Animals that should be walkthrough but aren't?

[avietar]

So I got the Europe DLC and Fallow deer aren't walkthrough animals? Honest surprise here, but it's not the first time I was surprised that an animal isn't a walkthrough species.
So let's make a list, I'll update it with added suggestions. Feel free to add links to examples too, if you want.

List of animals that should be walkthrough species, but aren't right now:

• Fallow deer. Docile animals, not shy, actively seek out guests, often kept in parks as walkthrough animals.
• Reindeer. Domesticated, used for transport (pulling carts and sleds) and as livestock. Commonly kept in parks, kept as walkthrough animals, Christmas markets, lots of interaction with guests. Why these aren't walkthrough animals yet is beyond me. A counterargument is that the Reindeer in game represents the entire species including wild subpopulations. However, I wonder how inherently different the wild and domesticated subpopulations are in terms of temperament.
• European badger. Though perhaps too aggressive?
• Bactrian camel. The version in game is the domesticated species, so it stands to reason that they are walkthrough animals. However, Bactrian camels in game are quite small compared to their real life counterparts, and in real life camels can and have killed people apparently. Though Giant anteaters have as well, and they are still walkthrough animals in game.
• African penguin.

 

[NZFanatic]

Reindeer. Domesticated, used for transport (pulling carts and sleds) and as livestock. Commonly kept in parks, kept as walkthrough animals, Christmas markets, lots of interaction with guests. Why these aren't walkthrough animals yet is beyond me.

The in-game reindeer is the whole species, Rangifer tarandus, which includes the many wild subspecies. In the game, domestic animals are listed as "Domestic" under their conservation status, such as the Bactrian camel and llama.

I totally agree about the fallow deer, though.

 

[Mjmannella]

I'd say that the European badger and Bactrian camel could also work as walkthrough animals

 

[Firestar97]

I'd say that the European badger and Bactrian camel could also work as walkthrough animals

I'm pretty sure unless the Camels are such Dwarves (maybe even not in this Case) as the ones in the Game, they are too dangerous. There are known Cases of them killing People. Is there even a Zoo where Guests are allowed to enter their Enclosure?

 

[Mjmannella]

Giant anteaters have also been known to kill people, but I wouldn't want to make them not walkthrough animals retroactively.

 

[Firestar97]

Giant anteaters have also been known to kill people, but I wouldn't want to make them not walkthrough animals retroactively.

They shouldnt've even been made into walk through Animals in the first Place (at least not if they aren't also doing the same Thing with the Jaguar )

 

[peafowl]

i think badgers would get too stressed from being walkthrough

 

[Mjmannella]

i think badgers would get too stressed from being walkthrough

Why is why the current situation of guests fleeing from badgers is pretty odd. Pangolins get stressed out by guests too, but they're fine as walkthrough animals

 

[peafowl]

Why is why the current situation of guests fleeing from badgers is pretty odd. Pangolins get stressed out by guests too, but they're fine as walkthrough animals

yeah i just dont think they should add more that arent really suited for it

 

[NZFanatic]

Pangolins get stressed out by guests too, but they're fine as walkthrough animals

That's also kind of stupid. No zoo would let guests wander through the enclosure of an animal so precariously endangered (well, no good zoo). Frontier really went overboard with their walkthrough animals at the start.

 

[sockeyejo]

Badgers are shy but can be really aggressive when threatened. And they've got the claws and strength to back it up. Definitely not candidates for a walk through enclosure.

 

[Karen F]

aargh i wanted to use the fallow deer for walkthrough, petting zoo..

 

[Mjmannella]

Badgers are shy but can be really aggressive when threatened. And they've got the claws and strength to back it up. Definitely not candidates for a walk through enclosure.

Any animal can be aggressive if threatened. Red kangaroos, llamas, even the gazelles and penguins are considerable threats too if annoyed enough.

 

[DrBurrito]

Badgers are shy but can be really aggressive when threatened. And they've got the claws and strength to back it up. Definitely not candidates for a walk through enclosure.

Most definitely. During my fieldwork days, badgers were one of the animals we used to be most careful about, definitely more so than canines for instance. They can be very dangerous if cornered, even unintentionally, when you are passing by, unaware.

 

[NZFanatic]

the gazelles and penguins

Gazelles and penguins shouldn't be walkthrough animals either.

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

Having read a pretty vivid account by Professor Hans Kruuk when he was mauled by a 'tame' European badger, they definitely should not be included as a walkthrough species.

Fallow deer I agree should be walkthrough species, as should the Alpine ibex. The reindeer are, I believe, supposed to represent the wild reindeer which can be extremely dangerous. I recall reading (cannot remember off the top of my head where) that deer and zebras are actually the animals that injure more zookeepers than any other.

 

[Firestar97]

Gazelles and penguins shouldn't be walkthrough animals either.

Penguins are coming pretty close to Tourists and are really curious (at least the big ones) and I'm glad that I can replicate this in my Research Center. Also some Zoos are letting their Penguins walk through the Zoo on their Way to the Outdoor Enclosure. I also was in a Zoo once with a Penguin Walkthrough Enclosure (just don't remember if they were African Penguins or Humboldt Penguins)

 

[NZFanatic]

Penguins are coming pretty close to Tourists

No, tourists are coming close to penguins and that's a terrible thing for conservation. Because tourists, like most people, are generally clueless idiots and start feeding them bread crusts and crackers and chips and other unhealthy crud that the penguins learn to rely on.

Edinburgh Zoo does a "penguin parade" closely monitored by keepers. It's not a free-for-all where the penguins and guests mingle. Guests are told to line up along the path, not to reach out and touch the penguins, and any misstep results in expulsion. They only do this because of a longstanding tradition, not because it's particularly good for the penguins.

 

[Firestar97]

feeding them bread crusts and crackers and chips and other unhealthy crud that the penguins learn to rely on.

I hope those Idiots will get banned and also need to pay a Fine when they are caught doing this. Don't want to know what this kind of Food can do to a Penguins Digestion

Isn't it both Ways? Even though I expect idiotic Humans disobeying the Rules and doing the first Step even though the Animals should come by themselves, being more common.
Not sure because I was never a antarctic Tourist but aren't they normally having the Rule that it's ok if the Animals come on their own but getting closer yourself is forbidden?

 

[NZFanatic]

Isn't it both Ways? Even though I expect idiotic Humans disobeying the Rules and doing the first Step even though the Animals should come by themselves, being more common.
Not sure because I was never a antarctic Tourist but aren't they normally having the Rule that it's ok if the Animals come on their own but getting closer yourself is forbidden?

"Tourism" in Antarctica doesn't generally put people close to the animals. A lot of the pictures you'll see of penguins around people in Antarctica are of researchers and scientists, naturalists, zoologists, ecologists, climatologists, and so on, who know very well what the rules are in terms of safety to themselves and the animals. Of course Antarctic tourism is incredibly limited anyway - I thought you were talking about tourism in places such as the Galapagos, or South Africa, or even here in New Zealand, where the penguins are all far more vulnerable to human stupidity.

That said the Antarctic penguins have their own issues - namely climate change - to worry about.