Yes it also is, this is 100% personal bias backed by what I have seen to zoos I have been to. I just want the Guam rail, not as much as the nene. But I prefer it over the Kagu. I wouldn’t be mad at getting the Kagu! I would happily take it, but for bias reasons I want the Guam rail more.
DLC 19 Speculation
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This would honestly be a pretty good pack imo, would probably be received relatively warmly too, despite none of these being particularly outrageous picks. Replace the flamingo and I’d happily buy this.
I think that if frontier is trying to group as much animals from different regions as possible, I think that an endangered pack would be the way to go. This talk about island bird has definitely made me to want one! I also would love to see the PD deer, its one of few ungulates I'm still interested in getting.
Endangered Pack
Golden Lion Tamarin
Pere Davids Deer
Grevy’s Zebra
Kagu
Matchie’s Tree Kangaroo
Giant Eland
Black-Footed Ferret
Zoo Scenery / Slow Loris WE
Golden Lion Tamarin
Pere Davids Deer
Grevy’s Zebra
Kagu
Matchie’s Tree Kangaroo
Giant Eland
Black-Footed Ferret
Zoo Scenery / Slow Loris WE
It's so funny that we, me included look at a pack with black bear, Nile croc, and serval and think "that pack would be pretty good, then first thing we get those things half the community would go crazy and get angry, don't get me wrong, most of those people never wanted those in the first place but I know that isn't the case for all of community.
I mean it would make sense, especially when looking at PC's final packHey guys doesn't San Diego Zoo have the Dictionary Trio, you know what that means
San Diego Zoo Animal Pack
Short-Beaked Echidna
Secretary Bird
Blackbuck
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Squirrel Monkey
Great White Pelican
American Flamingo
(Exhibit Animal) Tuatara
Only thing is the secretary birds, echidna and tuatara are bts.
Or an aviary…
Change the zebra for the scretary bird and it's perfect! Would much prefer the slow loris than more scenery. Overall an ideal pack and one I would buy!
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The shoebill is overrated to me. There are many better and more useful options for African birds, and I would only consider it for the meme-factor if we got 1-2 better African birds.
The gelada is overrated to me. There are more important monkeys. We have two baboons now, and I mostly want NWM's plus a handful of smaller OWM's.
Everything else's popularity makes sense to me although I might rearrange a few species. They mostly fall into a few categories or some combination thereof: fantastic potential additions I would also love, big 'star' animals that are marketable, slightly boring but important regional picks, and unlikely but cool. Ducks are criminally underrated.
About the tree kangaroos, I think cuteness, coloration, conservation, and uniqueness are all parts of their charm. It would only be our 2nd arboreal marsupial. Other options include a possum or cuscus, but I think the tree kangaroo beats them in both visual appeal and conservation value. It also adds representation for a diverse island and tropical Australasia.
Timmy: Jimmy, have you finished the tree kangaroo?
Jimmy: No, boss. I'm about to add it's climbing behaviour.
Timmy: Give him the climbing behaviour of the koala.
Jimmy: But didn't the community hated that?
Timmy: No, they really didn't care that much.
Jimmy: Whatever you say boss.rolls his yes
Jimmy: No, boss. I'm about to add it's climbing behaviour.
Timmy: Give him the climbing behaviour of the koala.
Jimmy: But didn't the community hated that?
Timmy: No, they really didn't care that much.
Jimmy: Whatever you say boss.rolls his yes
I am all for the idea of getting 5 different "cloned" exhibit animals there are plenty of animals that could work like butterflies being exact body clones like tree frogs Im always a fan of more exhibit animals since they are often the most diverse sections of a zoo and the area we have the least of.
Also my whole point was to point out it had been done, not to expect it but to say saying yes it has been done and that packs arent as set in stone as we believe.
Wide sense of waterfowl seems to be "bird that swims", as opposed to Waders or terrestrial birds, which Pelicans certainly are, though I would think Penguins are bit extreme for that, but other diving birds like loons are included.
Pelicans are Core Water Birds, alongside storks, ibis, Penguins & Cormorants, so that's certainly valid terminology.
It's not really more common, it's basically the same presence.
I will say it's got a bit more personality, in terms of unique animations they could do.
Meaning widespread in zoos, all continents but SA and Africa
Birds that live in or around water are called waterbirds, waterfowl refers to a specific taxonomic group (Anseriformes)
I did say the Wide sense. Looking up definitions, one specifically mentions Grebes, Loons and Coots as potential example inclusions. Quite a few others equate it to general swimming waterbirds as well. It's not a monophylly, but it's rare that common terminology is always that specific.
Hunting is kind of the derivative of these things, so I guess it's just behaviour that matters if you're shooting at them.
Most definitions I see make sure to mention “especially ducks, geese and swans”. It definitely gets applied to other groups by laypeople (just like “fowl” itself is sometimes used basically as a synonym for bird, even though it more specifically refers to Galliformes and Anseriformes), but I think on an animal-centred forum like this it’s useful to use the more precise definition, especially when a broader term (waterbirds) is already available and widely in use. It gets confusing otherwise.
I had a dream last night, imagine that frontier dropped a birds only pack and then confirmed 5 more DLC
I've been thinking this but too afraid to say anything
I'm sure it's just a lack of familiarity with the animal. My priorities are animals I've seen in real life. That's not intentional, it's just how preferences and biases work. If anything it shows how important zoos actually are - they make us love the species we encounter more! I bet if I ever met a tree roo I'd fall in love... it just hasn't happened yet.