Frontier gives some content creators early access to the DLC, so they can prepare for Tuesday. She broke the embargo
šØ Planet Zoo: Australia Pack coming 25 August, 2020 šØ
- Thread starter Chante Goodman
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Also, I'd totally be down for packs being revisited to include more species. The Arctic Pack could use 1 or 2 extra critters like the Arctic fox and Musk ox but SA and Aussie could have massive future additions to their roster of beasties. I could name many but that would be boring.
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it is a Licuala ramsayi - a fan palm native to Australia and found quite a lot where I live in qld
Thank you! It looks great for tropical forestsit is a Licuala ramsayi - a fan palm native to Australia and found quite a lot where I live in qld
Thank you! It looks great for tropical forests
no problem, the trees with brown bark in the first 15 seconds looks like Grevillea pteridifolia which I am super hoping they are, they have the characteristics with the yellow flourishes emulating the yellow flowers of the grevillea tree. This is an extremely popular and common plant where I am - also very popular with the native birds and bees
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Oh good call on grevillia! I was wondering whether they were wattle trees. They do look like grevillias.no problem, the trees with brown bark in the first 15 seconds looks like Grevillea pteridifolia which I am super hoping they are, they have the charecteristics with the yellow flourishes emulating the yellow flowers of the grevillea tree. This is an extremely popular and common plant where I am - also very popular with teh native birds and bees
Seems she's deleted one of her VODs from today so perhaps she realises she's messed up (or did it intentionally, who knows?) Can't imagine Frontier would be too happy about this if she did stream it.
On the website zootierliste.de you can find how many collections of animals lifes in captivity (in european zoos, wildlife parks and private zoo or museum).
This is the Ranking for australian animals:
1) Emu on the 6th place with 560
2) Bennett-Wallaby on the 11th place with 515
3) western bartagame on 36th with 308
4) Kookaburra on 62th with 160
5) smaragdpython on 188th with 135
Other examples:
Blue tongued lizard 115
Red kangaroo 91
Parmawallaby 91
Short head glider 75
Helmed Cassowary 72
Tasmanian red neck wallaby 48
Dingo 29
Eastern Giant grey kangaroo 28
Swamp wallaby 24
long-snouted kangaroo 24
Blake faced kangaroo 22
Eastern grey squirrel 14
Queensland or northern koala 12
Dwarf glider 12
Common kusu 12
Derbywallaby 12
Yellow footed kangaroo 10
Kowari 9
Northern palm squirrel 8
yellow-bellied swimming rat 7
Tasmanian Devil 6
Eastern mountain kangaroo 5
Red rat kangaroo 5
Sandwallaby 3
short-billed hedgehog (echidna) 3
Victoria or southern Koala only 2
Bare-nosed wombat only 2
Wallaroo only 1
This is the Ranking for australian animals:
1) Emu on the 6th place with 560
2) Bennett-Wallaby on the 11th place with 515
3) western bartagame on 36th with 308
4) Kookaburra on 62th with 160
5) smaragdpython on 188th with 135
Other examples:
Blue tongued lizard 115
Red kangaroo 91
Parmawallaby 91
Short head glider 75
Helmed Cassowary 72
Tasmanian red neck wallaby 48
Dingo 29
Eastern Giant grey kangaroo 28
Swamp wallaby 24
long-snouted kangaroo 24
Blake faced kangaroo 22
Eastern grey squirrel 14
Queensland or northern koala 12
Dwarf glider 12
Common kusu 12
Derbywallaby 12
Yellow footed kangaroo 10
Kowari 9
Northern palm squirrel 8
yellow-bellied swimming rat 7
Tasmanian Devil 6
Eastern mountain kangaroo 5
Red rat kangaroo 5
Sandwallaby 3
short-billed hedgehog (echidna) 3
Victoria or southern Koala only 2
Bare-nosed wombat only 2
Wallaroo only 1
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I don't see how it possibly could be.
Really? It is a bit harsh, and rather silly, to say dingo is a bad choice any way you put it. I personally think it is a great choice for an Australia dlc to have a dingo. Many others agree. Just because something isn't what you like doesn't make it objectively bad. Just makes it something you don't like, fair enough.
I explicitly said it was just my opinion.
Australia developed a very unique fauna due to the continent's long geographic isolation. A unique feature of Australia's fauna is the relative scarcity of native placental mammals. Consequently, the marsupials occupy many of the ecological niches placental animals occupy elsewhere in the world.
The Dingo is a lot of things, but not unique. There are many more adequate animals to represent Australia
The Dingo is a lot of things, but not unique. There are many more adequate animals to represent Australia
This is why I think the dingo is objectively a bad choice. If you only have four options I think I would have gone with an emu, a marsupial - a Tasmanian devil or wombat - or a monotreme like the echidna.
Just to clarify that is in 29 collections, not 29 individual animals. The same applies to the other species in the list you made.
Oh iām sorry thatās right. Iāve edit it.Thanks for the post.
So now that the new biome is revealed, I wonder if we could get an answer regarding the map availibility. Will the new map be possible to play in challenge and franchise mode or is it strictly sandbox?
If it is sandbox only, is there a possibility to have the map for all modes in the future? I only play challenge, and I would love to have Australian Zoo in the new desert.
If it is sandbox only, is there a possibility to have the map for all modes in the future?
I only play challenge, and I would love to have Australian Zoo in the new desert.Indeed. In terms of choice, I place it between the Arctic wolf and the llama.
Some people may keep dingoes or dingo hybrids as pets, but they are not domestic animals. Not pure dingoes, anyway. It's the same as someone owning a wolfdog. In addition, pure dingoes are actually endangered and are being pushed out by hybridization with domestic dogs, as well as human culling. Also, evidence seems to suggest that they migrated naturally across land bridges from Asia to Australia during the Pleistocene over 18,000 years ago. If that's true, then I hardly see how they're not just as much a native species as any of Australia's other native fauna.
This might prove an interesting read to some: Link
Any way you look at it, someone was going to be disappointed with the animals included in the pack, no matter which five animals were chosen. Is it a shame that more fauna wasn't included, especially when dealing with such a unique and diverse continent? Yes. But it's not possible to please everyone, especially with such a limited roster.
Great great great DLC!!! ā¤ā¤ā¤
The most exciting for me so far. So many new animal models and so many great scenery and beautiful plants
And the completly new biome!
This is just completly insane
The only thing that I would crave for is actually the DLCās releasing frequency. I would be more than happy to pay 3,99$ for a new animal every month. I donāt know why they wonāt just produce as many downloadable animals as they can.
Kangaroo looks just perfect and Iām more than happy to have them.
The cassowary and koala are wise and iconic choices also. We canāt forget that koalas are the best ambasadors of australian fauna in the world and even they are really still in movement I donāt mind having them in the game.
I personally hoped for the emu but we need to remember that cassowary have more interesting coloration and better fit in the conservation aspect of the zoo.
I donāt support the idea of having dingo included since it is just a feral dog in the end. But I really wanted to have Dhole for my asian part of the zoo so the dingo would substitute for them. I will probably never get Dhole since there are so many more other interesting species from South Asia that we are missing like Clouded leopard, Malayan tapir, Banteng, Binturong, Babirusa or Gibbon.
As for past DLCās:
I was really missing the musk ox or mountain goat in the arctic DLC and also wasnāt happy with Arctic Wolf. I thought they could include the polar fox or even better the wolverine instead. Arctic Wolf is basiclly just the same animal that we already have but itās white.
With South America pack I was really happy with all the animals. Especially the Anteater and the Jag. Although I would definitely preffer guanaco or vicunia over llama. But the lack of Capybara, Manned Wolf and Peccary made a little sad.
I also think that one day they will release the mods tool and we will get every animal we crave for. We just need to be patient.
The most exciting for me so far. So many new animal models and so many great scenery and beautiful plants
And the completly new biome!
This is just completly insane
The only thing that I would crave for is actually the DLCās releasing frequency. I would be more than happy to pay 3,99$ for a new animal every month. I donāt know why they wonāt just produce as many downloadable animals as they can.
Kangaroo looks just perfect and Iām more than happy to have them.
The cassowary and koala are wise and iconic choices also. We canāt forget that koalas are the best ambasadors of australian fauna in the world and even they are really still in movement I donāt mind having them in the game.
I personally hoped for the emu but we need to remember that cassowary have more interesting coloration and better fit in the conservation aspect of the zoo.
I donāt support the idea of having dingo included since it is just a feral dog in the end. But I really wanted to have Dhole for my asian part of the zoo so the dingo would substitute for them. I will probably never get Dhole since there are so many more other interesting species from South Asia that we are missing like Clouded leopard, Malayan tapir, Banteng, Binturong, Babirusa or Gibbon.
As for past DLCās:
I was really missing the musk ox or mountain goat in the arctic DLC and also wasnāt happy with Arctic Wolf. I thought they could include the polar fox or even better the wolverine instead. Arctic Wolf is basiclly just the same animal that we already have but itās white.
With South America pack I was really happy with all the animals. Especially the Anteater and the Jag. Although I would definitely preffer guanaco or vicunia over llama. But the lack of Capybara, Manned Wolf and Peccary made a little sad.
I also think that one day they will release the mods tool and we will get every animal we crave for. We just need to be patient.
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