Do you think there will be stereotypical behaviour?

[Greekgods]

We already know that animals will let us know if they are happy besides reading it on their need bars. So I wonder, will animals that don’t have enough enrichment start developing stereotypical behaviour? I really hope it does because it would add to the realism and also teach the players how to deal with it. Not only that but we would be obligated to just sit and watch our animals from time to time. Because it wouldn’t be shown on the bars.
It would also be an extra animation for them to do when enrichment is low.

Stereotypical behaviour is a well known problem within zoo’s and I think it would be a welcome challenge to take into account when looking after the animals.

 

[Swjosdotschka]

It would be very educational to add it, but I doubt they'll go that far. I guess animals will only whine or maybe attacking fences at most. And your zoo rating might drop. I'd like to see stereotypical behaviour as to teach people how they can see if an animal is well kept. But no, even this game wouldn't aim in that direction.

 

[floridameerkat]

What would an example of stereotypical behavior be?

 

[nightcat]

What would an example of stereotypical behavior be?

It's repetitve behavior that the animals don't show in the wild.

A lot of wild cats, wolfes, bears: pacing.
Bears or elefants: Throwing their head up and down.
Giraffes: Licking walls.
Apes: Spinning in circles.
Parrots/a lot of birds: ripping out feathers
......


It would be interesting to have it in the game, but I don't think frontier will do it. I think, the animals will just get unhappy if they are bored or their enclosure is too small.
I don't think it would be very "kid friendly" to show these darker sides of zoos. But who knows, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Greekgods]

It's repetitve behavior that the animals don't show in the wild.

A lot of wild cats, wolfes, bears: pacing.
Bears or elefants: Throwing their head up and down.
Giraffes: Licking walls.
Apes: Spinning in circles.
Parrots/a lot of birds: ripping out feathers
......


It would be interesting to have it in the game, but I don't think frontier will do it. I think, the animals will just get unhappy if they are bored or their enclosure is too small.
I don't think it would be very "kid friendly" to show these darker sides of zoos. But who knows, maybe I'm wrong.

I get what you try to say with darker side, but kids probably have seen it already in actual zoo’s. However thinking about it, for the animators it would be horrible to have to watch a lot of stereotypical behaviour videos to replicate it in animations. Especially after studying their natural behaviour. Also it might make the game too political in the whole “are zoo’s ethically justifiable” debate.

 

[nightcat]

I get what you try to say with darker side, but kids probably have seen it already in actual zoo’s. However thinking about it, for the animators it would be horrible to have to watch a lot of stereotypical behaviour videos to replicate it in animations. Especially after studying their natural behaviour. Also it might make the game too political in the whole “are zoo’s ethically justifiable” debate.

Kind of.
Most kids and even a lot of adults don't realise if the behavior of an animal is normal or not. At least if it's not very obvious behavior like a parrot ripping out his own feathers.
The giraffe who licks the wall or the chimpanzee who rocks himself might look just funny or maybe a little bit off.

I don't think Planet Zoo wants to teach people that this kind of behavior is alarming. Like you said, it would spark a big discussion about zoos in general.

Planet Zoo seems to work more on "positive reinforcment". Conservation, research and education are the main focus.

 

[Whats0There]

I agree, performing stereotypical behaviours would be a very nice, natural way of showing that your animal is unhappy and you need to change something about its enclosure.