This is about species compatibility and benefit comparisons between real-life and Planet Zoo.
About Compatibilities and Benefits in Planet Zoo and in Real-Life
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In Planet Zoo, Japanese macaques and red-crowned cranes DO benefit from sharing space with each other in one enclosure. But in real-life, could they?
Also don't forget the Fact that many Primates enjoy eating Eggs
Despite not being predators, Galapagos giant tortoises and capybaras benefit from sharing space with each other in Planet Zoo, even though giant tortoises only lived in an island while capybaras lived in mainland. I wonder what's the idea. Mistake and/or error?
Not a mistake. Presumably it’s just an example of geographically inaccurate inter species enrichment, which is common in real zoos.
These are my thoughts on the two mixes mentioned, as well as a couple of others I think may need reviewing:
- Crane and macaque: Really don't think this would work - both species can potentially be quite aggressive; I cannot find any reference to any mixed enclosure for macaques and cranes of any species.
- Capybara and giant tortoise: At least one little place in the USA has this mix [1], but I really don't think this should have had a bonus as the two species would never meet in the wild. In fact, in my searches I found more pictures of mixed enclosures for capybara and either spectacled or the very similar yacare caimans than I did for giant tortoises (all those are in South American zoos, it seems) - not that I think they should have a bonus either.
[1] https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...erve-capybara-galapagos-tortoise-area.506936/
[2] A capybara/caiman mix from a zoo in Argentina: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/2013-temaiken-bioparc.230751/full?d=1374954574
- Sun bear and binturong: Although a number of zoos have this mix, it is by no means safe (it's more in the realms of the brown bear/wolf mixes you sometimes see). The first zoo to do this mix (in France) did so by accident and had one incident where a male binturong picked a fight with a bear and was killed and eaten. Another zoo that mixed them in the Netherlands found that the binturong were regularly bitten on the tails by the bears while they were sleeping [3].
[3] An overview of sun bear/binturong mixes can be found at the bottom of this page: http://zoorope.hu/en-mixed-exhibit-ursidae/
- Lemurs: Although the lemur mixes can work, it is by no means a guarantee - my local zoo tried ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs together and had to send the latter species away, because the ring-tailed lemurs were so aggressive they completely prevented the ruffed lemurs from leaving their indoor shelter. A recent scientific paper about lemur mixes in the UK found that ring-tailed lemurs were most likely to be aggressive towards the two species of ruffed lemurs, with the species most suitable for mixing being the white-headed, collared brown and mongoose lemurs [4].
[4] An overview of mixes between ring-tailed and other lemur species in UK zoos: https://www.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/629/393
- Crane and macaque: Really don't think this would work - both species can potentially be quite aggressive; I cannot find any reference to any mixed enclosure for macaques and cranes of any species.
- Capybara and giant tortoise: At least one little place in the USA has this mix [1], but I really don't think this should have had a bonus as the two species would never meet in the wild. In fact, in my searches I found more pictures of mixed enclosures for capybara and either spectacled or the very similar yacare caimans than I did for giant tortoises (all those are in South American zoos, it seems) - not that I think they should have a bonus either.
[1] https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...erve-capybara-galapagos-tortoise-area.506936/
[2] A capybara/caiman mix from a zoo in Argentina: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/2013-temaiken-bioparc.230751/full?d=1374954574
- Sun bear and binturong: Although a number of zoos have this mix, it is by no means safe (it's more in the realms of the brown bear/wolf mixes you sometimes see). The first zoo to do this mix (in France) did so by accident and had one incident where a male binturong picked a fight with a bear and was killed and eaten. Another zoo that mixed them in the Netherlands found that the binturong were regularly bitten on the tails by the bears while they were sleeping [3].
[3] An overview of sun bear/binturong mixes can be found at the bottom of this page: http://zoorope.hu/en-mixed-exhibit-ursidae/
- Lemurs: Although the lemur mixes can work, it is by no means a guarantee - my local zoo tried ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs together and had to send the latter species away, because the ring-tailed lemurs were so aggressive they completely prevented the ruffed lemurs from leaving their indoor shelter. A recent scientific paper about lemur mixes in the UK found that ring-tailed lemurs were most likely to be aggressive towards the two species of ruffed lemurs, with the species most suitable for mixing being the white-headed, collared brown and mongoose lemurs [4].
[4] An overview of mixes between ring-tailed and other lemur species in UK zoos: https://www.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/629/393
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