Highlands Ultimate Meta Wishlist
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The reasoning behind the wolverine being so low likely has less to do with people not wanting it, and more to do with plenty of people either wanting it in another pack or not finding the wolverine to be much of a mountains animal. And I can back that up by pointing to literally any discussion of a mountains-based pack going back into literally last year.
Also a wolverine will immediately be more popular to the public than a hyrax regardless of what we think, because the animal has become connected to a famous superhero.
This is also coming from someone who'd rather get a hyrax in this kinda pack than a wolverine, so I'm not biased.
Sorry, but I have a same thread with this!
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Essential Alpine/Highlands animal wishlist
In the past few days, I have started biome/habitat based wishlists. The island ad savanna wishlists are done, but unfortunately there are still few voters. If you want to join these two wishlists, you can find them here...
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most people don’t actually want the Wolverine, they just think it’s going to be in the pack which is why it’s so low, because I took the votes from people’s dream lists.
But I vote for your thread!Sorry, but I have a same thread with this!
Essential Alpine/Highlands animal wishlist
In the past few days, I have started biome/habitat based wishlists. The island ad savanna wishlists are done, but unfortunately there are still few voters. If you want to join these two wishlists, you can find them here...
1. Wolverine
2. Spectacled bear
3. Markhor
4. Himalayan monal
5. Alpine marmot
6. Gelada
7. Yellow-footed rock wallaby
8. Chinese giant salamander
So, @CharlieXGaming you can vote for my thread, too.
I think people would like a wolverine, it’s just an animal better suited for another pack (like taiga, tundra or Eurasia) than a mountain pack.
That's simply because it's the one that everyone expects in the pack.
Also because it’s a very common South American species which is endemic to mountains and is extraordinarily common in zoos throughout the world (especially in comparison to other bear species)
No but for real, is the spectacled bear really way more common than the ABB? Because I've seen a few enclosures with black bears but not 1 spectacled bear
Spectacled bears are rather uncommon in captivity just like other tropical bears. It could be even least common due to specific range within its distribution so not much zoos in native range have them.
Not like it matters, but still interesting topic.
For EU and nearby locations, it is exactly the same number of holdings (24) according to Zootierliste for both of them. I guess in US the ABB would be more common?
Conclusion = we need both.
In the UK multiple zoos have spectacled bears (6, I believe) and they’re the second most common (after the previously native European brown bear which is in 10 zoos). Only 1 zoo has the American black bear to my knowledge.
American black bears and spectacled bears share the same number of holdings here in Australia and New Zealand too (none
)It is kind of funny how the only bear species kept in more than one facility in Australasia is the comparatively rare-in-zoos sun bear, but they're the best bear anyway so I'm happy it's them (also make sense given they're the bear that lives closest to the region, with most individuals descending from/being rescue animals from Cambodia).
Appreciate them now, because your region is phasing out bears for good.American black bears and spectacled bears share the same number of holdings here in Australia and New Zealand too (none
It is kind of funny how the only bear species kept in more than one facility in Australasia is the comparatively rare-in-zoos sun bear, but they're the best bear anyway so I'm happy it's them (also make sense given they're the bear that lives closest to the region, with most individuals descending from/being rescue animals from Cambodia).
Everyone knows Sun Bears are not real. Those are zookeepers dressed in a bear suit.American black bears and spectacled bears share the same number of holdings here in Australia and New Zealand too (none
It is kind of funny how the only bear species kept in more than one facility in Australasia is the comparatively rare-in-zoos sun bear, but they're the best bear anyway so I'm happy it's them (also make sense given they're the bear that lives closest to the region, with most individuals descending from/being rescue animals from Cambodia).
Sun bears are fairly common in the ukAmerican black bears and spectacled bears share the same number of holdings here in Australia and New Zealand too (none
It is kind of funny how the only bear species kept in more than one facility in Australasia is the comparatively rare-in-zoos sun bear, but they're the best bear anyway so I'm happy it's them (also make sense given they're the bear that lives closest to the region, with most individuals descending from/being rescue animals from Cambodia).