Hello its me again.
I thought about a cool and unique type of pack, covering some more coastal regions and ended up with enough for a tropical mangrove themed pack and a coldwater themed coastal pack.
This is the mangrove pack and trust me, there are some cool unexpected critters living in the mangroves.
Right now in the game there are to my knowledge only 6 animals commonly associated with mangroves, the probuscis monkey and the saltwater crocodile from asia and the bairds tapir, the caiman, the giant otter and the jaguar from southamerica (pls correct me if im wrong and there are more).
I would like to flesh out on them, especally as highly aquatic themed tropical houses or even downright mangrove houses are some of my favourite rare gems in zoos and everybody that visited the mangrove house in the burgers zoo would agree.
So first about the building set, i would suggest something along the line of a mix of a caribbean themed more modern set and a stilt houses inspired set, maybe inspired by the more modern, asian ones?
This would be a good chance to include some more vanilla pieces, while still having a great chance for themed pieces, like pirate related stuff.
But now to the animals!
The first is one that you probably dont expect, but this near flightless bird only lives along the water ways of south america, with a special fondness for the mangroves.
Im talking about the hoatzin, a weird, funky looking bird known for his stinky smell, weird looks and being the only living species in its group.
Sadly they are just a honorable mention, as they arnt held in captivity for some reason, probably related to their special diet of leaves.
Still a cool mangrove animals that defenetly deserves the honor spot on this list.
Im gonna start with the exhibit animal, as it is actually quite the hard choice.
There are two primary choices, the mudskipper and the fiddler crab.
Both are very unique and appealing animals, that would also both be a first for their groups of fish and crustaceans respectivly.
Personally i would lean more towards the fiddler crab, but i feel like both have very good arguments to why they should be the new cool kid on the block.
Next in line would be an asian fan favourite, the small clawed otter!
These little fellas are living in water ways all over south east asia and also love the habitat inside of the mangroves.
As the most social and most common species of otters in zoos they are heavily requested by the community and would trive both in tropical houses and smaller freeflow exhibits.
Making a great contrast to the derpy looking giant otters they would be distinct enough and also usefull enough to be a worthwile inclusion as our small otter species.
Another thing ofnote would be, that they are very commonly held with orangutans in the same enclosure, a very unique parring that we dont have like that in the game yet that opens up lots of cool ways to design exhibits, both for them and their tree palls.
For our secound and most exciting spot, we have the west indian manatee, another animal many members of the communtiy have an eye on, even though they arnt sure if they would make the cut.
Many see them as the only fully marine species that they want in the game, and where would they fit better than in a coastal/mangrove dlc?
These charismatic chonkers are true fanfavourites and would add something completly new to the game and would act as a wonderfull flagship both for possible mangrove or tropical houses, but also for the dlc.
Also these durpy see cows are just super cute
In the waterways of southeast asia lives another small mammal that would like to join the game, the fishing cat.
These aquatic cats live of crabs and fish like our exhibit animals and have learned to swim and dive to catch their favorite snacks, going even as far as developing webbed paws.
With their special markings and the fact that we only have one small cat in the game at the moment, they would make a great fit for this dlc.
Also its a cat. If that doesnt boost sells idk what would.
And lastly we have the boat billed heron, a southamerican species of water fowl thats commonly kept in europe with other waterfowl or in southamerican aviaries in zoos.
As a normally nocturnal species, thats often kept awake in zoos during the day, they would also be usefull for nighthouses or maybe even a night tropical house?
Sounds cool to me, especally with these wide beaked birds.
When they arnt lurking for prey over the water they often hang out in little breeding colonies of 4-6 pairs in small trees.
Another noteworthy thing would be the fact, that they are the most commonly kept heron from the neotropics in europe, aswell as the first heron in the game.
And thats it! I hope you liked the list of animals in this kind of aquatic pack 2.0.
I tried to pick many diffrent species and think i succeeded in creating an appealing package, especally with the combination of the small clawed otter and the manatee.
I do like the heron and i feel like it deserves to be in the game, but idk maybe there is a southamerican mangrove lover thats more deserving of its spot (Capybaras dislike mangroves, i checked)
But what do you guys think?
Is this pack stupid? Or would you agree with me that this would be a must buy if it something similar came out?
I hope you enjoyed reading this and cant wait to hear what cool mangrove animals you guys know
I thought about a cool and unique type of pack, covering some more coastal regions and ended up with enough for a tropical mangrove themed pack and a coldwater themed coastal pack.
This is the mangrove pack and trust me, there are some cool unexpected critters living in the mangroves.
Right now in the game there are to my knowledge only 6 animals commonly associated with mangroves, the probuscis monkey and the saltwater crocodile from asia and the bairds tapir, the caiman, the giant otter and the jaguar from southamerica (pls correct me if im wrong and there are more).
I would like to flesh out on them, especally as highly aquatic themed tropical houses or even downright mangrove houses are some of my favourite rare gems in zoos and everybody that visited the mangrove house in the burgers zoo would agree.
So first about the building set, i would suggest something along the line of a mix of a caribbean themed more modern set and a stilt houses inspired set, maybe inspired by the more modern, asian ones?
This would be a good chance to include some more vanilla pieces, while still having a great chance for themed pieces, like pirate related stuff.
But now to the animals!
The first is one that you probably dont expect, but this near flightless bird only lives along the water ways of south america, with a special fondness for the mangroves.
Im talking about the hoatzin, a weird, funky looking bird known for his stinky smell, weird looks and being the only living species in its group.
Sadly they are just a honorable mention, as they arnt held in captivity for some reason, probably related to their special diet of leaves.
Still a cool mangrove animals that defenetly deserves the honor spot on this list.
Im gonna start with the exhibit animal, as it is actually quite the hard choice.
There are two primary choices, the mudskipper and the fiddler crab.
Both are very unique and appealing animals, that would also both be a first for their groups of fish and crustaceans respectivly.
Personally i would lean more towards the fiddler crab, but i feel like both have very good arguments to why they should be the new cool kid on the block.
Next in line would be an asian fan favourite, the small clawed otter!
These little fellas are living in water ways all over south east asia and also love the habitat inside of the mangroves.
As the most social and most common species of otters in zoos they are heavily requested by the community and would trive both in tropical houses and smaller freeflow exhibits.
Making a great contrast to the derpy looking giant otters they would be distinct enough and also usefull enough to be a worthwile inclusion as our small otter species.
Another thing ofnote would be, that they are very commonly held with orangutans in the same enclosure, a very unique parring that we dont have like that in the game yet that opens up lots of cool ways to design exhibits, both for them and their tree palls.
For our secound and most exciting spot, we have the west indian manatee, another animal many members of the communtiy have an eye on, even though they arnt sure if they would make the cut.
Many see them as the only fully marine species that they want in the game, and where would they fit better than in a coastal/mangrove dlc?
These charismatic chonkers are true fanfavourites and would add something completly new to the game and would act as a wonderfull flagship both for possible mangrove or tropical houses, but also for the dlc.
Also these durpy see cows are just super cute
In the waterways of southeast asia lives another small mammal that would like to join the game, the fishing cat.
These aquatic cats live of crabs and fish like our exhibit animals and have learned to swim and dive to catch their favorite snacks, going even as far as developing webbed paws.
With their special markings and the fact that we only have one small cat in the game at the moment, they would make a great fit for this dlc.
Also its a cat. If that doesnt boost sells idk what would.
And lastly we have the boat billed heron, a southamerican species of water fowl thats commonly kept in europe with other waterfowl or in southamerican aviaries in zoos.
As a normally nocturnal species, thats often kept awake in zoos during the day, they would also be usefull for nighthouses or maybe even a night tropical house?
Sounds cool to me, especally with these wide beaked birds.
When they arnt lurking for prey over the water they often hang out in little breeding colonies of 4-6 pairs in small trees.
Another noteworthy thing would be the fact, that they are the most commonly kept heron from the neotropics in europe, aswell as the first heron in the game.
And thats it! I hope you liked the list of animals in this kind of aquatic pack 2.0.
I tried to pick many diffrent species and think i succeeded in creating an appealing package, especally with the combination of the small clawed otter and the manatee.
I do like the heron and i feel like it deserves to be in the game, but idk maybe there is a southamerican mangrove lover thats more deserving of its spot (Capybaras dislike mangroves, i checked)
But what do you guys think?
Is this pack stupid? Or would you agree with me that this would be a must buy if it something similar came out?
I hope you enjoyed reading this and cant wait to hear what cool mangrove animals you guys know
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