The beta streams we have seen have all been in a zoo where overall animal welfare seems to be poor. Despite the fact that many animal habitats seem poor suitable and the animals unhappy there seems to be a lot of breeding. Peacocks, ostriches, and wolves come to mind. Getting animals to breed is not easy in most cases, especially in a zoo setting. There should be decreased fertility just after adoption as animals get used to new environments, mates, etc. Animals should only breed when needs are met and nutrition is good. Poor nutrition (i.e. not researched) should negatively impact fertility. I really hope that animals continually breeding and overpopulating is not a problem like it was in ZT2. Fecundity should be different per species. I would also like to see intraspecies variability. Sterility is a real problem, and more common in zoo populations with a small genetic base. I would also like to see that some pairs will not or cannot breed (e.g. personality, genetics), but if sold or paired with another mate they breed successfully.
It would also be great if Planet Zoo paid attention to not only animal numbers but gender ratios. Some animals require multiple females per male (otherwise the overzealous male may injure the female with excessive mating), multiple males to court a female (look up turkeys), and some solitary animals simply cannot be housed together. Male and female elephants are not housed together expect for specific periods exclusively for mating. Tigers are solitary and are only placed in the same exhibit for mating after careful introductions through fencing. Even then tiger courtship can tragically end in the death of one of the parties. I would love to see all these mechanics added to the game, and I actually think it would be far easier than a lot of asks (mostly coding, with very little modeling or animation).
I really hope to see the simple-minded misguided anthropomorphic view that every animal should live in a little nuclear family with a mommy, daddy and babies dispelled. As Frontier has made one of their goals education I think this is a really important point to make. At least they have already confirmed that offspring will breed with their parents if no intervention is made. It always cracks me up that people think parents-offspring or siblings won't mate simply because they are related. Sorry folks; no such taboo in the animal kingdom.
It would also be great if Planet Zoo paid attention to not only animal numbers but gender ratios. Some animals require multiple females per male (otherwise the overzealous male may injure the female with excessive mating), multiple males to court a female (look up turkeys), and some solitary animals simply cannot be housed together. Male and female elephants are not housed together expect for specific periods exclusively for mating. Tigers are solitary and are only placed in the same exhibit for mating after careful introductions through fencing. Even then tiger courtship can tragically end in the death of one of the parties. I would love to see all these mechanics added to the game, and I actually think it would be far easier than a lot of asks (mostly coding, with very little modeling or animation).
I really hope to see the simple-minded misguided anthropomorphic view that every animal should live in a little nuclear family with a mommy, daddy and babies dispelled. As Frontier has made one of their goals education I think this is a really important point to make. At least they have already confirmed that offspring will breed with their parents if no intervention is made. It always cracks me up that people think parents-offspring or siblings won't mate simply because they are related. Sorry folks; no such taboo in the animal kingdom.
