game (Especially in the same pack)
Yeah, the coyote would be fun
Possums as well, tbh.
And other types of birds, like herons and egrets
Ive been saying these for ages
Yes you have
Yeah exactly! (also personally I really hope they make A completely brand new Rig and Animation set for the Coyote. Like How They have their own Run animation, They also do a very Cool Trot IRL, and how they Yipe, Whine, Cry, Bark and Howl)
While I think the next pack (if there is to be one) would probably be better suited for fan picks like the walrus, secretary bird, big horned steer, and and yak/musk ox, if we are doing another "themed" one, I'll throw my hat into the ring for a "Southwestern Desert Pack"
1. Arizona Coyote
2. Ocelot
3. Bobcat
4. White Nosed Coatimundi
5. Bighorn Sheep
6. Mule Deer
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Why'd you go so overly specific with what exact subspecies of coyote you wanted
You could have simply said coyote
I'd say kudus man theire cool and would definitely pay to have them and even elands and budhbucks
It's the type of coyote in the photo.
I know
I just dont know why you had to specifically go with arizona coyote instead of just coyote
Since you didn't go overly specific with bobcat or ocelot
I'd love to see the beech marten, stoat, ferret or weasel in the game:omgomgshock:
You know, some sort of small predator. Or a small type of rodent could be cool too, like muskrats
Same to all these
Although i wouldnt call a muskrat a small rodent
Is about a little big bigger than a squirrel
I'd consider than medium for a rodent
Since beavers and porcupines are considered large
a squirrel, red, grey have your pick but just a squirrel
I guess they would either go with just Coyote or specifically choose a very rare local variant that needs conservation effords to help its numbers.
same with the lions, really.
they could have gone with any.
also. I would also love squirrels. Either as a free roaming "just strolls in" option in zoos that match their native range, or as habitat species. Also sugar gliders and similar species.
though they would likely need very little space, making designing habitats finicky.
yeah
you know i had a dream that they added that in planet zoo the just stroll in idea
but in the dream i was also running around with my grandma 💀
and another idea to they could make is a another exhibit like a "small rodent exibhit" and then they could add rats, mice squirrel
*squirrel
Given that prairie dogs are habitat
I think squirrels are big enough for habitat
yeah but tha would have to have like a animation like the leopard were there climing up the tree
Pretty sure squirrels tend to usually effortlessly just run up the tree
smarts
here me out
garden eel exhibit
like the ones in the aquaria pack mod
Spotted garden eels are goofy little fellas and i can easily see them as an exhibit species
Seemingly a common aquarium species, especially in the Eastern Hemisphere, and overall just fits the vibe of exhibit species
ye
Dwarf Crocodile. Give us the swamp puppy
I feel crocodilians are our most used reptile type for habitat
We have around 5 already
Saltwater crocodile
Gharial
Cuvier's dwarf caiman
American alligators
Spectacled caiman
Tbf there isn't much we can do for habitat reptiles outside of crocodilians, monitor lizards and large tortoises/turtles
The things I would do for the fishing cat in my zoos they should implement it in a india pack with jackals too cause I like them a lot
This one is different. It’s the smallest crocodile species, It’s highly adapted for land compared to other crocodilians and it’s overall just a silly little guy. Oh and they also need much less water than crocodiles of other species and similar sizes
cuban crocodiles are also highly land adapted
That thing needs a hug
Would be nice to have rodents in exhibitions with a lot of floors
Are chinchilas rodents? If so they’d be perfect
Well id see them as more of a habitat animal but stuff like elephant shrews and kangaroo rats would be cute in exhibits
They are, chinchillas are rodents
Elephant shrews however are not rodents
They’re not?
I thought shrews were rodents? Or is it technically not a shrew
Shrews arent even rodents
Infact
Elephant shrews aren't even actual shrews
:SpyTec:
What you mean
My mind is shattered
Elephant shrews are surprisingly closer related to elephants
That… wait….. WHAT
So basically my best explanation for what classes an animal as a rodent
I thought it was just like a convergent evolution thing
Its weirdly got something to do with their teeth
Incisors specifically
Oh yeah the buck teeth right?
That’s why breavers are rodents correct?
Well it does have something to do with buck teeth
And yes beavers are rodents
But its also weirdly specific
Because rabbits, aye ayes and wombats have buck teeth, but they are not rodents
Is it because rodent teeth never stop growing
Basic rodent skull
So this is not a rodent
Even though I’m pretty sure it’s a chinchilas closest relative
I told you before that bunny is a misleading name
Because it is not a rabbit
Or even remotely closely related
It is a rodent through and through
:0
I knew it!
So rodents only have insciscors and them some molars?
Basically shrews are not rodents because their teeth are too sharp and developed for eating insects
Ok here’s a good one
What about sugar gliders
Most animals have incisors but rodents are more developed
Thats a marsupial
Like wombats
Oh ok
What about flying squirrels? I’ve heard they’re technically not even related to squirrels before
Flying squirrels are indeed squirrels
So yeah rodents
So rodents just have highly developed incisors and marsupials also have them but they also have poaches right?
Flying squirresl, marmots, chipmunks and ground squirrels are all in the squirrel family of rodent
Im not very good at explaining what makes an animal a rodent
You’re doing fine. It’s actually really interesting
Outside of a mammalian animal from the order rodentia with pronounced incisors
I’m more of a reptile guy
What animals would you like to see
Ingame?
Many things
Like top 5
My number 1 is still my beloved
And then number 2 would maybe be Guinea fowl
Helmeted guineafowl is one of my most wanted birds
But like my top 5 animals i wanna see in game?
Let me see
I want guinea fowl because of the sheer amount of color morphs they could give us with it
1. Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
2. Egyptian goose
3. Southern ground hornbill
4. American black bear
5. European wildcat
American black bear is the only missing bear species
Oooo a hornbill would be nice
And i think europe needs more representation
Or just a type of toucan in general
Hornbills aren't toucans
:SpyTec:
What
Or even related
Your blowing my mind this morning dude
Toucans are weirdly closer related to woodpeckers
Hornbills are closer to birds like hoopoe
What’s a “Hoopoe”
Also weird, despite toucans being related to woodpeckers, their beaks aren't as strong as their cousins
Infact toucan beaks are surprisingly fragile
Hornbills i think have pretty sturdy beaks
You’re an animal wizard. Blowing my mind with all these facts
Here’s a fun fact. Bird are technically reptiles
Chinchillas, rats, gerbils, shrews...
Apparently shrews are not rodents
Yeah i just saw that, makes sense since they eat insects
We had like a 30 min conversation about it LoL blew my mind
Sorry for starting something 😂
No you’re fine. It was very informative
Like how elephant shrews are not even shrews. They’re related to elephants
also this is the cutest thing I ever seen
Eh he’s cute but he Dosnt beat my swamp puppy
Look at him. He’s trying to be fierce but I can’t stop thinking he’s adorable
Also it’s called a dwarf crocodile
Imagine that in a walkable enclosure
You can. it’s the most easy tempered crocodile. It’s also said to be curious and I remember seeing a video of it following a person whistling and “galloping” over when he called for it. Plus it only grows a little longer than 5 and a half feet in most cases
Key word on galloping I’ll send a video real quick
Or actually all crocs “gallop” it seems but it’s still pretty cute
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Well yes but actually no
They are closely related but birds are their own seperate class of animal
I’m making the joke for all the people saying that dinosaurs are lizards
Just because it’s a reptile doesn’t mean it’s a lizard
The non avian dinosaurs are in a weird state of limbo honestly
Dinosaurs are related to reptiles and birds but again they’re like they’re own separate thing
They are related to birds the avian dinosaurs
Yes
But are weirdly in a weird state of kinda being both
Not quite reptile
Not quite bird
Dinosaurs came from early reptiles, and birds came from dinosaurs. So technically birds are reptiles
If you wanna be “Technical” about it
I think dinosauria might even be its own class
I just say those things to annoy people who think they’re smarter than everyone and are mean about it
I mean technically mammals also came from early reptiles
Exactly
Infact all terrestrial tetrapods descended from fish
So
Taxonomy is a mess
Did you know amphibians are the oldest form of land based Vertabrates?
Indeed
Accidentally said invertebrates
lol
Didnt notice
But i knew you meant vertebrate
Oh the first ever confirmed true vertebrate non fish was the TikTalik. Also what some refer to as the stepping stone for life on land
But let’s continue our discussion about hornbills from earlier shall we?
Or we can just talk about any animals you want too
I’m honestly having a lot of fun just talking about this stuff with you as your really knowledgeable
Wow. Was not expecting this to come true.
Well atleast we think its a coyote
And we think bighorn sheep will be in the dlc
Shoebills. Added with a easteregg: 0.1% chance of making a nearby visitor cower in fear whenever it calls.
Add in a .1% chance for any nearby security guards to draw their weapons and it’d be perfect
At best this is what i see us getting for a coastal based pack in planet zoo one
Walrus
Spotted seal
Northern elephant seal
Gentoo penguin
King eider
Brown pelican
Sea otter
Marine iguana
Replace brown pelican with blue footed booby and instead of the spotted seal use leopard seal
Nah
Pelicans feel more naturally on the ground than booby birds
And spotted seals are more common in captivity than leopard seals
They always have a more endangered animal in these packs it seems. Aren’t blue footed booby endangered?
No
Oh
They are a species of least concern
Also I want leopard seal so I can reenact happy feet
Idk i feel awkward about blue footed booby not flying
Also if we get sea animals an orca is a must have
Larger heavier birds like pelicans feel more natural
Would vultures work as a heavy bird we could have?
Not for the coastal based pack of course but in general
For some reason this logic i have doesn't extend to predatory birds
Eagles and vultures feel massively unnatural to not fly
Eh yeah. I’d like to see burrowing owls
Water birds like pelicans feel weirdly natural
Gannets?
Burrowing owls and secretarybird are the only exception to the predatory bird thing
Or albatrosses? But I know they are long distance fliers
My criteria with what feels natural is weird
Like i could by ducks not flying
But booby and gannets feels wrong
Albatrosses? Or blue cranes?
Albatross seems more natural
Cranes are a given
Tall wading birds are a guarantee for habitat
What about the arctic birds with yellow and orange beaks?
Puffins right?
Since its easy to remove their ability to fly and for it to feel natural
It would feel awkward but honestly i could see it work with puffins
The little guys live in burrows
I could see a walkthrough exhibit of hummingbirds too
Hummingbirds and finches as walkthrough exhibit
Woodpeckers too
Gouldian, australian zebra, long-tailed, double-barred and star finches
Aight I think if they really pulled out all the stops… They could add those finches that ride on top of rhinos and other large African herbivores as a habitat animal
But only if they pulled out all the stops and all the skills they possibly could
You mean oxpeckers
Ah yes if that’s what they’re called
Or they could even make them a special enrichment item for African herbivores
Feel like they could easily be implemented in planet zoo 2 when barriers are built to accommodate flying animals
And they could have interspecies enrichment with all of the african grassland herbivores
Including the elephant and hippo
But excluding the ostrich
I've never seen an oxpecker cling to an ostrich
Simply because ostriches seem to just be intolerant to them
Ok I agree we need manatees but what about dugongs
Dugong
Unfortunately habitats as they are now are not built to work with fully aquatic animals like manatees or dugongs
And i can't see them just making an entirely new barrier type this late into development
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I think it would be cool to have an extinct animal pack without it being megafauna.
A common suggestion that doesn't make sense
If it is extinct there’s no more of them. So how would they be in zoos?
Funny
Zt2 typa shit
Jeez guys you have to expect silly ideas every once in a while
Animals: Dodo, Thylacine, Warrah/Falkland Islands Wolf, Pinta Giant Tortoise, Pyrenean Ibex Habitats: Guam Flying Fruit Bat, Xerces Blue, Splendid Poison Frog, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parkeet.
But yeah its just not happening unfortunately, mods are always there though
I know I’m just saying how it wouldn’t work
Nothing wrong with having ideas
Funny because the Pyrenean Ibex has actually gone extinct twice
Yeah the cloning was succsssful
Semi atleast
Lung defect, but the process itself was successful. With other DNA that's left its quite possible, I'm not sure if they still are but at one point they were implanting GM'd Wooly Mammoth embryos into African Elephants
The pinta island tortoise is literally just a subspecies of galapagos tortoise
iirc the first cloning of an extinxt animal
But the first successful cloning of a mammal was dolly the sheep
Isn’t cloning still illegal? For the most part?
What
Ye it’s banned by a lot of governments
Human cloning
But not on animals
As that is for science and research
Ah gotcha
I still want these 2 pidgeons. But it seems planet zoo ain’t gonna add them for a while. At least until they make a smaller bird model
At the smallest atleast for habitat i could see them making quails and partridges
Such as the king quail
Or the crested partridge
i know that we could expect dodos in 2028 using similar dna
..would we still call them "Dodo"?
or would we asign them a new species?
Raphus cucullatus => Raphus cucullatus renatus (reborn)
following the example of Canis lupis => Canis lupus familiaris
Pretty sure no
One of the reasons im not looking forward to the concept of de-extinction is for 2 reasons
1. The dodo is the most important reminder of what we humans can do to a species if we are careless, it was the first time we were aware we could be the cause of extinction
2. Most times i read about de-extinction it involves using genetics from different species, AKA technically hybridisation
Although from what i here with the woolly mammoth extinction
They are just going to alter the genetics of asian elephants to make them hairier than usual
They've tested that out on mice
You could argue trying to de-extinct the dodo would he a way to correct that mistake
But in my opinion no
It should remain a reminder
And a reason to protect what little we still have left
i am not sure how to think about this.
i can see animals becoming extinct to be important as a reminder. but that strongly depends on how they go instinct and what role they had in their native ecosystem.
mammoths are researched because they could slow the impact on climate change on the siberian permafrost by keeping the plant layer thick and durable. you can do the same by breeding other species for this exact purpose, but mammoths may be more effective at it.
then there is amphibians who experience extinctions every single year, many of which due to the spreading of chitrid. there are other examples of diseases that are causing havoc throughout the entire world (except maybe antartica?)
should we not bring back and breed these amphibians for reintroductio? what about european crayfish, which are, right now, threatened due to diseases introduced by american species? shouldnt be bring them back when they are gone and the illness is successfully contained?
then there are bees and insects. not only their ecosystem, but the human civilisation would feel a significant impact if they went extinct. bringing key species of them back should be top priority.
i would argue that within the last 300 years we killed off entirely species that were a key factor of their ecosystem - species that left behind a chaos as predators were starving or herbivores were left unchecked, causing plantlife to suffer.
what about vaquitas? they are still around, less than 10 of them. should be artificially create new ones so we can save them?
i am just trying to say..
if some random douchebag decided "I want to go fishing", and had worms imported from britain, causing an entire ecosystem to be changed forever and without saving, then the same can be true for species we removed instead - and this should be reversed.
back to "Say some animal you want in the game but have rarely or never seen anyone ask for that animal!" I think a species of octopus would be cool
like blue ring or smth
I can see blue ring, as they are the most famous and recognizeable (except to those tiktok users that upload videos of them holding them unprotected), but i believe you would want to go a number larger like with a common octopus. it is more visible for the current exhibits.
blue ringed would be awesome if we get aquariums in different sizes, though.
ye
The Giant pacific or Atlantic octopus would be best if they added one i think. Also it’s either the Pacific or Atlantic. I can’t remember
Some jellyfish would be very neat too in an exhibit
Or a touch pool would be very cool too
a walkthrough exhibit but the path is a glass tunnel with any aquatic creature would be cool
A touch pool? For jellyfish?
@NachoMan1234 no for other sea creatures. Some starfish are okay with it. Sea cucumbers. Some smaller anemone. Some cow rays don't hate it. And then some of the smaller more docile species of sharks
Ah ok I thought you was tweaking. My bad
😂😂😂 we keep the jellyfish touch pool in the back. For the bad kids
Every time I go to an aquarium with a touch pool and I see a child man handling a one of the animals I want that too happen
Portuguese Man O'War and Blue Ringed Octopus tank with open lid and big signs that say DO NOT TOUCH. Let them sort themselves out.
I worked in National Parks for two years the way people behave when they think they can get away with it is abhorrent.
Natural selection
Nah we call that swimming with jellyfish
Toss the little misbehaving bastard in the pool
That'll teach em a lesson
fr
Let’s be real there should be tests and mental examinations before you’re allowed to have kids. Kids almost always turn out like little bastards cause they’re parents allow them too
Fr
which is exactly why i am not a fan at all for touch pools. aquatic life is, on average, far, far more vulnerable to illnesses and injuries that come with interacting with visitors. the fancy hand cream you are using? it can devoid an entire tank of life. regular soap? its bad. the probing fingers of a 5 year old? might injure or straight up kill some animals.
i mean.. we have seen people pick up a beached dolphin for pictures - for half an hour, until it died - without a single one thinking about putting it back into the ocean. i, as a zoo or aquarium director, would not risk any of these people being able to contact any of my animals.
even petting zoos.. the things i have seen there.
rabbits, chicken and guinea pigs? they are solely protected by the parenting skills of the child's parents - and we all know not all are up for that task.
At least goats and sheep will defend themself and each other..
that said: duck ponds. with plenty of geese and swans to act as teachers.
our local zoo has a small enclosed touch pool with three staff members. They only let a limited amount of people in at a time and before you go in they watch you wash your hands. Ive seen it done well a few times but typically it isnt
thats the sole way of doing it.
watch them interact with the animals, and watch them prepare for it.
i have been to three "Sea Life" aquariums in germany, and there was nobody watching there. I dont remember washing stations either.
but sea life are notorious for being an "attraction" rather than a proper aquarium.
Exactly and they do a little prep show with the kids to give them an idea of what to expect and the pools are big enough that if some of the creatures aren't wanting to be handled like the cow rays they can essentially be turned into a viewing exhibit instead of interactive
The only two that I can think of is the one in my town. Sea Life Caverns and then Ushaka Marine world in south africa but that's more of a rehab centre then a traditional zoo
i wish that was a thing..
the "touch and meet"-parts of aquariums and zoos being entirely guided.
I think Calgary zoo has a touch a meet for their butterfly conservatory 🤔 but yeah here I don't know if it's common but there's a few places here that do it
vampire crabs
here me out
Australian animals that i would love to see
Echidna
White kangaroo
(Maybe for an April fools update drop bears)
Sugergliders
Platypus
Wombats
Emu (emus are different to cassowary)
QOUKAS
Pictures i will upload below
That is an echidna (this species is also endangered)
White kangaroo (this species is also endangered)
Drop bear (basically an angry koala that specically attacks tourists)
Sugergliders (critically endangered estimated 500 left in the wild)
Platypus (also critically endangered)
Wombat (remember to make sure there poop is sqoure as that is actoully a true thing look it up if u dont belive me)
This is an emU not an eMOO
For reference this is a southern casserawree for those who dont know the difference
Fyi the kangaroo and emu are both Australias national animal so i feel they are big ones to be in the game also i think it would be funny if there was an Australian food store that sold kangaroo and emu meat as Australia is one of the only countries where u can eat our national animal
This is a qoukka also critically endangered and endemic to one island off the Australian coast
Emu, quokka, platypus and common wombat are already in the game
And so are white kangaroos
You've basically listed almost nothing but animals that are already in the game
FYI white kangaroo isnt a seperate species, its just a rare colour morph
oh ok didnt know sorry
If you want these species ingame get grassland, twilight, wetland and oceania packs
ok ty
Yeah the australian species were just kinda spread across different DLC packs
Drop bear is not real lol
Was gonna say that, but I would have come off as a dickhead the way I would have worded it
Sometimes I gotta remind myself to hold back on my lack of filter
Gonna do a repeat again but sumatran rhinoceros
Can't have too many rhinos in my opinion
Thats why i said for an April fools update
You First animal in a tropical South American zoo! GO!
White kangaroo?
That’s not a thing mate
IT IS BRUH
I’m Australian
litterally a picture right here
It’s not a species
It’s a genetic mutation
yea ik
still a white kangaroo
Yeah but they wouldn’t add a white kangaroo as a species that is how you listed it
They would add it as a fur type
they already have
as yea a fur type
I know but what I’m saying is in this scenario
huh?
Huh
ok...
Wait yk alot of these animals are already in the game right?
i know now
oke
Well it is
Its just not a species
Its just albino
Or leucistic
Already discussed it
And again i repeat
We already have albino kangaroos in game
Yea
But we did clarify all this yesterday
Uh huh
Please tell me you are joking
For this aswell
Ah ok nvm
White kangaroos are not a seperate species they are a genetic mutation called albinism therefore is already in the game
Yea ik
God i feel bad for them now
They're being constantly messaged over a mistake the understand now
Mhm
Drove me insane as well
Dawg
Bruh my teacher lied
It's cousin however
The Northern glider
That is critically endangered
correct
u sure y teacher said that
And with echidna it heavily depeneds
Short-beaked is least concern
But
We are talking about 1 species
Eastern long-beaked is vulnerable
Ok well i probably mixed it up
Yeah the way they worded it they made it sound like they think echidna is a singular species
Who worded
Western long-beaked echidna is critically endangered
Joyce
Literally was about to say that
Yea no there are multiple different types of Echidnas
yea
fair
And sir david's long beaked echidna is possibly extinct
Possibly not
There was a recent sighting
We really need the Eastern quoll in the game
Fr but there is a mod
How do u even download mods
Im on console so I can’t get it
And it’s also better when planet zoo makes it
I was thinking more like tiger quoll
Oop nvm we do have tiger quoll
yea I misworded mb
All good
Modded tiger quolls
I'd like to see tiger quolls officially though
Not really (my opinion)
Same to greater bilby
And eastern barred bandicoot
Btw it’s near threatened not critically endangered
Remodel on the right
They make their own animations for it
Original to the left
Mods tend to fix awkward models
Sorry mb nextime i will google instead of trusting the education system
Yea Ik what you mean, imo newer models for animals like the Tasmanian devil is much better than the mod
Cougar is definitely the most awkward looking of the cats
It’s fine just thought to let you know
Real
Well
I mean
The lion looks worse
Lumpy fat cancer tumour instead of a mane
Also i would love to see like birds and butterflies like having a butterfly house where guests can roam inside and can veiw the butterflies and similar with birds
The mane on the lion looks too much like it’s clumped together
There is butterflies
Looks less like fur and more like lumpy fatty flesh
Yea
ik i mean more like u can interact with them
Grassland pack has 5 butterflies
Like have a butterfly house
Now that the dire wolf is back we need them in the game
No
Idc
That remake is good
Genetic abominations
Yea you can make butterfly houses that guests can interact with
Vast improvement
Ye
How?
The revived "dire wolves" are man made
Idc
But if you see the difference between both tazzy devils the frontier one is better
That’s true
I will treat them the same way i treat hybrids and pugs
Abominations that Shouldn't exist
that’s cuz the modded tasi devil was created before the actual Oceania pack came out
iirc the devs have only ever fixed 2 animal models
Malayan tapir and binturong
My favourite remodel is the dingo @S3MBAC
The dingo definitely needed more pelt variety
Such as black, brindle and saddleback
The extra colour variants are great
Fr
I made a photo with a lot of dingo fur types to show that the dingo isn’t just the Australian yellow "Wild dog"
Sad
Didn't see that..
😞
Btw these are only some of the remasters..
Creators like Narwhaler, Gabboi and Leaf have created SOOOO many more
But if you guys wanna see if there’s any more remasters just ask me and I’ll send a pic @S3MBAC you might wanna see some up to you tho
The kangaroo one looks so much better
Ikrrrrr
Omg I can’t stop looking at it, frontier needs to remaster the Australia pack imo
The animals are good but they can be better proving my point with the kangaroo remaster
Frrrrr
Yea that looks amazing
Idk how frontier got the fur so dark
I actually cannot stop looking at it too 😭 😭
Yea
I’d say the ears on the frontier one is better but overall the remastered one is better
Personally I think all of the remaster is better but that’s my opinion
I mean I can’t play with mods so I can’t actually use them in game to see for myself
fair
They have the Queensland and Victorian koala made in the game (mods but the Australia pack koala is qld koala) now I’m just waiting for someone to make a nsw koala
That’s not entirely true, so In game they added the northern koala which is the QLD and NSW and parts of NT koala while the southern koala isn’t in game but that’s found in some southern parts of NSW Aswell as VIC and SA
A variety of little australian finches I'd like to see as walkthrough exhibit birds
Australian zebra finch, gouldian finch, double-barred finch, star finch and long-tailed finch in that exact order
European goldfinch and Eurasian bullfinch could also be nice exhibit birds
Hummingbirds, canaries, finches and sparrows are small and simplistic enough birds to work as exhibit
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu, red avadavat and java sparrow would be neat too
what i think would happen is like they would be diffrent and acctualy called a diffrent species but the public would just call them dodos
likely, yes
if it looks like a dodo and is made to be like a dodo, people will call it dodo.
people also call the shaggy haired mouse "mammoth mouse" rather than any other name.
yeah
or wolly mouse
just easy for people
idk
Yeah not into any of this colossal bioscience shit
Something feels wrong and sketchy about what they are doing
They give me the same vibes mr beast does
Something feels not right snd disingenuous about them
and it like "were saving species" or in mr beast "i gave this random dude 1M Dollars and this is NOT Scripted"
A bit to convenient that the "revived" dire wolves turned out white, EXACTLY, like the game of thrones ones
And they had the Author of game of thrones interact with them
yeah. they just want the PR for more funding, and they do the dire wolves thing because it is big and fancy and popular.
just chaning 14 genes does not make it a dire wolf, as grey wolves have 2,447,000,000 of them, and science says dire wolves share 99.5% dna with grey wolves. That is still more than 12 million genes of difference.
yes, it looks more similar to dire wolves than regular grey wolves. but it is 100% a grey wolf breed unless you get at least halfway there.
that said.. dire wolves do not serve a purpose in our current ecosystem. there is no niche for them, and i dont think people should keep them as pets. so the research, other than once again proofing, we can change genes and produce an animal capable of surviving for a while, did not further our knowledge more than marginally at best.
dire wolf was selected because mammoth is already being worked on by other teams, dodos is too far off and people cant tell wolf species apart easily by other than fur color. so you can trick them with just coat, size and other minor changes into believing you did something far superior to that and deserve hundreds of millions worth of funding that may or may not go into good causes.
More butterflies!! There are beautiful and exotic butterflies that would be incredible.
glass wing would be cool but idk if they could even do that they struggle with lions so....
adding to this, dogs and wolves are 1.2% different when it comes to genes and can still produce fertile offspring (albeit rarely) and are still considered the same species. you have to do a lot more to a grey wolf to overcome this "if it can breed, its a single species" rule of thumb.
there is no evidence, however, that dire wolves interbreed with other canids.
Ah yes i recognise these from animal crossing
Mostly
I can see the madagascar sunset moth, rajah brooks birdwing and claudina agrias
Red-footed tortoise
Eld's Deer.
Yes please
I was hoping for more walkthrough exhibit species with this pack. All kinds of medium sized birds like parrots (aras), dwarf parrots, Tucan etc. Excuse me if I got names and terminology wrong, I'm by no means a bird-expert. But they do fascinate me with their bright colors, as usually animals will generally try to "blend in" with their surroundings, and these birds are like "fuck it, need a mate, need COLORS" and their happy little mating dances are so cute and funny, would love to see that in the game.
Right now theres very limited options for walkthrough exhibits. There's some bats and butterflies, which are both amazing money printers, but would like some more variety in the next pack.
One of them would be alcedo attis (in Dutch called "IJsvogel" = ice bird), ara ararauna, ara rubrogenys and the Ramphastidae family.
Yes I had to google those
Making parrots and toucans exhibit is a massive waste
Parrots are some of the most intelligent, interesting and complex birds on the planet
And you want to waste them on the simplistic looped animations boxes
I would much rather they just save parrots for a possible planet zoo 2 with aviary habitats
Exhibit is overly simplistic
Only have live 3 animation on loop
Fly, perch, fly, perch, fly, perch, fly, perch, eat/drink
Habitat allows for more interesting animations
Like social interactions, sleeping, etc
I was thinking within the context of what we have in the game right now. Not asking for or considering other possibilities of keeping them besides exhibits and habitats as they are now.
I just personally think we should not have parrots for now
okay?
I do not like the idea of an animal that interesting and complex being wasted on exhibit
sorry didn't know it would trigger you this much
I just said I would love to see them in the game. In what way that may be was not integrated in my opinion or wishes. If they decide to make them habitat or aviary, that's all fine by me
but for now I think there's just very limited options for the walkthrough exhibits as well
Okay tbf small parrots like budgerigar can actually work
exactly, those would be really cool too
budgies come in so many colormorphs too!
Cockatiel could possibly work too
Most parrots seem to have some degree of dexterity in their toes and actually use their feet as hands
Budgerigar seem to lack that
Hummingbirds, finches, sparrows, canaries, budgies, cockatiels and starlings are the birds that honestly work best for exhibit
now we are talking
I have pet Cockatiel
Wait a cockatiel is that evil bird from Rio right? Or do I got it wrong?
Thats a cockatoo
Technically a cockatiel is a species of cockatoo
But its the smallest species
Nigel from Rio is either a sulphur crested cockatoo, yellow crested cockatoo or citron crested cockatoo
The 3 species look similar with minor differences
People keep saying hyraxes should be exhibit
I think no
Rock hyrax are seemingly in a similar size range to meerkats and black-tailed prairie dogs
Walk through at the last bit looks like a habitat animal all day
Babies are this size
Meaning the adult is bigger
Also stated before
Size has nothing to do with an animal being exhibit
Green iguana, boa constrictor, yellow anaconda and brown-throated sloth are all bigger than prairie dogs and meerkats
But are restricted to being exhibits
American Black Bear
And Pacific Northwest totem poles
American black bear is one of my most wanted animals in the game
For being the only species of bear still not in the game
We need Ursus americanus
we need droidekas
Great white sharks. Cmon. It's time
My preferred Bird of Prey pack:
Bald Eagle
for obvious reasons
Andean Condor
They’d be super fun to make rockscapes for! My local zoo has a very nice exhibit with them.
Great Horned Owl
They’d add to very slim the North and South American roster, a classic pick
African Fish Eagle
Beautiful colors and iconic call
There isnt a single great white that survived for a year in captivity. the record is 7 months i think. others died within 2-3 months, sometimes weeks. Also, not a single one of them ever was breed in captivity, same for whale sharks and many other shark species. So how do you want to reproduce them?
And the next "watery big thing" people want but shouldnt get are Orcas, for that matter. If you keeping an animal will - without fail - lead to psychological issues within the animal, you should not keep it. Also, only artificial insemination works in captivity, because they really "aint feeling that shit right now".
adding to this, each pod has their own culture and -some more, some less- language differences. You literally can't put Orcas from europe together with those from the coasts of the USA without their being fights that end in injuries, permanent scaring and neurological issues. I don't really feel a DLC that would only be realistic if we had a small chance of your animals straight up committing suicide, either..
A dlc that adds either would be the dlc that makes me the most disappointed in Frontier by far, and, very likely, the most disliked thing they ever put on steam.
The biggest I’d want are belugas and maybe, MAYBE dolphins.
those i would accept as part of a watery dlc that has otherwise more birds, sea lions etc. sure.
Great whites actually require live prey
And specifically big meaty prey
And aquariums aren't going to feed live seals, sea turtles, sharks, rays or dolphins to a great white for legal reasons
i honestly dont know what they fed those they tried with. but i assume the issues cant be traced back to food alone.
Its actually a problem with many species they try to bring to captivity
They don't fair well at all
Stress, refusal to eat or just outright don't breed
It's actually the main reason western lowland gorilla is the only kind of gorilla in most zoos
Because subspecies of the eastern gorilla don't do well at all
Attempts to bring mountain gorilla to captivity resulted in the animal dying of stress or illness
Let's admit, suggesting Great White Sharks for realistic Zoo Simulator Games are useless.
And impractical
If they programmed it realistically it would refuse food from any kind of feeder
So you either get protesters cause you feed live sea lions to your shark
Or your shark starves to death
Either way the requirement for large live prey is why there are no great whites in captivity
same with many reptiles and especially snakes, really.
some accept frozen rodents, others only when you heat them to body temperature after tawing, yet others wont accept either.
then there are specialists that eat live snakes, or those that eat a specific size of bird egg.
luckily, insects dont feel pain, at least so the smaller side of lizard things are mostly covered..
Well here's the thing
Most great whites don't survive in captivity
All attempts of keeping them irl failed
poor guy. people have been telling him for hours^^
Oh I didn't read the other messages
I just saw sharks
>_<
Sharks are awesome tho
There's multiple better options than great white
yeah.. aside from very few examples, i dont think they do well in captivity.
For example
Bamboo sharks
Hammer head
Saw fish
I rlly like bamboo sharks
Each aquarium I go to has them in the touch pool
depends on which of the.. 11? hammerhead species.
And their skin feels like gummy worm
Wdym
There's more than 1?
I don't go too much into researching aquatics
Clint's Reptiles
YouTube
We Just Discovered a TENTH Hammerhead Shark!
Hammerhead sharks are one of the strangest sharks the world has ever known, and now there are ten known species! Obviously, hammerheads are set apart from all other sharks by their bizarre shape of their heads which are called a cephalofoil, but why are they like that? Why are these sharks so strange? And now that there are ten known species, wh...
10, not eleven. but yeah.
its a whole group
Oh that's cool
I'll look into that
some are less than 2 meters long, the one you think about can grow longer than great whites.
i am not sure about the specific needs of each of them, obviously, but i'd wager the smaller species will do better.
Theres more than one sawfish too
About 5 to be exact
Where as every other caged animal is thriving. Hard to take the emotional moral high ground here tbf. Any kind of aquarium pack would be perfect. Planet zoo 2 style. Few pantaloons getting twisted over a simulation game here.
.realistic?
Planet Zoo is the most realistic zoo simulator game ever but it's still not fully realistic.
It's far from realistic but ok
It’s pretty darn realistic
It has the most realistic animal behaviours ever.
But RDR2 could be rivaling it.
Yes, I believe there are animals that do well in captivity, and yes there are some that absolutely do not. like apes and many monkeys. bears, rhinos, elephants and wolves.
I plainly do not build ape enclosures in my zoo. Because i know many of them have neurological issues and are given medication to cope.
And I also never build for polar bears.
I strongly prefer small animals you can actually give a decent home that allows it to reach the same quality of life - or higher - than it would in nature. Starving isnt fun. Getting sick isnt fun. Getting hunted is not fun either. So some animals that we can take care of in good conditions, are fine in my book.
While these animals arent thriving, and are in fact more likely than not suffering, they survive (under conditions that need tons of improvements) and breed. The game gives you the chance to build bigger than real habitats. It gives you the chance to give your animals reclusive areals it can feel saver at than real life zoo animals would. You are not required to be an evil zoo tycoon. you can keep a smaller selection of animals under very good conditions.
great whites? you will kill. without question. sword fish? you would kill them. Tuna? All dead.
Some species cannot survive in captivity. Absolutely no chance.
This isnt a question of giving orang utans psychopharmaca because they get depressed living in a concrete palace. This is about not adding animals you cant keep alive, cant breed no matter what and cant prevent from being visibly sick and injured within days of arrival. Aint nobody wanna see a dying fish.
This is a game not a simulator. So some shortcuts will be made in favor of entertainment. So I understand there are apes, bears, rhinos, elephants and similar demanding species. But if they game cant function under its established rules - raising till adulthood, then breed - it just is not meant to be.
You cant raise a great white to adulthood. You cant breed them either.
Planet zoo is realistic while still somewhat flawed in the animals behaviours and looks
The only unrealistic qualities of the game involve the hideous human designs and the way they transport animals
So yeah
A majority of this game is realistic
In my book to prove an animal is doing well in captivity is if they are eating well, socialising normally and even producing offspring
Great whites refuse to eat and starve to death in captivity
Tbf as stated theres still moral issues to keeping large and intelligent animals like elephants and chimps in captivity
But you can't change that, almost all captive apes and elephants are captive born
They can't be released
thats the rule i use for all my pets aside the cats, really.
if it behaves like it should and has no repeating patterns of movements etc, if it eats well, if it is established in the group and isnt surpressed, and if it is producing offspring or attempting to do so.
animal behaviours isn't only flawed in Planet Zoo.
Even IRL animal behaviours in RL zoo look flawed too, like this one
The Independent
YouTube
Polar bears in confinement have 'stereotypical' repetitive behaviour
The UK and European governments should ban zoos from keeping polar bears because their enclosures are stressful and their upkeep adds to global warming, a report by conservationists says.
Wildlife charity Born Free is calling on politicians to phase out the importing, holding and breeding of the animals that “survive and thrive in some of the...
yeah. that is why i think bears etc. shouldnt be in zoos either.
or under very, very strict conditions.
that most zoos will likely never reach due to space concerns.
As long as they have sufficient space, diet and enrichment
You'll stick to habitat requirements in Planet Zoo so to not making your habitat look like a kind of animal abusing habitat, that's it.
indeed
Wow
The hypocrisy in this is staggering
Look after the prey but not the predator.
This worlds on it arse
Hypocrisy? Because I point out it is impossible with:
-our current knowledge of biology
-the budget we allocate to conservation
-the budgets zoos have
-the available space for almost all zoos
-the available technology
-the existing laws
-the existing moral standards towards life feeding
etc.
to keep a great white shark alive for 26 six years (or 33 for females) and breed it in captivity.
Imagine being butt hurt over being told great whites can't survive in captivity
i dislike the very idea of Frontier adding animals that cannot possibly be breed in captivity and have to be taken from the wild every few years just so people can look at them.
Whale sharks fall into the same category.
Okay tbf we already have 2 in the form of small exhibit species
I only recently found out goliath frogs and titan beetles don't breed in captivity
i knew about goliath frogs, yeah
you told some time ago.
Its easier to overlook cause most people don't give a shit about exhibit
Its the small simplistic repeated looped animations animals
But I'd be more annoyed about additions like javan rhinoceros or eastern gorillas
yeah. i can see that. still an oversight. there are many other large frog species they could have chosen.
Big species that refuse to breed in captivity
if it needed to be a frog.
African bullfrog was certainly a better option they should have used
To my knowledge these things have a frequent captive presence in zoos and as exotic pets
Usually last i checked once something is in the legal pet trade they are usually captive breeders
I would be fine if it was wild caught species that only are caught because the populations in the wild are close to extinction and need to be breed under more suitable survival conditions.
With the exception of certain fish and insects
but thats not what we see in the game, really.
Actually do you know we've never seen a titan beetle larvae
Like period
Not in captivity or the wild
I don't even think mating in the wild has been recorded
the game is "build a zoo", it never - aside of maybe a few scenarios - "take this animal and multiply it so we can bring it back from the brink"
didnt know that. know basically nothing about beetles.
but i know we for the first time recorded a newborn great white recently.
we didnt even know where they were born. and we kind of still dont know, since it was already some days old, i believe.
last year.
But like thats the thing about the goliath frog and titan beetle that still makes them better than great whites for the game
They often have captive breeding attempts
And seem to do okay to an extent
Titan beetles would die anyway, because adult titan beetles captive or wild do not eat
sure. same with poison dart frog species. people are trying really hard to establish a population within terrariums worldwide that may survive the current extinction event caused by climate changes, deforestation and mainly chitrid.
some frogs are easy to breed, others only have been breed by one or two keepers worldwide. yet others.. everyone is trying. everyone as in "that expert that got two of them as he was trusted".
they are simulating the perfect temperatures, the perfect rain duration, plants, everything.
and yet, it does not work.
they life a full and healthy frog life, more than a decade, and never lay eggs. and nobody knows why.
so they only exist for mating at that stage, really. that is strangly common in the insect world.
Yeah
Lunar moths are another example of that type of insect
Yk what would be good for PZ
Having guests as animals and animals as guests
As april fools prank. Sure. People would love it^^
Yes, because it's a game. Go strap yourself to the side of a green peace boat if you really give a shit. If not, it's a game ffs
How do you possibly know small animals like to be in captivity
Ridiculous statement and argument.
YoU cAnT bReEd ThEm
Behave
You can't have a roller coaster that would blow your heart valves clean off and yet PC manages to not shatter the illusion.
Pathetic self righteous whiny babies
Same argument applies to the reverse
Other than the ones kept in cruel conditions, theres no evidence that animals kept in ethical and healthy conditions hate their life
Yes its a game and there may be some fantasy elements
But fiction also needs to be grounded
Going too unrealistic for a realistic zoo simulation game can break emersion and feel jarring
The game prides itself on its near realistic animal models and behavioural animations
We can't possibly know what a healthy captive great white would behave like because its just not possible
And yes sometimes an unrealistic thing such as a graphical bug will happen such as an animal just standing on water, thats virtually unavoidable since glitches occur in almost every game
If a game already establishes rules of how things work, they should not break those rules
Every habitat species in this game are a species that has a healthy captive breeding population irl to some degree
That seems to be the route they are going with, with no signs of breaking that
So for now its a given
We keep making points for why we think great whites wouldn't work
Your only argument is "its just a game"
Like you not gonna try and come up with any other reason?
No?
Its just a game
Got it
Thats your only argument
Because it is.
Because, we have, in fact, the science to back that up.
- Poison dart frogs, in nature, if food conditions are right, use less than 4 square meters of forest as their permanent home.
If you see a poison dart frog that uses more than this space, it is almost 100% likely either food isnt plenty enough or there isnt enough potential water holes for tapdoles.
Under perfect conditions, poison dart frogs will require minimum space.
- Canines will use lots of space in nature. Unless they live in areas of plenty food. Then they use relatively little.
-Bears need hundreds of square miles and will chase each other off to save food ressources for themselves. But they will flock with dozens and more when food is plenty - like during chinnok salmon runs. The region worldwide that has the most bears per square mile - and the biggest and healthiest bears - is the region that has these salmon providing plenty of food.
There are, in fact, scientifically proven over and over again, species, that, when all conditions are right, need less space than nature offers.
This game is about breeding animals and raising them to adulthood to breed them again.
We did not keep a single great white longer than 7 months alive, and they need about 30 years to become fertile adults.
And it is only last year we found the first relatively new born great white. we did not even know where they spawned. we could only guess.
We know nothing about these animals. Only that we will, in fact, kill them without fail if we attempt to contain them.
I am not saying all animals we have in the game are great zoo animals. In fact maybe half are not.
But if food is provided abundantly, the sole metric that remains in terms of space is psychological.
Of course buffallo travel of thousands of miles each year to find food. That doesnt mean they will still travel thousands if they find enough food to last them a lifetime at one spot.
And tigers that use thousands of square miles. They only do so because thats how much food supply that area offers.
My friend back then got baby rabbits every year when she was a child.
And every year the now grown up rabbits were replaced with newborn ones that were much cuter, while the old ones were butchered.
You want to do that with an endangered species.
Just replace it when it doesnt look good anymore (or died).
I dont think we should do that.
Irl agreed, this is a game though
okay. i will entertain you.
how do you breed Great Whites
We have more than one channel on this discord dedicated entirely to trading animals with good genes you breed through careful selection.
How does breeding function with great whites?
I don't care, it's a game. I don't know how to breed t rexs either but frontier made it possible
you can breed dinosaurs in JWE2?
arent they all created in a lab?
Same thing, give me lab sharks
That works well. Of course. We have the entire gene sequence of Great Whites.
Now we only need to get every single item in order that killed of the real ones we tried to keep in captivity. Every single one.
Sounds good
...we dont know what kills them every single time.
It's.....a..... game.....
a game where you need to get land, water, terrain and space requirements along with temperature ranges, food options and cohabitation and foliage etc. all exactly right.
Do we know any of this for Great Whites?
land. thats 0m2
helping you there.
Planet Zoo is unrealistic.
But it has its own rules that each animal follows. We do not know enough for this specific one to even know how it would satisfy these rules.
Thats like adding in a new monster into Super Mario World that is an Eldenring boss.
it doesnt seem to fit.
Yet, doesn't fit yet.
you are right.
should we find all the required knowledge to keep them alive, and should we successfully raise two juveniles to adulthood and breed them - even through artificial insemination - and should this have been copied 10 and more times worldwide, then, yes. It can be done reliably enough to be a part of Planet Zoo.
You take this all very seriously.
you kind of wish to add a species that is more unreasonable to be kept with our current knowledge than a deextinct T-Rex.
which is why i am kind of trying to talk some sense here.
It's just a bit of fun though.
I don't need chapter and verse on shark captivity. It's not real life
Frontier went away from the Giant Squids, Great Whites, Whale Sharks, Green Sea Turtles, Humpback whales and Mermaids it used in Zoo Tycoon in a change of police for their new game.
They wanted something less of a fantasy game feeling. And I like that change, personally, enough so that I dont want it to change back.
Great Whites are fascinating and beautiful sharks. And i am all for conservation effords being put into their way, especially after "Jaws" and co caused the worldwide population of all shark species to crumble to sometimes 5% of what they used to be.
So yeah. I am all here for shark appreciation. We, in fact, need more shark appreciation. Make people feel sharks are cute. Make them afraid of dolphins instead🐴
That said, yes.. Most of them should, in my opinion, stay at this place.
That mod works, btw. We only have the issue that keepers need land to enter the habitat, thus you can see Great Whites beaching themselves.
As they are coded as seals or something like that.
Well theres your answer
Go play jurassic world instead
Its most recent update added megalodon
Done and done your playing your entirely fictional extinct animal game that has a shark
Done
Also comparing to entirely different properties
Jurassic world evolution is a scifi game, based on a scifi movie franchuse thats based on a scifi book
This may shock you but planet zoo is based on actual real world living animals that can actually be raised in captivity
In my opinion each of these zoo builder games should have their own thing to stand out
Zootycoon: fantasy elements
Jurassic world evolution: its connection to the jurassic park franchise
Prehistoric kingdom: extinct animal zoo
Planet zoo: near realism when it comes to anything animal related
Pz near realism haha nice one
looks at the animals alone
😨
But like seriously
Unless they add something like a giant forest hog or an ethiopian wolf
There is zero chance of a great white
if they where to do sharks they would do something like a sand tiger shark or blacktip reef shark
yes sure its a game but its made to be realistic not what ever you want
Remind me of the name of this sub group please
wtf you talking abt now
What's this group called?
idk
rocket
sharks
Let me remind you
Some animals you WANT
WANT
As in say what you would want to see
In the game
yes
Imagine wanting animals for this game ngl
but the game is abt realisim
so im just saying
This game is ass anyways all my homies on marvel rivals now 💯
Go finish your homework
so is your opion 💀
Successfully baited
(i have literally 1.3k hrs on this game)
i have 1.6k hours
Seems like your spelling, too
seems like your becoming a smart ass too
You're* xddd
🤓 ☝️
Okay agreed many of the models are ass
Such as the lion and cougar
Cougar is okayish
But its not good either
Its face looks so off
Literally 90% of basegame animals look like shitte
Enter remasters
looks inside
almost every animal has been remastered
I'd say where the basegame animals shine are the ones that don't have fur or feathers
And even then they are still off
Except for later release ones
I quite enjoy the anniversary animals
Red deer, collared peccary and african leopard are quite decent for basegame
Nah leopard was shit too
Fur was totally fucked up
Freaky ah fur shaders
Okay the fur yeah
Face was weird too
Remasta looks bettah
Okay honestly
Caracal is the only decent looking cat to me ingame
No lol
That ones fucked up too
Face fucked up again
As always
Ear tufts were weird too
Heres the more realistic remaster
Eyes look better too. More sharp
is there any remaster that isnt straight up better or more realistic?
Clouded Leopard is pretty good imo
Pallas Cat too
funny how this entire thing is just ppl arguing about stuff lmao
good to read through w/ popcorn
anyways i feel like pz should have some actual birds that can fly properly, and theoretically if they ever added any (not mods) i'd love to see vultures and ducks
ikr
Pretty sure ducks could work as the game is now
Yes ducks can fly, but they are one of the few birds that feel natural just walking
As apposed to parrots who just outright look awkward on the ground
Minus a few rare species like the kakapo
Reminder that black-backed jackals exist
I love these sneaky thieving goblin scavengers
1. Anhinga
2. Bearded Vulture and Turkey Vulture
3. Burrowing Owl
4. Crested Caracara
5. Dalmatian Pelican
6. Eurasian Hoopoe
7. European Bee-eater
8. Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
9. Hoatzin
10. Lesser Bird-of-Paradise and Greater Bird-of-Paradise
11. Oscillated Turkey and Wild Turkey
12. Palm Cockatoo
13. Red-legged Seriema
14. Resplendent Quetzal
15. Ring-necked Pheasant, Golden Pheasant, and Lady Amherst Pheasant
16. Scarlet Ibis
17. Sunbittern
18. Superb Lyrebird
19. Victoria Crowned-Pigeon
20. Zebra Finch
birds
Idk what tortoise/turtle species is this but they can share habitat with Gharial peacefully.
There's more of turtles/tortoises sharing habitats with crocodiles, turning out. Gharial isn't the only one
If they are aquatic then they are turtles
Tortoises are exclusively a dry land thing
Wondering if you can point out these tortoise species in these images.
bigger ones?
no
smaller
Tortoise species names, i'm meaning.
oh
Well the ones on the second picture here are red eared sliders
A subspecies of pond slider
Picture three is a mixed species group but i mostly can spot red-eared sliders
Ya know what
Most of these are just red-eared sliders
Like all 4 of those photos have red-eared sliders
So now, Frontier should add red-eared sliders to Planet Zoo then.
They should have in the first place honestly
3 reptiles im confused why they didnt add
Burmese pythons, central bearded dragons and red-eared sliders
Or just pond sliders in general
Because another subspecies thats fairly common in captivity is the yellow-bellied slider
Just any subspecies of Trachemys scripta
Northern fur seal.
Which one y'all like best
Burrowing Owl maybe
Victoria crowned pigeon
Only because the zoo nearest to me used to breed them
They breed a different species of crowned pigeon now
detour: all of them
My zoo near me has some in their big butterfly house as well as little tiny alligators (I think) and 2 tortoise
Lord Howes Stickbug?
It was rediscovered in 2001 on a volcanic outcrop of Lord Howes Island, called the balls pyramid after presumed extinction in 1920. An island near was its old habitat but all of them died from invasive species.
It's found in a lot of big zoos trying to get it's numbers back
The Melbourne Zoo, San Diego Zoo, Bristol Zoo, Prague Zoo, and Toronto Zoo have them in breeding programs
dolphins, sharks, whales, squids, fish basically MORE WATER ANIMALS/ animals that stay in water and dont need land
I would say only small octopus that will be exhibits
Also whales need such big areas
Sharks not so much but still need quite a bit of space
Dolphins the same but would be more likely to be added
Fish would get their own aquarium exhibit maybe one that can add medium octopuses
Maybe a walk through aquarium
Like those tunnels
In big aquariums
still they would look really cool polar bears need a massive area they still r cool to have,
+ makes pple be more creative how they would make that area big enough for it but also look cool enough
we really need more water exhibit animals like small fish as u said, small sharks, small octopus, crabs, mantis shrimp etc..
Yeah
True
True but they are not water only
what is this for?
Saying animals you want yo see in the game
Most of us tend to keep it to the limitations of what can actually be kept in zoos irl
so its just a place to talk about animals
Essentially yeah
Occasionally you'll get someone saying somethint batshit insane
Like suggesting extinct animals
Or mythical creatures
I usually absolutely flood this chat with alot of animals
Ive done it so much to the point nearly every animal in zookeepers and Americas were animals i wanted to see
Ngl blue spotted tree monitors would be fun
Would add bright colours
Something new for a monitor
And a new habitat reptile
At this point its kinda hard to add new large animals without people calling them a clone of some kind
I like arabian oryx and think they would be neat
But i feel people would call it a gemsbok clone
Nilgai is a more unique antelope
But most people are sick of ungulates
American black bear is one of my most wanted species simply for being the only species of bear thats missing
But people get mad at the idea of another bear
Sumatran orangutan would feel too similar to bornean orangutan
Would love nile crocodile but its kinda hard to make a crocodilian stand out amongst the rest of the crocodilians
Bobcats would be nice
But alot of people think we got too many cats
And it would be hard for a bobcat to be more unique than the eurasian lynx
Infact all the lynx species have that issue
magpie goose my beloved❤️
Yes
Magpie geese
3 geese i wanna see the most
Magpie goose, cape barren goose and egyptian goose
Theres actually plenty of geese I'd love to see ingame
Swan goose
Red-breasted goose
Barnacle goose
Nēnē also known as hawaiian goose
Orinoco goose
Andean goose
Vicuña
cuban croc with gallop animation
Ok ok but what about.... the chameleon:LC_Clap:
Yes
Any specific chameleon species you looking for?
Like Parson's chameleon
Or panther chameleon
More maybe veiled chameleon
The lance nose chameleon looks like a unicorn x chameleon chimera, I'd love to have this in the game
The Jackson chameleon has three horns which reminds me of a triceratops.... Looks really cool too
But the panther chameleon also looks amazing too indeed
Also unrelated fact
Chameleons have teeth
And large species actually straight up eat meat
Catching prey like birds, geckos and smaller chameleons
List of butterflies i think would be neat
Postman butterfly
Claudina agrias
Paper kite butterfly
Queen Alexandra's birdwing
Rajah Brooke's birdwing
Clipper
Zebra longwing
Glasswing
Common blue bottle
Red admiral
Japanese emperor
Common crow
Plain tiger
No mo buttafly pls
Da ones we have now are gud
Lacking in colour variety in my opinion
2 yellows, 2 oranges and 1 blue
They have morphs btw
Some
The monarch does i think
1 has a morph
1 rare white morph doesnt automatically fixed the colour variety issue
Because its still a rare morph
gooba
The Bornean bay cat (Catopuma badia), endangered and rare even in pristine environments. It weighs about 3-4 kg and is about 50-60 cm in length but the animal is so rare that the measurement data are not reliable
I'd prefer its cousin the asian golden cat
A vulnerable species with a more common presence in captivity
yes
and squirrel
grey or red
not any others
like
this one
fishing cat too
prevost's squirrel on the left heck yeah
actually i wanna share some of my favourite squirrels which would be neat
indian giant squirrel
eurasian red squirrel
siberian flying squirrel
we need like a small noctournal animal pack (ik abt twilight buti mean with the redlights and small mammals)
Nocturnals are kinda hard to program seemingly
Alot of the animals in game are primarily nocturnal
But come out whenever
come on frontirer you can do it
encouraging words in background
Aardvark, fennec fox, sand cat, african crested porcupine, european badger and red fox are some of the most notable nocturnals
and the exhibit bats
but they are exhibit
Although I'd argue red foxes are crepuscular
yeah
i live in uk so i see foxes quite regularly
Which is basically twilight
But red foxes dont seem to care about the time of day
no
Night just happens to be the time of day they prefer
they do care abt wallets tho
always stealing
But yeah alot of the animals in game are nocturnal and or crepuscular
yeah
Cheetah are probably the only cat thats primarily diurnal
Aardvark, fennec fox, sand cat, african crested porcupine, european badger and red fox are some of the most notable nocturnals like you said
good poinnt
what abt cougar tho?
Cougars are crepuscular
oh
Most cats are crepuscular or nocturnal
yeah
my house cat aint
yay theres a cat
that aint crepuslalar or nocturnalal
nocturnal*
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I think parrots are one of the most common bird types in zoos
But honestly
I think parrots are kinda cliche
I'd like to see atleast 5 or 10 of them atleast
But i wanna see a wider variety of bird types
Flying and flightless
birds of prey are also kinda cliche
any time i see anyone talk about birds
most the choises are some species of eagle, owl, falcon, hawk, buzzard, vulture, condor or parrot
a handful of people will mention pigeons and ducks
Elegant crested tinamou
Tinamou are the only ratite we don't have
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Axolotls
Already in the game
Conservation Pack exhibit species
wait WHAT?
Yeah
The amount of times people say we should have animals that are already in game
Well its not alot
But its weird that it happened atleast twice
What pack is it?
I just said
^
Conservation pack
Its an exhibit species btw
oh that is why i dont have it i dont got it lol
ofc it is p-p
didnt see it sorry
I’m shocked we don’t have any jackals yet
Im more shocked at your lack of guineafowl
Helmeted guineafowl specifically
The upland bird niche is super overlooked by frontier for some reason
Those exhibits are some of my favorite parts of zoos.
Galliformes I find are some of the likeliest birds to get added
Due to the fact they spend most their time on the ground
Yet we only got 2 ingame
Indian peafowl and chicken
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blue-billed curassow
helmeted guineafowl
great argus
golden pheasant
red junglefowl
crested partridge
king quail
congo peafowl
ocellated turkey
bornean peacock-pheasant
greater sage-grouse
himalayan monal
western capercaillie
california quail
red grouse
vulturine guineafowl
Reeves's Pheasant
red-legged partridge
australian brushturkey
Yeah im gonna leave it here for now
I'll get more later
Tons of them live near me
The aquatic pack is probably my least favorite roster
Greater Roadrunner
My local zoo has a really nice indoor exhibit with quail, roadrunners, and some desert song birds. Really good exhibit!
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Seems weird to keep roadrunners with anything small
They are predators
Usually hunting lizards and snakes
But are known to eat small birds
Likely works the same way large communal shark tanks do
Keep them fed
Tbf supposedly you can keep small bears with other animals with little issue
Particularly spectacled bears with coati
I saw wolves and bears together a couple of times
Hope they are separated when they have cubs
Because wolves and bears are known to eat eachothers cubs
Supposedly some zoos keep brown bears with lynx and wolverine
The mostly herbivorous bears seem to have a higher record of being in mixed species enclosures
Sloth bear and golden jackal
Panda?
Rarely kept mixed
Considering like 7 zoos outside of China have them
Cant think of any mixed habitats with giant panda actually... Maybe something in China perhaps
It's illegal to have Giant Pandas in zoos outside of China, or either. It required a special requirement to have Giant Pandas in Zoos outside of China?
It isn't illegal
Zoos that keep giant pandas have them borrowed from the Chinese government
Thats why pandas are out of rotation in zoos often
It's true that Pandas must be returned to China when they reached 10 years old?
Idk
Though there is an amount of years the zoos rent them for
Usually 10-15 i think? Might be 7-10
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I said this before but I would love to see a cuscus
Yeah there arent any zoos that ethically keep cetaceans
I would say ethics of any animal in captivity is up for debate but cetacean have it real bad
Since cetaceans can consciously control their breathing, some just consciously choose to stop breathing
So some cetaceans just choose death
Willingly
Studies have shown some animals actually don't mind, elephants actually like the attention and animals like giraffes hate it.
From a conservation thing, as long as that's what it is, it's fine I think
But in no circumstance an animal that smart, and requiring of such a huge territory should be put in captivity
If I remember correctly my teacher last year had an octopus for dissection, idk why it was alive still, but it killed itself
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This is not about animals but how i think bundles should've been
Barnyard & conservation: Because of The Farming and food props with contrasting animals Barnyards with Animals found every where and are least concern and Conservation with elusive and endangered animals found sparsely
Europe and Eurasia: Because I feel they could have added some other european species Besides some of the other animals in the europe pack
Australia and Oceania: Because of the other biomes in Oceania in the Australia pack I felt kind of Desert based Besides the cassowary And maybe the koala and also Australia is a part of Oceania and Props like the pallet would be great for making docks for animals like the Little penguin
Africa & arid: Because they are both based in north Africa and the camel sign in the Africa pack is a dromedary camel and the interspecies enrichment
Funny how the building theme for africa pack was north african
But
3 of the animals are south african
Yes but also the theme is North African
Thats why i said its funny
The theme is north african
But only 2 of the animals are north african
Including the exhibit species
Tropical & Southeast Asia: Because the tropical pack has an Indonesian Building Theme and the Lar gibbon shares interspecies enrichment with many of the Animals
North America & South America: Because Both are the Americas
Wetlands & Aquatic: Do I have to explain this?
I think we should just have a pack for the remaining marsupials that we need tree kangaroo a possums cuscus billby and bandicoot Mabye a qouka to that is a solid 5 anamal pack
Or a pack of odidies aye-aye tarsier a tuatara gaint salamander and secretary bird all weird animals unique in their own way
These would cover what we need
Or at least a whole lot
Best lemur they could add
A animal type we don’t have
Closest thing to a dinosaur alive
I meant qoull not qouka
The other type of possum works to
O possum
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Aren't they cute. The Valais Blacknose sheep
Personally I think one breed of domestic sheep is enough
Bezoar goat looks cool too look at those horns
And of course hares
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bezoar ibex, aka wild goat
this is a species id love to see ingame
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i dont think ive seen this been asked but dragon flys in walk thru exhibits
I've actually never heard anything on dragonflies in zoos
Mostly because the topic of insects in zoos is rarely discussed
Outside of cockroaches, ants, beetles, mantis, butterflies, moths and the occasional bee
There are some really beautiful dragonflies out there
I'm surprised they're not common in zoos
They probably need way more space than other insects tbh
Could be a reason
I've not really seen any in zoos
But i don't doubt its possible
I guess difficulty must come from the fact they are fast moving aerial predators that require water in order to breed
Leopard Seals, Puffin, Cormorant, Mandarin Duck, Chinstrap penguin, Razorbill, Electric Blue Gecko
Pretty sure the specific species used are atlantic puffin and great cormorant
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I don’t think I’ve seen anyone say about pot belied pigs or turkeys
I’m kind of surprised I haven’t heard turkeys ngl
Or geese
Well I've never mentioned potbellied pigs because i think we should keep to one breed of each domestic animal
Ive mentioned turkeys on the regular and ive mentioned geese various times
Oh hm
Tbf I've mentioned wild geese species
And wild turkeys
I wish we got either golden gurnseys or pygmy goats ngl
Or boa
Boa?
As in boa constrictor
An animal we already got
Nah mb I mean boer
Boer goat
I like bagot goats
Mostly because its a rare breed i personally worked with
I like bagot goats because of their long shaggy fur and their giant horns
Huge horns
Ibex lookin
I've actually worked with this breed before
Sick!
They're surprisingly easy to get them to follow you without using a dog
All it takes is a bucket of food
I think I’ve seen a few people say but black grouse and capercaillie
That’s the same with pretty much all goats imo
Oh yeah I've mentioned them multiple times
I just like grouse
And want more birds/european animals
I taught my goats to follow me even without food lmao
I used to work at a rare breeds family farm
Mostly worked with british and irish livestock
Oxford sandy and black pigs, irish moiled cattle, galway sheep, jabob sheep, shetland ponies, dexter cattle, miniature donkeys, pygmy goats and bagot goats were the main ones
Some of those aren't british or irish but yeah
I think the animals i had the most experience with were the chickens and ducks
Mostly cause they had me mostly working with the birds
But i was mostly placed in the hatchery/nursery
Eh lemurs are kinda basic for madagascar choices and they kinda mostly use the same rig
But if we were to get more of the basic ones
I hopes its one of these 3
Black lemur
Blue-eyed black lemur
Crowned lemur
All 3 display sexual dimorphism
Which is always fun to see
When males and females look entirely different
On the same topic of sexual dimorphic species
Mandarin duck
Lady Amherst's pheasant
Crested partridge (like the millionth time I've brought this one up)
HI GUYS
i've not seen much ppl say this
probably no one
a new pack!
the Aquatic ocean pack wich gives awuatic animals such as tropical fish and orca's
i'd love to see sharks
pirhanas
and 1 thing
I NEED
are
axolotls
um
https://planetzoo.fandom.com/wiki/Axolotl my guy its already in
Planet Zoo Wiki
Axolotl
The Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a small North American amphibian featured in the Conservation Pack DLC for Planet Zoo. Population In Wild: 50 - 1,000The axolotl (or Ambystoma mexicanum) is an...
how have you seen no one request aquatic pack? other than birds thats the top asked for. . .
we have a pack called aquatic pack in already 😭
Actually alot of people talk about it
But most of us hate the idea of adding orcas
The second time someone's mentioned the axolotl despite the fact it's officially been in the game for years
As part of the Conservation dlc
thats the second time???
oh my god
We have some people that are clueless and mention an animal we already have
Some guy mentioned quokka once
The quokka was already in the game when he mentioned it
I may have mentioned white-faced saki before, but it hadn't been added at the time I mentioned it
oh
well
im sorry?
im new to the game
and i dont have the dlçs
and i thought there arent ocean animals in the game
:EmuSparkle:
there abit small but id love Banded ground cuckoo's for like tropical domes
Axolotls aren't ocean animals
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oh
yeah
im stupid
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We already have dingo
I've always had the Idea to have American Mustangs with a train going through
Border Collie and other dogs
Kakapo
cute lil hedgehogs in the game would be cool
Yeah not keen on this idea
Other than occasionally keeping them to calm down nervous cheetahs, almost no zoo unironically has domestic dogs on display
Except for maybe the north korean zoo which is honestly one of the most depressing zoos of all time
Since one of its residents is a smoking chimp
Also sometimes chinese zoos are too cheap to actually have panda's so just dye a chowchow to look like one
Actually alot of cases where chinese zoos are so cheap they try to pass off dogs as other animals
in farm, they raise border collie..;-; and my favorite is dogs
This is a zoo management game not a farm management game, yes it has farm animals, but those are all species that regularly kept in zoos
Domestic dogs outside of unethical chinese and korean zoos are almost never displayed
Sorry if i sound rude or like im gatekeeping
it's okay but this is just a place to upload the animals you want. They may or may not be released, and they are not guaranteed to be released. I just uploaded them because I like dogs.
More lemurs would be awsome
Yes
I named 3 species i wanted to see up here @Bob
Although Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur would also be nice
Pale fork-marked lemur
bunger
More new world monkeys too!
Yes
Theres 4 species in particular i wanna see
Colombian red howler, black-headed spider monkey, black-capped squirrel monkey and common woolly monkey
Coppery titi monkey, bald uakari and golden lion tamarin would be neat aswell ngl
Almost forgot about grey-handed night monkey
This next one is really rare in captivity
Only 2 zoos in south america house them
Southern muriqui
Common marmoset would also be pretty cool too
Red-backed bearded saki and tufted capuchin too
I think I've basically named 1 species from every new world monkey group
Okay this one isnt a new world monkey
But it is related to lemurs
Bengal slow loris
I actually like the idea of suggesting animals that are still present in zoos but are either rare, unusual or straight up endangered
Spreads more awareness that they exist
And helps get people wanting to protect them
Which is one of the many reasons i regularly bring up sumatran rhinoceros
Its a unique rhinoceros
In that its one of the few forest dwelling species
The only species to be fully covered in a coat of short fuzzy hair
The only one of the 3 asian species to have 2 horns
Its critically endangered
And is one of the 2 smallest rhinoceros species
they confirmed honey badger to the newly announced pack
sri lankan elephant and lion-tailed macaque are very likely
i am hoping for these possibilities
mugger crocodile, nilgai, blackbuck, gaur, southern red muntjac, black stork, bengal slow loris, asian palm civet, indian grey mongoose and or indian star tortoise
obviously the pack will likely have a max of 7 animals so we cant have all of these
sadly
chital would also be nice
Great Indian bustard or saris crane
another pack?
yeah they announced a new one
wow
the teaser from the frontier unlocked
oo
honey badger
i have a bad zoo tbh
i dont even have the newest dlc 😭
Part 2 of my indian animal wishlist
Sarus crane, indian pangolin, indian giant squirrel, pygmy hog, golden jackal, sambar deer, indian spotted chevrotain, indian hare, great indian bustard and jungle cat
Alternatively red junglefowl, bengal fox and grey slender loris
I maybe see (pure speculative) that theyre doing like a ""final"" pack for each continent (Americas, later Asia focusing on India...) In case I'm right I'd like to see an Iberian peninsula pack for Europe's turn. My animal picks are: melongrass (Europe's only native mangoose species), Iberian Lynx (Spain's conservation icon), Iberian wolf (kicked out of the endangered species list for economical purposes), Bustard (as restricted as the crane), Lidia's bull (Spain's controversial icon animal), Andalusian roe deer (a smaller cervid) and european rabbit (we should have got rabbits since barnyard animal pack) I left behind lots of dream picks since we ain't getting aviaries on PZ1. In that case I woould have removed bustard for the barbed vulture
Is a trailer out yet?
no, only teassed the cover
Actually theres no native mongoose in europe
Egyptian mongoose are invasive in spain
Or upon further research, whether or not they are native is heavily debated
Theres alot of weird cases like that in europe actually
is it comparable to the Genet??
Theres fossil evidence african crested porcupines did live in europe long ago naturally
But then were an accidentally reintroduction by the romans
yep
Genets are indeed invasive
they were also brought by the romans, for a similar role to cats
(pest controlers)
I think the damage they cause is killing and eating native birds, bird eggs, rodents, insects, amphibians and reptiles
I think genets can also become an agricultural pest by raiding fruit from orchards
I see
Which theres plenty of olive and grape orchards in the areas they've invaded
Spain seems to have a thing with introducing african species
yep, kinda a less scale version of florida for romans XD
Because other examples i can think of are north african hedgehogs and barbary macaques
yep
There is fossil evidence barbary macaques used to live as far north as england
But that was along time ago
And Aoubdads (or whatever are said the barbary Ibex)
And in the modern climate they can become an invasive species
Barbary sheep
that
yep, also called Arruí
Im actually very fascinated by north african and southern European wildlife
Sometimes certain species are native on both sides
Red foxes, red deer, wild boar and Mediterranean house geckos for example
yep, the funny side of two continents separated by a relative not so big sea (north to south distance)
Theres some species I think are native to north africa but im not to sure and vice versa
Also for the variety of birds seen seasonaly, such as Egyptian vultures and black ibis
European polecat, wood mouse, common toad, eurasian otter and european rabbit i think are native to parts of north africa
which can be seen on Spain during summer
Speaking of birds
Hear they're working on reintroducing northern bald ibis to southern europe
yep
How's that going so far
I've heard of the project so much, but I saw it started since they saw some specimens on south Spain
less a year ago
The white stork and common crane reintroductions in the British Isles are going quite well
So well infact some storks were found wandering around Ireland
I didn't know that common cranes were that on west europe
Cranes are among my fave animals
I hear the breeding of them is going quite well in the UK
Dalmatian pelicans may be soon to follow
wow
Yeah theres evidence to show Dalmatian pelicans lived in the British Isles up to the Medieval era
But vanished when we drained the wetlands
here, as much as I know, some of the current conservation or reintroduction programs are focused to bring back Spain's megafauna
Mainly bringing back both Wisen and Feral horses (I think Przewalski's horse since is the nearest and maybe most direct relative) comparing archeological data since the Neolitic
Our mega faunal reintroduction atm is focused on wisent
We are talking about moose too
Debates to bring back grey wolves and eurasian lynx still go on
Moose? In the UK? The rarest evidence of moose I know in europe are the baltics poblations (mainly heard from Findland)
Theres fossil and historical written evidence of them
They're an important woodland and wetland species
Here Iberian Lynx conservation are having results but... the Iberian wolf is having it reallly rough
Wolves in general are having it rough
Especially in europe
Despite the 0% view of humans as prey and their small likelihood of killing livestock
since beginning 2025 they were kicked from the endangered list, so goverments are using them to blame the decrease of traditional farming
Instead of blaming big companies that lowers the price of meat compared to traditional farms they are using Iberian wolves as turkey heads. Even their sistematic elimination is having consequences
Boars have become a huge issue in hour country
since there's not enough wolves packs (with an alpha) to allow them regulate their populations. Native birds more and more endangered and boar attacks to humans increased as well
Speaking of birds
The area around stone henge has a protected colony of great bustards
Yeah most british reintroductions atm are gonna be birds
With a few exceptions like insects, frogs and even pond turtles
But back to animals we'd like to see ingame
Great bustards would indeed be great
yep, the biggest flying bird on europe, in a game where it cannot fly XD
out of jokes
It would be a nice animal to ambient europe prairies
We also have Bustards in some regions, and there are programs to offer safe places to them
i repeat this one many times but dalmatian pelicans would be awesome
id love more wolves
Damn, the red bag contrasts neatly with the grey bill. I also love that Albert Einstein ahh head
personally i dont want anymore
2 subspecies of canis lupus is already 1 too many
the old ones models are so outdated
i mean so are both hippos
but we aint getting anymore
but like my stand on subspecies is if we have to have a subspecies
only 1 per species
because adding more than one kinda over saturates with that specific species and lowers the actual variety of species
Yeah we need at least one pangolin
I’m surprised they haven’t made one yet
we have chinese pangolins
Oh
we are lacking a second species though
But as a person from America
they are unique animals and i would like to see atleast one or 2 more
There was always one animal I loved
Bears
And there all in the game
AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
I’m happy
the one bear we are missing
African Pangolin would be my choice, I like its size, and weird the chinese one is in before
What the fuck
Why
no we still lack a key species
Ursus americanus
the american black bear
Fuuk
Darn
At least we have are crack weasel
which one?
theres 4 different species of pangolin in africa
Damn
wait
giant, white-bellied, long-tailed and ground
The Wolverine the animal that gives the same amount of fucks as a honey badger
Giant
white-bellied seem to have a wider captive presence
wolverine been in the game since the Eurasia pack
I feel they should try to make a pack just for odd annals
Animals
And I know the wolverines were in
I said at least we have are crack weasel
i mean the zookeeper pack was a pack of mixed animals from different countires
Now Africa has there’s
but i guess you mean bizarre animals
Yep
like aye-aye and sulawesi bear cuscus
Yes
Both unique species that are interesting no mods can make
Also I feel like they should try add a echidna there
would love to see spectral tarsier are pretty unique primates
You could add stuff like a flying lemur
the tarsier group as a whole are considered the only fully carnivorous primate
Or Mabye a procinade
mostly insects, lizards and frogs
Like a costume
and this dude as a dinosaur siamang
Coatie
My favourite bird
The bastard
philippine flying lemur for sure
I feel like this game should try to get more creatures players won’t know
My other favourite bird
Upside down bastard
they're called "lemurs" but are not actually lemurs
or primates at all
I know
Cuglaos
i prefer the term colugo
Closest relatives to us other than primates
and what about hummingbirds as walkthrough terrarium? among birds, these would work more like butterflies
Yeah
common treeshrew is another unique animal that would be fun
It is blurry
Oh
Mabye add the crocodile in the jungle dwarf something
Amazing armor
It doesn’t stay near water as much as as most
you mean african dwarf crocodile?
Yep
That one’s awsome
Sorry I just walked my dog
we dont have armadillos
wait
no
we do nvm
wouldnt hurt to have more than one species of armadillo
brazilian three-banded armadillo
one of only 2 species of armadillo than actually curl into balls
the second being its close cousin
the southern three-banded armadillo
giant armadillo would also be a very cool species
Tbh some group of animals I'd like to see (also birbs but restricted) are pheasants, with the variety of beautiful species and cannot believe Frontier considered at least one as a choice
The fact that we dont have a single species of pheasant is astonishing
Reeves's pheasant, golden pheasant, Lady Amherst's pheasant, Elliot's pheasant, green pheasant, copper pheasant, silver pheasant, blood pheasant, kalij pheasant and Bornean peacock-pheasant
Literally
I wish since the pack is settled on India we can have at least one species that añso lives in other parts of Asia
And let mods do the rest easier
Instead of chicken based rig
I just want more galliformes birds in general
Blue-billed curassow, ocellated turkey, helmeted guineafowl, king quail, crested partridge, western capercaillie, red-necked spurfowl, grey francolin, greater sage-grouse and red junglefowl
id love common pheasant ngl
Yeah a classic
you could scatter a few around the forrests and stuff of pretty much most zoo types
id love more animals what you can do that and it would make more sense
They're actually introduced in most places but are mative to regions of eastern Europe, western and central Asia
like yeah moose live in forests but they arnt ganna live in a small forrest in the middle of a zoo
i think swans are the only realistic ones in the game
Idk red foxes are kinda realistic for that
in a way i guess
i just wild wild birds
Asiatic lion❤️
You'd be surprised to know there's a likely reason we don't have them yet
And thats the scientific name
Panthera leo leo
Because we already have an animal ingame with that scientific name
The west african lion
I wish we get a bug eyed lemur
A bugsnax reference??
Servals, i just love how theyre all legs
Oh
Adorable
One of the few cats i actually want
exhibit silk moth/worm would go hard
and leaf cutter and exhibit
because theyd be easier to see with their leaves
and mata mata
if these came hawk moths could come with them too
for variety
maybe they could co-exist with the humming birds or the butterflies
all we can do is dream💔
Again love how we act like theres zero birds in the game
When theres approximately 12
I get it yall say you dont picture are ostrich when you hear the word bird
But theres no specific image I'd think of when i hear the word mammal either
Thankfully we have birds such as cranes, penguins, cassowaries or kiwis
Theres so specific image anyone thinks of when they hear the word bird since birds as a group as so varied in appearances
Eagles, owls, flamingoes, pigeons, crows, seagulls, parrots, toucans, vultures, sparrows, falcons, cranes, pelicans, magpies, hawks, storks, canaries, ducks, chickens, etc
Like in Jurassic World Evolution 2, there could be a type of aviary exhibit that we could change size depending on the species
Same with tank exhibits to be able to display fully aquatic animals
😭 mb that was my cat
JW are quite well fed with all that stuff thx to Universal droppin cash. Sure we're gettin JWE3 before than PZ2 is at least rummoured
I mean key difference is aviaries as they are now were added in jwe2
Most people expecting aviaries rn in pz1
oh my god i would die for the Indian Star Tortoise
Ikr
Coconut crabs exist in the modding universe my friend
All of which however are incapable of flight
To be honest if Frontier is going with that route then I think the Kakapo would be an excellent candidate
Not all people can have mods ^^ or don’t want to and this is ment to be a post for animals people would want in the game 😅
That and I made that post 2 years ago
lmao?
thank you for making this 🙂
another animal i want is Raccoon Dog (Tanuki)
I saw I think it was a luesistic racoon dog it was adorable
Either that or albino
I couldn’t get a full look at it
In a local wildlife park I went to
they should add hamsters as a exhibit species
like walkthorugh or normal exhibits or a new kind? like a table with fences around it
Tbf i dont think mammals (with the exception of bats and sloths for reasons) don't really work as exhibit
In the way exhibits function
Exhibits always have the heat and humidity requirement
Something most mammals do not need
Bats only work because its the only way they could add the flying function for now
And sloths for 2 reasons
They'd be too slow to reach feeders and starve to death if they were habitat
And they require heat and humidity to aid in digestion
Basically a mammal with reptilian metabolism
Again i dont like to sound like a downer and i hate that i come off as nothing but negative to most people
Hamsters are a fun idea though
Particularly european and Syrian/golden hamsters
2 endangered hamster species
idk just normal
unless you want loads
then walk through
they can make a function to turn that off for mammals that don't need it I guess
I'm pretty sure I had Syrian hamster but idk for sure
what I do know for sure is
it was albino
This late into the game though?
Just reprogramming the entire exhibit function?
Syrian are one of the more common hamster species as pets
Along with winter white dwarf (russion dwarf) and roborovski dwarf hamsters
European hamster have more of a presence in zoos though due to conservation purposes
Its a rare critically endangered species with conservation efforts ongoing
I mean yeah
or in PZ2
when ever that is
so it probably was that then
Tamanduas?
Also Aye-Ayes?
Arboreal Porcupines?
All those examples still work for habitat
Javan Green magpie
YES
i would love birds of paradise
Mouse deer
Weasel, mink and ferrets would be cool to supplement the smaller critters in the game
Oh and also hares
servals
more cats
make a pack individually for cats pls
servals able to be interspecies enrichment with floppa
With what?
Never heard of a floppa
What’s it look like
Also imo a cat pack would suck
The meme name of caracal
these are the animals i really want:
- coatimundi
- squirrels (red and grey)
- rabbits/hares/mara
- aye-aye
- spectral tarsier
- guinea fowl
- secretary bird
- goodfellow's tree kangaroo
Personally i think we have enough cats
no
never enough cat
or an alternative to cats
Over 15 is more than enough for cats for now
more seals
I don’t think
They should also slow down on antelope too atm
there is never enough cats
Well i think there is a such thing as too much cats
Especially when infinitely more interesting animals like coati and kinkajou get ignored in favour of adding more
RedWay6697
YouTube
What Extra Animals I would put in Planet Zoo's Asia Animal Pack
Here I showcase what extra animals I would personally add to Planet Zoo's DLC Asia Animal Pack
Habitat Animals:
Asiatic lion
Gaur
Golden snub-nosed monkey
Indian wolf
Mugger crocodile
Northern plains gray langur
Exhibit Animals:
Common green pit viper
Indian chameleon
Indian python
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Southeast Asian box turtle
Walkthrough Animals:
Rose-ringed parakeet
Sunda slow loris
Aviary Animals:
Brahminy kite
Golden pheasant
Great gray owl
Tank Animal:
Asian arowana
Personally think a venomous animal as a walkthrough exibit is a bad idea
Letting zoo guests incontact period with a venomous animal is a bad idea
Oh yeah you right
Thats why I've made a petting zoo full of cobras and rattlesnakes
sounds very… exciting
(tbh if i could make this i would)
Their message deleted?
They get banned?
idk what happened
squirrels!! they are sooo cute😣😣❤️
yesss <33 i love squirrels
Love how alot of people will just say a basic animal name but not elaborate on what species they want specifically
The amount of times ive then the word "toucan" in the chat
Not any specific species of toucan
Just
Toucan
I would loveeee to see the Greater Bilby
these are so cute! they look like mini aardvarks a bit hahah
YEEES
One of my favourite marsupials
God I would love to have geese in the game
i really want these animals added!
- white-nosed coati
- vicuña
- goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
Cute
Agree with all
they should add king eiders too
YES
we need a subspecies update with like rarer ones being harder to get
like the super rare gobi bare subspecies of brown bear (if i remember correctly brown bears are in the game)
You remember correctly
But you forgot we already have 2
frigate bird with interspecies enrichment and i think different species can interact with each other so the frigate bird can land on the tortoises shell
Love how you mention frigate birds landing on tortoise shells and proceeded to show a galapagos hawk instead
Is that a red shouldered hawk?
bro idk how bird AI would be hard to program 😭 just disable flight around borders to prevent bugs
Frontier already made flying creatures, just look at JWE
They admittedly look kinda jank in JWE.
But it's still a base, they can update it, make use of something similar to walkthough terrariums and all that stuff
I'm not programmer but I don't think it's an impossible task for Frontier
if they make it like jwe2 or the ingame bats im going to be so mad
you happy?
fishers
we have a complete and utter lack of mustelids
Indeed
Sad we only have 5
Yet people see 15+ cats and have the audacity to say we dont have enough cats
honey badger, european badger, asian small clawed otter, giant otter, and wolverine?
is that them (the 5) ?
Yes
Bees!
i would be fine with a bee particle affect ngl
I would like to have more birds like eagle but suggests secretarybirds if walking animals are preferred. It’s very unique and as large as 1.3 m tall. Plus it’s endangered besides iconic look. They hunts snakes specifically also.
They're famous for their snake hunting capabilities but its not the only thing they hunt
You're right! Thanks!
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long tailed macaque, silvered leaf monkey, common treeshrew
Yes love this
Funfact long-tailed macaque are also called crab-eating macaque
yuppers
we just got the liontail macaque so i wouldnt expect another one so soon
Tardlgrade
Tardlgrade
Black eastern chimps
Black eastern chimps
Dire wolves
Dire wolves
bontebok
javan myna, crested myna
I would love to see the southern ground hornbill
planet zoo isnt going too add extinct animals
YES
This, and before anyone says, colossal bioscience are not reliable and they are fucking liers
They didn't make a dire wolf, they just bred 3 large white wolves and called it a day
exactly
next they are going to say " we brought the mammoth back!! " while they just gave a indian elephant more hair
Even if it was possible
Clone an long extinct animal from DNA of a living endangered animal is a bad idea
real ones want dimetrodon
The Black lion tamarin.....
thought to be extinct, then re-discovered in the 70s. It's considered endangered
Yes
They just made a grey wolf that looks like a dire wolf
basically a grey wolf looking like a dire wolf or just another variation with some white fur color and some proportions
And a dog gave birth to them
And a dog gave birth to then
then
them
No they didn't
Fake news
They made a big white wolf
Nothing like what a dire wolf likely looked like
Were basically watching selecting breeding in progress
They're essentially just making a breed of wolf they call a dire wolf
But its still genetically just a grey wolf
Its no different from how a husky and a pug are the same species
i would like bunny option(s)
Ankole-Watusi
Yes
Im actually okay with subspecies if they are visually more interesting than their regular counter part and have unique animations
Thats why i like the dingo
Sanga cattle like watusi are visually more interesting than a basic taurine cow like the Highland cattle
Wait, Dingo is a subspecies?
Game treats it as a Canis lupus subspecies
So im going off game logic
Irl its a taxonomic anomaly
Dingo changes taxonomic classification very often
Canis dingo
Canis lupus dingo
Canis lupus familiaris
Canis familiaris dingo
Canis familiaris
So it often switches from own species, wolf subspecies, to subspecies of domestic dog, to just a unique lineage of domestic dog
no
Not irl its not
But the game data treats it as such
dang
cuz dingos are not a subspecies of wolf here in Aus
Well it's because dingo taxonomy is a fucking mess
Its almost never regularly accepted what to class it as
Canis dingo (its own species)
Canis lupus dingo (a subspecies of wolf, mostly because domestic dogs are sometimes considered a wolf subspecies)
Canis lupus familiaris
Canis familiaris dingo (consider a subspecies in the case dogs are considered seperate from wolves)
Canis familiaris (sometimes its just considered a lineage of domestic dog)
just give it its own phylum
wait no domain
jaguarundi
Jaguarundi is cool and all but we got alot of cats
Tbf we also got alot of antelope and I'll agree with people one that
Tbf most of our cats ingame are big cats and we need more small cats
Jaguarundi are on the smallish size
Tbh I would only want small arboreal animals like slow loris if climbing was improved
That's why we should compromise and have animals that spend time in both trees and land
Like tamandua and coati
Or even civets
maybe squirrels could be fun
I mean technically we have a squirrel
But yeah more would be fun
(To clarify, prairie dogs are a type of ground squirrel)
It was a suggestion for animals that spend time on ground and in trees. I don’t think the prairie dogs can climb at all, at least not in planet zoo
The way you worded it made it sound like you were just saying you'd like squirrels in the game
Didn't know you were adding onto the previous convo
But yeah prairie dogs are a squirrel
Just considered a ground squirrel
Meaning no climbing
Not much climbing opportunities in the middle of a prairie
sorry :c - cool fact though, ty for sharing <3
hyrax
Heck yeah
Rock hyrax, Javan Rusa, Golden Jackal are 3 id personally love to have in game
If they were to make a 2nd farm pack id love these
Zebu cattle, silkie chicken, apaloosa horse, kune kune pig, muscovy duck
We definitely need a Pygmy goat aswell
Appaloosa horses are awesome but in petting zoo/farm packs a Shetland pony would fit way better
Or mules
In terms of planet zoo i prefer a one breed per domestic animal
So only things that don't have a domestic variant ingame are horses, rabbits, guinea pigs and ducks
Also geese and turkeys
Ngl I didnt consider ponies until you brought it up mules would be awesome too
Mules would be confusing
If we have mules then pizzly bears and stuff would also make sense but then it’s just a downward spiral of hybrids
You couldn’t breed horses and donkeys in the same enclosure without getting mules
I’d much prefer a actual animal
I'd prefer no hybrids
Hybrids rarely have good quality of life and tend to life in physical pain and misery
Because they fundamentally should not exist
Black footed cats because look at the deadliest feline
Too scary
I have to agree with billy here this is a children game and we wouldn’t want to scare the young children
I love the suggestion but it’s just too scary for the youngings
Guinea pigs and...
FLYING BIRDS OF PREY (aka Harris hawks, vultures, Caracaras) I see loads of birds of prey in zoos and idk if it's something to do with mechanics but we got bats y not flying BORBS?!
If no fliers than a striated caracara would be cool! They spend most of their time running or walking
Tree kangeroos they are literally so dopey
I need them
Goodfellow's tree kangaroo has been high up on my list for ages
seen them at chester zoo and have loved them since
as someone who keeps silkie chickens, i also want a muscovy duck
Western capercaillie would be fantastic
Heck yeah they would
One of my most requested birds for ages
I thoroughly beleive we do not need flying birds in this current game
We just need a decent variety in ground birds
The scottish inside me got to silly😔
Prop birds work fine for flying ones
Would rather they actually perfect an aviary system before adding flying birds
Yeah
I think a decent variety of ground birds would be fine for now
If we dont get either a sereima or secretary bird, i will be fairly displeased
Add more kinds of ducks, geese, swans, storks, cranes, herons, ibis, secretarybirds, spoonbills, pelicans, sereimas, bustards, pheasants, quails, grouse, partridges, guineafowl, junglefowl and the like
Waterfowl, jungle birds and savannah species would be cool
Shoebill🤩
Hamerkop
Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes.
Ground hornbills are one that could be really fun
But hybrids still do occur in the wild when they naturally crossover?
add the flightless bird called the kakapo
Yeah but theyre supposed to he extremely rare in the wild
And when they do occur more often its a cause of alarm for the balance of the ecosystem
Wild grolar bears only exist because the sea ice melts too early forcing polar bears and grizzly bears to interact more
Coywolves only occur as often as they do because american wolf populations have gotten so small wolves are forced to interbreed with coyotes
Yes
List of birds i think could be fun
Corn crake, water rail, pied avocet, eurasian oystercatcher, northern lapwing, western capercaillie, red-legged partridge, great bustard and white stork
Some parts yeah, in Australia we have lots of deer. We have 6 but 2 species in particular, Sambar and Rusa. Both species overlap in the wild and naturally crossbreed, creating the Rubar deer, Rubar deer can also give birth to more Rubar. In some areas of Australia, where these two species overlap, it’s relatively common.
Technically just gave another example of unnatural occurance that should not exist
Because its bred between 2 non native species to the region
This is true, but what I’m trying to say is that it’s possible and in some parts it can cause no harm.
It can happen in the wild natural its just a very unnatural occurance and they have low likelihood of survival in areas where they can occur
Wachwe have occured before in national parks in africa
When a lechwe and waterbuck interbreed
But they aren't given protected status or a focus of conservation efforts
More birds
Common pheasant, roseate spoonbill, egyptian goose, california quail, wild turkey, african jacana, red-knobbed coot, mandarin duck, secretarybird and shoebill
So many birds could work if you know which birds are interesting to look at but feel natural on the ground
Red-legged seriema and elegant crested tinamou
Kakapo
Victoria crowned pigeon
Helmeted guineafowl
Southern ground hornbill, saddle-billed stork, northern bald ibis, black-crowned night heron and great white pelican
pigeon and crow
pest birds
I mean cats and dogs can also be considered pests depending who you ask
Foxes are pests
Raccoons are pests
Coyotes are pests
all kinds of truly pests pests
Your argument against pigeons is fucking invalid my guy
like german cockroaches and rats
i love all birds
In the event we actually get aviary birds that fly
Crows could actually very much work
As a habitat aviary
Oh yeah dogs and cats are definitely the biggest pests
Normally feral ones
Cats in Australia are huge pests
Ya know if someones pet dog is caught attacking your livestock you have every right to shoot it
pied crow and thick-billed raven are two corvid which could be fun
Frontier would just make a magpie and call it pied crow 😭
This would literally be perfect
And Im totally not biased because one of my favorite birds is the western capercaillie and I have seen pied advocets in the wild before
I have also seen northern lapwings and white storks before
There's been a few hybrid crocs before
Jesus this topic still alive lol-
Surprisingly yes and I've been keeping it alive seemingly
We could talk about bunnies again :hsShibe:
Ty lol, this is almost 2 years old, back when i was really active at the pz community
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Heck yeah european rabbit
Coolest thing is to see that a good amount of the animals that ppl mentioned years ago, got added
Alot of animals i mentioned months ago got added
Lion-tailed macaque and white-faced saki for example
Except the ones that i listed in the top of the post :Wahh:
(Grevy's Zebra
Elands
Waterbuck
Kudus
Sitatungas
Pukus
Bushbucks
Tsessebes
Topis)
Nicee
I wanted those ones more to make mixed exhibits ngl
Id love greater kudu ngl
I feel like the main reason for the lack of kudu, sitatunga and bushbuck is their slight similarities to nyala
Personally I feel like there's enough of a difference for greater kudu they are a really beautiful animal could also try waterbuck or Red Hartebeest
I mean, they love making "clone" animals so why not more antelopes lol-
The amount of caprids/ovids and bovines that we have :waaaaaah:
Yeah fair actually antelope are a way to fill space and they are fun
Same with goats and sheep
About the waterbuck, their closest relative in game (prety close actually lol) is the lechwe
Yeah, a nice "ornament" for mixed enclosures
Something like a 2nd africa pack with
Greater kudu
Grevy's zebra
Red Hartebeest
Rock hyrax
Black backed jackal
Waterbuck
To name a few
I smell ppl coming and complaning "Nooo we dont want more hoofstoc 11!!!!"
Better than more cats imo
We have enough of those
^^^^
Bat ear fox or aardwolf I see highly mentioned for second Africa pack too
Omg how could I forget bat eared fox
-Nooo we dont want more hoofstoc111!!!
-Then what y'all want ??
-874841874 new tiger and lion subspecies
I feel disappointed in myself
If they wanna add a bird they could try Egyptian geese or helmeted guinea fowl
Maybe jerboa since African hares aren’t very interesting :kittylav:
Canadian geese for second north America pack 😍 😍
Id love a 2nd north american pack
And for a 2nd south amrican pack i would add the black necked swan
We def need American Black Bear
For 2nd African pack bird option I would recommend southern ground hornbill, marabou stork, kori bustard, or secretary bird :kittylav: :paws:
Some type of deer too like whitetail or mule deer very recognizable deer in the US
Oh we got the Spectatled bear i didnt knew-
Do we have mountain goats in pz?
The white one? no
2nd North American pack would have to give another mustelid maybe pine marten — and snow hare is best wild bunny option imo :kittylav: :hsShibe:
Snow shoe hare are adorable
My 2nd south american pack:
Nutria
Black-Necked Swan
Brazilian Tapir
White-Lipped Peccary
Marsh Deer
Seriema
Insert Exhibit animal here
I mention both alot
Aardwolf is more interesting as being the worlds smallest hyena species
Good choices especially marsh deer
D'Orbigny's slider would be a cool exhibit animal
Aka tiger-striped turtle
Hehe ty, as a Brazilian gotta choose well the animals that would represent my country/continent :D
You're thanking too much ó_ò
You mean black necked swan?
Can I add marine iguana, Patagonian Mara, and burrowing owl to the 2nd South American :kittylav: :paws:
Last i checked red necked swan aint a thing
Oh yeah mb
Oh yeah the maras 😍
They're just so beautiful ❤️ 😭
I mostly wanna see kinkajou and south american coati
Ye but I also want tree kangaroo and cuscus for 2nd Oceania pack so I didn’t think of those — but coati especially are staple for South America I think
Ngl id they made another NA pack id love
Tule or Roosevelt Elk
American Black bear
Canadian goose
Pine marten
Musk Ox
Mule deer
[Insert exhibit animal]
Again arctic wolf was a waste of space, muskox should have been in the arctic pack
Could work in a NA pack
We’re missing lots of arctic stuff could do another pack,
Arctic hare, walrus, stoat, harp seal, musk ox
Could also easily work in a european pack
They have an established population in sweden
And norway
peccarys are cool but i would prefer something diffrent ngl
Indeed more option for a specific animal would be nice, i overall prefer something completely new
Rock hyrax, Goodfellow's tree kangaroo, kinkajou and South American coati please
RAHHH HYRAX
I NEED them
i would love to see more exhibit animals
but they should add pigs and cows cuz i think its cute ±'
dont come at me
idk much abt the game
We already have pigs and cows
Barnyard pack
Highland cattle and Tamworth pig
oh
alright
ty for the info
;3
Nēnē aka hawaiian goose would be fun
Hawaiian monk seal
Hawaiian coot
I LOVE Hawaiian goose they are definitely my 3rd favourite bird I don’t know what about them they just look gorgeous
Maybe it’s because they look somewhat duckish?
Idk
Funfact they're more adapted to land than other geese
Since their webbing receded
Foot of a hawaiian goose
Feet of a canada goose
yeah!
i wish we would of gotten either kune kune or pot belied pig instead and african pygmy goat instead
and one of those giant cow species you see sometimes in African savannah habitats
You mean breed
yeah mb
i just woke up aha
Actually surprisingly you're half right actually
Sanga cattle are a subspecies of taurine cattle
But ankole watusi are a breed of sanga cattle
canadian ducks
You mean Canada goose
Last i checked no such thing as a species, subspecies or breed of animal called canadian duck
ohh
mb
yeah ur righ
There is a species called mexican duck but its so bland that even the males look like female mallards
That’s hilarious
I love how philippine ducks look
Kori bustards would be really cool
Especially if they also added to african species enrichment
Like gazelles
Also baby kori bustards look like this
I love than ground nesting birds have speckled babies
Yusssss my local zoo has Kori bustards and they are so fun :kittylav:
I'd love different bustard options though
Kori bustard for african rep
Great bustards would be sick
Since it’s so unique
Wait is it Kori or great what’s the heaviest?
Both of them would be nice
They both have really beautiful feather colourations!
Great bustard for european rep
Isn’t it also Asia?
I think they breed in Asia
Yeah but theres other asian options
They have migration paths and summer breeding grounds in asia
Yeah
But are year round residents in europe
Like no migration
If we ever get small birds I would love violet backed starling
Great indian bustard might be good asian rep
Australian bustards just kinda look like skinny kori bustards
South Island Takahē
Its so chonk
Kākāpō
Basically im trying to both give more bird rep in here
While also giving more oceania love
So i hope my choices are to any australian and or new zealanders likings
Australian pelican
Cape barren goose
Australian brushturkey
Australian wood duck
Brolga
Australian white ibis
Australian shelduck
Magpie goose
Nankeen night heron
And a repeat from earlier australian bustard
Maybe kea too
guys
what dlc should i get=
i have 31 dollars in my steam acc
Not what this thread is for
But also depends on what dlc you already have
i have
wetlands
and 1 more
the tamaraw cow would be pretty cool in a southeast asia pack (or sth similar). it's a cow from the philippines
Its also a critically endangered species closely related to the wild water buffalo
If they made a philippines animal pack they would be fun
I assume the one other pack is southeast asia if you have the console deluxe edition
So i recommended getting grasslands pack
Its got a great variety of animals
They could be really fun in a philippine animals pack if that existed
My idea for such a pack
Tamaraw
Philippine crocodile
Visayan warty pig
Philippine mouse deer
Philippine slow loris
Philippine tarsier
Spot-billed pelican
grasslands?
ill check the announce trailer
I'd like to add the Palawan peacock-pheasant in that case too
Yes
Possibly palawan stink badger too
Thinking about pudu today
Pudu is an interesting option
Because its a tiny ungulate
We dont have many tiny ungulates
But its also a deer
And we currently only have 5 deer
:blanketheart: If it’s going to be a deer it should be that one :blanketheart:
Dik dik are fun for small ungulate tho already so maybe we don’t need it
Southern pudu, reeves's muntjac, water deer and sika deer are some of my most wanted deer for the game
Water deer would be fun - they are a lot bigger than pudu tho right ?
They are bigger than pudu but they're fairly small
Red foxes are known to eat water deer fawns sometimes
:catshy: luckily they can’t do that in planet zoo
Chinese water deer 👀
What’s the full list of anniversary animals? I know peccary African leopard and red deer
I can’t remember the others
There were only 4
The game is 5 years old but they only started anniversary animals at year 2
With the black and white ruffed lemur
Ah right!
boonay
More of a variety of european and north american animals incase you wanna make a wildlife rescue centre
For north america I'd say add
American mink, white-tailed deer, muskrat, north american porcupine, wild turkey, american black bear, american marten, fisher, black-footed ferret, ringtail, bobcat, elk, mountain goat, virginia opossum, north american river otter, canada goose, american crocodile, groundhog, canada lynx and gray fox
And more animals to put in and around a zoo
Europe variety I'd like to see eurasian otter, european roe deer, white stork, european hedgehog, european pine marten, european polecat, eurasian beaver, european rabbit, mountain hare, alpine chamois, alpine marmot, red-legged partridge, iberian lynx, golden jackal, eurasian red squirrel, european ground squirrel, harbor seal, eurasian spoonbill, western capercaillie, least weasel, stoat, great white pelican, common crane, european mink, willow ptarmigan, grey heron, great crested grebe, european hare, common quail and grey partridge
I saw some wild European ground squirrels at Prague zoo they where running around the giraffe habitat aha
Thats lucky since theyre an endangered species
More australian options I'd like to see
Eastern grey kangaroo, greater bilby, freshwater crocodile, short-beaked echidna, common brushtail possum, sugar glider, tiger quoll, numbat, southern hairy-nosed wombat, eastern barred bandicoot, parma wallaby, tasmanian pademelon, black swan, yellow-footed rock wallaby, common spotted cuscus, common ringtail possum, cape barren goose, magpie goose, australian sea lion, australian white ibis, australian brushturkey and brolga
i dont think we need another kangaroo just yet
Goodfellow's tree kangaroo definitely a good new guinea option
cuscus please :pikacry:
Ya know what i have an idea for a thread
Thinking about large-eared pika today
bro I’m friends with a wild one who comes to my house all the time
there’s so many at my house, their ducklings are adorable bro 😭
Repeating greater bilby because bilby
maggpie goose me beloved
I would gladly take a freshwater croc
The salties model sucks
Possible more NA animals
American Black Bear, Roosevelt Elk, Mule deer, Mountain Goat, Bobcat, Northern River Otter, Mexican Free-Tailed bat(Exhibit animal)
Would be nice additions for the NA roster imo(could substitute the Roosevelt elk for rocky mountain elk or tule elk)
And help for species for NA only zoos
Lets not forget canada lynx, wild turkey, north american porcupine, virginia opossum, american badger, grey fox and sea otter
I love sea otters because they look very distinct for an otter
Oh yeah gray fox
Maybe im biased but id love bobcats over Canadian lynx
I actually find white-tailed deer more interesting than mule deer simply due to their adaptability
Their natural range extends to South America
And they're well adapted to temperate woodland, grasslands, urban areas, wetlands and tropical rainforests
We have 5 deer species in the game so far and none of them are tropical
Pretty sure they were introduced
Nope
They're native
hedgehogs
this thing
List of species that are invasive or introduced in specific regions that i thought would just be neat in the game
Eastern grey squirrel, mandarin duck, American mink, Reeves's muntjac, common pheasant, European rabbit, sika deer, European hare, water deer and red-legged partridge (introduced species in the uk)
Muskrat, north african hedgehog, coypu, egyptian goose, common genet, egyptian mongoose, canada goose, small indian mongoose, golden pheasant and barbary macaque (introduced species throughout european countries)
Siberian chipmunk and barbary sheep (more species introduced in europe)
Stoat, european hedgehog, himalayan tahr, sambar deer and least weasel (species introduced in New Zealand)
I would love tahr and sambar in this game
We need tahr
I think we need more exhibit species honestly
Id love more bats
Corn snake, pond slider, cane toad, green anole, brown basilisk, tiger salamander, leopard gecko, panther chameleon, central bearded dragon and burmese python
As for walkthrough exhibit
Pallas's long-tongued bat, Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, atlas moth ans Rodrigues flying fox
Belfast zoo actually has a mixed species rainforest house
It holds Linnaeus's two-toed sloth and Rodrigues flying fox
They look delicious
Reptiles🤩
literally just coati
South american coati i particularly think is the best option
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onager
Heck yeah
Idc if people are sick of "hoofstock"
I like having a wide variety of herbivore options
blue footed booby
we kinda need more antelopes/deer
Deer i agree
But antelope
We have 16 antelope species in the game
Thats more than the felines
We only got like 5 deer
more goats
A haggis
No
Planet zoo needs some silly mythological stuff🙏🙏🙏
Nah
Milk
truee!!
we have like 3 goats i think?
id love East Caucasian tur / African Pygmy Goat / Mountain Goat
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Tur and mountain i agree
Not keen on multiple breeds of domestic animals
Alpine ibex, alpine goat, markhor and takin
If you wanna be more technically with caprids
The sheep also count
forgot we had takins
still anoyed that we got alpine since you dont see alpines in zoos that much
I think the sheep vs goat thing is the same as frogs vs toads
Same group of animals with ways to classify them differently but theyre kinda the same
But still different
Id actually like more deer in the game
Sambar deer, any type of muntjac(most likely reeve's), whitetail, mule deer, roe deer to name a few
at this point id like to actually have tropical species
because every single deer species weve had has been temperate, tundra and taiga
If we had more deers my top 3 would be andalusian roe deer for national pick, sika deer to have the 4 most emblematic japanese animals and white-tailed deer cz of geographic distribution and popularity on its land
Again just more temperate climate deer
White tailed deer atleast can be found in tropics
White-tailed deer also appears on Mexico, isn't it?
But still
As far south as brazil actually
And abdalusian roe deer appears on the "dehesas", a prairy like enviroment
Apart from dry olive-pine forests
I dont see the problem with more temperate, tundra or taiga deer
But I'd still like the mule deer its a native deer where im from and they get fairly impressive they vary in many parts of NA
I also mentioned muntjac earlier whether the reeve's muntjac or the northern red muntjac would work for pz imo, and if you will the sambar as well
It's the fact all our deer are those biomes
5 deer and 0 of them are tropical
Well most deer are in those biomes and when deer get added that tends to happen
Actually I'd argue there a massive amount of tropical deer that exist
Every indian and indonesian species
Every south american species
With the exception of pudu i think
Pere davids?
I meant to respond the message above it
pudu would be such a good add tho
Ngl impala are cool deer 🙏
Impala are one of the only african deer they’re really cool
Temperate
Not a deer
Its an antelope
There is only one species of deer native to africa
And its the Barbary population of red deer
and before anyone gives me the "whats the difference" bs
antelope are bovids
not cervids
Is it.... a tame.... impala?
Definitely an Aye-Aye Lemur
