Isn't it wonderful?
Your most wanted animal (2022 edition)
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I came really close to a very curious and friendly Tanuki in a zoo and it was one of the cutest zoo moments I ever had. I wish we had them in game.Always gonna be the tanuki. I don't think they're particularly likely, but that's not going to stop me from hoping.
I love the raccoon dog, too. Although it isn't very likely I'd love a fully-dedicated Japan Pack (Raccoon dog, Japanese serow, red-crowned crane, Japanese sika, Japanese fire-bellied newt).
Yeah I know.
Normally, walruses feed by foraging with their snouts on the sea floor. In captivity, the tank floors are concrete and they rub against it with their long tusks. They showed on TV that this leads to gingivitis.
If we get some, I would of course like some with long tusks. After all, we can fill sand in the tanks in PZ.
I'm torn.
Part of me agrees that it would be a lot more 'fun' with the tusks, but the other part of me is a stickler for realism, and if it's more realistic for zoos to detusk their walruses then I'd prefer them that way in the game.
That said I don't know enough about the process itself, and what welfare questions it raises.
I’m not an expert but I am pretty sure that removing tusks is far from standard practice. Some zoo walruses have tusks. Some have special treatments to protect the tusks (but there doesn’t seem to be consensus on this) others have them removed if they are damaged or infected.
The crowning of the tusks sounds a lot more welfare appropriate to me, actually. And like a modern way to solve the problem. Another could be to try to work with less concrete, which in my opinion wouldn't only help with the tusks.
I'm gonna say the west african lungfish as an exhibit, with shoebill and japanese serow at a joint 2nd.
Japanese serow would be amazing, definitely one of my top wished for species.
I’m really hopeful we’ll see a manatee species at some point, especially now that we know DLC will last at least another year. I’d also like to see a river dolphin species too, though I feel a marine cetacean is more likely (like in a Marine or Aquarium pack). Would be totally up for Frontier to prove me wrong though, something like a “Freshwaters Pack” could introduce some really interesting and unique species.
Capybara my love! Would love to get an official one sooner or later <3
For me, either the Hamadryas Baboon or the Indian Gaur.
Oh I would upvote for a gaur, but I'd also wish for crested porcupines and gibbons too for more immersive SE Asian zoos!
Yes, definitely another great choice.
So a bit of question to ask related to this; which species of gibbon is most commonly seen in zoos worldwide? My understanding is that it's the lar gibbon, but others around me say otherwise namely white-cheeks or siamangs.
Edit: Tbh I'd be happy with any species released in Planet Zoo at this point lol
The siamang, I'm pretty sure, followed by the lar gibbon. White-cheeked gibbons used to be a lot more common than they are now, AFAIK.
I will do math for you how many zoos keep which species.
Lar Gibbon:
Europe number: 156
USA number: 29
Japan number: 27
Australia/NZ: 3/1
Overall: 216
Siamang:
Europe number: 59
USA number: 43
Japan number: 12
Australia/NZ: 7/4
Overall: 125
Those are ,,big,, zoo areas. I couldnt find any good info from Greater Asia, South America, Canada/Mexico and Africa. I doubt those areas have 91 zoos with Siamangs to catch up on Lar big number. It could be there are more zoos with Lar Gibbon in Europe than zoos with Siamangs worldwide.
Answer: Lar Gibbon is most common gibbon species in captivity.
