Hello, its me aggain.
I thought abit about what little is still missing from africa and it came down to two packs, one tropical and one desert.
Both regions are still lacking in the game, even if they arnt as much as other Regions its still a sore Spot.
Also its my favourite thing to do, adding lesser known but very flavorful animals to the places already represented in the game.
This could be either a 4+1 With an expansion on the logset and african theme, or be an animal pack.
For our first animal we have a fan favourite, the red river hog.
Living in the tropical forrests of africa, these visually striking pigs would make for great smaller habitats, perfect for either a rainforrest section, tropical house or just inbetween as a random filler habitat.
Also piggiehouses.
The next animal would be the saddle-billed-stork.
These colourful storks live in wetlands all over subsaharan africa.
In Zoos they are often held With hippos and other wetlandcreatures, but its most important appeal is, its a bird!
I choose the sattle-billed-stork in particular, because of the large area hat it inhabitats, as well its more flashy and colourful look, hopefully attracting more casual fans to the pack, as it is lacking a true headliner animal.
But now to the third real seller, the mantled colobus. We need more monkeys and we need them now and the colobus is a stylish solution from africa, so stylish in fact, that their were traded through all of the old world in the middle ages. This thankfully stopped by now and their furtrade is illegal, but that doesnt stop these beautiful monkeys from being beautiful in our zoos!
Also they are rather big and docile, which is Why they can be Seen in multispecies enclosures.
And to the winner of my heart, the one and only african civet.
I thought about switching it with one of the more tropical genet species, as they belong to the same taxonomic group and the genet technically has better aplications, but they could easily fit into an northafrican themed pack, while the civet is subsaharan exclusive.
But why would we want them in general you might ask?
Well well well the answer is simple.
Its a small (around the size of a small to medium dog), nocturnal omnivore with a beautiful coat and a great addition to every african themed house without exception.
They would even fit well into asian ones with a Bit of imagination, as their less common in captivity subspecies live there.
And im heavily biased but they are just awesome and i love them!
Have a little heart my little civet, you deserved it <3
For the exhibit i choose the african Rock phython, one of the 6 largest snakes in the world and the would be First phython in the game.
Interestingly, their subspecies cover all of subsaharan africa, so both a savannah and a jungle exhibit would be fitting, but the Best choice would probably be the swampy one, where also the goliath frog lives.
Its a real nobrainer choice, being an iconic and somehow Not represented animal, while Most of the other good choices either arnt central or tropical, shoutout to you mambas and tomatofrogs!
Now we are marching in the animal pack teritory, which would be far prefferd.
Not only because we want more animals, but also as we need more special animals to appeal to a casual audience, like With the SEA pack, as we have no typical crowd pleaser.
The First of these three would be the Sitatunga, an aquatic antelope from central africa.
They might look like a cross of a nyala and a bongo, but these fluffy creatures are actually kept way more often then these two, being held in europe alone a wropping 83 times, far more then the 50 of the bongo.
Also as i mentioned the Sitatungas are excelent swimmers and one of the antelopes that need to have access to open water in captivity, making them stand out even more from the rest.
Another great trait they have is their docile nature, being often paired with hippos or the saddle-billed-stork.
I know many people will probably be skeptical of this pick, but they could add so much to the game if we just let them.
For another ground bird i have choosen the congo fowl.
As an african member of the peafowl family, they are one of the biggest ornitholgie sensation of the 20. Century.
Also they would make for a great african, tropical ground bird, with their nice brown, green and blue colorings, as well as the little white crowns of feathers the males wear.
But this catch for they eyes would Not only be eyecandy, as the game could give them a very well needed boost in awareness as they are struggeling right now.
Protection efforts are spreading them over european zoos, from their conservational headquarter in antwerpen, where they allready had multiple successfull hatches.
And lastly we have the De Braza Monkey, one of the Most commonly held gennons and the largest one.
They live in tropical swamps in central africa and are known for their booming voices and striking headcrests, as well as going for a swim from time to time.
But the actual Most interesting parts about them are their social system and their conservation.
While other guennos cooperate with each other even over speciesboundaries, the Brazas monkeys have none of that. They act aggressive towards other gennons and Bully them away, tolerating only some species of leaf eating monkeys.
While their social groups can go from 2-10, they are monogamous, an unique trait amongst gennons and are often observed living just with their Partner and young.
For their conservation the Part that makes them special is that they arnt threatend, but Operate under a preemtive survival plan, to prevent any risks in the future, as we allready have Quite the large population in both europe and northamerica.
And thats it! That was my tropical africa pack, i hope you enjoyed it.
But now i ask you, Do you like it? What would you Change? Are you okay with 2 monkeys? And no, the african leopard is Not an option, i counciously decided against it in favour of the amurleopard.
Anyways, i cant wait to hear your guys opinions on the topic, Maybe you have idears that i would have never thought about, Who knows?
I thought abit about what little is still missing from africa and it came down to two packs, one tropical and one desert.
Both regions are still lacking in the game, even if they arnt as much as other Regions its still a sore Spot.
Also its my favourite thing to do, adding lesser known but very flavorful animals to the places already represented in the game.
This could be either a 4+1 With an expansion on the logset and african theme, or be an animal pack.
For our first animal we have a fan favourite, the red river hog.
Living in the tropical forrests of africa, these visually striking pigs would make for great smaller habitats, perfect for either a rainforrest section, tropical house or just inbetween as a random filler habitat.
Also piggiehouses.
The next animal would be the saddle-billed-stork.
These colourful storks live in wetlands all over subsaharan africa.
In Zoos they are often held With hippos and other wetlandcreatures, but its most important appeal is, its a bird!
I choose the sattle-billed-stork in particular, because of the large area hat it inhabitats, as well its more flashy and colourful look, hopefully attracting more casual fans to the pack, as it is lacking a true headliner animal.
But now to the third real seller, the mantled colobus. We need more monkeys and we need them now and the colobus is a stylish solution from africa, so stylish in fact, that their were traded through all of the old world in the middle ages. This thankfully stopped by now and their furtrade is illegal, but that doesnt stop these beautiful monkeys from being beautiful in our zoos!
Also they are rather big and docile, which is Why they can be Seen in multispecies enclosures.
And to the winner of my heart, the one and only african civet.
I thought about switching it with one of the more tropical genet species, as they belong to the same taxonomic group and the genet technically has better aplications, but they could easily fit into an northafrican themed pack, while the civet is subsaharan exclusive.
But why would we want them in general you might ask?
Well well well the answer is simple.
Its a small (around the size of a small to medium dog), nocturnal omnivore with a beautiful coat and a great addition to every african themed house without exception.
They would even fit well into asian ones with a Bit of imagination, as their less common in captivity subspecies live there.
And im heavily biased but they are just awesome and i love them!
Have a little heart my little civet, you deserved it <3
For the exhibit i choose the african Rock phython, one of the 6 largest snakes in the world and the would be First phython in the game.
Interestingly, their subspecies cover all of subsaharan africa, so both a savannah and a jungle exhibit would be fitting, but the Best choice would probably be the swampy one, where also the goliath frog lives.
Its a real nobrainer choice, being an iconic and somehow Not represented animal, while Most of the other good choices either arnt central or tropical, shoutout to you mambas and tomatofrogs!
Now we are marching in the animal pack teritory, which would be far prefferd.
Not only because we want more animals, but also as we need more special animals to appeal to a casual audience, like With the SEA pack, as we have no typical crowd pleaser.
The First of these three would be the Sitatunga, an aquatic antelope from central africa.
They might look like a cross of a nyala and a bongo, but these fluffy creatures are actually kept way more often then these two, being held in europe alone a wropping 83 times, far more then the 50 of the bongo.
Also as i mentioned the Sitatungas are excelent swimmers and one of the antelopes that need to have access to open water in captivity, making them stand out even more from the rest.
Another great trait they have is their docile nature, being often paired with hippos or the saddle-billed-stork.
I know many people will probably be skeptical of this pick, but they could add so much to the game if we just let them.
For another ground bird i have choosen the congo fowl.
As an african member of the peafowl family, they are one of the biggest ornitholgie sensation of the 20. Century.
Also they would make for a great african, tropical ground bird, with their nice brown, green and blue colorings, as well as the little white crowns of feathers the males wear.
But this catch for they eyes would Not only be eyecandy, as the game could give them a very well needed boost in awareness as they are struggeling right now.
Protection efforts are spreading them over european zoos, from their conservational headquarter in antwerpen, where they allready had multiple successfull hatches.
And lastly we have the De Braza Monkey, one of the Most commonly held gennons and the largest one.
They live in tropical swamps in central africa and are known for their booming voices and striking headcrests, as well as going for a swim from time to time.
But the actual Most interesting parts about them are their social system and their conservation.
While other guennos cooperate with each other even over speciesboundaries, the Brazas monkeys have none of that. They act aggressive towards other gennons and Bully them away, tolerating only some species of leaf eating monkeys.
While their social groups can go from 2-10, they are monogamous, an unique trait amongst gennons and are often observed living just with their Partner and young.
For their conservation the Part that makes them special is that they arnt threatend, but Operate under a preemtive survival plan, to prevent any risks in the future, as we allready have Quite the large population in both europe and northamerica.
And thats it! That was my tropical africa pack, i hope you enjoyed it.
But now i ask you, Do you like it? What would you Change? Are you okay with 2 monkeys? And no, the african leopard is Not an option, i counciously decided against it in favour of the amurleopard.
Anyways, i cant wait to hear your guys opinions on the topic, Maybe you have idears that i would have never thought about, Who knows?
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