AmenRegardless of if I get any personal favorites or not (or more than one bird, I’m begging) I just hope we get some more diversity this time around. It’s actually kind of sad that we’ve had 3 animal packs in a row with a whole scenery packs worth of ungulates at the minimum and only one habitat slot each for something that isn’t a carnivoran or ungulate. I just want a pack to break the curse and go back to the days of Grasslands and Wetlands.
Kind of my theory too.Hold up, that makes sense... It’s an Asian Pack.
Okay, that ones on me.YAY FOR THE AFRICAN LEOPARD
Yes there are people who are happy about it
Just do what everyone else has told us all these years, go to mods for the things you want
Can't wait to pay for another prairie dog and our 7th bear.I see many good reasons for adding marmots. It could have an interspecies bonus with the ibex. Building combined exhibits for mountain animals would bring something new to the game. Also marmots are so cute, and they scream![]()
Why does everyone want the European marmot all of a sudden?
I'm genuinely asking cause I really don't see the reason why we should hype up what is basically a fat grey prairie dog
Yeah I've seen silhouettes like that of Markhor at the highland wildlife park when there is heavy fog.Ok looking at the ungulate in the back I'm 99% sure its a markhor, below the head you can see the sihlouette of the "beard". The Tibetan antelope has nothing like that.
My ungulate fatigue is fine with the markhor, as I said before I can now place them across my snow leopards and show some cool predator and prey relationships!Amen
There were 2 other guys that wanted it, but I guess they aren't here anymore. Brandon Gill and Leegonlocal, if I recall. Lee actually did t even want to buy the game of the African leopard wasn't addedLiterally no one here showed any excitement towards it, only indifference or dissapointment
Maybe I'm just too used to seeing them in the mountains...Nah, draw your steel right this moment villain
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On serious side, Alpine Marmot was somewhat popular pick back when we discussed Highland pack, so it's not all of sudden.
They're MUCH bigger than Prairie Dogs, important species when it comes to representing Alpine region in Europe, present in Eu zoos, would be first exclusive European rodent, would be fantastic for either interspecies enrichment or just theme rounding with Alpine Ibex...
I'm not saying they're #1 most needed mountain pick, but there's a value to them
Oh course not, with the baboon ! (right ? There are not Hamadrya's Baboon in asia, right ?)Hold up, that makes sense... Its an Asian Pack.
No, they are located in Middle east too.Oh course not, with the baboon ! (right ? There are not Hamadrya's Baboon in asia, right ?)
First european rodent period. Porcupine is only invasive in italyNah, draw your steel right this moment villain
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On serious side, Alpine Marmot was somewhat popular pick back when we discussed Highland pack, so it's not all of sudden.
They're MUCH bigger than Prairie Dogs, important species when it comes to representing Alpine region in Europe, present in Eu zoos, would be first exclusive European rodent, would be fantastic for either interspecies enrichment or just theme rounding with Alpine Ibex...
I'm not saying they're #1 most needed mountain pick, but there's a value to them
That's nice and all... but when it comes to picking animals, most people make their choices based on what they see... and what most people see is just another spotty big cat...For all the talk about leopards: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00457-7
The current taxonomy doesn't reflect the diversity and thus the proper approach to conservation: African and Asian leopards have a deep split, all Asian populations are quite closely related, with different African populations showing differences comparable to those between Asian putative subspecies:
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The split is also of half a million years, greater than the wolf-coyote split, so there is an argument to be made about 2 leopard species.
So, we better adjust our approach to conservation in function of greater understanding, rather than treating something as volatile as subspecies as an uncontestable fact.