Just curious. What did you try or see so far?
more mixed habitats? maybe hippos and flamingos?
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Just curious. What did you try or see so far?
Everything besides carnivores can be combined.
In the indian zoo you can see Pronghorns (from America) together with Springboks (from Africa). A youtuber (don't remember who) combined lemures and tortoises.
I tried a few things in the Beta, but nothing more extraordinary.
To me this sounds just like a horrible Idea. I think when the Bisons have Offspring at least one Wolf gets killed, even if they don't try to hunt them. I think Bisons are way too protective if the Herd has a Calf.
I've tried to have a Enclosure with Hippos and Indian Rhinoceros but the Hippo couldn't be for a long Time in the Enclosure because it was too aggressive and a Danger to the other Animals
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That's good to hear. That means the game still keeps it realistic.
I think Hippos may be one of those animals that need to be alone. I plan on having a large hippo habitat and breeding many for trading.
i cant remember exactly, but i think they needed 8000 sqm habitat for 4 female/ 1 male already ^^. half of the size had to be water ^^ btw: you can use the liftet pathways as shelters, if they are high and wide enough.
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The hippo habitat I have planned is very large and about half of it is water. There will also be an underwater viewing area.
I know we can mix some different species together but what about the Aldabra Tortoise and the Galapogose Tortoise? Can they be combined into one tortoise habitat without fear of them cross breeding? Is this a case of apples and oranges or Granny Smiths and Red Delicious?
I know we can mix some different species together but what about the Aldabra Tortoise and the Galapogose Tortoise? Can they be combined into one tortoise habitat without fear of them cross breeding? Is this a case of apples and oranges or Granny Smiths and Red Delicious?
above all its just very boring to mix the samelooking slow animals, that are doing nothing and favour completely different plants.
with the size of 8000 sqm just one under-water-viewing is nearly nothing. just to show the size: since 5 of my 8 zoos crashed and where not loadable i was not able to make many creenshots but on this one, there is a hippo enclosure with just 7000 sqm, occupying 1/2 of the zoo. to breed effectively, you should have more thanjust one enclosure, to support more than one male and several females. so it would just be nice, if you could add something else in that space consuming habitats. as you already can with the elephant/zebra-stuff etc.. I clearly dont want to mix everything, not even most things (i dontwant to feed my springboks to the penguins). it would be fine, if it stays with the three adequate groups we know, but just add flamingos to the hippos ^^.
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An interesting thought, one of which I tried a few bits In the Beta... mostly as enrichment, but as I was getting to know the game I made mistakes / discoveries.
It's quite clear that some animals are best on their own - carnivores.
African Biome animals seem fine together, although habitats need to be different (think sand v long grass v short grass)...
What would be great if carnivores such as Cheetahs can be kept with Rhino/elephant... They're not exactly prey, but would look quite cool.
As for Hippos, they're on their own - dangerous thing!!!
It's quite clear that some animals are best on their own - carnivores.
African Biome animals seem fine together, although habitats need to be different (think sand v long grass v short grass)...
What would be great if carnivores such as Cheetahs can be kept with Rhino/elephant... They're not exactly prey, but would look quite cool.
As for Hippos, they're on their own - dangerous thing!!!
Am I mixing up something? As far as I remember some otter species eat vegetables as well. But I can definately be wrong on that and got it confuse with other shared habitats. Maybe monkeys and spectacled bear?
I hope we also get some other more practical zoo pair ups like African/Indian elephants living in the same exhibit (very popular method for housing elephants for those zoos who keep both species. Notable example is San Diego). Same idea could be applied to things like rhinos, some bears, etc. I'd also like to see things like Crocodiles and Hippos living together as in the wild they actually are quite content with one another.
im actually convinced you can put any baby animal with any other kind of baby animal, so in theory you could have a nursery enclosure, with like all your kittens, and one with all your puppies or something, although their individual needs should be met, which would not be easy say if you were to mix the Bengal tiger with the snow leopard cubs, since they require very different terrain types...
I had a female African Elephant in my Herd of Indian Elephants. There were no Problems except that they don't enrich each other and more African Elephants would've been needed to make her happy and that was the Reason why I sold her to another Park where she hopefully lived with other African Elephants. Maybe they change this a bit in the finished Game.
Funfact: Despite Asian and African Elephants aren't in the same Genus there was a Hybrid-Elephant
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No, hopefully not.
my view is zoopedia has animals that share being mutually beneficial to other. I read this as if they are put together then we give each other a small bonus. to me that does not preclude a potential they could live together if you can get the habitats right. BUT if you have a shy antelope will it get on with a vibrant peafowl? (also you miss out on people walking through the peafowl)
I think they could live together but not sure they will live together. We know some animals will live together because they are beneficial to each other. we don know any other will but they might
I think they could live together but not sure they will live together. We know some animals will live together because they are beneficial to each other. we don know any other will but they might
antilopes and peafowls are not in the same group, its indi-ele, peafowl, and indi-rhino. its all written down some posts earlier. i think i should just ignore the fact, that i am constantly ignored ^^
not ignoring you but neither you or I know the truth it is hard to prove a positive (it can be done)it impossible to prove a negative (it cant be done) - yes it may be daft putting peafowl and antelope together but so is deep frying a mars bar and some people like that. who are we to tell people what they can have in a zoo? I have thought of trying a tortoise and a peafowl together in my "Gardens" as people can walk through both areas - wish Id tried it in beta but wouldn't have believed it anyway. will be trying it in the game