If I remember right, one of the major predators of the moose is the Orca...
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That is correct. Moose are absolute units, they have very little to fear animal wise, aside from Polars, Grizzlys and Orcas. Cougar, Wolverines and Wolves* may attempt it, but they'd probably just was likely think twice (okay maybe not the Wolverine since they're extra spicy)
I had to check myself on something too - Cougar and Moose territories have a small sliver of overlap, encounters are likely rare but not impossible.
* Typically takes a pack to successfully bring down a healthy moose in their prime, but solo attacks do happen. Usually it ends up just as badly for the wolf as it does for the moose, if not worse.
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What do we think the biomes will be?
Beaver: temperate, taiga, aquatic
Cougar: Temperate, Taiga, Grassland, Tropical, Desert, maybe tundra? (If you count alpine tundra of Patagonia.) so everything except aquatic and potentially tundra
Moose: Taiga, Temperate, Aquatic, (Tundra? Idk someone educate me)
California Sea Lion: Aquatic, Taiga, Temperate
American Alligator: Aquatic, Temperate, Tropical
Arctic Fox: Tundra, Taiga
Prairie Dog: Grassland, (desert? Someone educate me here too)
Beaver: temperate, taiga, aquatic
Cougar: Temperate, Taiga, Grassland, Tropical, Desert, maybe tundra? (If you count alpine tundra of Patagonia.) so everything except aquatic and potentially tundra
Moose: Taiga, Temperate, Aquatic, (Tundra? Idk someone educate me)
California Sea Lion: Aquatic, Taiga, Temperate
American Alligator: Aquatic, Temperate, Tropical
Arctic Fox: Tundra, Taiga
Prairie Dog: Grassland, (desert? Someone educate me here too)
The picks in this pack are the best yet! Prairie dogs are common in zoos, so although I never would have predicted one would make it in, they make a lot of sense. Foxes are my favorite animals, so I'm glad to see a more traditional species join the game. And the rest of the inclusions were all much-needed, especially the moose and sea lion.
The Florida Panther subspecies can be found in swamps... so probably aquatic too.
I’m aware , my question about the moose was if they possibly inhabit those southern stretches of tundra around the tree line.
Tundra
Taiga
And for the cougar my only question about tundra is because the game has been inconsistent with alpine regions like putting the snow leopard as tundra
As a native in Florida, the Florida panther is more found in Floridian temperate pinewood forests. It doesn’t really use the water or live in the water that much. I always took the tag in PZ as more of a indication the animal spends a lot of its time in water
Pumas actually hate water and only swim as a last resort. They would rather endure the heat or find a place to sleep in hot weather. Only jaguar and tigers are fond of water really. Actually I’m not totally sure jaguars really enjoy swimming for enjoyment. They’ve kinda just evolved to use the water as a means to get around and hunt. Tigers are the only bigger cats that seem to purposely lay in the water to cool down.
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The Prairie Dog range goes all the way into the upper Continental United States like Montana and Dakotas, and down into Texas and the upper part of Mexico, so I think desert is likely, and possibly Temperate too? Though the vertical spectrum of the range definitely fits more grassland than temperate.
I hope the Moose is in Tundra, they really should be and I will be a little disappointed if they're not.
The diversity of biomes for this pack's animals is going to be amazing.
For sure my first takeaway was just how many biomes are represented
California is (on the coast) Mediterranean climate, which is ‘grassland’ in game, so grassland rather than or as well as temperate?
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Which ones of the new Animals are gonna be able to deep dive? Sea Lion and Alligator are pretty obvious but maybe the Beaver, Cougar and Moose?
Beaver: Temperate, taiga, aquatic
Cougar: Temperate, taiga, grassland, tropical, desert
Moose: Taiga, temperate, aquatic
California sea lion: Aquatic, taiga, temperate
American alligator: Aquatic, temperate, tropical
Arctic fox: Tundra, taiga
Black-tailed prairie dog: Grassland, desert
Hmm... looks like you're right; the Polar Bear and King Penguin are classified as aquatic, yet don't come anywhere near swamp land. Curious though, what makes a swamp a swamp in Planet Zoo then?
