Essential Tarantula Wishlist for Planet Zoo

The Carcharodontogenius

The Carcharodontogenius
I decided to update my thread into a Meta - Wishlist of Tarantulas.

Here are some links to a youtube channel called 'Exotics Lair'. Watch the videos of him feeding & watering his tarantulas. If you see any tarantulas in his videos you would like to see in the game, just list them here.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDtfDxOpbY8&list=PLJwhnPvgbmHExuk8rU_FmEo-M42KWHO_0&pp=iAQB

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAn4k3hG8P4&list=PLJwhnPvgbmHESQ03taZz4bdbIBaQtBPP6&pp=iAQB

Rules:
  1. All users may submit maximum 20 species. If you want, you could put less.
  2. No extinct species.

  1. Singapore Blue.
  2. Skeleton Leg.
  3. Arizona Blonde.
  4. Cobalt Blue.
  5. Pumpkin Patch.
  6. Chaco Golden Knee.
  7. Socotra Island Blue Baboon.
  8. Dark Earth Tiger.
  9. Giant White Knee.
  10. Mexican Blood Leg.
  11. Thailand Black.
  12. Brazilian Blue.
  13. Antilles Pinktoe.
  14. Guatemalan Tiger Rump.
  15. Cameroon Red Baboon.
  16. Mexican Golden Red Rump.
  17. Sapphire Ornamental.
  18. Himalayan Earth Tiger.
  19. Tiger Ornamental.
  20. Cyriopagopus sp. "Hatihati"

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Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
I absolutely love invertebrates (went to a specialist invertebrate zoo last week, and it was one of my most enjoyable zoo visits ever), so getting more tarantulas would be nice. At the moment, all three that we have all fall into the same category - they are all Central or South American, ground-living species that are kept in the tropical biome. I think a few species that do not fall into all of those categories would be best.

My top choices would be:
Cameroon red baboon tarantula, Hysterocrates gigas
A mainland African species, that lives in rainforests and unusually for a tarantula is able to dive and swim underwater. Having them in the same type of tropical setup as the goliath frog, with the tarantula able to use the little water area, would make for a very unique addition to the game.

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE4bki09Z2Y

Socotra blue baboon tarantula, Monocentropus balfouri
A brightly-coloured species from the island of Socotra, off the northeast coast of Africa. This would be the first tarantula to use the arid exhibit and, unusually among tarantulas, they are a sociable species that can be kept in groups much larger than those of other tarantula species.

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Himalayan earth tiger tarantula, Haplocosmia himalayana
A quite striking-looking terrestrial tarantula from the temperate forests in the Himalayan foothills. This would add a tarantula for another exhibit biome, and add a species for a region that doesn't have many other exhibit species options.

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Peacock ornamental tarantula, Poecilotheria metallica
A beautifully coloured tarantula species from southern India. They are critically endangered in the wild, but are the subject of a captive breeding programme in European zoos. They would add a much needed arboreal tarantula species to the game.

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Antilles pinktoe tarantula, Caribena versicolor
Another beautiful, arboreal tarantula species, this time from the Antillean islands of the Caribbean. That means it could go alongside either the other tarantulas in a 'bug house' display or with the lesser Antillean iguana to make a little Caribbean display.

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That being said, I think I would rather get more in the way of 'true spiders' - more variety can be found there.
 

The Carcharodontogenius

The Carcharodontogenius
Cynogale bennettii II said:
I absolutely love invertebrates (went to a specialist invertebrate zoo last week, and it was one of my most enjoyable zoo visits ever), so getting more tarantulas would be nice. At the moment, all three that we have all fall into the same category - they are all Central or South American, ground-living species that are kept in the tropical biome. I think a few species that do not fall into all of those categories would be best.

My top choices would be:
Cameroon red baboon tarantula, Hysterocrates gigas
A mainland African species, that lives in rainforests and unusually for a tarantula is able to dive and swim underwater. Having them in the same type of tropical setup as the goliath frog, with the tarantula able to use the little water area, would make for a very unique addition to the game.

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE4bki09Z2Y

Socotra blue baboon tarantula, Monocentropus balfouri
A brightly-coloured species from the island of Socotra, off the northeast coast of Africa. This would be the first tarantula to use the arid exhibit and, unusually among tarantulas, they are a sociable species that can be kept in groups much larger than those of other tarantula species.

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Himalayan earth tiger tarantula, Haplocosmia himalayana
A quite striking-looking terrestrial tarantula from the temperate forests in the Himalayan foothills. This would add a tarantula for another exhibit biome, and add a species for a region that doesn't have many other exhibit species options.

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Peacock ornamental tarantula, Poecilotheria metallica
A beautifully coloured tarantula species from southern India. They are critically endangered in the wild, but are the subject of a captive breeding programme in European zoos. They would add a much needed arboreal tarantula species to the game.

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Antilles pinktoe tarantula, Caribena versicolor
Another beautiful, arboreal tarantula species, this time from the Antillean islands of the Caribbean. That means it could go alongside either the other tarantulas in a 'bug house' display or with the lesser Antillean iguana to make a little Caribbean display.

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That being said, I think I would rather get more in the way of 'true spiders' - more variety can be found there.
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I would go with just the Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula.
 
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