Calgary Zoo

Wild Canada - Raccoons and Cougars

Almost finished the wild canada trail, we venture off to the left side of the path again. Porcupines can't be seen anywhere! instead some raccoons have invaded the habitat and climb all other its wooden frame. Just kidding lol, raccoons are the substitute animal since the porcupine mod still doesn't work.

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The last habitat of wild canada is a rocky hillside habitat for cougars. There are several trees for these cougars to climb or rockpiles to hide from view. Often the cougars can barely be seen just like real life, while this habitat doesn't have an underground den, they do have a den in the form of an open rock shelter.
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We have now completed the wild canada tour! Guests now head back uphill to rejoin the main zoo path which will link to the rest of the zoo. They have a choice either to explore the prehistoric park, head back to penguin plunge at the north entrance or cross the bridge towards the zoo island.

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The map split between the north and south is via the bow river, a perfect natural barrier allows a map connection to work pretty well. When I get the chance, we will of course see the other side of this bridge.
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On the far end of the calgary zoo north, the prehistoric park also has a bridge to link the zoo island with. It is a weird looking modern suspension bridge and it greatly helps cutting down the travel time between the 2 zoo sections. It would be a pain if you are at the end of the prehistoric park and had to backtrack all the way to the main bridge.

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Calgary Zoo North Complete!

With the completion of wild canada, the entire north section of calgary zoo is completed. This includes wild canada, prehistoric park and penguin plunge, the 3 major attractions of the north zoo. Everyone can now explore the zoo themselves!

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The zoo will now enter hibernation once again, my community poll didn't manage to vote the calgary zoo south as the most wanted addition but the henry doorly zoo instead. Who knows maybe by the time I finish the houston zoo, there might be some birds to add in the aviary (bet this ages like milk lol)

Picture showcase of the North zoo:

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Wow. I love all you zoos. They are so magnificent, they are real masterpieces. I would even say that these are the real zoos and no the real zoo itself. Well done. Just a stupid question how you know which rock to put and not another. (Ex Enclo des Dall Sheeps. Because I also love rocks. Continue like the artist and above all respect ...
 
Wow. I love all you zoos. They are so magnificent, they are real masterpieces. I would even say that these are the real zoos and no the real zoo itself. Well done. Just a stupid question how you know which rock to put and not another. (Ex Enclo des Dall Sheeps. Because I also love rocks. Continue like the artist and above all respect ...
Thanks! It's sort of a trial and error for large scale rockwork like seen with the dall sheep. The easy part is figuring out which texture of rock, in most cases the faux rock set is the most useful rock set for my recreation zoos. With the faux rock set, the long rocks are used first as either a top or bottom to create the outline of the Rockwall.

With the long rocks in place, a variety of rocks, often with auto rotate on or manually changing the rotation, tall rocks like the cube shaped one are used to create the bulk of the wall, I often use one rock type first then switch to another to change the variety in textures so a repetitive pattern is minimised. I might also use the large flat rocks to create the flat face in parts of the wall to introduce a vastly different texture compared to the more rugged rock corners. This was done to try and match the rocky mountain style rocks I was after which I will now use in my future builds.

With how I mentioned how I do one rock type at a time, this allows me to assess whether that rock type is suitable for the theme I want, i can easily remove all the new type of rocks and try another to make the perfect rock wall.
 
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Oh thank you, it’s very kind of you to answer me. So I will know how to do and put the rocks for the zoo that I am building because there are a lot of enclosures with a lot of rocks...
 
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