Predictions for a Jungles Animal Pack in 2023

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
For a rainforest pack I think two animals are an absolute shoe-in based on Frontier's modus operandi:
  • Red river hog (comparatively simple to build out of existing pig rigs).
  • Howler monkey (whatever the species, this one has been wanted for a long time by the community and can utilise the chorus behaviour).
Nobody will be able to convince me that macaws will come to the Walkthrough Exhibit though. I understand why the idea is appealing, given the way we received butterflies and the similarities between macaw species, but based on what we actually know about the new exhibit animals I think it's safer to assume the only flying animals we will receive will be smaller ones that move quickly and a lot, not big birds like macaws that will look super janky on a loop and don't actually fly in captivity. For a rainforest pack, I would suggest that hummingbirds are more likely if we go for the five-in-one model. That said, there's no guarantee the walkthrough exhibit will be utilised with every new pack; chameleons are still very much wanted for the regular exhibits, so that's also a very real possibility (a smaller common species is the Jackson's chameleon; it's morphologically fascinating with its three horns, and can be kept in small groups, which suits the exhibit perfectly).

Other possible animals that I think are likely would include;
  • Fossa (again, highly-requested).
  • Forest buffalo (not highly-requested, but a decent captive presence and another 'easy' to make animal).
Beyond that I won't guess, except to say I wouldn't be holding my breath for more than one primate in a pack.
 

arafan

A
My biggest wish would be finally to get a nice selection of primates, and even though I don't expect it, I'm going to include three of them.
  • Golden lion tamarin
  • Geoffroy's spider monkey
  • Guenon species (probably Diana or de Brazza's- a guereza would still be my favourite, but it may be too much work for such a pack)
  • Red river hog
  • Ocelot (not my favourite cat at all, I'm rather have a margay, but seems to take a bit too much time to animate)
  • Fossa (another carnivore, of course. Can it use the racoon animations?)
  • Green peafowl (our "clone" species, could also be one of the various tropical pheasant species (silver, Edwards, Argus, a peacock pheasant,...))
  • Two-toed sloth (I still belive this would be perfectly fine for the WE. There would even be the possibility to add more than one sloth species)
 

Alexjh

Alexjh
I think if I were doing this, it'd be something like:

  • Three-toed Sloth
  • Ocelot
  • Red River Hog
  • Javan or Sumatran Rhino
  • Guar
  • Golden Lion Tamarin

Then for 2 sets of two exhibits:
  • Toco and keel-billed Toucan
  • Scarlet and Blue and yellow macaw
 
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