I'd go for the vicunis or guanaco i stead. But then again I'd replace the llama with the capybara and make the SA pack into a amazon pack.
Underrated/Underappreciated Animals
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I completely agree. The australian pack feels incomplete, because you can't make a true australian area with the animals we have.
IMO the toss shouldn't have been between the emu and cassowary, but rather the dingo shouldn't have been in the pack. Both emu and cassowary are important for a realistic australian zoo, and the dingo, as popular as it is in internet culture, is another wolf reskin, and is barely a zoo animal.
To answer the original question, I think the pangolin is ubderrated. It's an amazing inclusion of the most poached animal on earth
I think the easiest way would have been to Do it similar to southamerica and have atleast one more animal in the basegame.
The best pick would have been the emu, as its Not only a Common Zoo animal but also relativly undependend from australia and Not rarely presented alone or with only wallabys and maybe some birds for australian representation.
Another great candidate would have been the wallaby, but it would have simply been way more work to Do, as in this scenario they would have been the first macropod.
This might be my ignorant european perspective, but especally After visiting one of the rare zoo outside of oceania with a focus on oceania, i feel like while Most of the animals were great, the only ones really feeling missing in planetzoo are still "just" emu and wallaby.
Everything else would be amazing to have, but they would be just that, an amazing add one and Not a quient essential Zoo animal like these 2.
Honestly if it was About my wishes, we would have atleast 3 different wallabys, but realisticly one is all we need with every additional one being just that, a great Addition.
The best pick would have been the emu, as its Not only a Common Zoo animal but also relativly undependend from australia and Not rarely presented alone or with only wallabys and maybe some birds for australian representation.
Another great candidate would have been the wallaby, but it would have simply been way more work to Do, as in this scenario they would have been the first macropod.
This might be my ignorant european perspective, but especally After visiting one of the rare zoo outside of oceania with a focus on oceania, i feel like while Most of the animals were great, the only ones really feeling missing in planetzoo are still "just" emu and wallaby.
Everything else would be amazing to have, but they would be just that, an amazing add one and Not a quient essential Zoo animal like these 2.
Honestly if it was About my wishes, we would have atleast 3 different wallabys, but realisticly one is all we need with every additional one being just that, a great Addition.
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German Wikipedia shows it correctly
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo
Very close to the Beginning it mentions Dingo Populations in Thailand (which are even proven through genetically analysing them)
Also here's a Map that shows the Distribution
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dingo-Verbreitung-Corbett-a.PNG#mw-jump-to-license
An emu and a wallaby in the base game, would really have been the best case scenario. That would have made the red kangaroo and/or the cassowary in the DLC the (fairly) easy to make animal instead of the dingo, which then would have even more reason to not be included giving a spot to the devil, a wombat or another marsupial.
I have for a long time wanted to see a Common in Captivity DLC, which could feature animals like an emu and a Bennett's wallaby.
Could also bring Capybara and Nile crocodile
This would be such a good idea.
I might start a thread about it
Edit: I made a post https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/common-in-captivity-dlc.588166/
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Love this thread! There are a lot of animals in Planet Zoo that I think are underrated or underappreciated. So, here are a view I can think of off the top of my head...
Thomson's Gazelle - I think this animal gets overlooked by larger herbivores on the African continent such as the Zebra, Giraffe, Ostrich, and Rhino. These small little guys are so fun to watch move around a habitat. Plus, the detailing work is fantastic. Definitely worth the extra money spent for this deluxe edition animal.
Nyala - These guys are absolutely stunning and easily in my top 10 animals in the game. I think they are criminally underappreciated. They have a beautiful model, and the way they move around their habitat is so interesting to watch.
Capuchin Monkey - While these guys may sound annoying to most people, I quite enjoy listening to their vocalizations throughout my (entire) zoo. Also, they are so fun to watch jump around from platform to platform. Building intricate habitats for these guys is also really fun, because I feel like there are almost endless possibilities.
Bongo - Out of the two African rainforest ungulates, often the Okapi is the one that gets the most attention. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the Okapi, but the Bongo is stunning as well. As often brought up by DeLadySigner, the baby Bongos are adorable and the adult models are gorgeous as well, especially the detailing on the horns.
Dwarf Caiman - These guys are probably in my top 3 animals in Planet Zoo, if not in the top 5. The model on these little guys is absolutely beautiful, and definitely one of the best Frontier has ever made. Also, their small habitat size requirements provide intricate habitat possibilities.
I'm realizing that whenever I refer to animals, I call them "guys", but it just sounds right to me. Also, I really like ungulates (as I'm sure you can tell!).
Anyway, these are just a view animals that fit into this category, but here's a list of the remaining animals...
Thomson's Gazelle - I think this animal gets overlooked by larger herbivores on the African continent such as the Zebra, Giraffe, Ostrich, and Rhino. These small little guys are so fun to watch move around a habitat. Plus, the detailing work is fantastic. Definitely worth the extra money spent for this deluxe edition animal.
Nyala - These guys are absolutely stunning and easily in my top 10 animals in the game. I think they are criminally underappreciated. They have a beautiful model, and the way they move around their habitat is so interesting to watch.
Capuchin Monkey - While these guys may sound annoying to most people, I quite enjoy listening to their vocalizations throughout my (entire) zoo. Also, they are so fun to watch jump around from platform to platform. Building intricate habitats for these guys is also really fun, because I feel like there are almost endless possibilities.
Bongo - Out of the two African rainforest ungulates, often the Okapi is the one that gets the most attention. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the Okapi, but the Bongo is stunning as well. As often brought up by DeLadySigner, the baby Bongos are adorable and the adult models are gorgeous as well, especially the detailing on the horns.
Dwarf Caiman - These guys are probably in my top 3 animals in Planet Zoo, if not in the top 5. The model on these little guys is absolutely beautiful, and definitely one of the best Frontier has ever made. Also, their small habitat size requirements provide intricate habitat possibilities.
I'm realizing that whenever I refer to animals, I call them "guys", but it just sounds right to me. Also, I really like ungulates (as I'm sure you can tell!).
Anyway, these are just a view animals that fit into this category, but here's a list of the remaining animals...
- Formosan Black Bear
- Proboscis Monkey
- Himalayan Brown Bear
- Pronghorn
- Spotted Hyena
- Fennec Fox
- Common Ostrich
- Dingo
Small Habitat Size? Frontier didn't even bother giving them smaller Space Requirements than the Saltwater Crocodile
The Dwarf Caiman has a land area size requirement of 182 m2 and a water area size requirement of 79 m2. On the other hand, the Saltwater Crocodile has a land area and water area size requirement of 210 m2. So, that's a pretty big difference. The Dwarf Caiman has one of the smallest space requirements, similar to the small primates, red panda, pangolin, babirusa and warthog.
Ok, maybe they've changed it because I remember that they had the same Space Requirements. Only kept them in one Zoo so far and also couldn't play since a few Weeks thanks to Problems with Windows 10.
Good to know that I won't need to build such a ridiculously large Enclosure anymore when I want to keep them again. Had them in a small Reptile House and the Enclosure almost filled the whole Building
No, I think German Wikipedia is showing it incorrectly. There are no dingoes outside of Australia - literally every other piece of information on the web explains very clearly that the domestic ancestors of dingoes, which were not the modern dingo we see today, originated in Asia but arrived in Australia 3-4 thousand years ago which is where they eventually became dingoes.
Edit: German Wikipedia also introduces the dingo as "a domestic dog" which is also not true. In the very first line. There's also no citation or reference for the claim that they are found in Thailand, whereas there are dozens of links in the English Wikipedia, even some in German, which show that this isn't the case.
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I have to echo the sentiments for the Pangolin, Dall Sheep, Anteater and Caiman. (Particularly the Anteater). I think not only do most of them play into the role of smaller requirements, they are all also great pallet cleansers between the larger iconic animals you’d expect. They also encourage some unique habitat builds between them all.
I have a personal bias towards the novelty of the ‘odd balls’ that are still realistic inclusions, so the anteater gave me hope for a Porcupine down the road, despite the challenge their quills might present. (I think I recall one of the official video/streams mentioning the anteater tail as a challenge for design?).
I’d quite like to toss in a nod to the Indian Peafowl. I see it leave a poor taste in a few people mouths (particularly due to fast breeding, rapid lifespan and being prone to disease from overcrowding for new players in franchise) but I think they’re beautiful and the audio is great for them. Being one of the only birds (and walk through friendly!!) also helps them stand out among the growing games roster.
Nile Monitors are also neat, but not sure with the novelty and popularity of reptile houses if they go under appreciated, really.
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I have a personal bias towards the novelty of the ‘odd balls’ that are still realistic inclusions, so the anteater gave me hope for a Porcupine down the road, despite the challenge their quills might present. (I think I recall one of the official video/streams mentioning the anteater tail as a challenge for design?).
I’d quite like to toss in a nod to the Indian Peafowl. I see it leave a poor taste in a few people mouths (particularly due to fast breeding, rapid lifespan and being prone to disease from overcrowding for new players in franchise) but I think they’re beautiful and the audio is great for them. Being one of the only birds (and walk through friendly!!) also helps them stand out among the growing games roster.
Nile Monitors are also neat, but not sure with the novelty and popularity of reptile houses if they go under appreciated, really.
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The oddball animals are the best, for me at least. That's why SEA Animal pack was/is my favorite: it's made up of oddballs (of course, if we really do get a NA pack, it's a close 2nd, unless they add the gray fox, which would make it an immediate favorite for me)
The oddball animals are the best, for me at least. That's why SEA Animal pack was/is my favorite: it's made up of oddballs (of course, if we really do get a NA pack, it's a close 2nd, unless they add the gray fox, which would make it an immediate favorite for me)