Could we not derail the nice whoulesome "yay australia" thread over the age old topic of how long support will be going and that jazz?
Australia Roster Appreciation Post
But my point is, that's it's not based on nothing.
It's based on measurable things, average life span of modern games, lifespan of Frontier games, interest of public, content of DLCs and so on...
Edit: Sorry Kening, missed your message. You're right. Let's get back up
It's still all speculation, and speculation is just speculation, as often wrong as it is right.
In any case my point is that it still doesn't matter whether you wish for one animal or one thousand, the odds are the same because wishlists are just wishlists.
That isn't what we're discussing, but I agree, derailing is bad and I'll leave it there.
Interesting and (to me) genuinely surprising especially since in Australia my guess would be that greys are more common in zoos (mostly because most zoos are in locations where they’re actually found).
It would be really nice but it's not as necessary as the other 3 I mentioned. I feel the same about the black swan. However, if we get aviary birds that is no longer the case because we would definitely need a kookaburra and some lorikeets, perhaps even a palm cockatoo or something.
Hi I am an Australian wildlife photographer and I travel the country usually fulltime and do a lot of hiking in remote areas and yes, visit lots of our zoos and wildlife facilities, these would be what I would love to see in the game, based purely on my own desire to see them.
The greater bilby. I'm probably biased because I am supremely lucky to have some living on the property I am currently caretaking for. There is a super extensive breeding program and they are now considered vulnerable over endangered!!! Yayyy. I am somewhat involved with the local bilby organization and research team so this one it pretty special to me.
Coxens double eyed fig parrot. This guy is probably extinct. No one has had a verified sighting of this bird since the 1990s. I have spent months trekking through rainforests looking for it while looking like a hybrid plant human, trying to photograph it. If it is confirmed extinct it will be Australias second extinct bird species. There is next to no awareness campaigns for this bird and I would really just love to see it have a spotlight shining for it.
Tasmanian devil. One stole my mum's sunglasses and ate them and my mum got yelled at by the zoo employee about it. 10/10 It was the highlight of that particular trip.
The short beaked echidna. The amount of times I have had the everliving daylights scared out of me by an echidna snuffling around camp. I want to see the little monsters in PZ.
Bandicoots for the same reason as above. Also, crash bandicoot was a good game. I want to make a n sanity beach themed bandicoot habitat, damn it.
Eastern spotted quoll. Cute, and viscous, and threatened. I see lots of national parks here working towards getting their numbers up.
Sugar glider. Oh my goodness they are sooo soft. The softest thing I have ever felt in my lifetime. They might be better as an exhibit animal tho as they are smaller than my hand.
Possums, brush tail or ring tail. They sound demonic, especially at 2am when they are fighting over which one gets to eat your tomatoes. They would be great for a nocturnal house.
The white ibis! They are everywhere. There is no escape. Affectionately known as bin chickens.
Budgerigars. I have a flock of about 70 eating all the seeds here. They're definitely an iconic native bird
Pink Cockatoo - these guys are now endangered in Victoria, and are stunning. I could have said the yellow sulfur crested cockatoo, but in my experience with them, they are big a holes. The pink guys are much cooler.
I want an aviary with splendid fairywren a, and maybe the superb fairywren. The splendids are just plain beautiful. The superbs are everywhere. On that note I also want zebra finches, and gouldian finches, and diamond firetail finches, honestly. I'm going to end up learning how to mod them in myself if they don't end up in the game once support ends
Parrots. Australia has so many parrot species. Mulga parrots are gorgeous. Rainbow lorikeets are iconic. I'm definitely ranting now.
We have 10 species of kingfisher, please give me at least the azure Kingfisher. I absolutely do not want a kookaburra. I have been woken up at least too many times by them at 3 am, laughing.
Reptile wise, please can we at least have
Carpet snakes. They're so gorgeous and friendly, I love them and have to fight myself to not snake nap every single one I see. I am absolutely channeling my inner Steve Irwin.
Thorny devils.
Frilled neck lizards.
Corroboree frog - critically endangered especially after recent bushfires in it's habitat.
Richmond birdwing butterfly - was vulnerable, now least concern. I was involved in conversation efforts as a kid and this species to me is where I learned how important conservation really is.
Also. The wedgetail eagle. Please.
The rakali. They're like Australian otters.
The numbat. No more explanation needed
Thank you for reading my overly personal and very unrealistic desires for Australian animals in planet zoo
The greater bilby. I'm probably biased because I am supremely lucky to have some living on the property I am currently caretaking for. There is a super extensive breeding program and they are now considered vulnerable over endangered!!! Yayyy. I am somewhat involved with the local bilby organization and research team so this one it pretty special to me.
Coxens double eyed fig parrot. This guy is probably extinct. No one has had a verified sighting of this bird since the 1990s. I have spent months trekking through rainforests looking for it while looking like a hybrid plant human, trying to photograph it. If it is confirmed extinct it will be Australias second extinct bird species. There is next to no awareness campaigns for this bird and I would really just love to see it have a spotlight shining for it.
Tasmanian devil. One stole my mum's sunglasses and ate them and my mum got yelled at by the zoo employee about it. 10/10 It was the highlight of that particular trip.
The short beaked echidna. The amount of times I have had the everliving daylights scared out of me by an echidna snuffling around camp. I want to see the little monsters in PZ.
Bandicoots for the same reason as above. Also, crash bandicoot was a good game. I want to make a n sanity beach themed bandicoot habitat, damn it.
Eastern spotted quoll. Cute, and viscous, and threatened. I see lots of national parks here working towards getting their numbers up.
Sugar glider. Oh my goodness they are sooo soft. The softest thing I have ever felt in my lifetime. They might be better as an exhibit animal tho as they are smaller than my hand.
Possums, brush tail or ring tail. They sound demonic, especially at 2am when they are fighting over which one gets to eat your tomatoes. They would be great for a nocturnal house.
The white ibis! They are everywhere. There is no escape. Affectionately known as bin chickens.
Budgerigars. I have a flock of about 70 eating all the seeds here. They're definitely an iconic native bird
Pink Cockatoo - these guys are now endangered in Victoria, and are stunning. I could have said the yellow sulfur crested cockatoo, but in my experience with them, they are big a holes. The pink guys are much cooler.
I want an aviary with splendid fairywren a, and maybe the superb fairywren. The splendids are just plain beautiful. The superbs are everywhere. On that note I also want zebra finches, and gouldian finches, and diamond firetail finches, honestly. I'm going to end up learning how to mod them in myself if they don't end up in the game once support ends
Parrots. Australia has so many parrot species. Mulga parrots are gorgeous. Rainbow lorikeets are iconic. I'm definitely ranting now.
We have 10 species of kingfisher, please give me at least the azure Kingfisher. I absolutely do not want a kookaburra. I have been woken up at least too many times by them at 3 am, laughing.
Reptile wise, please can we at least have
Carpet snakes. They're so gorgeous and friendly, I love them and have to fight myself to not snake nap every single one I see. I am absolutely channeling my inner Steve Irwin.
Thorny devils.
Frilled neck lizards.
Corroboree frog - critically endangered especially after recent bushfires in it's habitat.
Richmond birdwing butterfly - was vulnerable, now least concern. I was involved in conversation efforts as a kid and this species to me is where I learned how important conservation really is.
Also. The wedgetail eagle. Please.
The rakali. They're like Australian otters.
The numbat. No more explanation needed
Thank you for reading my overly personal and very unrealistic desires for Australian animals in planet zoo
You and me both, brotherI hope someday we can make a similar topic about the South American roster
3 dedicated packs and we'll be close to good. No biggieI hope someday we can make a similar topic about the South American roster
Also austrlian.Hi I am an Australian wildlife photographer and I travel the country usually fulltime and do a lot of hiking in remote areas and yes, visit lots of our zoos and wildlife facilities, these would be what I would love to see in the game, based purely on my own desire to see them.
The greater bilby. I'm probably biased because I am supremely lucky to have some living on the property I am currently caretaking for. There is a super extensive breeding program and they are now considered vulnerable over endangered!!! Yayyy. I am somewhat involved with the local bilby organization and research team so this one it pretty special to me.
Coxens double eyed fig parrot. This guy is probably extinct. No one has had a verified sighting of this bird since the 1990s. I have spent months trekking through rainforests looking for it while looking like a hybrid plant human, trying to photograph it. If it is confirmed extinct it will be Australias second extinct bird species. There is next to no awareness campaigns for this bird and I would really just love to see it have a spotlight shining for it.
Tasmanian devil. One stole my mum's sunglasses and ate them and my mum got yelled at by the zoo employee about it. 10/10 It was the highlight of that particular trip.
The short beaked echidna. The amount of times I have had the everliving daylights scared out of me by an echidna snuffling around camp. I want to see the little monsters in PZ.
Bandicoots for the same reason as above. Also, crash bandicoot was a good game. I want to make a n sanity beach themed bandicoot habitat, damn it.
Eastern spotted quoll. Cute, and viscous, and threatened. I see lots of national parks here working towards getting their numbers up.
Sugar glider. Oh my goodness they are sooo soft. The softest thing I have ever felt in my lifetime. They might be better as an exhibit animal tho as they are smaller than my hand.
Possums, brush tail or ring tail. They sound demonic, especially at 2am when they are fighting over which one gets to eat your tomatoes. They would be great for a nocturnal house.
The white ibis! They are everywhere. There is no escape. Affectionately known as bin chickens.
Budgerigars. I have a flock of about 70 eating all the seeds here. They're definitely an iconic native bird
Pink Cockatoo - these guys are now endangered in Victoria, and are stunning. I could have said the yellow sulfur crested cockatoo, but in my experience with them, they are big a holes. The pink guys are much cooler.
I want an aviary with splendid fairywren a, and maybe the superb fairywren. The splendids are just plain beautiful. The superbs are everywhere. On that note I also want zebra finches, and gouldian finches, and diamond firetail finches, honestly. I'm going to end up learning how to mod them in myself if they don't end up in the game once support ends
Parrots. Australia has so many parrot species. Mulga parrots are gorgeous. Rainbow lorikeets are iconic. I'm definitely ranting now.
We have 10 species of kingfisher, please give me at least the azure Kingfisher. I absolutely do not want a kookaburra. I have been woken up at least too many times by them at 3 am, laughing.
Reptile wise, please can we at least have
Carpet snakes. They're so gorgeous and friendly, I love them and have to fight myself to not snake nap every single one I see. I am absolutely channeling my inner Steve Irwin.
Thorny devils.
Frilled neck lizards.
Corroboree frog - critically endangered especially after recent bushfires in it's habitat.
Richmond birdwing butterfly - was vulnerable, now least concern. I was involved in conversation efforts as a kid and this species to me is where I learned how important conservation really is.
Also. The wedgetail eagle. Please.
The rakali. They're like Australian otters.
The numbat. No more explanation needed
Thank you for reading my overly personal and very unrealistic desires for Australian animals in planet zoo
You forgot to mention monitors. The deadly egg stealing carnivores. I feel like their the best reptiles we good get for ausyrliam representation.
Another Australian here. I like where the roster is at currently. In fact, the reason I am here and have a significant interest in the game once again is thanks to the Grasslands pack, which included one of my favourite animals, funky emus. I'm also pleasantly surprised they added a Wallaby, and although I would have preferred the Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby, it is not a big deal.
QueenCinna made some good suggestions for improvements to the Australian animal roster, but I personally would like to see some species from New Zealand in future packs, such as a species of Kiwi and the Kākāpō. I am particularly fond of the critically endangered yet charismatic Kākāpō. Other non-Australian Oceania region animals would be nice too.
QueenCinna made some good suggestions for improvements to the Australian animal roster, but I personally would like to see some species from New Zealand in future packs, such as a species of Kiwi and the Kākāpō. I am particularly fond of the critically endangered yet charismatic Kākāpō. Other non-Australian Oceania region animals would be nice too.
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Yeah, our representation is really strong now! I love watching the red kangaroos, they really did an excellent job with them. The platypus makes me so happy too, I never thought we’d have them and they’re perfect!
I’d still love:
I’d still love:
- short beaked echidna
- brushtail possum
- Australian pelican
- Australian sea lion
- Little penguin
- flying fox
- Tasmanian devil
- Goodfellows tree kangaroo
- Perentie
- Black Swan
- wedge tailed eagle
- cockatoo (maybe a yellow tailed)
- kookaburra
- lorikeets
We have a great roster now (although more would be great) but I can’t agree that platypus is ‘perfect’. Not while its space requirements are so absurdly big. IRL, platypus hardly need any land space in their enclosures - in game, though, the land space required is HUGE!
What about the Tasmanian native hen, aka, “turbochook”
Eh maybe, dont want it though.
If we dont count Twillight as NA and Conservation as Asia, that means we get another NA pack.
And while im a European and want more european fauna i admit that an europe pack 2 wouldnt be the most exciting and id rather see some more european animals drop in slowly like last year. 1 or 2 per year sounds like a good and fair deal to me with things like the alpine marmot for a mountain pack or the shetland pony and mouflon as candidates for an island pack.
The only continent where i want to see it is south america and maybe asia cause asia really needs those filler picks we get, those small whatever additions in mostly ungulates that would be pretty boring if theyd cludder up biome packs but still would be very usefull.
The himalaya for example really does benefit alot from the himalayan thar, monal, pallas cat, domestic yak and blue sheep, but i dont want all of them in a mountains pack, id want to see a pheasent and the takin and not more from that region, so an himalayan pack with the yak, monal, thar, pallas cat and himalayan scenery would be awesome as an addition down the line.
But i mean im also playing with open cards on that topic with the whole "how id do planet zoo" thread, so this might not be the freshest take on the topic
Not impossible, south America definitely needs it. I know the Asian roster is nicely filled but greater Asia or just Asia could fufill desires for a few animals (wolverine, takin are the big ones that spring to mind)
Do we count the poles? Few animals that fit arctic like the musk ox, walrus, that could be included.
Africa could use say the secretarybird, a baboon, chameleon, cobra.
Depends on how many packs Frontier has left on their schedules
Technically, the second north america pack was the North America Animal Pack, as all the Arctic Pack animals live in north america, making it the first.
Packs where all animals live in a single continent:
- North America - Arctic pack, North America pack
- Africa - Africa, Arid
- Oceania - Australia pack, Oceania pack
- Europe - Europe pack
- Asia - South-East Asia pack
- South America - South America pack
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