What are some animals that live in the tundra biome - but not, at least not exclusively, from mountainous regions - and that you feel would work in a Tundra Pack?
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Tundra Animals that AREN’T from the Highlands
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Well, pinnipeds, for one .
Walruses, seals, fur seals are some nice ones.
Auks are another option. I've seen some mentions of puffins, which would be fun
Snow Goose
- Arctic Hare / Snowshoe Hare
- Musk Ox
- Walrus
- Harbour Seal / Ringed Seal / Leopard Seal
- Tundra Swan
- Snow Goose
- Atlantic Puffin
- Snowy Owl
- Penguins
Barnacle Goose
Common Eider
Northern Pintail
Lesser White-Fronted Goose
I can do this aswell
Arctic Tern
Arctic Skua
King Eider
White Tailed Eagle
Northern Gannet
Red Throated Diver
Pink Footed Goose
Brent Goose
In addition to the ones mentioned above:
Red-breasted goose
Kelp gull - I am genuinely getting more and more interested in these; they would represent four continents (South America, Africa, Oceania and, most relevantly, Antarctica - they are the only Antarctic gull species) and plenty of biomes including tundra, are pretty large by gull standards and are kept in open-topped outdoor enclosures such as this one in Australia:
Red-breasted goose
Kelp gull - I am genuinely getting more and more interested in these; they would represent four continents (South America, Africa, Oceania and, most relevantly, Antarctica - they are the only Antarctic gull species) and plenty of biomes including tundra, are pretty large by gull standards and are kept in open-topped outdoor enclosures such as this one in Australia:
We are having a who can name the most tundra birds competition but forgot about the most popular tundra animal mentioned
The Wolverine usually gets wedged into woodland and mountain packs so I actually forgot the wolverine was a tundra animal.
I don't know why some on the forum think a Tundra pack wouldn't sell. A combo of walrus, musk ox, wolverine, and rockhopper penguin would go down really well I think for both casuals and more hardcore players. Most popular pick for scenery appears to be some Pacific Northwest American theme with totem poles and such. I think the hardest thing to think of would be exhibit? My heart would want a seabird walkthrough aviary but if we discount birds there is a lot less interesting options.
funny when you think wolverine isn't even a proper temperate animalWe are having a who can name the most tundra birds competition but forgot about the most popular tundra animal mentioned
primarily tundra and taiga animal and in terms of temperate only found in alpine zones in northern temperate regions, so not even a temperate biome animal
our forums like to twist things up as usual lol
probably in hopes of getting a temperate tag for it
*getting it in a temperate pack even if it only barely qualifies
yeah that too, forgot about that one
but temperate pack has passed so now looking ahead we have cold themed winter pack
im sure the wolverine in woodland pack ideas are already rip lol
i hope we get them in next month's pack
speaking of i should respond to the op's question..
tundra animal pack
- walrus (headliner option 1)
- wolverine (headliner option 2)
- muskox (headliner option 3, heck we have so many major stars for this pack)
- an arctic or antarctic seal (ringed, leopard etc)
- gentoo, emperor, adelie or chinstrap penguin
- atlantic puffin or any other puffin
- a goose or swan that is found in tundra
- wood frog for exhibit
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In zoos, they typically don't fly much. They are either in the water or on a cliff. In many cases, it seems like the enclosures are built too steep for them to be able to fly from water to cliff, so they will walk up instead.
That goes for many of the coastal birds suggested, I have never seen any sort of coastal bird in a zoo so it all seems weird to me. I'm used to visiting giant seabird colonies where they only nest on land although sea birds such as cormorants are one of the few that visit land much more often than puffins, although not necessarily a tundra bird.
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Why pick these particular species? None of them have much of a captive presence at all. IMO the obvious contender for a fourth penguin is the gentoo - it's a very common species to mix with the king penguin, a combo tons of zoos do in real life that would be recognisable to a lot of zoo-goers. The rockhopper is the next best pick.
They're still not kept in open-air habitats, though, but even if we ignore that they are still absolutely tiny birds.