So I understand that in advertising, Frontier frequently touts PZ's realism but I find that in the game, several compromises are made to make the game much less of a royal pain.
This is def a good thing as irl, zoo and animal management is grossly complicated to the point where most people would take one look at it and say "Screw this, I'm going to go play Minecraft!"
Now obviously, things like disembowelment and gratuitous winkies are left out to keep the game accessible to the 11+ crowd.
This includes things like
Having to separate solitary animals like tigers, komodo dragons, bears, etc. until they're ready to mate and even then, occasionally killing each other
Separating bull elephants from the herd because they live alone
Zebras being hyper-aggressive jerks in captivity.
Males killing cubs that aren't theirs
etc. and etc.
Keepers can't be in enclosures with dangerous animals so instead, the animals are sent to their night houses
Having to manage things like these would be a nightmare for everyone except absolute zoo nerds
This is def a good thing as irl, zoo and animal management is grossly complicated to the point where most people would take one look at it and say "Screw this, I'm going to go play Minecraft!"
Now obviously, things like disembowelment and gratuitous winkies are left out to keep the game accessible to the 11+ crowd.
This includes things like
Having to separate solitary animals like tigers, komodo dragons, bears, etc. until they're ready to mate and even then, occasionally killing each other
Separating bull elephants from the herd because they live alone
Zebras being hyper-aggressive jerks in captivity.
Males killing cubs that aren't theirs
etc. and etc.
Keepers can't be in enclosures with dangerous animals so instead, the animals are sent to their night houses
Having to manage things like these would be a nightmare for everyone except absolute zoo nerds