DLC20 Discussion (maybe, but why not?)
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Oh neat, this made me realize I actually have seen Sri Lankan elephants, in two different collections (OKC and DC)! I don't have my elephants listed at the subspecies level, but I suppose I could stand to. Looks like I've also seen Malayan (Houston), but interestingly not Indian, which are kept at just 3 zoos in the US.
Agreed on 1 and 2 but I'd also add the squirrel monkey, and 3 needs to be expanded to be BOTH, not just either. 5 more monkeys until I'm completely satisfied. But yes, it's been so incredible to not feel like there are suffocatingly few monkey options lately.
Still need aoudad for caprines but that's it as far as things I'm actively clamoring for.
I go with the Indian Trio, as I call it. I don't know, if this is the rule or not, but in the zoos I was, the Blackbuck, Nilgai and Axisdeer were often mixed together and of course with the Indian rhino, so it would be a dream, to get this Trio for me.
Nilgai would be so cool too, such a unique animal.
Ngl the more the time pass, the more stupid an Sri Lanka elephant seens to me.
Like imagine a animal with 0 interest from the community, with very low captive numbers and it counterpart looks already fine, while everything it can do, it free counterpart also does, but better, and all of that while tecnically already existing ingame. That's the Sri Lanka elephant.
It's so bad that i don't think Frontier would be Greedy enough to throw it in by a price.
Like imagine a animal with 0 interest from the community, with very low captive numbers and it counterpart looks already fine, while everything it can do, it free counterpart also does, but better, and all of that while tecnically already existing ingame. That's the Sri Lanka elephant.
It's so bad that i don't think Frontier would be Greedy enough to throw it in by a price.
demoiselle crane
I think a bird is very likely, seeing Frontier's track record with the past few packs. We got two birds in Oceania, one in Eurasia, one in Barnyard, and two in Americas...
I'm pretty confident that we'll see either a fowl of some kind (tragopan would be my favourite, but monal would be fine), or a Crane (sarus would be great, demoiselle I wouldn't really care for it but better than nothing, I guess).
While technically not a new bird species, I hope they go ahead and add the piebald morph to the Indian Peafowl. Ever since the piebald morph was introduced back in 2022, I've felt like it should have been added to the peafowl as well
Demoiselle crane or Himalayan monal would be the easiest options I guess. The great white pelican or mallard would be cooler additions, but harder to implement in my opinion.
Edit: white stork could fit in too!
I think if we get a bird in this pack it would be Himalayan Monal, because it was circulating the community long enough, and Highland Zoo they worked with before has them. But my ideal pick for a Indian DLC bird would be Dalmatian Pelican
I see the monal being brought up a lot.
I personally find it a really boring animal, so I'm hoping for a tragopan... Do you all think it would be too hard to add?
I personally find it a really boring animal, so I'm hoping for a tragopan... Do you all think it would be too hard to add?
A pelican would be my favorite.
I do like dalmatians more as a species, but great white would for sure be the more versatile
But to be honest india has so many great options for birds that i really hope we will get 2 again. Barheaded goose would be awesome, satyr tragopan, himalayan monal and red jungle fowl would be awesome as we could really use some more ground fowl
I think we will. Himalayan Monal would be great. Or they can go Bar Headed Goose and go full Disneys animal Kingdom with the roster
For India, I think painted storks would offer the most variety
Love the idea since we don’t have any stork right now. But I would still prefer a pelican.
Totally missed opportunity. I’m on that with you.
As a huge viverrid enjoyer, I wouldn't be opposed to the masked palm civet, but it's not a top priority for this pack. Really, the viverrids I most want to see are the common genet and African civet, neither of which work here.
Painted stork and bar-headed goose both sound pretty good to me in terms of things that they could do with relatively little effort. If they're willing to perhaps do something a bit more effortful, the great white pelican would be incredible, even if it isn't my top pelican pick overall.
If this was a generic asia pack I'd love the Storm's Stork, they are such amazing creatures irl