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Hey man, I felt that kick to the face
To be fair, wallabies are less diverse in international zoos. One Wallaby is a realistic expectation. Everything more is a bonus but unrealistic considering previous patterns.
Not really, wallabys come rarely alone. If a zoo has one species, theres a good chance they have a second with the benetts, parma and swamp wallaby being particulary common in europe.
Never seen a zoo with 2 wallaby species if it didn't specialise in australian animals.
Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich has no special interest in australian animals and has:
Agile wallaby
Swamp wallaby
Red kangaroo
Brno zoo has Yellow footed rock wallaby and swamp wallaby.
At least a dozen Zoo’s in UK keeps Parma wallaby and Red necked wallaby
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I can’t claim good knowledge here - the zoos I’m most familiar with are in Australia. However, those I have been to overseas almost always have at least two species of macropod - often a kangaroo and a wallaby. Those that have more, generally have more than one wallaby. In any case, almost all zoos with Australian animals have macropods - at the moment we only have one species and many more frequently kept species are missing from the game. Consequently, every Australian section in-game looks similar, since the almost every Australian section requires the most iconic Australian animals (macropods) and currently there’s only a single representative. Other than birds, the only group similarly unrepresented, is new world monkeys.
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I don't think the average zoo has 6 bear species/subspecies either.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love a ton of macropods, but we should realidtically adjust our expectation based on the last 3 years of DLCs.
Macropods are clearly not the highest priority for Frontier.
To be fair, the only pack since the Australia Pack that would have been suitable for a macropod* would have been the Conservation Pack (tree kangaroo), so I don't think we really have much to go off of so far. That said, I am also not realistically expecting much - a wallaby or two and a tree kangaroo at the most. I was mostly responding to how you implied that getting more than one species of wallaby isn't important because there is typically less diversity of wallaby species in international zoos, which is both debateable and feels dismissive towards Australian zoos. Not saying that this was your intention, but it's how it came across.
*I've seen suggestions that the swamp wallaby could have been in the Wetlands Animal Pack, but they're actually named after their smell rather than the type of habitat they live in and are not associated with water
The swamp wallaby ls so funny to me.
Just imagine when the people that named it returned from australia to show people their discoverys just to go like
Just imagine when the people that named it returned from australia to show people their discoverys just to go like
There are many of these actually.
The guinea pig is neither a pig nor lives in guinea.
The electric eel is not an eel.
The peacock mantis shrimp is not a peacock, mantis or a shrimp.
German is really good at that aswell.
Some favorites include:
Stinky animal = skunk
Cleaning bear = racoon
Red Growling Rooster = Tub Gurnard
Tremble eal = electric eal
Laughing Hans (literally just a generic name like peter or tobias) = kookaburfa
Some favorites include:
Stinky animal = skunk
Cleaning bear = racoon
Red Growling Rooster = Tub Gurnard
Tremble eal = electric eal
Laughing Hans (literally just a generic name like peter or tobias) = kookaburfa
Ok, now I picture the Deceivers pack, with animals that have deceiving names:
- Swamp wallaby
- Mountain goat
- Honey badger
- Maned wolf
- King cobra (E)
The mountain chicken feels left out
I actually considered them, but I feared getting attacked again by those who:
A. Don't want another amphibian
2. Want the king cobra
That is all
I would hardly call that a deceiving name. It is a cobra, and it is the largest cobra.
Apparently it's not an actual cobra, but closer to the mambas. Kinda like how the gray fox isn't a true fox