Desert pack
- Thread starter Khaidu
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haha it is a terrifying little guy
The reason I opted for a camel spider is there is currently only 1 bug with a desert enclosure and very few bugs overall. I guess an alternative could be a Dune cricket?
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I don't think that means anything. Other animals got updated for Taiga biome too.
I like this. I'd like to see some North American desert species as well, since we have some north American flora but currently no species which would have habitats suitable for them.
Ringtails, Kit foxes, and armadillos? Maybe Mexican wolf (which has been extinct in the wild), though there are already two subspecies of gray wolf in the game.
Naked mole rats would also make an interesting desert exhibit species. Fascinating creatures with a lot to teach us.
Ringtails, Kit foxes, and armadillos? Maybe Mexican wolf (which has been extinct in the wild), though there are already two subspecies of gray wolf in the game.
Naked mole rats would also make an interesting desert exhibit species. Fascinating creatures with a lot to teach us.
Instead of a grey wolf, maybe a Coyote? While it's another canid, it's distinct enough that it's not just another wolf.
I'm pretty sure Pronghorns do sometimes live in Deserts, so they should give them the Desert Tag
Even though it's another North American Canid, I would love to see Coyotes in the Game
I would do it this way:
1. Coyote - it'll have the desert tag, but also temperate and grassland
2. Collared Peccary - a relative to the pigs, I believe
3. Dromedary Camel - the other camel species
4. Meerkat - a must, and it'll also have the grasslands tag
5. King Cobra - iconic. But I'd prefer the Red Spitting Cobra
Theme - Adobe theme (mud/clay type structures)
1. Coyote - it'll have the desert tag, but also temperate and grassland
2. Collared Peccary - a relative to the pigs, I believe
3. Dromedary Camel - the other camel species
4. Meerkat - a must, and it'll also have the grasslands tag
5. King Cobra - iconic. But I'd prefer the Red Spitting Cobra
Theme - Adobe theme (mud/clay type structures)
We definitely need more desert animals. It's probably the most underrepresented biome in PZ. I hate the current 4 + 1 format, and we don't know if they're going to keep that going forward into Year 2, though I have little faith they'll change it unfortunately. So under those restrictions this is what I'd want from a desert specific pack:
We have no small canids or small cats, something that is a bit ridiculous for a zoo game. Any zoo in the world is more likely to have smaller canids or felines than the bigger lions, tigers etc. I can honestly do without the dromedary, we really don't need another camel, we need diversity. Which is funny because if Frontier did decide to make a desert pack, they'd almost assuredly put a dromedary in because they like to have at least one clone since it saves them time, money and effort.
As far as the other animal choices go, we need more American animals (by this I mean NA, CA and SA). These could fit well as primarily desert animals, but since Frontier loves their tropical rainforest biome so much, they could also be quite happy with that as a secondary biome. Lastly, we still don't have any chameleon species, so this would fix that.
As far as new building options go, I like the idea of a limited adobe/sandstone set. I think a couple really nice stone textures and some better looking glass would be great. We also definitely need more desert plants from around the world.
- Fennec fox
- Sand cat
- Collared peccary
- White-nosed coati
- Veiled chameleon (Exhibit)
We have no small canids or small cats, something that is a bit ridiculous for a zoo game. Any zoo in the world is more likely to have smaller canids or felines than the bigger lions, tigers etc. I can honestly do without the dromedary, we really don't need another camel, we need diversity. Which is funny because if Frontier did decide to make a desert pack, they'd almost assuredly put a dromedary in because they like to have at least one clone since it saves them time, money and effort.
As far as the other animal choices go, we need more American animals (by this I mean NA, CA and SA). These could fit well as primarily desert animals, but since Frontier loves their tropical rainforest biome so much, they could also be quite happy with that as a secondary biome. Lastly, we still don't have any chameleon species, so this would fix that.
As far as new building options go, I like the idea of a limited adobe/sandstone set. I think a couple really nice stone textures and some better looking glass would be great. We also definitely need more desert plants from around the world.
I like this idea for a desert pack, but I'm not so sure about the desert tortoise... the Dromedary makes sense as the obligate clone, and isn't the tortoise a bit small?
Did you make the picture yourself or there is some other way to make them? Like an engine on some site or something.
It’s a nice list but I would change camel for Kunene region Black Rhino from Namibia and tortoise for Scimitar-Horned Oryx.
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This is my list:
Kangaroo Rat Kicks Rattlesnake:
- Addax or Somali Wild Donkey
- Fennec Fox
- Sand Cat
- Rock Hyrax
- Saharan Horned Viper or Desert Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys deserti) - (Exhibition Species)
Kangaroo Rat Kicks Rattlesnake:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHxfzDQguqI
Great idea however the collared peccary may look like a pig but it’s not a pig it’s a member of the peccary family.
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Oh, ok. My encyclopedia is probably outdated, then, because it places them in a similar group as pigs. I think Peccaries would be a great addition
Me too a peccary pack would be good for Planet Zoo
