More Pinnipeds?

Orque41

Orque41
There are not enough so I will add all the Pinnipeds in this thread that are missing but if you have to choose 1 or 2 Pinnipeds which one or which do you choose?
1. California sea lion
2. New Zealand fur seal
3. South American sea lion
4. Steller sea lion
5. Seal-marine calf
6. Antarctic fur seal
7. South African fur seal
8. Harp seal
9. Monk seal
10. Galapagos sea lion
11. Elephant Seal
12. Morse

I choose the California Sea Lion
And what do you choose?
 

Aramar

Aramar
California sea lions are a must for me. I think they saved this animal for a North America DLC because they know it would help sell it well.

As a second option, I'd love to get a walrus. Although they are not often kept in zoos, they look so cool and different to all other pinnipeds because of the tusks.
 
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Firestar97

Firestar97
The Walrus would be a must have for me. Why is it so often in the Forum mentioned to as Morse? Always need to google it 🙃
They can whistle and it sounds beautiful 🙂
Source: https://youtu.be/OAVL61yeCYs


Would also like to see some kind of Sealion. I think the Californian Sealion would be the most likely Species but I would also be ok with a Australian Sealion. They look so cute 😊
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
I would like to see both the walrus (very charismatic and now a threatened species) and the brown fur seal (which has the advantage of occurring both in southern Africa and Australia, so could have greater flexibility in different zoo areas). However I would expect if another pinniped is added, it would be the California sea lion.
 

Aramar

Aramar
The Walrus would be a must have for me. Why is it so often in the Forum mentioned to as Morse?
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I just read "morse" on the first message and got carried away. It's a false friend in French and Spanish 😂 😂 .
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
Harp Seal! I know the Grey Seal pups are cute but I need the Harp Seal Pup FLOOF!

Also google crabeater seals and try to tell me you don't want that in there. Go on!
 

paul78

paul78
I would like a California sea lion. Also a walrus but with hardly any real zoos and very few marine parks having them in real life I doubt this zt2 favorite ever makes it in planet zoo. Same with the elephant seal just simply unrealistic to keep in captivity as their diving depths couldn’t be obtained. Not to mention their size and aggression. I think there’s only a few in captivity and the last real popular one being in the Berlin zoo in the 1920s.
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
paul78 said:
Same with the elephant seal just simply unrealistic to keep in captivity as their diving depths couldn’t be obtained. Not to mention their size and aggression. I think there’s only a few in captivity and the last real popular one being in the Berlin zoo in the 1920s.
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Interesting. Expected them to be kept nowhere
 

paul78

paul78
@Urufu1997 yeah I think two that I know of currently exist in captivity. One in China I believe and the other at the Pittsburgh zoo. I read he’s blind. So they don’t feel comfortable releasing him.
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this is the one from Berlin zoo. I guess a few zoos had them before the 1950s. If frontier wasn’t stressing realism I’d love one of these guys in planet zoo but I highly doubt it would happen.
 

nutrit

nutrit
paul78 said:
@Urufu1997 yeah I think two that I know of currently exist in captivity. One in China I believe and the other at the Pittsburgh zoo. I read he’s blind. So they don’t feel comfortable releasing him.
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this is the one from Berlin zoo. I guess a few zoos had them before the 1950s. If frontier wasn’t stressing realism I’d love one of these guys in planet zoo but I highly doubt it would happen.
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They were successfully kept for many years in Wilhelma Zoo Stuttgart 1957 till 1996.
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Firestar97

Firestar97
nutrit said:
They were successfully kept for many years in Wilhelma Zoo Stuttgart 1957 till 1996.
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Damn, was born 1 Year too late😆
Beautiful Picture. I assume the Enclosure looks just that small because of the Position of the Camera.
I wonder what's the Reason they aren't kept anymore in almost all Zoos when it seems to be possible without Problems 🤔
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
darthquell said:
Maybe they're too demanding? Too expensive to keep?
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Good Theory. I assume the Costs to feed a male are extremely high.

Ok, new Theory. It could be because for some Reason it's extremely difficult for them to get healthy Offspring in Captivity. I hope someday they will find out what caused the Problems
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There are still Elephant Seals in captivity.

So as far as I can tell, the general consensus is that elephant seals are gone from captivity (although there might be a couple in japan, perhaps)...
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Elephant seals in captivity.

Hello all! first time on this forum and with people I could discuss about zoos and animals with the same interest and passion as me! and a question...
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The main problem was the missing breeding.Altough many european zoos had several birhs , but just ONE animal could be raised to adulthood-the male"Eric", born at Antwerp and later send to Berlin, where it died very young-like most other elephant seals.Fortunately, elephant seals are now a proteted species, and it isn't allowed to import them again to europe, but, the zoos regognized that this animals can't be kept in"Captivity".Too many of them were imported and died, more were imported, they died, and so on. And just ONE was raised...I guess, around hundred or more were imported...if not more.......
 
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premierfong

premierfong
1. California sea lion (Must)
2. New Zealand fur seal (Altougth I like it chances are too small)
3. South American sea lion (Less likely)
4. Steller sea lion (cool to have and they look different)
5. Seal-marine calf (Less likely)
6. Antarctic fur seal (Less likely)
7. South African fur seal (Less likely)
8. Harp seal (Less likely)
9. Monk seal (Less likely)
10. Galapagos sea lion (Less likely)
11. Elephant Seal (Must)
12. Morse (Less likely)

Walus is a must have , Leopard seal too.

I would like to see Cali Sea Lion, Walus, Leopard Seal, a fur seal, and Elephant Seal.
 

paul78

paul78
I highly doubt frontier will give us elephant seals but I have to admit the more I see them the more I wish frontier would break the rules on the realism standpoint. These would make for some very fun interesting animals to have in our zoos. The sheer size of them would be awesome.
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