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Forest Elephant by rightEyElash
Many people think that there are just 2 species of elephant, the African and the Asian elephants. But in fact recently a third was given the status of a full species. The Forest Elephant is found in the rain forests of central Africa. It is smaller than the savannah, or Bush Elephant, and also has rounder ears. It is equipped with straighter tusks that do not curve outwards, which allow it to walk through dense rainforest without having to worry about getting them stuck in the vegetation.
This animal is made from the regular African Elephant. It is just a stat change, which allows it to be placed in a rainforest environment. This animal might come as a pleasant surprise to you when it comes to which original animal it is compatible with.
Originally Date Released: November 2003 at Zoo Admin
Current Forestelephant.ZTD dated July 10, 2026
Updated by Jay on July 10, 2026 to link to ZT's graphics and sounds instead of using copies, to have the animal walk slower than the speed it runs, to allow showing the preferred foliage tooltip for females and young, to have the young like the same type of exhibit as the adults, to have the animal do sounds in the same situations as ZT's African elephant, to allow ZT to check more often if an escaped animal was hit by a tranquilizer dart, to remove unnecessary files and configuration lines, and to fix grammar, punctuation, spacing, and a typo in the animal info.
Notes: The configuration of this elephant is mostly the same as ZT's African Elephant. Its behavior might seem different because of ZT's intentional randomness. But there are a few differences. This forest elephant wants rainforest things instead of savannah. Its speed is slower than the African Elephant, because forest elephants in real life tend to be smaller and also have to move slower through forests than in open savannahs. This forest elephant does not go over jumpable fences. This forest elephant costs more. Like the African Elephant, this elephant wants elephant shelters and swinging log toy. But those are configured to be used only by ZT's elephants. So the forest elephant will not use them, but will be happy with them in the exhibit. Also, many user made animals that were made in the early days of ZT are configured to like itself by a high amount. That is true with this one as well. The problem with that is the smiley face may be given when it shouldn't. Like the African Elephant, the forest elephant wants no more than 6 in its exhibit. Adding more will give a smiley face when it shouldn't and might seem like everything is okay when it is not. That was not changed when this animal was updated in case there are existing zoos that are relying on it. So try not to have more than 6 in an exhibit.