Emu should be walk-through animal

[Utahraptor Arcanus]

Guest when they see a red panda or sand cat coming toward then:

Also guests when they see a giant anteater or a bull red kangoroo coming toward then:

 

[Doran]

The saiga, the most skittish animal in the game, is walkthrough

Animal known from running into fences and dying, just because guest came to close. Nice.

 

[Thylaco]

Guest when they see a red panda or sand cat coming toward then:


Also guests when they see a giant anteater or a bull red kangoroo coming toward then:

Allergies are a serious problem for guests, disembowelling can always be fixed later.

 

[Topaz Star]

The walkthrough situation is a little messy, even with some of the other animals. Right now I have some big problems with a flamingo/red-crowned crane walkthrough habitat, because the animals just keep on being stressed even tho they are not shy animals, have plenty of hiding places & are very realistic walkthrough habitat animals.

 

[yoav_r]

The walkthrough situation is a little messy, even with some of the other animals. Right now I have some big problems with a flamingo/red-crowned crane walkthrough habitat, because the animals just keep on being stressed even tho they are not shy animals, have plenty of hiding places & are very realistic walkthrough habitat animals.

Some of the base game animals are almost unplayable because of stuff like that. Flamingo stress is a good one, and another one is Hippopotamus linear space requirements. You can't have a hippo herd without covering half the map with water.

 

[DarthQuell]

The walkthrough situation is a little messy, even with some of the other animals. Right now I have some big problems with a flamingo/red-crowned crane walkthrough habitat, because the animals just keep on being stressed even tho they are not shy animals, have plenty of hiding places & are very realistic walkthrough habitat animals.

I think that the issue is that guests just pile up. Even if you put that "Do Not Disturb" sign, they pile up (does it actually work? I swore it did, but maybe I was imagining it)

Also, the animals don't stay hidden; they run around trying to hide, but then run back out before their need is fulfilled. I had to replace some fencing for my armadillos to 1-way glass to stop the panicking, and it kinda messed up the awesome look of my habitat

 

[Topaz Star]

I think that the issue is that guests just pile up. Even if you put that "Do Not Disturb" sign, they pile up (does it actually work? I swore it did, but maybe I was imagining it)

Yeah I have those signs, they seem to work when the stress problem is small but not when it's a bigger issue. I also don't understand why all those guests pile up in this particulair habitat. It's not like the flamingo and the red-crowned crane have a high appeal rate.

 

[ZSHplays]

To add to this, Emus are in a walkthrough at Bird Paradise in Singapore which is probably the finest bird collection in the world. And the most expensive

 

[Chuditch]

To support the campaign for emus to finally be able to be used in walkthrough habitats, we should compile a list of zoos which allow guests to enter emu enclosures. I've listed all the ones I know, have been mentioned here previously or could find from a quick search, but obviously it's still very incomplete! Therefore, I'm hoping others here could contribute info on other zoos with walkthrough emus and help me to expand the list! I'll edit the post and add other zoos in.

Oceania:
Ballarat Wildlife Park, Australia
Cleland Wildlife Park, Australia
Cohunu Koala Park, Australia
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Australia
Featherdale Wildlife Park, Australia
Humbug Scrub Wildlife Sanctuary, Australia
Kyabram Fauna Park, Australia
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Australia
National Zoo & Aquarium, Australia
Phillip Island Wildlife Park, Australia
Taronga Zoo, Australia
Tasmania Zoo, Australia
Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary, Australia
Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, Australia
Wild Life Sydney, Australia
Wildlife HQ Zoo, Australia
Wellington Zoo, New Zealand

Europe:
Zoo Olomouc, Czech Republic
Zoo Zlín, Czech Republic
South Lakes Wild Animal Park, United Kingdom

North America:
Brevard Zoo, United States of America

Asia:
Bird Paradise, Singapore

 

[Moonfox]

Me, remembering an episode of McLeods Daughters and being completely stunned that these birds are kept in walkthroughs...

I mean, I get zoo emus are not wild emus, but as someone who was already harrassed by a turkey once (probably the walker that made him irritated), I would not step a foot in there.

Was not expecting a Mcleod's reference! How good was that show - I'm rewatching it now.

 

[NZFanatic]

Therefore, I'm hoping others here could contribute info on other zoos with walkthrough emus and help me to expand the list!

Wellington Zoo, New Zealand. Auckland Zoo as well, though there is a (very simple and low) wooden fence around the walkway. Both Orana Park and Willowbank Wildlife Reserve here in Christchurch have also provided opportunities to hand-feed emus, though they haven't had full walkthroughs.

 

[Swjosdotschka]

Was not expecting a Mcleod's reference! How good was that show - I'm rewatching it now.

Uuuuh, enjoy! I watched most of it, until it was only cousins. After that, I'm honest, I refuse to watch anything without Claire in my re-watches

 

[Chuditch]

Auckland Zoo as well, though there is a (very simple and low) wooden fence around the walkway.

Enclosures like this are something I’ve been on the fence about including, given Taronga Western Plains Zoo has something similar (emus are in the walkthrough but separated from the guests by a low simple wooden fence, which the wallabies can pass underneath). For now through I’ve tried to only include “true” walkthroughs where emus are unimpeded from interacting with guests.

 

[NZFanatic]

Enclosures like this are something I’ve been on the fence about including, given Taronga Western Plains Zoo has something similar (emus are in the walkthrough but separated from the guests by a low simple wooden fence, which the wallabies can pass underneath). For now through I’ve tried to only include “true” walkthroughs where emus are unimpeded from interacting with guests.

Wellington definitely counts. They even took one emu out because it was very enthusiastic about people (not violent, but pushy).

 

[TremendousTimAllen]

Some of the base game animals are almost unplayable because of stuff like that. Flamingo stress is a good one, and another one is Hippopotamus linear space requirements. You can't have a hippo herd without covering half the map with water.

Hate this! Some animals get stressed if they are seen for an instant, and the AI is nowhere near good enough for them to navigate away from it. The solution seems to be to have them never be visible... which kind of defeats the purpose of having them in a zoo.

Seconded on hippos. They have an outrageously high space requirement. Their max group size of 30 requires 31,000 square meters, nearly 2.5 times the second highest requirement