Do all animals have differences?

[Hosscatt]

This was something I was thinking about, and a feature I adore. I love how we can tell our spotted and striped animals apart because they will have different patterns. It's going to make them feel more 'ours'. But what about animals that dont have such patterns? Say, a chimp, or orangutan. How are they going to make it so we can distinguish those animals? Are the terrarium animals going to get the same treatment?
Interested in any thoughts/opinions/ideas. (And of course a dev response is always welcome )

 

[Voids Light]

This was something I was thinking about, and a feature I adore. I love how we can tell our spotted and striped animals apart because they will have different patterns. It's going to make them feel more 'ours'. But what about animals that dont have such patterns? Say, a chimp, or orangutan. How are they going to make it so we can distinguish those animals? Are the terrarium animals going to get the same treatment?
Interested in any thoughts/opinions/ideas. (And of course a dev response is always welcome )

I'm pretty sure all animals will have differences. Mainly because this is what happens in real life. If this is the case, I'm sure the differences are slight, and not that noticeable unless you look for them.

 

[KitCat]

I watched one of the streams from Frontier and they said that there is a genetics system and that there are slight differences in the appearance as well as the stats of the animals. So, when two breed the offspring will have a mixture of their appearance and stats. This is where you can choose the best pairs in your zoo to allow them to breed and over time have higher quality animals. Also, I think even the chimps and orangutan will still have variations. While they may be much smaller and less noticeable I bet slight fur color variations, skin color variations, etc will be there. Some have observed the lions of having such variations. One was a bit lighter than the other.

 

[Voids Light]

I watched one of the streams from Frontier and they said that there is a genetics system and that there are slight differences in the appearance as well as the stats of the animals. So, when two breed the offspring will have a mixture of their appearance and stats. This is where you can choose the best pairs in your zoo to allow them to breed and over time have higher quality animals. Also, I think even the chimps and orangutan will still have variations. While they may be much smaller and less noticeable I bet slight fur color variations, skin color variations, etc will be there. Some have observed the lions of having such variations. One was a bit lighter than the other.

Hopefully one of those traits from breeding animals is the chance of them being albino. If this happens, I'd want to challenge myself to get loads of albino animals.

 

[KitCat]

Hopefully one of those traits from breeding animals is the chance of them being albino. If this happens, I'd want to challenge myself to get loads of albino animals.

I haven't even thought of that! That would be so cool for it to happen. I would imagine if that were to happen it would only be from animals that originated from the wild and weren't consistently bred so it would be extremely rare and unpredictable.

 

[Voids Light]

It would be a challenge, but one that would be cool to do. Kind of like collecting shiny pokemon, except its not pokemon, and the animals have time limits on their lives.

 

[KitCat]

@Voids Light I was thinking of that exact reference when you mentioned albinism, but didn't say it. lol

 

[floridameerkat]

In species where there's not a lot of color variation, like the apes and lions, the differences might be more in how they act, as we know that each animal has its own personality, rather than in how they look.

 

[Hosscatt]

With things like lions I was thinking we could have different mane styles for the males. Full, dark, sparse etc.
I like the idea of behavior being inherited. Little animal that inherits a big appetite or something

 

[Voids Light]

With things like lions I was thinking we could have different mane styles for the males. Full, dark, sparse etc.
I like the idea of behavior being inherited. Little animal that inherits a big appetite or something

The lions have been confirmed to have different hair color. For example, some of the lions are darker than the others.

 

[Tony_Drümz]

Hopefully (and I think so it will be) that all animals will have differences, but neither do we expect them to be so noticeable, at least, in some species. In primates it is more difficult, but it could be in the form of size, thinner, other fatter, although they are more complex characteristics, but not impossible.

 

[Zakimals]

Hopefully one of those traits from breeding animals is the chance of them being albino. If this happens, I'd want to challenge myself to get loads of albino animals.

The problem with that is the only way to get loads of albino animals is to inbreed all your existing albino animals to get them to make more