Suziesky's Animal Wishlist

[SuzieSky]

Exhibit Animals:
My favorites are the ones that are hard to spot. I like playing seek and find with the exhibits.

• Orchid Mantis
• Leaf Tailed Gecko
• Stick Insect

There are a lot of cool lizards. These are my favorites to place in zoos. I use these the most.

• Thorny Devil
• Caiman Lizard
• Frilled Lizard: At least one would have to have a raised frill
• Tokay Gecko: It's blue, and I want a gecko that would stick to the viewing side of the glass. That would be funny.
• Dragon Lizard: Not sure they would be captured well in an exhibit
• Panther Chameleon

I like colorful snakes.

• Emerald Tree Boa: This is the snake I usually gravitate towards in zoos.
• San Francisco Garter Snake
• Eyelash Viper
• Coral Snake
• Cobra: most people want one, and I hope the hood is up for some of them

I don't think they need too many more amphibians.

• Blue Poison Arrow Frog: I think it would complete the set of poisonous frogs
• Hellbender: would accept another large salamander
• Toad (Any)

Others:

• Swarming Insects: I'm not sure how these would work. They might be better as the new guest education stations
  • Termites
  • Bees
  • Ants

• Mammals
  • Jerboa: These would be great in a Middle East/ North Africa pack
  • Small Bats: I would put flying foxes in aviaries, but I could picture a small bat exhibit
  • Sugar Glider
  • Elephant Shrew

• Unique
  • Land Hermit Crab: These would be great in a coastal pack
  • Tuatara: Apparently they are taxonomically different than other lizards

If they decide not to make an aquarium pack, a handful of fish, octopus, etc. exhibits would be awesome.

 

[SuzieSky]

You know you should consider making your terrarium animal wishlist and I do like seeing these interested creatures I never seen before, some of them.

I posted my exhibit animals.

 

[Planetwildlife]

I posted my exhibit animals.

Oh, for the ants, players can adopt one queen ant for her to produce her offspring, but players will find ways to give the queen away to other players.

 

[premierfong]

Can some push this thread to the PZ team? Potential good financial performance for Frontier = promotion and increase salary for the them.

 

[SuzieSky]

If I could be a developer for the next 5 years, these would be my pack designs. I've never been much of a builder, but I appreciate what the community posts. I worry that they might start running out of good new options for building packs. I would suggest doing building packs as every third pack instead of every other. I underlined packs that I really like. Also, I gave the Amazon an extra exhibit animal on purpose. I'm sure I'll kick myself later for forgetting something (I might just edit the post), but here is my list:

• Oceania: Tasmanian Devil, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo, Emu, Wombat, Bennet’s Wallaby, North Island Brown Kiwi, Short Beaked Echidna, Tuatara
• Grasslands: Maned Wolf, Grey Crowned Crane, Serval, Saiga, Giant Eland, Northern Plains Grey Langur, Rhea, San Francisco Garter Snake
• Middle East: Arabian Oryx, Indian Crested Porcupine, Hamadryas Baboon, Caracal, Egyptian Tortoise, Egyptian Ruin, Mosaic Wall Pieces, Petra
• Amazon: Golden Lion Tamarin, Two Toed Sloth, Black Howler Monkey, South American Coati, Margay, Bald Uakari, Lesser Anteater, Emerald Tree Boa, Blue Poison Arrow Frog
• Coastal: Sea Otter, Rockhopper Penguin, Green Sea Turtle, Manatee, Walrus, Ribbon Seal, Pelican, Hermit Crab
• Asian Gold: Golden Takin, Golden Pheasant, Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey, Asian Golden Cat, Golden Gecko, Expanded Asian and Himalayan Architecture (Or could make ornate golden stuff)
• Safari Part 1: Black Backed Jackal, Secretary Bird, Kirk’s Dik-Dik, Red Hartebeest, Mantled Colobus, Black Rhinoceros, African Civet, Panther Chameleon
• Deciduous Forest: Red Fox, Racoon, Red Deer, Wild Boar, Striped Skunk, American Black Bear, Eastern Wild Turkey, Hermann's tortoise
• Central America: Geoffrey’s Spider Monkey, Nine Banded Armadillo, Collared Peccary, Roseate Spoonbill, Eyelash Viper, Caribbean Resort and Beachy Stuff
• Indian Subcontinent: Lion Tailed Macaque, Blackbuck, Fishing Cat, Sloth Bear, Nilgai, Bar Headed Goose, Rhesus Macaque, Cobra
• Deserts: Dromedary Camel, Arabian Sand Cat, Addax, Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby, Somali Wild Donkey, Grey Fox, Bighorn Sheep, Thorny Devil
• Domestic Bliss: Highland Cow, Helmeted Guineafowl, Miniature Donkey, Goat, KuneKune or Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig, Barnyard Stuff
• Mountains: Spectacled Bear, Gelada, Patagonian Mara, Markhor, Pallas’s Cat, Chamois, Pudu, Japanese Toad
• Tropical: Red River Hog, Emperor Tamarin, De Brazza’s Guenon, Sumatran Rhino, Red-Shanked Douc, Zebra Duiker, Palm Civet, Orchid Mantis
• Evergreen: Roosevelt Elk, Reeve’s Pheasant, Wolverine, Bobcat, Chinese Giant Salamander, Log Cabin Stuff
• Greater Asia: Lady Amherst’s Pheasant, Mandarin Duck, Chinese Alligator, Pere David’s Deer, Tahr, Chiru, Reeve’s Muntjac, Tokay Gecko
• Safari Part 2: Masai Giraffe, Bat Eared Fox, Bontebok, Honey Badger, Gerenuk, West African Slender Snouted Crocodile, African Leopard, Red Headed Agama
• Islands: Fossa, Tanuki, Lar Gibbon, Anoa, Leaf Tailed Gecko, Island Stuff
• Bonus Birds: Mute Swan, Black Swan, Ground Hornbill, Scarlet Ibis, Little Blue Penguin, Atlantic Puffin, Painted Stork, Great Egret
• Forgotten Favorites: Musk Ox, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Cotton Top Tamarin, De Brazza’s Guenon, Squirrel Monkey, Marsh Deer, Shoebill, Caiman Lizard
• Fantasy: Unicorn (Zoo tycoon 1 and nostalgic inspiration behind this pack), Loch Ness Monster (Zoo Tycoon 1), Wyvern (Like Game of Thrones), Hippogriff from Harry Potter or a Griffon, Lord of the Rings Architecture

Please don't judge me too hard for the last one. I miss unicorns. It was kind of hilarious building a regular zoo and just throwing them in the middle. Also, I'd be psyched to see what the community does with LOTR-esque architecture.

 

[SuzieSky]

Why not groups things by continents? Here is my optimistic wish list:

The top three rows feel particularly essential. All animals: black-backed jackal, grey crowned crane, serval, mantled colobus, helmeted Guineafowl, addax, dromedary camel, red river hog, crested porcupine, De Brazza's guenon, giant eland, hamadryas baboon, caracal, Somali wild donkey, Kirk's dik-dik, southern ground hornbill, honey badger, Masai giraffe, African leopard, aye-aye, bar eared fox, hartebeest, gelada, fossa, and Diana monkey

A few others that would also be cool: gerenuk, western slender snouted crocodile, forest buffalo, yellow bellied mangabey, springhare, zebra dukier, aardwolf, Coquerel's sifaka, spurred tortoise, Barbary macaque, Secretary bird, black rhino, African domestic goat, dama gazelle, and shoebill.

I would like all of these: squirrel monkey, golden lion tamarin, cotton top tamarin, emperor tamarin, common marmoset, maned wolf, margay (an ocelot could work as well), spectacled bear, marsh deer, howler monkey, greater rhea, Geoffrey's spider monkey, South American coati, two toed sloth (recently found out this one is the Hoffman's), southern tamandua, guanaco, nine banded armadillo, southern pudu, bald uakari, patagonian mara, collared peccary, white tailed deer, bush dog, roseate spoonbill, northern rockhopper penguin, and mountain tapir (just started rooting hard for these fuzzballs).

I think these would finish NA nicely, and a few are in other places: Roosevelt Elk, collared peccary, nine banded armadillo, bobcat, American black bear, eastern wild turkey, musk ox, wolverine, striped skunk, bighorn sheep, grey fox, white tailed deer, and raccoon. Middle row has priority.

Honestly, I would pick another SA cat over the marmoset, but it was fun to put the small monkeys together. A new world porcupine would probably be essential, as well as a second armadillo and at least two of the birds. Here are the names for the curious: North American porcupine, black footed ferret, great egret, Canada goose, pampas cat, jaguarundi, Brazilian porcupine, three-toed sloth, pampas deer, Darwin's fox, giant armadillo, South American fur seal, white-faced saki, scarlet ibis, hairy armadillo, black caiman, kinkajou, white-nosed coati, Andean cat, coyote, alpaca, wood duck.

I don't have a secondary list for Oceania and oceans, but I really like these: short-beaked echidna, yellow-footed rock wallaby, Goodfellow's tree kangaroo, north island brown kiwi, black swan, Tasmanian devil, little blue penguin, emu, perentie, common wombat, numbat, quoll, Bennet's wallaby, ursine tree kangaroo (or another tree kangaroo), Australian fur seal, sea otter, green sea turtle, walrus, ribbon seal, manatee, dolphin (not as sure about these), and pelican.

These would make Eurasia feel pretty complete: red fox, highland cow, mute swan, wild boar, red deer, red shanked douc, muntjac, Pallas's cat, lion tailed macaque, blackbuck, mandarin duck, grey langur, markhor, fishing cat, golden snub nosed monkey, saiga, tanuki, takin, golden pheasant, sloth bear, Asian golden cat, Lady Amherst's pheasant, chiru, Arabian sand cat, and Vietnamese pot-belied pig (Kune kune could work, too).

Some of these might be good to spice things up: Reeve's pheasant, chamois, wisent, mouflon, marmot, mallard duck, barbary macaque, saola, Chinese alligator, painted stork, bar-headed goose, Sumatran rhino, Arabian oryx, Himalayan tahr, Rhesus macaque, Indian leopard, Persian leopard, golden jackal, Sumatran tiger, Himalayan monal, Pere David's deer, Asiatic Lion, Lar gibbon, green peafowl, Gee's golden langur, Sulawesi crested macaque, musk deer, Japanese serow, nilgai, four-horned antelope, yak, lowland anoa, and dusky leaf monkey.