DLC18 discussion and predictions

Regardless 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.
Amen
 
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 😆
Can't wait to pay for another prairie dog and our 7th bear.
At least other people seem to like the idea of a mountain pack... But it's really not for me. I'm just surprised to see all the excitement around it.
I promised I'd be positive about it considering how it's our last DLC (most likely) and how I've been waiting for new content for 5 months but this... This barely counts as "new" for me.
 
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

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
 
Yeah, that's a Barbary Sheep in the background. We are 100% getting an Asia or Highland pack now.

5 Confirmed Animals:
Aoudad
Palla's Cat
African Leopard
Hamadrya's Baboon
Markhor

Feel like Himalayan Marmot is coming.
 
Its strange to me that people have clamored for the addition of an African Leopard, and we finally get one for free, yet suddenly there is this forum-wide amnesia where people suddenly hate it.

Quite frankly, we’ve had African Leopards in past games before that I consider it a mainstay animal, so it’s kind of long overdue, regardless of its conservation or zoo status.
 
Look, I am all for critisizing something we paid money for, but complaining about a FREE GIFT, a FREE ANIMAL is just wild to me and absolutely entitled. Frontier is a company. They do not need to give us free stuff for ANYTHING. And if they aren't really paid for their work (through DLC revenue) it's absolutely to be expected that a free animal is an "easy clone".

I never wanted the African Leopard and the stupid big 5 thing drove me up a wall. They are rarely kept in zoos. But as a free animal and not as an occupied (and paid) spot in a DLC, I would not even dream of complaining. Sheesh...
 
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
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
First european rodent period. Porcupine is only invasive in italy
 
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.
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...
 
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