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I've been working on a zoo for some time now that is meant to represent "me". In it are my favorite animals, animals that have significance in my life, and other things that I enjoy. I've redone it a couple of times, saving to a new file and then wiping the whole map clean. (I think I just don't want to complete this zoo because then I'll be bored. ) My third attempt is the most beautiful, though it took the most effort to get it to look the way I wanted. Here is the layout of section 1: I used elements of Z.Z.'s "Staff Trap Tutorial", but the terracing was my idea. Not going in line with Z.Z.'s method, my staff will roam freely as I like to have my 'keepers work multiple exhibits simultaneously to save cash (because I like to earn my money and be frugal with it). The concrete parts are exhibits, the asphalt parts are for guests. Green patches are for flowers. Here's the zoo with animals, buildings and deco: So far, my zoo features dragons, penguins, peafowl, black and gold monkeys, caudipteryx, unicorns (please don't mistake me for a girly-girl, I'm a tomboy!), pelicans, turkeys, red foxes, gryphons, giant fleshy blobs, and tigers. I plan to expand with rabbits, mermaids, grizzly bears, fairies (that won't fit in the unicorn exhibit because it is too small already), and servals (when they are released). I hope you like it so far. I'll try to keep this thread updated.

Oh, wait ... Hawkkeye's not making a serval, he's making a civet. Oops. Anyway, I've done a lot with the zoo over the past few days. I don't know how many exhibits I've changed or added ... Gotta love those little pumpkin fellas. ;) What you can't see are Asian elephants, gastornises, black panthers, anteaters, giant armadillos, white-tailed deer, a grizzly bear, Mexican wolves, a serval, silky bantams and watusis. No fairies. I'm a money hoarder who likes my zoo to make a profit each month and a couple of 6,000 dollar animals seems like too much with over 14k dollars in employee wages to compensate for. This might be it, I don't know. I'm very happy with this incarnation of the zoo. I've never, while playing this map, reached the edges, so I might shoot for that. We'll see.

Despite having very little spare time I've still been building

Actually, if you look at the ancient depictions of unicorns, they seem more like deer: cloven hooves, horns, white fur (like the white stag), etc. But, if you want to call them horses, go ahead! Who cares? (Guests love them, anyway.) Okay, time for more pictures. I've added nine more exhibits and several more "human" areas. I have LOTS more room, but I'm running out of critters ... Llama for the Sims 2? Sheep for my love of yarn? Stegosaurus just because? Isn't there a triceratops you can unlock with a cheat? I'm still waiting for that serval ... but patiently.