I'm very curious to see what animals can be kept together. So far we've seen zebra/ gnu, springbok/ giraffe and hippo/ giraffe. Can any herbivores be kept together, or will aggression, enclosure size and terrain limit them. Will my zoo become more educational if I keep species from the same area together and will my zoo suffer if I mix species together that don't coexist in the wild? Looking forward to building a massive African safari exhibit.
Mixed enclosures?
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I am curious about this too! Can’t wait to see/hear/read more about it.
Im not sure if animals really care if there is a oak or a pine tree for instance.
This was a thing in zoo tycoon. While i believe it is great for aesthetic reasons to have a matching environment. It shouldnt really be a thing if you ask me.
I always felt this wasa limiting factor in ZT and holds back having more variety in enclosures.
Temperatures have more impact than flora i presume.
Im interested in knowing how this would work too.
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Well some would be important for poisoning (probably not in the game though). I remember something from the playthrough that you did get recommended foliage but I’d have to check. Apart from the foliage that might not be important, what is important is the ground. So I guess as long as they got similar needs in hard ground, sand, rock, ... you probably can place them together.
Edit: yeah so my guess is that as long as these bars are somewhat similar (the coverage, the soil, grass, rock,...) the animals can probably live together. But that’s just my guess.
Also I wonder if you can place plants everywhere or if the ground influences them too.
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In the Developer Journal: Creativity and Habitats it is stated that Animals do react negatively to Plants that don't fit their natural environment. So mixing Animals from different Habitats could be difficult.
I'ts the other way around though. The suitability is in the green with 89% while the coverage isn't enough with 16%
But your other points seem all to be true
Doesn’t coverage just mean there aren’t enough plants. And if suitability is referring to the plants being for the right habitat/animal but it is green here (despite all the warning signs) so it might be okay to put plants in wherever. At least if suitability means that.
Some zoos have successfully kept wolves and bears together ;-)
I would think that at the very least our large African herbivores can be kept together. Maybe with the exception of elephants, though all-female herds do well with smaller animals in their exhibits on occasion too. Mixed-species Savannah paddocks are very common in zoos (where I work we have giraffe, crowned crane, ostrich, zebra, greater kudu)
My presumption is if that the enclosure is suitable for two animals to live in side-by-side and not be unhappy with any of the enclosure's elements (such as terrain type, space, what have you) and they do not naturally get into altercations (e.g. predator and prey, two large predators, aggressive herbivores...) they will be able to share an enclosure quite happily. You could create some interesting combinations this way; lemurs and peafowl could be a possible combination, for example.
On the other hand we may get a system where enclosure partners are considered 'unsuitable' for whatever reason and their very presence makes the animals unhappy, who knows. ATM I predict the above, potentially with an overall 'population' need threshold like in JWE.
I would think that at the very least our large African herbivores can be kept together. Maybe with the exception of elephants, though all-female herds do well with smaller animals in their exhibits on occasion too. Mixed-species Savannah paddocks are very common in zoos (where I work we have giraffe, crowned crane, ostrich, zebra, greater kudu)
My presumption is if that the enclosure is suitable for two animals to live in side-by-side and not be unhappy with any of the enclosure's elements (such as terrain type, space, what have you) and they do not naturally get into altercations (e.g. predator and prey, two large predators, aggressive herbivores...) they will be able to share an enclosure quite happily. You could create some interesting combinations this way; lemurs and peafowl could be a possible combination, for example.
On the other hand we may get a system where enclosure partners are considered 'unsuitable' for whatever reason and their very presence makes the animals unhappy, who knows. ATM I predict the above, potentially with an overall 'population' need threshold like in JWE.
While I am super excited about the potential for mixed enclosures, I will be keeping mine as "real" as possible. Hippos only really get mixed with fast, agile animals that don't share the same space as they can do quite a bit of damage accidentally or on purpose. I would never pair them with a flighty species like a giraffe, definatley some smaller monkeys, or birds as they are arboreal, but shy, flighty animals definatley not.
There are some great zoo PDFs on the web about mixed species and rotation enclosures. Lions with meerkats/mongooses did not go great, zebra's can be aggressive to other species, especially male zebras, and the same goes with some larger antelopes. But still super excited!
There are some great zoo PDFs on the web about mixed species and rotation enclosures. Lions with meerkats/mongooses did not go great, zebra's can be aggressive to other species, especially male zebras, and the same goes with some larger antelopes. But still super excited!