What are they typically paired with? I’ve only been to one zoo that has them. Apparently they had them in two enclosures, one to themselves and one shared with kookaburras, but I didn’t notice them with the kookaburras or even find out they’re kept there until afterward.
Winter DLC Speculation
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what animal/s u think the next dlc will down from the most requested animals in the meta wishlist?
I could see maybe or sloth or the tassie or wolverine (Unfortunately I'm not sure if the ACP will arrive in the next dlc I can only hope so!)
I could see maybe or sloth or the tassie or wolverine (Unfortunately I'm not sure if the ACP will arrive in the next dlc I can only hope so!)
Maybye the wolverine. Seeing the season and the pack possibilities seem a good candidate
At the zoos I’ve visited I’ve seen them kept with bilbies, bandicoots, bettongs, hare-wallabies, frogmouths, potoroos, koalas and with a big variety of Australian rainforest birds (including lyrebirds) in a walkthrough aviary. I’ve also heard of them being kept with large wallabies and reptiles like shinglebacks and bluetongues, and I’m sure there’s many other animals they’ve successfully been kept with. They’re small, slow and unaggressive so they get along with most species.
I think that mountain pack have quite a good chance this time around. I like to mix cold climate mountain species with thise from warmer regions:
Wolverine
Golden takin
Markhor
Hamadryas baboon
Caracal
Spectacled bear
Somali wild donkey or Striped hyena
Ex: Griffon vulture
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Wow, just found out those are also kept a lot in Europe. I really like Kookaburras. Hope they'll someday make it into the Game. Wish Lyrebirds would also be kept outside of Australia.
Brush Turkeys are also kept outside of Australia. Probably makes those more likely to appear in a future DLC
I'm going to make a mixed Enclosure with those and Ants.Nice to read that they can be kept together with so many Species. Echidna together with a Tree Kangaroo would be nice
About 90% of all the zoos that I visited have larger aviaries for everything that is bigger than canaries.......maybe a few older or very small zoos have tiny ones for bigger birds. But the majority has bigger ones (up to really big walk through aviaries for several different species)
Why does everyone always seem to forget that the most poisonous snake lives in Australia
If it's anything taiga or mountain related, it should definitely be the wolverine. If only for the fact it's the only animal in the entire top 10 that fits in those biomes. If it's just temperate I believe that would cover the Tasmanian Devil as well, but may be wrong.
If it's Island related Tasmanian Devil has got to be a sure bet.
So...one of the two I'd think. Granted Frontier can make a pack with anything and sell it, but given it's likely to be a December release those two animals make the most sense. Unless of course, it's birds.
Australia has no poisonous snakes. Venomous snakes on the other hand, we have plentyWhy does everyone always seem to forget that the most poisonous snake lives in Australia
The inland taipan is actually one of my most wanted exhibit animals despite being a bit of a "clone" of the eastern brown (which is the 2nd most venomous). However, there's quite a few Oceanian reptiles that take priority to it (tuatara, frilled lizard, thorny devil, green tree python etc).
Would definitely like those better than another relatively small Snake. We only have 2 really big Snakes, Lizards are also really lacking for some Reason and we also don't have a single Species yet that is native to New Zealand (still hoping for a New Zealand Pack though)
1 month to the first Tuesday of December. While I don't expect it to fall that early, we are likely at a maximum of 1½ months away from the next DLC. That is pretty wild.
I think 13th of December could be very likely the release date. If it is an animal pack we should have Update and DLC announcement in 3.5 weeks.
Not that I particularly want to guess, but considering the short distance between releases I'm thinking the 20th of December for the next one.
I know i shouldn´t make hype on me, but i will do like a full idea of the steam notices from Planet zoo for the possible "Mountains animal Pack". I Don´t know why, but i like so much doing that
I think a great way to get some South American representation as well as have a Winter theming (which is very likely knowing Frontier), I think an Ice Age Animal Pack might be a great idea.
Now, I am by no means advocating for Pleistocene species in game. This hypothetical pack would give us animals that are close relatives of extinct Pleistocene animals with the mind to educate players on extinction as well as evolution. A lineup could look something like this:
Ice Age Animal Pack
-Muskox (Bootherium)
-Sumatran Rhinoceros (Wooly Rhino)
-Dromedary Camel (High Arctic Camel)
-Spectacled Bear (Short Faced Bear)
-Short Beaked Echidna (Giant Echidna)
-Six Banded Armadillo (Glyptodon)
-European Bison (Steppe Bison)
-Linnaeus’ Two Toed Sloth (WE) (Megatherium)
This way, we get some highly requested animals, South American and Oceania representation and still align well with a Winter theme.
Now, I am by no means advocating for Pleistocene species in game. This hypothetical pack would give us animals that are close relatives of extinct Pleistocene animals with the mind to educate players on extinction as well as evolution. A lineup could look something like this:
Ice Age Animal Pack
-Muskox (Bootherium)
-Sumatran Rhinoceros (Wooly Rhino)
-Dromedary Camel (High Arctic Camel)
-Spectacled Bear (Short Faced Bear)
-Short Beaked Echidna (Giant Echidna)
-Six Banded Armadillo (Glyptodon)
-European Bison (Steppe Bison)
-Linnaeus’ Two Toed Sloth (WE) (Megatherium)
This way, we get some highly requested animals, South American and Oceania representation and still align well with a Winter theme.
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I love the idea, but they called the nocturnal pack "twilight pack" because ut's more palateable with general audiences.
You think they'd actually take a theme that requires pretty advanced zoological and paleontological knowledge to get?
The Diurnal Animal Pack...
I think so long as they market it that the animals are descendants of Ice Age animals, and not the actual animals themselves, it should be fine! It all depends on how well they market it via socials, but I think Frontier could definitely pull it off.
San Diego Zoo’s ‘Elephant Odyssey’ exhibit could be great inspiration for how they advertise it. General zoo goers seem to understand what that exhibit manages to do, so I’m sure that audiences of this game could grasp the concept of a pack focused on extinction and evolution. I hope so anyway!